This past weekend at California Extreme, an annual coin-op arcade and pinball table expo in the Bay Area, a little piece of Sonic history was made. For the first time ever, the long lost SegaSonic Bros., an unreleased Sonic arcade game that first made waves two years ago, was playable to the public. I had the […]
Archive: July, 2018
Sonic Amateur Games Expo 2018 Trailer
There’s still plenty of time to submit your project to SAGE 2018! Check out our last article for details and we’ll see you August 25th!
RGN Contributor “Xanfan” Battling Hard Drive Crash; Details on Entries, Podcast, FM & Twitch
Hello fellow gamers! This morning, I regret to say that there will not be a new episode of “The RGN Files” podcast. Over the course of the weekend, my computer has been running incredibly slow. It all started with a […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
European “Commodore 64 Mini” Console Arriving to North American Store Shelves This October
In recent years, there has been a wide variety of retro plug and play video game devices, that relive the games of our youth. Such systems dedicated to consoles from Nintendo, Atari, Sega, Mattel, Coleco among others, have been widely […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
LoveROMs & LoveRetro Offline After Nintendo Lawsuit; EmuParadise Taking Cautionary Actions
Last Saturday, Retro Game Network had reported on the impending lawsuit against Nintendo and Jacob Mathias, alongside of his Arizona based company, Mathias Designs LLC. It has been alleged that Mathias is the operator of LoveROMS.com and LoveRETRO.co, two websites […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“Shenmue III” Slacker Backer Campaign Reaches $7,000,000; Slated for 2019 Release on PS4 & PC
Way back in the summer of 2015, Retro Game Network reported on the highly anticipated third installment of the popular “Shenmue” video game series being crowdfunded via Kickstarter. Yu Suzuki himself had been wanting to give the series a proper […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“Return of the Tentacle: Prologue” Brings Fan Created Sequel to 1993’s “Day of the Tentacle”
When I was a kid, one of my all time favorite video games was without a doubt “Maniac Mansion”. In fact, my very first article for Retro Game Network was a review of the classic LucasArts game! (Don’t look at […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“The RGN Files” Podcast #24 Now Available… Details About “VGM on FM” Episode #13 on WRML
Good morning everyone! Another week of retro video game news, means a fresh edition of “The RGN Files” podcast! We had some pretty solid stories this past week, with some pretty cool new releases from franchises of our youth, and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Nintendo Sues Owner of ROM Image Distribution Websites for Copyright & Trademark Infringement
The use of ROM images for use on computer based emulators, has always been an interesting discussion when it comes to the legality of the technology. For over two and a half decades, emulation methods have been a welcome alternative […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…