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Escape 2042 Breaks Out Again: The Truth Defenders Sneak Onto the Atari ST
Some games launch once and settle down. Escape 2042: The Truth Defenders kept picking its own lock. By the time our original news item appeared on 22 June…
Author: June Park
Fresh Cartridge reporter. Covers launches, remasters and the modern retro scene as it happens. Owns more handhelds than handbags, has opinions about all of them, and filed this bio from a Game Boy she modded herself.
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E3 2018: Team Sonic Racing Impressions
A new E3 means a new Sonic game and this year’s major Sonic release is a pseudo-sequel to Sumo Digital’s SEGA crossover…
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Don’t Miss Retro Gamer Issue 182
Retro Gamer issue 182 has hit the shelves today, and if you’re a fan of the Mega Drive you won’t want to…
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Round Two: The One-Man Fight to Give the Commodore 64 the Street Fighter II It Deserved
In 1992, U.S. Gold gave the Commodore 64 a Street Fighter II so rushed it was finished at the duplicators. A quarter…
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Draw Your Own Green Hill: Sonic Studio and the Level Editor Sonic Never Had
A loop, a bridge of rings, and a terrain line you drew yourself: the Sonic Studio editor at work. Photo: Lapper /…
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Risky Rick, Risky Business: The ColecoVision Homebrew That Dared Rick Dangerous’s Dangerous Traps
On 31 May 2018, ColecoVision owners were given a date to circle. Less than four weeks later, on 25 June, a brand-new cartridge called Risky Rick in Dangerous…
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“Team Sonic Racing” Announced For Winter 2018
When looking to define what Sonic the Hedgehog is, many elements can spring to mind. The surreal landscapes, the boppin’ tunes, the…
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Tänzer Takes a Bow — and a Blade: The Genesis / Mega Drive Homebrew That Danced Onto Real Cartridges
Some homebrew heroes wear armour. This one wears a tutu. Tänzer — the word is German for “dancer” — casts you as a ballerina whose body has been transformed…
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Off the Rails on Purpose: Trolley Follies, the Commodore 64 Puzzle Game Where Every Connection Counts
Most puzzle games ask you to arrange the pieces. Trolley Follies hands you a working railway, a trolley full of impatient strangers…
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Suit Up, Scale Up: How the NES Homebrew Lizard Spent Four Years Learning to Shed Its Skin
Most new NES games in 2018 arrived as downloads wearing a retro costume. Lizard arrived the other way round: it was a genuine Nintendo Entertainment System…