All the latest retro gaming news releases, new devices, and remasters and rereleases.
As of last week, the Nintendo Switch’s Game Boy Advance library received its latest update with the application itself now in Version 1.4.0. Friday 29th September saw the launch of Kirby & The Amazing Mirror as the newest addition to the GBA library, with Japan receiving the same title. OriginallyRead More →
Pokémon 2000 Adventure was a Flash browser game thought lost to time and old devices. You catch some and you lose some, but sometimes they return in the best ways. Although, I’m not talking about Pokémon themselves, I am referring to Pokémon games! A Pokémon game that was previously lostRead More →
It won’t be long until I’m glued to my Evercade 24/7 once again, and the reason for this is Duke Nukem. The eponymous hero of some occasionally tasteless but ultimately thrilling 1990s games is landing on Evercade next month – in time for Christmas – and the team at BlazeRead More →
The latest edition of Retro Gamer is now out, with the magazine dedicating its cover to the Star Wars: Dark Forces game. Inside, the magazine focuses on the Star Wars: Dark Forces remaster, along with behind-the-scenes features on Star Wars: Starfighter and Jedi Starfighter. Official blurb: We’ve a Star WarsRead More →
Nintendo has announced the end of online support for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U software. Online play and other features that require online communication will end in early April 2024. The announcement applies to Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo 3DS XL, Nintendo 2DS XL, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo 3DS XL, Nintendo 2DS, WiiRead More →
An amusing new YouTube video poses the question: “What if Super Mario Bros. Wonder was a 1988 NES game?” Combining retro pixel graphics with an amusingly cod voiceover, the video could honestly be a lost alternative universe artifact from the 1980s. This video is inspired by another NES-esque interpretation ofRead More →
In news that will shock no one, Evercade Atari cartridges are entering their sunset phase. At the end of 2023, these carts will be considered legacy units, meaning that once existing stock has been exhausted, they will not be reproduced. For anyone who has been paying attention to Atari’s recentRead More →
The best Metroidvanias capture what makes Metroid and Castlevania so iconic and combine them to make a product that stands on its own. This task is much harder than it sounds, but one title that rose to the occasion is 2018’s Timespinner by Lunar Ray Games. Timespinner is such aRead More →
We’ve seen several retro classics get the sequel/reboot treatment in recent years to great success. Streets of Rage 4 and TMNT: Shredders Revenge are superb examples of sequels done right, but I never imagined Slave Zero getting the same treatment. If you’ve not heard of it, Slave Zero is a third-person shooter where you play as a biomechanicalRead More →
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