Twin Galaxies, an organization that tracks video game world records (assisting the famous Guinness Book of World Records), and conducts a program of electronic-gaming promotions, praised video gamer Billy Mitchell, for achieving the highest score of all time in the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Twin Galaxies Disqualifies Billy Mitchell

Photo by Datagod. Used under CC BY-SA 4.0 licence. Twin Galaxies has today removed Billy Mitchell’s scores from its database and banned him from entering new competitive scores, based on disputed Donkey Kong scores from 2010. The organisation opened with the following statement: “Based on the complete body of evidence presented in this official dispute […]
DvD Releases Two New Japanese to English Translations for Famicom Disk System Games

DvD Translations is a group of dedicated video gamers and hobbyists that translates games that were originally released only in the Japanese language into English. Unless you are fortunate enough to be bilingual in both languages, in most cases, games […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
New ROM Hack Brings Updated Graphics and Sound to NES Classic “Castlevania” Via Mesen

If you enjoy the “Castlevania” series, you know how devoted your fellow fans are. For many decades, the people at Konami have given us so many amazing games in the Belmont universe. In more recent years however, this hasn’t been […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“SNK 40th Anniversary Collection” Coming to Nintendo Switch in Fall, 2018 by NIS America

Japanese based company SNK has a unique history when it comes to video games. They made some amazing and ultimately legendary arcade titles, producing a total of 23 stand alone cabinets between 1979 and 1986. They were also successful in […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“The RGN Files” Podcast #10 Uploaded; Details About “VGM on FM” Episode #8, Tonight at 7pm

Good morning fellow gamers, and happy Monday to you all! Another week of news has come and gone, and that brings us a brand new edition of “The RGN Files” podcast. Miss something in the world of retro gaming last […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Upcoming Title “Shaq Fu: A Legend Reborn” Gets An Official Release Date and Distribution Method

This past February, we reported on the continuing saga of the upcoming sequel to the 16-bit title “Shaq Fu”, which had been pondered since 2014. Despite that the game is typically not very well received by both critics and gamers […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Demo Available of NES Title “Alfonzo’s Arctic Adventure”, Based on “Eskimo Bob” Cartoons

So very often, video games are created that are based on characters and settings from various television series and motion pictures, some good, some poor. There have also been video games based on internet cartoons, such as the “Strong Bad” […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“Spyro: Reignited Trilogy” Officially Confirmed for Release on Sony PlayStation 4 in September, 2018

Just 2 months ago, we at Retro Game Network gave our readers details about the upcoming remastering of the classic “Spyro the Dragon” trilogy. At the time, the information was a little sketchy as the official announcement had not been […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“Spyro: Reignited Trilogy” Officially Confirmed for Release on PS4 & Xbox One in September, 2018

Just 2 months ago, we at Retro Game Network gave our readers details about the upcoming remastering of the classic “Spyro the Dragon” trilogy. At the time, the information was a little sketchy as the official announcement had not been […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…