It’s not every day that you come across a major unreleased game, but we’ve been rather blessed this week as the cancelled sequel to Kung-Fu Master has been revealed to the world. Titled Beyond Kung-Fu, the game features all-new visuals and new types of enemies, including dragons. You can see the game in action in the […]
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Long Lost ‘Tom & Jerry: The Chase Is On’ Super Nintendo Prototype Discovered
Nothing quite beats the mystery of a video game that goes missing during its development. From the likes of Starfox 2 to Sonic Xtreme, the arrival of unreleased titles surfacing years later provides retro gamers with even more to enjoy on their favourite consoles. The latest title from the archives to surface is a Tom […]
The Atari 2600 Encyclopaedia Volume One Book Announced
The Atari 2600 is without a doubt one of the most pivotal systems to have ever graced our gaming world. Having revolutionised the industry in the late seventies, its timeless design and releases have easily influenced many of the games we know and love today. With such a rich history on offer, one video game […]
Announcing The ZX Spectrum / Commodore 64 Book Revised Edition
We’re pleased to announce the ZX Spectrum / Commodore 64 Book: Revised Edition, due for release in May 2015. The book contains over 250 pages of content on these titans of the 8-bit computing scene, from features on the best games to guides for aspiring collectors. The new revised edition features in-depth guides to classic games […]
Video Showing Early Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric Build Surfaces
It’s pretty clear that the development of Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric was troubled to say the least, and nothing shows this quite as well as seeing what the game used to look like. While we don’t know how much work was done on this version of the game, it’s pretty clear that the game was originally […]
Play Blackpool This Weekend – Arcade Machines, Talks & Tickets
Play Blackpool is this upcoming weekend: one of the largest Retro Gaming events takes over the Norbreck Castle Exhibition Centre in Blackpool this Bank Holiday, in one of the top days in the Retro Gaming Calendar. In it’s second year back at the Norbreck, this event was stellar last year, with some great games to play, […]
Supremacy: Your Will Be Done
When I talk to younger friends about gaming, one of the things they tend to struggle with is the concept that players could be drawn into an experience which suggested more than it showed, due to the use of text-based or menu-driven interfaces with fairly minimal visuals. However, anyone that has logged enough time in […]
Leaked Pricing Sheets Show Trade-In And Resale Values For Upcoming Retro GameStop Offerings
It was over two and a half years ago when Retro Game Network brought the story about video game giant GameStop getting back into the retro video game business. Recently, this has been back into the news, with select brick […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Brand New Homebrew Mode 7 Shooter ‘Hind Strike’ Announced For Super Nintendo
If for whatever reason you’ve ran out of Super Nintendo titles to be battling through, then worry no more. Piko Interactive recently revealed their plans for the rest of the year, something which included the announcement of an all new helicopter based shooter for the 16-bit system utilising the impressive Mode 7 graphics mode.
RetroCollect FM – Retro Gaming Podcast – Issue 19: R-Type
In 1987 Irem’s classic R-Type burst into the arcades and had many of us feeding the system, all whilst we scrolled through the universe to defeat the Evil Bydo Empire. Later ported to our home systems, R-Type spawned many sequels which soon turned it into one of Irem’s most popular series. But how does the […]