Sega Quietly Files Trademark For Revival Of A 1990 Arcade Co-Op Classic
"Bonanza Bros. Golden Heist" was submitted on April 14th.Sega's been very keen to leverage its library of classic games of late, releasing a new Shinobi and lining up sequels for Crazy Taxi, Golden Axe and Jet Set Radio.It also recently launched the 'Sega Universe' initiative, which aims to…
"The Best Killer Instinct Emulator Ever" Is Now Available To Download
BigInstinct is the work of BigPEmu creator Rich Whitehouse.After announcing back in March of this year that funding had been pulled for his Killer Instinct and Killer Instinct 2 arcade emulator BigInstinct, Rich Whitehouse has now revealed that the project has gathered enough support to allow him…
Donkey Kong, Battletoads And Killer Instinct Artist Kev Bayliss Is Attending This Year's Nottingham Video Games Expo
Ocean's Gary Bracey will also be there.Tickets are now on sale for this year's Nottingham Video Games Expo, and it has been confirmed that former Rare artist and designer Kev Bayliss will be in attendance.The event – which takes place at the Crowne Plaza on Saturday 18th July 2026 – marks its…
Retro Recap: All The Classic Gaming News From The Past Week (May 3rd 2026)
C64 and Spectrum handhelds! Capcom! Rare! Smash Bros!Welcome to Retro Recap, a regular feature we run 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
Almost 30 Years After Its Official Version Was Scrapped, Someone Is Porting Tomb Raider To The N64
An official N64 port was considered back in the '90s, but never finished.Footage has emerged of a work-in-progress Tomb Raider port for the N64, suggesting Core Design's classic 3D platformer could soon be coming to the 64-bit system unofficially.The footage was uploaded to YouTube last month, on…
Random Game Saturday: Cyberbots: Fullmetal Madness - The Limited Edition (Saturn)
Heavy metal.I'm a real sucker for a decent limited edition box set, but in the case of Capcom's glorious mech-based one-on-one fighter Cyberbots: Fullmetal Madness, I didn't need tempting. The game itself was good enough for me to want to own it on its own merits back in the 1990s; the…
Godzilla Minus One Director Puts Star Fox Puppet Mystery To Bed, Once & For All
Update: Takashi Yamazaki, the person who created the puppets, has now waded in.When looking at videos and photos from the marketing campaign for the 1993 SNES classic Star Fox, one question comes up time and again: "What happened to the puppets used in the game's marketing?"It's a question, we…
"Juggernaut Can't Jump" - Ex-Capcom Dev Recalls The Early "Headaches" Of Working With Marvel
And how success & money appeared to change everything.In the '90s, there were few partnerships in gaming as iconic as the one that formed between the now-legendary arcade game Capcom and the famous US-based comic book publisher Marvel. But it appears, according to a former Capcom staff member, that…
The Day Has Arrived, Tomb Raider's Free Fanmade 'Side Scroller Edition' Is Finally Available
You can download the fan project now from TRCustoms.As originally spotted by Eurogamer, a talented fan developer has just released a brilliant video of a Tomb Raider 2 project, which shows the classic 3D action-adventure game transformed into a 2.5D sidescroller.The creator of the video, Delca,…
Interview: "It Was An Amateurish Company In A Good Way" - Capcom Japan's First Localisation Lead Talks Marvel, Resident Evil, & Working With Shinji Mikami
"There was no such word as 'localisation.' They were just calling it 'text translation.'".If you happened to play a lot of Capcom games in the '90s and early 2000s, there's a high probability you may have seen Takuya "Tom" Shiraiwa's name scroll across your screen at some point in the past. Though…
The Arcade-Inspired Platformer 'Donut Dodo' Is Coming To The N64, With A Bunch Of New Features
Nintendo Sixty-FOOOOOOOOOOUR.While Pixel Games SARL-S is currently hard at work on the sequel to its popular arcade-inspired platformer Donut Dodo, in the form of Donut Dodo Fantastico, it appears the developer hasn't given up yet on its mission of bringing the original to as many consoles as…
Dreamcast Owners, Take Note - 8BitMods' VMU Pro Just Got Its "Biggest Update Yet"
Includes "tons of fixes and polish".The 8BitMods VMU Pro is one of the best accessories we've seen released for the Dreamcast in a while, and it has just been blessed with what the company is calling its "biggest update yet."VMU Pro OS v2.0.4 finally enables the VMUPro Store, which allows you to…
"I'm Sorry" - Legendary Castlevania Composer Confirms She's Not Working On Belmont's Curse Or Bloodstained: The Scarlet Engagement
"Please continue to support me".The Castlevania series is home to some of the greatest video game music ever composed, and many of the franchise's aural highlights can be attributed to Michiru Yamane.Yamane joined the series for the Mega Drive / Genesis title Castlevania: Bloodlines, but her…
"We Jumped At The Chance" - Industry Veteran Launches Rocket Books, And Its Debut Is All About Ridge Racer Type 4
"We were completely enamoured by One More Win".Veteran game developer and journalist Andy Roberts has just launched Rocket Books, a new independent UK publishing house specialising in video game-related publications – and the company's first release will be of particular interest to Ridge Racer…
"A Hollow Victory" - '100% AI-Generated' Smash Bros. PC Port Comes Under Fire
"You cheated not only the game, but yourself".Super Smash Bros. just got a native PC port, but the news hasn't gone over all that well with many members of the retro community, thanks to the tools used to achieve it.TheWizWiki has been very open and transparent that the port is "100% Al-generated"…
An Iconic Tokyo Game Store Is Being Forced To Move Location Later This Month
'Beep Akihabara' is getting ready to move to an undisclosed location.The popular game store Beep Akihabara is being forced to move this month because the building it has been based in for the past 10 years is scheduled for demolition.If you've been lucky enough in the past to visit Tokyo, Japan, in…
"Did They Have AI Write It?" - Japanese Sega Fans Aren't Happy With The Company's New Approach To Classic IP
"Did the staff actually play these or what?".Sega isn't a company you could ever accuse of ignoring its past, and, despite a few bumps in the road (the most recent being the de-listing of many retro games from digital stores for no obvious reason), the Japanese veteran has always made sure its…
PopoloCrois Creator Yosuke Tamori Has Passsed Away At The Age Of 74
He died earlier this month.Yosuke Tamori, the creator of the PopoloCrois series, has passed away. He was aged 74.The news of his death was shared by the Japan Cartoonists Association on April 20th. He passed away on April 10th. This was subsequently confirmed on his official website.Read the full…
The C64 And ZX Spectrum Are Being Reimagined As Nintendo-Style Clamshell Handhelds
"Takes inspiration from some of the most successful gaming handhelds of the past".Following its tease yesterday, Evercade maker Blaze has confirmed that it is teaming up with Retro Games Ltd to produce two new clamshell handhelds based on the ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64.Entitled THEC64 Handheld…
You'll Soon Be Able To Play A Mega Man Classic On Your Wrist, Thanks To This New Gaming Watch
'Mega Man 2' joins the My Play Watch line of digital watches.F84 Games, the creators of My Play Watch, and Capcom are teaming up to release the Mega Man: My Play Watch, a new digital gaming watch that offers a fresh way to experience the classic NES platformer, Mega Man 2.This isn't the first…