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So, What Is the Appeal of Retro Video Games?

Retromash about 3 days ago

Video games are a massive multi-billion dollar industry these days. But it wasn’t always this way. Some might say it has become all about the money. Given the past few years of terrible AAA games we have had to endure, this might be true, as publishers s …
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PS1 Exclusive Crash Bandicoot Gets Ported To Sega Saturn

Time Extension about 20 days ago

"Bringing Crash Bandicoot to Sega's 32-bit console is quite a challenge".Modder and homebrew developer Frogbull has ported PS1-exclusive Crash Bandicoot to the Sega Saturn.If the name seems familiar, it's because Frogbull has previously ported Metal Gear S …
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Feature: Rosewater Dev On Point ’n Click Westerns & Casting Red Dead’s Arthur Morgan

Time Extension about 22 days ago

"I told him like, ‘Let’s make sure he doesn’t sound like Arthur Morgan.'".If you're a fan of point-and-click adventure games, you've probably come across Francisco González's work in the past.For the last 20 years, he's been producing some classic g …
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This Astonishing Metal Gear Anime Is The Work Of Just One Person

Time Extension about 1 month ago

Konami, give this man a job.Konami had been sleeping on the Metal Gear series for the longest time following its split from franchise creator Hideo Kojima, but it has finally begun giving it some attention via a Metal Gear Solid 3 remake and a collection o …
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We Almost Got A Mecha Godzilla Designed By Metal Gear's Yoji Shinkawa

Time Extension about 1 month ago

"I wanted to do it, but I didn’t want to disrespect".Japanese director Ryuhei Kitamura is the man behind movies such as Versus (2000) and The Midnight Meat Train (2008), but he also has a connection with the world of video games – he was enlisted by Hi …
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10 Very British Games for the Sega Dreamcast

The Dreamcast Junkyard about 2 months ago

The British are an odd bunch. We're not really a country (look we're not, you have to admit it. It's like someone got a bunch of nations together who don't really like each other all that much, told them the same rich pricks are in charge of them all and e …
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Dreamcast Is Getting A New (And Unofficial) Star Wars Game

Time Extension about 2 months ago

Inspired by Rogue Squadron.Homebrew developer Frogbull – the same person who got Metal Gear Solid and Final Fantasy running on the Saturn – has announced that he is making a new Star Wars game for the Dreamcast, entitled Star Wars: Dream Of The Rebelli …
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Star Wars: Dream of the Rebellion - Rogue Squadron Inspired Prototype Playable on Dreamcast!

The Dreamcast Junkyard about 2 months ago

As casual Star Wars fans tie themselves in knots with questions such as "who shot first? Han Solo or Greedo?", homebrew developer Frogbull is asking the real questions. There were three Star Wars games on the Sega Dreamcast; Jedi Power Battles, Demoli …
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"Lost" Metal Gear Solid Mobile Game Has Been Preserved

Time Extension about 3 months ago

Dumped from a Motorola V3m phone.Released in 2008, Metal Gear Solid Mobile was created by Ideaworks3D, Ltd. for Qualcomm's BREW (Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless) platform.You can be forgiven for not having heard about it, as its release was limited …
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The Complete Guide to Commercially Released Dreamcast Indie Games

The Dreamcast Junkyard about 4 months ago

The fact that we're still blathering on about the Dreamcast some 20 odd years after the console's demise is testament to two things - the fact that we're sad little people still holding on to a mere glimmer of nostalgia about our youth as we rapidly approa …
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Random: Check Out These Adorable Konami-Themed Gashapon

Time Extension about 5 months ago

Goemon! Snake! Pyramid Head! And More!A new Konami-themed gashapon series called "Power Pros Baseball KONAMI Dream Stars" is set to go on sale in Japan later this month (as spotted by @GoemonNational!)The series will feature 6 characters from various class …
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The Dreamcast Junkyard's choicest cuts and hottest takes of 2023

The Dreamcast Junkyard about 5 months ago

Well, here we are again. A whole 12 months since the last time we did one of these yearly roundup articles, and 10 months since I decided to retire from the Junkyard for the sake of my fragile sanity. Going against my better judgement, I thought it would b …
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Homebrew Dev Gets Final Fantasy VII Running On Sega Saturn

