Kenneth W. Arnold reflects on his work on the groundbreaking RPG series.When it comes to discussing the history of the computer role-playing genre in the US, there are several names that repeatedly come up; some of the most notable being Richard Garriott, the creator of Ultima, and the Wizardry...

   Noodle dash We’ve already covered Delisoba Deluxe, the rarest Sega Saturn game which is worth around 8,000 - and we’re now pleased to report that an English translation now exists for this unique racer.Developed by Cave and based on a trial event within TBS’s mid-1990s Japanese game show, Tokyo...

   No fish were harmed in the making of About Fishing .SEGA Bass Fishing and Shenmue were stablemates on the Dreamcast, and now they’re getting a tribute game by the name of About Fishing.Developed by The Water Museum, About Fishing is described as a fishing mystery game that blends the calm,...

   Features numerous ’Quality of Life’ improvements.One of the significant consequences of the collapse of the Sony and Nintendo hardware partnership in the ’90s was the ill-fated Philips CD-i multimedia system receiving a selection of Nintendo-sanctioned titles, including Zelda: Faces of Evil, Zelda...

   A beta (v0.1) of the patch has now been released.We’ve just come across some exciting fan translation news, courtesy of the user SabanganPr16257 on Twitter X.It appears that a new English fan translation patch is currently in the works for Taito and Arc System Works’ PS2 remake of Ys V: Lost Kefin,...

   The patch was originally supposed to drop last year, on October 10th, 2025.A trailer recently dropped online for a new Super Mario World ROM hack that aims to imagine what a Super Mario Bros. game might have looked like had it been released on a fictional CD-based version of the NES Nintendo...

   60fps High res visuals The same 3 10 gameplay Quest 64 was subjected to some lukewarm reviews when it first launched on the N64 back in the ’90s, which is surprising when you consider how starved Nintendo fans were for RPGs at that time.Known as Holy Magic Century in Europe, Australia, and New...

   Will contain new interviews with the people who made it happen.Nicola and Anthony Caulfield, the creative duo behind Bedrooms To Billions and The Rubber Keyed Wonder, are about to launch a crowdfunding campaign for their next documentary - this time focused solely on the Commodore 64 home computer...

   Honors the original Taito spirit while enhancing it with a modern artistic direction .Commodore Industries (the Italian one, not the one which just resurrected the C64) has revealed that its official remake of Taito’s 1988 coin-op platformer The NewZealand Story launches on Steam next month.The...

   I sincerely feel that we have let down those who have supported us .AYANEO is a company capable of producing amazing hardware, and we’ve been big fans of the Chinese firm for the past few years thanks to remarkable devices like the Pocket DMG, Pocket DS and Pocket Air Mini.However, AYANEO has...

   Missed some retro news this week? We’ve got you covered.Welcome to Retro Recap, a new regular feature we’ll be running each and every weekend which rounds up all of the best retro gaming news and content of the past week in one place.Read the full article on timeextension.com

   Update: jnmartin’s native port is now available.We’ve seen a lot of community-made ports of famous games to new platforms recently, all made possible by the fact that talented hackers have taken apart the source code, enabling native versions of titles like Zelda, GTA III and DOOM 64.It looks like...

   We are not leaving Japan, but this work should be allowed within Japan .In April 2025 we covered how Japan’s Game Preservation Society was on the verge of closing. Since then, a lot has happened, with big changes and even bigger plans. The GPS would again like to thank everyone who rushed to its...

   Could a native PC port finally be on the cards?As recently highlighted by Video Game Esoterica (and Rock Paper Shotgun), an exciting new project is currently underway to decompile the Xbox title Jet Set Radio Future, meaning it’s possible (though not exactly guaranteed) that it could one day end up...

   Cucciolo somehow managed to do something important .Opened in 1996, SegaWorld London was a massive indoor theme park located within the UK capital’s Trocadero venue, and was packed to the rafters with Sega arcade machines and other rides.Despite the amazing array of games on offer, SegaWorld London...

   Who you gonna call?Codemasters’ LMA Manager series was a short-lived rival to the likes of Championship Manager and Football Manager, and used a unique system for unlocking codes which allowed players to tinker with the gameplay.A hotline was established in the UK that charged 1 per minute and...

   Super Robot Wars 64 originally released for the Nintendo 64 in 1999.We have some great news for fans of giant anime and giant robots. It has been announced that a fan translation of Super Robot Wars 64 for the Nintendo 64 is currently in development, meaning that fans of the series will one day be...

   Will be used in the upcoming shmup, Metal Canary.When considering its status as Sega’s final home console, the Dreamcast’s recent resurgence is perhaps surprising.We’ve seen new hardware, such as next-gen VMUs and controllers, as well as a raft of homebrew releases and amazing ports, all of which...

   Interface upgrade.I’ll get this out of the way early - as much as I adore Sega’s last home console, I never loved the Dreamcast controller.Sure, there were things I liked about it; it was pretty comfortable to hold, the Hall Effect stick was great (Sega used the same tech in its Saturn 3D pad,...

   Dust off your controllers .We have some potentially exciting news for those who love checking out the latest homebrew releases for the NES and SNES.The retro publisher Mega Cat Studios has revealed it is kicking off the New Year by releasing three new retro experiences for classic Nintendo machines...

   The second part of the Rune Worth trilogy is available on Switch today.Despite running into a few issues of its own making last year, the Japanese company D4 Enterprise is seeking to continue its run of reissuing old games for classic Japanese computers on the Nintendo Switch in 2026.Over on its...

   I hate when people get tricked into doing stupid stuff like this .Video games, like any physical item, can become very valuable on the secondary market. Many retro games are now worth thousands of dollars, and this increased value predictably leads people to treasure and hoard them in the same way...

   OutRun, Sonic, Shinobi, Streets of Rage and Golden Axe all on the way.Just before Christmas, it was announced that Sega was teaming up with retro hardware maker My Arcade to produce a series of mini-arcade systems, and we now have more details on one of those systems.My Arcade has been...

   CD or CD? That is the question.I’ve been a fan of Krikzz’s EverDrive line of flash carts since they hit the market over 15 years ago, and have owned multiple examples across the Game Boy, GBA, SNES and Mega Drive.One system I’ve never seen fit to ’EverDrive-up’ is the PC Engine TurboGrafx-16,...

   New year, new you 2025 has come and gone, and we’re now already several days into a brand-new year: 2026. So, with that, it’s the perfect time for people to take stock and think about the year ahead and what they want to change.But rather than your typical New Year’s resolutions of drinking less,...