Duke Nukem 3D is one of the seminal first person shooters of the 1990s. It’s arguable that its success made a follow-up very difficult, hence the muted response to its eventual sequel in 2011, Duke Nukem Forever. But before Duke Nukem Forever there was Duke Nukem 4Ever, a game intendedRead More →
First party retro Nintendo games on 3DS, Wii U, and Switch are vulnerable to a remote code execution, it has been discovered. Named ENLBufferPwn, the vulnerability is exploited in an online game. GitHub (and Twitter) user PabloMK7 describes it as follows: “ENLBufferPwn is a vulnerability in the common network codeRead More →
If you’ve got your hands on a Steam Deck, you probably know it will run all the best AAA games. Steam Deck retro gaming is also a thing, however, with the Steam library offering classic titles, among the 7061 playable and verified games for the console. Given the sheer volumeRead More →
The classic beat-em-up game, Final Fight, is making its way to the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis console! Initially released as an arcade title in 1989 by Capcom and ported to Super Nintendo in 1991, this definitive version of the side-scrolling action game allows fans to experience the thrill of taking outRead More →
Way back when MicroProse was the master of military sims, it released Airborne Ranger, an action adventure game behind enemy lines. Initially released back in 1987 on Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum, this version is the 1988 MS-DOS release, published by Atari and MicroProse. Featuring 12 challenging missions (from destroyingRead More →
Turrican is a game series I’m a bit obsessed with, so learning about a new Turrican 2 AGA release for later Amigas has got me excited. It’s the MS-DOS version of Turrican 2: The Final Fight, released on PC in 1995 (four years after the original) and now ported backRead More →
In 2021 we brought you news of the Piepacker PieReader, a cartridge reader that was intended to allow easy archiving of retro gaming carts. Sadly, following Piepacker’s rebrand as Jam.gg (me neither), the PieReader has been abandoned. Launched as a Kickstarter in April 2021 as part of the Piepacker project,Read More →
A new bunch of SEGA Mega Drive/Genesis have been added to Nintendo Switch Online. These SEGA Nintendo Switch games can be found in the SEGA Mega Drive virtual console, which can be installed remotely on the console in the eShop or with the console in your hand. The new SEGARead More →
Fancy revisiting Wonder Boy, the 1980s classic arcade game and console port? Coming soon is the Wonder Boy Anniversary Collection, which brings more than 20 versions of the game to Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 5 in early 2023. Wonder Boy is one of those arcade games that wasRead More →
