Classic PC game retailer GOG.com has just unveiled a range of 15 SNK Neo Geo games available for download, including classics such as Metal Slug, Fatal Fury Special, Baseball Stars 2 and Shock Troopers. All of the games have official support for Windows, and about half have official support for MacOS and Linux. Almost all […]
Well hey! We’re back, and we’re here to stay. Join David The Lurker, Cinossu, Neo Hazard, Overlord, InstantSonic, and Volg Shan as we discuss the new Sonic Mania trailer, as well as Sonic Forces! https://www.sonicretro.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/retrocast_s02e01.mp3 If you’d like to know the background tracks used in this episode, click read more to find out! Masato Nakamura – […]
Sega just released this lovely new trailer for Sonic Mania. It features animation by Sonic Mega Drive artist Tyson Hesse and music by Hyper Potions, along with a first look at Stardust Speedway from Sonic CD. Also there’s a reference to one of Sonic’s rejected character designs, so that’s neat! The trailer also reveals when you’ll be able to download […]
I know what you’re thinking. The release date for the most anticipated game ever has leaked out! –not! While the hotly anticipated Big’s Big Fishing Adventure 3 is still a ways away, that didn’t stop some of our team to put together a brand new trailer showing off the exclusive mini game Big-Hazard Battle. This trailer was […]
Engadget UK has today launched the first episode in its ten-part original video series Tech Hunters, a look back at retro gadgets, hosted by Julia Hardy. Each episode will explore the popularity of each device in its own time as well as its impact on the wider tech industry, and find out the value of […]
In this episode Paul interviews legendary games journalist Julian ‘Jaz’ Rignall. In over 30 years in the industry Jaz has worked on many well loved games magazines including Mean Machines, Zzap64, C&VG and more.
Popping bubbles is fun. It’s fun when you have a sheet of used bubble wrap to play with, it’s fun in the park when you’re a little bit tipsy, and it’s fun in videogame form in Puyo Puyo. This MSX game is the very first entry in the long-running series, released in 1991 as a […]
Regardless on how you feel about 3D Sonic the Hedgehog games, you can’t deny that there’s been a lot of interest in Sonic Forces. Ever since its teasing last July, speculation has run rampant as to what this game could contain. When news earlier this year confirmed that a third character would be revealed, even […]
If you’re a fan of rhythm action games, there’s a good chance that you’ll have experienced the work of NanaOn-Sha, iNIS J or both at some point or another. The former development team has given the world the likes of PaRappa The Rapper, Um Jammer Lammy and Vib Ribbon, while the latter produced Gitaroo Man, […]
In 1995 the belt-scrolling brawler Iron Commando smashed on the Super Famicom. Although packing quite the punch and satisfying fans of the genre, It’s safe to say that the game arrived a little too late to impress those who had seen it all with the Final Fight series. Whilst remaining a Japanese exclusive for quite […]