A new homebrew NES game just made its goal on kickstarter with 17 days left as of the time that I an writing this article. The game, named Soko Bananas is an overhead puzzler that reminds me of classics such as The Adventures of Lolo, and Kickle Cubicle. https://ksr-video.imgix.net/assets/025/060/588/f129389f3c5aa5e6a981a05df1c37399_h264_high.mp4 Per Flip for Fate, the […]
If you’re a Wii U collector that doesn’t own a copy of StarFox Zero, then head down to your nearest Five Below. Over the last few weeks, brand new retail copies of StarFox Zero with StarFox Guard included as a bonus game have stocked their shelves. Though the game was released to less-than-stellar reviews, it’s still a […]
This morning, Sega revealed the next 10 games for its upcoming Genesis Mini. Out of the 10, the one that stands out the most is Mega Man: The Wily Wars. This game never received a physical release in North America. Those that did play it when it was released either imported the game from other […]
Two projects that are considered vaporware by many have risen from the depths of limbo this month. The first of the two, known as the Polymega, recently allowed for Bob of RetroRGB to get some hands-on time with their pre-release hardware. Now, in a similar strategic move, Paprium‘s head, Fonzie (the head of Watermelon Games) has finally […]
Developer Chris Maltby has released his GB Studio, a free program that allows for aspiring developers to create their own Gameboy, Gameboy Color games without any programming knowledge. The program can be downloaded from gbstudio.dev. There are versions available for OSX, Windows, and Linux. Per the developer site, these are some of the benefits offered by using GB […]
If you’re in the camp that looks at retro games and wishes that they had a true widescreen option that doesn’t rely on weird stretching techniques, then emulators like WideNES and now Wide GB might satisfy that need. Based on a modified version of sameboy, Wide GB includes an extra option: “Use Widescreen”. Enabling this […]
In mid-2018, the Turbografx and PC Engine CD received a new action-platforming game titled FX-Unit Yuki: The Henshin Engine. Following a successful kickstarter campaign, backers were able to participate in a survey to choose a console port for development after the original version was completed where the Sega Genesis won the popular vote. Now, nearly […]
Developer Nicolas Hamel has posted a sneak peak at his work on a port of the rad arcade game “Bad Dudes” for the Sega Mega Drive / Genesis. If that wasn’t a surprise in itself, he’s also received assistance from the @bigevilboss himself, Matt Phillips of Tanglewood fame! Small side project, a megadrive code editor […]
The M30 2.4G by 8bitdo is a fantastic controller for the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive that is proven to have low lag AND a low price. Unfortunately, many of the early units suffer from connection issues and unlike the M30 bluetooth edition, there is no obvious way to update the 2.4G receiver that comes bundled with […]
HD Retrovision has provided some screenshots of an anti-dithering feature for their long ago announced “HD-Mizer“, an analog to digital video interface box with HDMI® output. This is a plug-n-play device that would take standard analog signals and process them correctly for modern digital displays in a clean 480p/576p. Per their in development product page, this […]
