From the developer Salt Pixel.The gritty top down shooter Annihilator from Salt Pixel is finally available in full for the Game Boy Color, its developer has revealed.The new Game Boy Color game takes place in the year XX in Eden Try a city fuelled by human suffering and sees players...

   It’s time to hit the road.The Sega Nomad wasn’t a commercial success, yet it remains one of the best ways to experience Genesis Mega Drive games; it can be used in portable form but also connected to the TV almost like a Nintendo Switch, but two decades ahead of time.The big issue with the device...

   From low poly animator and Sonic the Hedgehog movie artist suitNtie.A new N inspired adventure has just been announced for PC that will let players become a travelling salesman and embark on a cozy adventure across several towns to build their fledgling business.Merchant is the work of the...

   Your Sega Dreamcast can now become an AI driven sentient being .When Sega launched Dreamcast in North America, it came up with a memorable slogan for its advertising campaign: It’s thinking. Intended to illustrate the technological leap the console was making over the PS and N, the campaign...

   The project is being led by its original composer Masashi Kageyama.Brave Wave Productions has revealed that it will be releasing a newly arranged version of the soundtrack to Sunsoft’s cult classic Famicom platformer Gimmick, featuring an all star lineup of musicians from the world of video game...

   Support NES, SNES, Game Boy, GBA, Genesis and Amiga.Sipeed has revealed its FPGA retro gaming platform, Tang Console.Billed as an expandable and versatile rival to the MiSTer FPGA project, Tang Console starts at just for the K version the K one is and, at x mm, it’s roughly half...

   Good things come to those who wait .A while back, we reported on the welcome news that The Video Game History Foundation was creating its own digital library, headed up by Phil Salvador.The VGHF has been tirelessly scanning magazines and other video game related media for the project, with the...

   The author will explore how to retool or rework the project for a legal release.Update : Pixels and Polygons, the company behind Beat ’Em Up Volume : The Unofficial History of Final Fight, has announced on social media it has had to cancel the Kickstarter campaign for the book.According to...

   Retro focused project has been dormant since .A short time ago, we reported on the fact that Sega’s retro focused channel, Sega Forever, had been dormant since August and was seemingly dead.Initially launched to promote the company’s range of classic titles on smartphones, Sega Forever...

   But the cartridge version will take a bit more time .Yuzo Koshiro’s promising shmup Earthion looks set to hit Steam in the not too distant future, according to the legendary composer and developer.Koshiro has shared a screenshot of the game’s Steam page, along with a selection of emojis which...

   As part of D Enterprise’s ongoing EGGCONSOLE series.The original MSX version of Compile’s classic shoot ’em up Zanac is coming to the Nintendo Switch eShop, it’s been announced.The rerelease is the work of D Enterprise and is part of the company’s ongoing series of retro reissues based on games...

   Leap into hell.PlayStation early adopters may well have a soft spot for Jumping Flash. One of the first true D platformers, it placed you in the oversized shoes of a robotic rabbit capable of shooting enemies and leaping onto their heads, Super Mario style. While it could hardly be described as...

   Perdition’ was an action title developed by Velvet Games Bauhaus Entertainment.Back in , the archival group Forest of Illusion dumped a prototype online of an unreleased Resident Evil style action game for Nintendo DS called Perdition.This game saw players take control of a character that...

   Shibata said, ’Racing is good, but let’s have more action like Sonic the Hedgehog ’ .In the rare event that you’ve ever found yourself wondering what a cross between F Zero, pinball, and Sonic the Hedgehog might look like, you needn’t look much further than the psychedelic racer Uchuu Race: Astro...

   From the developer of KAIKAN and ZAKESTA Z.The indie developer Zakichi, known for games like KAIKAN and ZAKESTA Z, has just released their latest shoot ’em up VARYZNEX on Steam.VARYZNEX is a new retro horizontal shoot ’em up that is being compared to the Thunder Force games in particular Thunder...

   The only person I was ever prepared to write with .Former Your Sinclair and Amiga Power staffer Jonathan Nash has passed away, we’re sad to report.Nash’s work will be instantly familiar to readers of those magazines. Like so many publications of the late ’ s and early ’ s, the personality and...

   Coming to NES, Nintendo Switch, PC, Xbox, and PlayStation.The Angry Video Game Nerd everyone’s favourite Retro grouch will soon be returning to consoles in Angry Video Game Nerd bit a new Mega Man inspired adventure from the developer Mega Cat Studios and publisher Retroware.The new game will...

   Update: Transparent case design teased.Sony recently caused a stir by announcing a range of PS style designs for its console range to celebrate the th anniversary of the PlayStation brand.The series includes the PS , PS Portal and the new PS Pro, all clad in the iconic grey colour scheme and...

   Team Group is rebranding as everplay group plc.Team is one of the oldest companies operating in the British video game industry, having been formed all the way back in .While it cut its teeth on Amiga titles, Team has since become a publisher across multiple systems and has IPs such as...

   Prepare to qualify.Namco’s Pole Position is rightly regarded as one of the most influential video games of all time. The first racing game to feature a real life circuit and a qualifying lap, it was also notable for offering a degree of realism that previously hadn’t been encountered in arcades,...

   Update: Demos are now available for GBC, GBA, and NES.Update : Earlier this week, Straynus released the first set of demos for the Maniac Mansion inspired point and click adventure Cronela’s Mansion, for the Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, and Nintendo Entertainment System versions of the game...

   I’m not fine at all. Things may happen when you do this kind of project .Thought you’d heard the end of the SuperSega saga Think again, as we’re now hearing that refunds which were supposed to have been issued at the close of haven’t actually been processed as planned, and Alejandro Martà n,...

   Update: New video shows off the latest build of the game.Update : Since we first covered Joshua Barretto’s GBA port of Super Mario back in May of last year, the project has made some significant leaps forward, as showcased in a new video from the YouTuber Nathaniel Bandy.Not only is a Mario...

   Thanks to MonkeyNess and a group of other Mother Earthbound fans A small group of fans has recently gone to the incredible effort of recreating a ridiculously rare tabletop spin off to Mother EarthBound to prevent it from becoming lost forever.Slot Brothers is a card and dice game that stars...

   You couldn’t make this up.Say what you will about fashion brand Balenciaga, it clearly has its fans but sometimes it’s tricky to defend everything your favourite commercial entity does.The company has just produced a retro gaming handheld to celebrate the lunar new year and the start of the Year of...