Image: via Kickstarter Earlier this year, it was revealed development on the cancelled Game Boy Color title Infinity had been restarted. The GBC project was originally developed by Affinix Software between 1999 and 2001 but unfortunately got axed due to publishing struggles and the launch of the Game Boy Advance. An unfinished ROM appeared five ...
Nintendo might not have been the first company to dream up the notion of the ‘mini’ console, but it has arguably been the most successful, thanks to its massively popular NES and SNES Classic Editions. Since then, we’ve seen the likes of Sega, SNK, Konami and Taito join the micro-console club, but there have also ...
I’ve always loved house-building, life-simulating game The Sims. I was on the bandwagon from day one, ever since meeting the tutorial family, Bob and Betty Newbie, and finding out that they could make a baby by kissing back-and-forth for hours. Just like real life, of course. Life most people, I would spend hours and hours ...
Image: Kamui Fujiwara Terranigma is a SNES title that holds a special place in the heart of many an RPG fan, which is remarkable when you consider that it was only released in Japan and Europe, and bypassed North America entirely. Part of Quintet’s loose RPG trilogy (which also includes Soul Blazer and Illusion of ...
Image: Rob A We were recently contacted by a reader with details of a treasure they had found — an incredibly rare Kirby e-Reader card created exclusively for an in-person E3 2002 competition. Not only was it a limited card created for an industry-only event nearly two decades ago, but also a first prize-winning example ...
Sharif SaidAugust 6, 2021 GMT 11:57 Focus has added another experienced studio to its group. Focus family interaction Announced on Friday that it has acquired French retro experts Dortwood, The developer and publisher, has developed a number of well-acclaimed classic revival games, including “Angry Street 4”, the upcoming Windjammers 2 and so on.The transaction also ...
Remember guides? We certainly don’t, because of that terrible brain accident. But we’re pretty sure that they were excellent, fun little books filled with lovely art and weird semi-canonical facts about how Mario is secretly a tower of eggs in a trench coat. Anyway, you can now (or… soon) relive those glorious manual-filled days with ...
We heard about Sol Cresta — a sequel to arcade shoot-’em-ups Moon Crest and Terra Cresta — around April Fool’s Day this year, and, honestly, we weren’t sure if Platinum Games was pulling our leg (partly because it was their April Fool’s joke for 2020). But now, a few months later, they’ve released a (very ...
As you are no doubt aware, today brought the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games in Tokyo. Though the event is troubled, there’s still plenty of attention and celebratory tie-ins, with Google Doodle being perhaps the most impressive. For the next week, when you visit the Google search homepage you’ll see the icon to play ...
The retro video game market is booming right now. As you might have seen, a copy of the original Legend of Zelda game on the NES sold for $870,000 USD recently – making it the most expensive video game auction purchase (and collectable) of all time. The trend of paying top dollar for classic games ...
