Tassei Denki to Bring Back Time Crisis in New Plug and Play Device

by William Schwartz | Jun 4, 2025 | 1990s, 2020s, Console/Handheld

  Earlier today, Tassei Denki set up a Pre-Launch Kickstarter page for its upcoming Time Crisis plug and play lightgun device. Tassei Denki also appears to have acquired the rights to include Steel Gunner, Steel Gunner 2, and Point Blank in this device. A Vimeo...

Can Shining Force Be Fixed?

by William Schwartz | Jun 3, 2025 | 1990s, 2020s, Console/Handheld, Gaming, Opinions, Reviews

  The title probably isn’t entirely fair. Plenty of Shining Force fans would say the game doesn’t need to be fixed, it’s already a classic, and I would wager that greyskies is among them. Nevertheless, greyskies has brought his Return to Grans...

The Art Director of Majora’s Mask Joins the Nightmare Busters Adventure!

by Todd Friedman | Jun 2, 2025 | 1980s, 1990s, 2020s, Press Release

Pix’n Love Games and Aurora Game Studio are thrilled to announce that the legendary Takaya Imamura is joining the Nightmare Busters Rebirth project! KICKSTARTER  Takaya Imamura, the renowned designer who spent over three decades at Nintendo, is now part of the...

Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Tony Hawk

by Todd Friedman | May 30, 2025 | 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Columns, Console/Handheld

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Tony Hawk who currently is displayed on card number 3522, from the Superstars of 2021 Collection.  There is no talk about skateboarding without mentioning the name Tony Hawk. His popularity in skateboarding was as big as any...

The Latest on American Pinball; When Will We See Cuphead?

by Knapp Arcade | May 29, 2025 | 1980s, 1990s, KnappArcade, Pinball

American Pinball (AP) recently sent out an update to its distributors at what is a crucial time for the company as it transitions to new leadership. AP told distributors that it is working to grow its business with contract manufacturing for arcade, redemption and...

Operation Steel Rain – This WIP mech platformer for the Amiga looks rather cool (+DEMO) [update]

by Indie Retro News | May 25, 2025 | 1990s, 2000s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Even though it’s still Jan, already we’ve had so many Amiga game news stories, that at times I could hardly keep up! Games such as Bad Dudes vs DragonNinja, Castlevania AGA, Tracker Hero and WIZONK are just some of the ones I’ve featured already....