R-Type may be 34 years old but the beyond-enthusiastic reception for R-Type Final 2‘s Kickstarter proved Irem’s long-running series is much more than a nostalgic memory held close by a few greying fans, or vintage shmup still hazily respected from a great distance. R-Type can still generate hype and open up wallets; the thought of ...
If you’re a retro video game collector, you’ve probably been asked at least a few times in your life why you buy so many old games. You might have even asked the same question to yourself in the past – perhaps challenging your own reasons. So, why do people collect old (and physical) games in ...
We’ve had a lot of 35th Anniversaries this year, including the Mario celebrations and the Zelda… non-celebrations, and this weekend — specifically, the 25th April, 2021 — is the birthday of the Konami Code, perhaps the most famous sequence of buttons in history (not that there’s much competition for that title). For the 35th anniversary ...
© Funbox Media Ltd Everyone has their own definition of retro, though we suspect a number of gamers only go as far as the NES-era when they think of old-school classics. Gamers of a certain age remember pre-Nintendo console days, however, when arcade machines made comforting beeps and bloops and made good use of vector-based ...
If you are a lover of retro, you are in luck. After the arrival of Evercade, the portable console in 2020, now the arrival of Evercade VS. It is a focused version to be played on a television, using the traditional format. This new device is able to offer resolutions at 1080p and has support ...
This is Memory Pak, where we’re going to be doing a deep-dive into some of the most memorable moments in gaming – good and bad. Kate takes a trip around the memory block, exploring a formative memory for many of us: our first time playing Tetris, and our first time actually being good at Tetris. ...
The Blizzard Arcade Collection, released to mark the opening of BlizzConline, wowed nostalgic fans with three iconic games. Without us seeing it coming, Irvine’s company has just added other titles. see also: NieR Automata: Finally a patch for the Steam version has been announced Lost Vikings 2 and RPM Racing have been added to the ...
Zero Suit Samus as seen in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (2018) (Image: Nintendo) Over the course of 2020, Retro Studios has been on a mass hiring spree for its highly anticipated release, Metroid Prime 4. While this important process seems to have slowed down in recent months, apparently the studio isn’t done just yet. Metroid ...
To celebrate the 35th anniversary of The Legend of Zelda, we’re running a series of features looking at a specific aspect — a theme, character, mechanic, location, memory or something else entirely — from each of the mainline Zelda games. Today, Gavin regrets the fact that he let a tiny, insignificant detail spoil his time ...
There have been a lot of promising games cancelled over the years, fortunately – more of them seem to be returning from the dead. Already this year, GoldenEye 007 XBLA and Dinosaur Planet have been leaked online, and now to add to this, a pre-E3 demo of Castlevania Resurrection has surfaced. This title was originally ...
