We see you, Limited Run Games, sneaking Bill & Ted’s Excellent Retro Collection onto the Switch eShop and PSN late on a Friday afternoon. The publisher recently released a physical edition of this two-game retro collection, and as mandated, every PS4 and Switch title that gains a retail release must also be available digitally. The …
The recent arrival of GBA games on Nintendo Switch Online was a cause for celebration. The first wave includes some of the handheld’s finest, and Nintendo has already confirmed that Golden Sun, Fire Emblem, F-Zero, and more are coming. But there was one title within the launch line-up met with disdain – Mario Kart: Super …
If you stuck with the SEGA Dreamcast until its twilight years, you may recall Cosmic Smash – the 2001 Naomi-powered arcade game that saw a DC release in Japan. It wasn’t exactly one of SEGA’s biggest hits, which may be why we’ve had to wait over twenty years for a follow-up. It certainly has its …
City Connection will be giving us a boost in May, with BATSUGUN Saturn Tribute Boosted due on all formats at the end of the month. May 25th, to be exact. This is the latest of the developer’s SEGA Saturn ports, following on from Elevator Action Returns, Puzzle Bobble, and Cleopatra Fortune. Toaplan’s vertical scrolling shooter hit …
Blaze’s 2023 Evercade roadmap is starting to take shape, with confirmation of two new cartridges. THEC64 Collection 2 and Toaplan Arcade 2 are both set to launch on April 28th, with pre-orders going live on February 17th. They’ll set you back £17.99 each, and will work on any Evercade. You may have to update the …
Retro re-release purveyors HAMSTER are happy to announce that Arcade Archives The New Zealand Story is available now, and we’re more than happy to relay this joyous news. The New Zealand Story (or The NewZealand Story, as it’s officially known) is a colourful, and slightly eccentric, arcade platformer released by Taito in 1988. Like Bubble …
Ahead of tonight’s Xbox Developer Conference, Microsoft has revealed that the anticipated GoldenEye 007 re-release will launch on January 27th – this Friday. That’s the official date, at least – MS notes some territories may see it roll out tomorrow. The objective-based stealth shooter – originally one of the N64’s biggest-selling titles – will feature modern …
With Raiden IV x Mikado’s PlayStation and Xbox release just weeks away, publisher NIS America has revealed plans to publish Raiden III x MIKADO MANIAX this summer. This revamped package takes the 2005 shooter – which was released on PS2 in Europe via then budget publisher 505 Games – and adds rearranged music, wallpapers, online …
I have in my mitts the first festive issue of Sonic the Comic, dated November 27th1993. It wasn’t the closest issue to Christmas, but it did come with a cardboard tree decoration. Now seems a good time to talk about this issue, the history of Sonic the Comic, and my relationship with Fleetway’s fortnightly publication. …
If our email inbox is anything to go by, January is looking surprisingly busy for new releases. We can now add the Anniversary Wonder Boy Collection to that ever-growing list. A digital-only release from Bliss Brain, it’s an expanded version of Wonder Boy Collection, which we awarded a 7/10 back in June. It’s set to …
Looks like we’ll have to wait a little longer for Space Giraffe 2. Atari has revealed that Jeff Minter’s latest project is an Akka Arrh revival. Unfamiliar with Akka Arrh? That’s understandable. Released in 1982, this arcade shoot’em up never entered full production, only receiving a market test. Players found it too difficult, so Atari …
City Connection has two SEGA Saturn conversions on the horizon. The first, as reported during our new release round-up, is the cult Taito puzzler Cleopatra Fortune (also known as Cleopatra’s Fortune) from 1997. The PSone version was released in the UK by Midas, often remembered for being one of the better £9.99 budget games. The second …
The Atari Flashback console series launched in 2017, bringing together 150 games across three volumes – with bespoke versions later launching for Switch and PS Vita. With this in mind, you may be wondering why Atari 50 has generated a buzz, especially when this latest collection offers fewer games than 2019’s Switch iteration of Flashback. …
The Commodore 64 is one of those rare formats, like the Amiga and Atari ST, where it’s impossible to count how many games were released for it. The 8-bit microcomputer launched in 1982 and was still knocking around in the mid-90s, even gaining conversions of Capcom’s Street Fighter II and Final Fight. Games were released …
When people think of Atari, the games and systems that spring to mind likely depend on which decade you grew up in. ‘80s kids will recall the company’s coin-munching arcade cabinets and the behemoth that was the Atari 2600 – a system that managed to survive the ’84 market crash, with games released in Europe …