Time Extension about 5 months ago

It's a Christmas miracle!A while back, modder Frogbull got Konami's Metal Gear Solid running on the Sega Saturn – a technical trick which got a lot of Sega fans dreaming of what could have been, had Sega's 32-bit system been a little more popular.Now, Fr …
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"This Game's Pretty Fun" - Snake's OG Voice Actor Has Finally Played Metal Gear Solid V

Time Extension about 5 months ago

"I put it off for years...".When Hideo Kojima created 2015's Metal Gear Solid V, his final contribution to the world-famous series before he left Konami under something of a cloud, he made the fateful decision to remove Snake's English language voice actor …
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Flashback: When Hideo Kojima Argued Over Policenauts' Bouncing Boobs With Sony

Time Extension about 5 months ago

"I'll never forget arguing over the 'breast jiggle issue' with Shuhei Yoshida".Hideo Kojima is one of gaming's most famous designers, and his games have sold millions of copies all over the world. While he enjoys a global audience via critically acclaimed …
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Uniqlo's Metal Gear Solid T-Shirts Are Set To Make A Return

Time Extension about 5 months ago

"Kept you waiting, huh?".In the past, Uniqlo has occasionally collaborated with the video game publisher Konami to produce clothing like t-shirts based on the Metal Gear Solid series. These were typically only available for a short period, but are set to m …
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Fan Developer Creates New Metal Gear Solid 2 Prototype For Sega Dreamcast

Time Extension about 7 months ago

La-li-lu-le-wow!The French developer Frogbull wowed Metal Gear Solid fans last month by getting a version of the 1998 tactical espionage game to run on a Sega Saturn emulator and now he is back with yet another impressive demo of a classic Metal Gear Solid …
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A Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty Prototype is Running on the Dreamcast!

The Dreamcast Junkyard about 7 months ago

Just three weeks ago, a video went up on YouTube from a creator called Frogbull showing off their very own prototype of Metal Gear Solid running on the Sega Saturn. Seemingly looking to prove wrong the naysayers claimed MGS could never have run o …
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Random: They'll Smell You Coming With This Metal Gear Solid Cologne

Time Extension about 7 months ago

Only 1000 units on sale.Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 1 is about to hit store shelves, and to celebrate the occasion, Numskull Designs has teamed up with Konami to give fans "the chance to immerse themselves into the thrilling world of espionage …
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Hobbyist Developer Gets Metal Gear Solid Running On A Sega Saturn

Time Extension about 7 months ago

Update: The prototype has now been verified.Update : As reported by Sega Saturn, Shiro! and RetroRGB, the recent footage of Metal Gear Solid running on a Sega Saturn has now been verified.The verification comes courtesy of the Saturn homebrew developer XL2 …
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Hobbyist Developer Claims To Have Got Metal Gear Solid Running On A Sega Saturn

Time Extension about 7 months ago

But there are some doubters...A hobbyist developer published a video on Monday (October 9th), which appears to show a prototype of Metal Gear Solid up and running on a Sega Saturn (thanks SegaSaturnShiro!).The unlisted video by the French modder Frogbull s …
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On the Retro Radar for October 2023

Retro Arcadia about 8 months ago

Time for our regular roundup of the mostly (but not strictly) retro-interest games releases on the way for the coming month, with trailers for everything and a few of my thoughts too! And October is nuts, so let’s get going! A few months back I …
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Sony PlayStation 2 Hub

How To Retro about 8 months ago

Sony PlayStation 2 The PlayStation 2, commonly known as the PS2, is undeniably a landmark in the realm of video gaming. First introduced to the world in Japan in March 2000. PS2 Emulators PS2 RetroArch Guide Play PS2 Games on PC PS2 …
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All PSP Special Editions Ever Released

Retro Dodo about 8 months ago

With the recent announcement of Sony’s latest “handheld”, the Playstation Portal, many are left reminiscing of the days of the glorious PSP. It got us thinking about all of the PSP special editions on offer, and it just so happens that we’ …
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The Making Of: Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes - The Most Divisive Of Remakes

Time Extension about 8 months ago

"We at Silicon Knights were creating the VCR to play their movie".Back in 2003, the sixth console generation was in full swing, Nintendo continued seeking mature titles for the GameCube, and Konami still seemed like a reasonable place to work. Canadian dev …