"That Made Me Feel Good" - Xbox Co-Founder On The Rare Game "Strongly Echoed" By Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom
"The creativity was still there at Rare".We were recently lucky enough to sit down for a chat with Xbox co-founder and former Microsoft vice president of gaming, Ed Fries, and one of the topics that came up was British studio Rare.Microsoft acquired Rare in the 2000s, transforming it from a…
Interview: "The Stampers Had Been Frustrated Working For Nintendo" - Xbox Co-Founder Ed Fries On The Deal That Shook The Industry
"'Well, we could be selling so much more if we were cross console'".Most people today will largely associate Ed Fries with his role as an Xbox co-founder and Microsoft's vice president of gaming in the late '90s and early 2000s, but his career in games actually dates back a lot further than…
25 Years After It Began, Langrisser III's Fan Translation Rises From The Dead
Better late than never.Langrisser III occupies a very unusual place in my personal gaming history. Warsong / Langrisser is one of my favourite games of all time, and I recently managed to play the sequel, which sadly never got an English release back in the day, and I loved it.Back in the mid-'90s,…
"A Mix Of Legend of Zelda & Tomb Raider" - Rare PlayStation Exclusive 'Tiny Bullets' Now Available In English
Thanks to the fan translators Chapu & Etokapa.A brand-new fan translation patch has just been released for the Japanese-exclusive PS1 game, Tiny Bullets, giving players the opportunity to experience the rare PlayStation-exclusive in English for the very first time (h/t: GameVecanti).Tiny Bullets is…
"No Vibe Coding" - ZSNES Has Been "Re-Written From Scratch" And Now Enhances Your Favourite SNES Games
Showcases the 'Super Enhancement Engine'.Legendary SNES emulator ZSNES is back in active development, with two of the original developers involved.As revealed by Zophar, zxKnight and _Demo_ are working on Super ZSNES, a GPU-powered successor to the original emulator.Read the full article on…
Retro Recap: All The Classic Gaming News From The Past Week (April 26th 2026)
R-Type! Punch-Out!! Sega! Nintendo in Brazil!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
For Over 35 Years, A Sequel To 'Head Over Heels' Has Been Developed By One Man In Secret, And It's Coming To Amiga And ST Next Month
Update: Release date is confirmed.Head Over Heels is one of the most beloved video games of the 1980s.Developed by Jon Ritman and Bernie Drummond as a spiritual successor to their equally adored isometric take on Batman from 1986, it launched on pretty much every home computer format of the era,…
Molyneux! Crammond! Beeck! Gollop! New Documentary Project Talks To Some Of Amiga Gaming's Biggest Names
Amiga: Classic Game Insights Vol 2 is on Kickstarter now.Nicola and Anthony Caulfield – the filmmaking duo behind From Bedrooms to Billions, The Amiga Years, The PlayStation Revolution and The Rubber Keyed Wonder – have another documentary project on Kickstarter at the moment.Amiga: Classic…