Every so often, a retro project pops up that feels like it escaped from an alternate timeline — the one where the Amiga got every arcade hit it deserved. This week, that honour goes to Hyper Sports, newly ported to the Amiga by coder jotd666, and available now as aRead More →
Good news for retro platformer fans: Roc’n Rope, one of the more inventive early 1980s arcade games, is joining Arcade Archives — and it drops tomorrow. Whether you’ve never heard of it or played the original back in the day, this release is worth a look. What is Roc’n Rope?Read More →
If your idea of a perfect sports game is more Tecmo Bowl energy than modern sim complexity, Acclaim and indie duo Namo Gamo have just served up an early holiday treat. Basketball Classics, the retro-inspired 8-bit basketball tribute, is headlining Steam Sports Fest with a massive 65% discount — runningRead More →
If you caught our earlier story about Milano’s Odd Job Collection finally making its way west after 26 years, there’s now a bit more to report — and it’s good news if you’re planning to play on Nintendo’s next-gen handheld. XSEED Games has confirmed that the Nintendo Switch 2 EditionRead More →
This could be the closest thing to Reunion you will ever play. If your strategy brain was forged in the fires of Civilization II, Master of Orion, or Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri, there’s a new retro-styled 4X game on Steam that might be worth settling into over the holidays. SplinterRead More →
Yes, you read that right: someone has made a first-person shooter for the ZX Spectrum — a system more famous for text adventures and colourful 8-bit platformers than polygonal combat. And the result is a new game called World of Spells, built by developer Jakub Trznadel for the Spectrum hardware.Read More →
A new report has finally shed light on what really happened to the promised Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II – The Sith Lords “Restored Content” DLC for Nintendo Switch — and it turns out Disney’s legal team was the final boss no one could beat. When AspyrRead More →
If you love obscure retro shooters (or just enjoy watching 1980s pixel explosions), the latest EGG Console release might be right up your alley. D4 Enterprise has dropped Super Raydock Mission Striker onto the Japanese Nintendo Switch eShop — a vertical shmup originally released for the MSX back in 1987Read More →
Polymega has announced its next pair of physical game collections, and if you grew up on late-90s experimentation or quirky NES-era charm, there’s something for you here. Vol. 15 – Body Harvest and Vol. 16 – A Boy and His Blob are the latest additions to the company’s expanding lineRead More →
