Retro
Brand New Game Boy Horror Game Deadeus Is Getting A Physical
Retro-inspired new releases have become commonplace, in the video game industry. Many developers will stylize their games to look like those of the past. Examples include 2013’s indie darling Shovel Knight, or the recently announced space-shooter Habroxia 2. Most of these retro-inspired titles end up releasing on current generation hardware. What isn’t common, is developers releasing n...[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]
Panzer Paladin Developer Interview
Last Tuesday, independent developer Tribute Games released their latest title Panzer Paladin, after 15 months of development. Panzer Paladin is a side-scrolling action-platformer, ala the Mega Man or Blaster Master. With the genre being as popular as ever, Marooner’s Rock reached out to Tribute Games for an interview, we got to chat with Simon Graveline, Lead Level Designer at Tribute Games,...[Read More]
Bubble Bobble 4 Friends (Switch) Review
Classic video games of the 1980s are definitely still in high demand. Many gamers resort to collecting old favorites physically, while others resort to digital re-releases on current generation hardware. While retro titles are returning in their original form, many are also receiving enhanced sequels. Last year’s BurgerTime Party! marked the seven-year return of arcade hit BurgerTime. BurgerTime P...[Read More]
Universal Monsters Pinball Pack, Pinball FX3 (Steam) Review
October may be over but it’s still spooky season, the perfect time for check out some well-loved, classic horror inspired Williams pinball tables that were recently released for Pinball FX 3. This time Zen Studios have lovingly created digital representations of the “Monster Bash” and “Creature from the Black Lagoon” pinball tables, released as the Universal Monsters ...[Read More]
Burger Time Party! (Nintendo Switch) Review
As of late, it seems old Data East properties have made a resurgence with several titles making a comeback in many different forms. Retro-Bit released their Data East All-Star Collection, an officially licensed NES 5-in-1 multi-cart. My Arcade released the Data East Mini Player, which contains 35 Data East titles. Japanese company G-Mode acquired most of Data East’s back catalog in 2004. As a resu...[Read More]
16-Bit Classics Resurface From The Disney Vault
What’s old is new again; at least that seems to be the ongoing theme! The recent trend of micro consoles has made classic games more accessible than ever before. Prior to companies making their micro consoles, collections of retro titles have been made available on modern platforms. Compilation discs are nothing new and have proven to be very successful. Titles like Mega Man Legacy Collection or D...[Read More]
Ty the Tasmanian Tiger is Shooting for the Switch via Kickstarter
The early 2000s were an interesting time for a dwindling genre. Platformers, both the 2D and 3D variety were some of the most popular games periods with most players at the time having their favorites and even all then all-time classics in the genre were declared. As interest started to shift to more realistic graphics and the boom of first-person shooters, platformers started to gain less and les...[Read More]
SEGA Ages gets Two New Games
Even with the Nintendo Switch’s lack of a native Virtual Console, it has not been neglected in the retro game front. Sega has been working with developer M2 to port Genesis, Arcade, and Master System games over to the eShop as enhanced versions, coined under the Sega Ages umbrella. Yesterday on June 27th, Sega released two additional games.
Arcade1UP Final Fight Arcade Cabinet Review
I have gotten some time in with the line of Arcade1UP games before; at launch, I was able to check out the Rampage cabinet at great length. Despite some slight emulation issues (mainly with Gauntlet) and sizing problems (three large people on one small arcade cabinet can be tough), it turned out to be a fun alternative to owning the real deal.
NES Dungeon Crawler Candelabra Estoscerro Hits Kickstarter in time for PAX East
While the world of gaming continues to explore graphical limitations, virtual realities, and the question-laden streaming of games through a Chrome browser, many players are enjoying whatever system they happen to own whether it be a modern unit or one of the past. There is a whole subset of players that enjoy older consoles and with that comes a group of developers creating games for those system...[Read More]
Turok Dinosaur Hunter (Switch) Review
Long before Goldeneye dominated our lives on the Nintendo 64, we had Turok: Dinosaur Hunter, Acclaim and Iguana Entertainment’s surprisingly stacked first-person shooter. Featuring a massive open-world environment and lots of action to partake in, Turok was a game changer at the time. This excitement led into the following sequel Turok 2: Seeds of Evil. Past that though, Turok began to wear out it...[Read More]