If you’re not familiar with Locomalito, he makes AWESOME professional quality pixel style games that attempt to adhere to and mimic classic arcade systems, computers, and consoles. Even better, he releases many of them for free for various platforms. While checking out MegaCat’s site today, I noticed that both Tanzer and L’abbaye Des Morts are now […]
Genesis and Mega Drive users have yet another game to look forward to with the announcement of Project Genesis, a new game designed to run on real hardware. This time, the developer is Bits Rule Games, an Argentinian development studio currently composed of four members. The game reminds me of Monster World IV visually with a […]
The best Saturn emulator on Android, Yaba Sanshiro just received a new update to version 2.4.0. The emulator, which plays many games at full speed on the Nvidia Shield TV and many other devices received an important usability update. According to the release notes: WHAT’S NEW * in-game controller configuration. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjwSuPTWgy0 * Riglord saga 2 […]
The ultimate anime for retro gamers just got an additional three episodes added to season one. If you aren’t familiar with Hi Score Girl, it’s a show that’s full of awesome retro gaming clips & references with a coming-of-age love triangle story tacked on. This article is spoiler free, so there is no danger of […]
Apparently, the Genesis still does, because new games keep being announced for it! Megacat Studios has announced Lethal Wedding, a top down RPG shooter for the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive. There isn’t a whole lot of information on the game, with relatively few screenshots at this time. The company does have a good track record of releasing retro […]
If you’re a Wii U fan (and there are still many!) then it’s almost embarrassing that the nearly 30 year old Sega Genesis seems to have more games announced for it every week. Many of those are also scheduled to receive physical copies, which is tougher to do with a cartridge than a disc. This […]
Paprium spoof, Papirium is in new hands after the mysterious disappearance of Studio Vetea on twitter. This left people to speculate and get worried, but luckily, he’s fine. After a brief absence, Vetea returned to provide a statement on the Sega-16 forum thread for Papirium. In it, Vetea lists his numerous projects and gives his reasons […]
Irena is a 16-bit shmup created by White Ninja Studio. It’s main dev, Kentosama named the game after his daughter which is how another indie game, Battle Princess Madelyn started its development. The Story line is as follows: In a distant world, an intergalactic ship carrying settlers to the planet Laderia II is suddenly trapped […]
In what is a continuing trend that I’ve grown fond of, another NEW game is out for the seemingly immortal Genesis/Mega Drive. The game, released by RetroSouls goes by the name of Old Tower. It’s an action puzzler where you play as a little explorers in a towers full of deadly traps and ugly skullz. Your […]
Starsceptre is a fantastic indie shmup that is in danger of getting delisted from the iOS app store due to low sales. Its developer, Richard Morgan hasn’t made enough to pay for the license fee to keep it on the app store. He has publicly asked for help, and as it’s an excellent retro style […]
