Half of the games I have installed on my Steam Deck at the moment are retro titles: Zool, Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri, Thief, and The Settlers. Despite its power and capabilities as a AAA gaming device, the Steam Deck has considerable potential as a retro gaming device way beyond theRead More →
The new Evercade VS Game of the Month has been announced for October. Lunar Journey is a classic-style 8-bit adventure by Greenboy Games, originally issued as a Nintendo Game Boy title and is now coming to Evercade as part of December’s Indie Heroes 2 cartridge. If you plug in yourRead More →
ININ Games and Jaleco have teamed up to revive the Ninja JaJa Maru series and give key titles their first mainstream western release. Three Ninja JaJaMaru collections are planned, with pre-orders starting soon for the 2023 release on PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch. The three collections are Ninja JaJaMaru: TheRead More →
Independent retro gaming developer PixelHeart has announced a new Game Boy game, Lost Terminal, set for release in quarter 3 of 2022. News of new games for the Game Boy is always good to see, whether you own an original, a later compatible, or even an Analogue Pocket. Created byRead More →
Here’s a bit of a treat: a classic Pink Floyd track reproduced (not played back) on a Commodore 64! Created by YouTube channel Lab Rat Warfare, the video displays an accurate recreation of “On the Run” (from 1973’s Dark Side of the Moon LP) using a Commodore 64, hooked upRead More →
This is exciting: a new Kickstarter game for Game Boy! Glory Hunters is an open world action adventure boasting over 20 hours of game play. Glory Hunters has already reached £24,389 of pledges of its £30,743 goal, nd is being developed by one man, Cesar Armini, with hardware publishing andRead More →
Wordle‘s developer might have sold out to the NYT, but that hasn’t stopped imitators (it’s probably encouraged them). But while there are many Wordle clones out there, few are as impressive as those developed for retro gaming systems. NES, MSX, Game Boy, and even BBC Micro have unofficial versions ofRead More →
Comedy legend and international superstar The Rik Mayall’s Nintendo ads can all be found in a single YouTube video. The late comedy actor – known for Drop Dead Fred, Bottom, The Young Ones, The New Statesman, and others (not to mention three scene-stealing appearances in Blackadder) – starred in aRead More →
Game Boy titles are still popular, over 30 years later. Forget the remakes and revivals, the original titles are what excite true retro gaming fans. The Game Boy remains one of the greatest gaming platforms ever released. Handheld, with a monochrome screen, the original Nintendo Game Boy is often theRead More →
