Retro Gaming
Slave Zero X Devs Release Quake Mod Prequel Episode Enyo
Slave Zero X is an upcoming 2.5D hack & slash brawler from developer Poppy Works. Acting as a sequel to 1999’s Slave Zero, Slave Zero X sheds more light on its ludicrously dark and deranged dystopia. Slave Zero X doesn’t release until late February of this year. To tide fans over, the team at Poppy Works has released a standalone prequel, Episode Enyo. The catch, it’s a Quake...[Read More]
AntStream Arcade Premium (Xbox Series X) Review
At the tail end of 2022, I had the privilege to review Atari 50, which was quite possibly the best compilation to date. While game compilations are something that has been around for decades, subscription services are the industry’s newest way to drip-feed content to gamers. Services like Xbox’s Game Pass and Sony’s PlayStation Plus Premium, have been successful in offering large catalogs of...[Read More]
The Classic Arcade Handheld Game System
The original Famicom (Nintendo Entertainment System) is perhaps the most cloned console. Dating back to the early 1990s, bootleg Famicom devices, cheekily nicknamed Famiclones, began flooding the market. These devices initially began as direct imitations of popular gaming consoles; Such as the Famicom, N64, and PS1. Naturally, as technology advanced so did the Famiclones, resulting in bootleg gami...[Read More]
AtGames Launches Universal Firmware Upgrade to All Legends Arcade Products
Today, AtGames announced that it has released universal firmware updates to all of its home arcade products. The new Legends Universal Firmware implements major new features including, pAOX 1.1, Vertical Display Mode, Taito arcade Game Packs, new global leaderboard games, and BYOG streaming leaderboards. These features first debuted on the full-size Legends Ultimate home arcade machine and are now...[Read More]
Langrisser I & II (PS4) Review
There wasn’t a spiky-haired protagonist to be found. At a time when most JRPGs relied on small parties battling other groups, and combat was often more of a distraction than a key point, Langrisser (originally released in North America as Warsong in 1991) took a different approach, telling its big world story through combat encounters, rather than around them. Since then, the rest of the series ha...[Read More]
The Ninja Saviors: Return of the Warriors (Switch) Review
The Nintendo Switch is home to truly remarkable titles if you look hard enough though one recurring trend is the return of old-school arcade games. Titles, such as the Arcade Classics Anniversary Collection bring the newer generations of players today into the founding ideas of action and arcade video games. Peering into these time capsules is fantastic, experiencing older principles in game desig...[Read More]
Collection of Mana (Switch) Review
The Mana series, known as Seiken Densetsu in Japan, is unique in gaming. Even the way the series started is a tale of gaming history where an attempt to make a game in which the combat happened on the same screen as exploration ended up creating not one but multiple beloved games. The original attempt went on to become the famously good Chrono Trigger, while a new project came in the form of Final...[Read More]
TurboGrafx 16 Mini Full Games List and Details Emerge
Who remembers the good old TurboGrafx-16?… Nobody? That’s understandable, as NEC Home Electronics and Hudson Soft’s collaborative venture into the game console market failed to catch on for American players. Their 16-bit console just couldn’t compete with the likes of Nintendo and Sega. Nintendo has already released two highly successful mini consoles, and Sega is slated to release its...[Read More]
Super Mario RPG – A Retrospective Video
Growing up in the 90s, I had exposure to some of gaming’s greatest titles at a very young age. This was partly due to my next-door neighbor’s Super Nintendo. With titles like Super Mario World, Mortal Kombat, and Donkey Kong Country, gaming immediately got its hooks in me! My neighbor wasn’t the type to get new games, leaving us with limited options. As a result, that left me with lots of ga...[Read More]
EON Super 64 brings Simple HDMI Upscaling to N64
From the same team that created an HDMI adapter for the Nintendo Gamecube, Eon have set their sites on bringing back the N64 into living rooms in a simple, effective way. Their Super 64 adapter is a simple plug-in device that slots into the AV Out of the retro system, adding an HDMI port and a button that enables a smoothing filter.
Oddworld Soulstorm gets First Gameplay Trailer
The strange adventures of Abe in Oddworld: Abe’s Odyssee was an iconic title on the original PlayStation. An oppressive atmosphere coupled with puzzle elements and a brain flexing challenge made for a great time for a lot of players. A remake entitled New ‘n’ Tasty made a ton of sense and did a great job representing the classic on modern consoles. Fans have always wondered what would become of Ab...[Read More]
SNES Omnibus – A Physical Manifestation of the Retro Gaming Community
There is something to be said about the collaborative effort of those who absolutely adore video games. From the trenches of World of Warcraft raids to the massively popular and successful charity streams, gamers seem to have this need to connect with others either directly in game or through that shared interest. It was out of this request for assistance that I stumbled upon the SNES Omnibus, a m...[Read More]