After 40 years of slimes, swords, and suspiciously helpful village NPCs, the original JRPG legend gets…
Month: May 2026
Could Akiko have saved the Amiga CD32 from PlayStation and Sega Saturn?
The Amiga CD32 did not enter the 1990s console war like a machine without confidence. It…
Mega Pang for Sega Mega Drive: a new homebrew tribute to Super Pang
Mega Pang feels like one of those games that should have existed already. Not in a…
Amelinium 0.2 released: a new web browser for classic Amiga systems
The web was not built with a Motorola 68000 in mind. Today’s internet is heavy, scripted,…
Star Fox 64 remake brings back one of Nintendo’s greatest space adventures
There are some gaming comebacks that feel inevitable, and then there is Star Fox, a series…
Double Baboon Ninja swings back with more sprites and bigger boss battles on Amiga
There are some game titles that whisper gently to you. Double Baboon Ninja is not one…
Neo Geo AES+: new details on cartridges, controllers, manuals and compatibility
When PLAION first announced that it was teaming up with SNK to create the Neo Geo…
Pacific Islands Amiga retrospective: tanks, tactics and ’90s strategy gaming
There is a particular kind of early-’90s computer game that does not politely introduce itself. It…
Commodore 64 game development gets visual coding boost with C64 Dev Machine update
C64 Dev Machine has received another update, bringing a set of practical improvements to its visual…
Eugen Systems’ R.U.S.E. returns as a definitive edition for PC and Steam Deck
For years, R.U.S.E. felt like one of those PC games people talked about in slightly wistful…
Atari buys Wizardry rights, bringing a legendary RPG series back into focus
Atari bought Wizardry. Not all of it, not every branch of its long and complicated family…
Inside THEA1200: the OS question behind Retro Games Ltd’s Amiga delay
There is something wonderfully risky about trying to bring back an Amiga, because the Amiga was…
Amiga UNIX: the story of Commodore’s forgotten UNIX Workstations
For a brief moment, Commodore tried to sell the Amiga as something more than a creative…
Fly Harder Amiga retrospective: Starbyte’s cult classic of gravity, rage and one more go
There are difficult games, and then there are games that look you directly in the eye,…
AWeb 3.6 Beta 8 brings the classic Amiga web browser back to life
There is something wonderfully stubborn about a web browser for the Amiga receiving a new release…
World Heroes Perfect Steam release revives a cult Neo Geo fighting game
SNK has quietly dropped World Heroes Perfect onto Steam, which feels about right for a game…
Classic Doom 3 returns with real-time path tracing in new mod showcase
There is a particular kind of darkness in Doom 3 that players never really forgot. It…
Android handhelds are growing up, and GammaOS Next is leading the way
There is a familiar disappointment that comes with many Android gaming handhelds. You pick up a…
Retro Games Ltd delays THEA1200 to improve OS and deliver a more authentic Amiga experience
There are few communities in computing as loyal, as technically minded, or as emotionally invested as…
Amiga racer Spirit of Eternal Racer returns with big update
There is something wonderfully mad about asking an Amiga to behave like a modern racing machine.…
Blazing Star retrospective: how SNK’s arcade shooter became legendary
In 1998, when most of the games industry was busy falling in love with polygons, CD-ROMs,…