Indie outfit SuperScarySnakes has announced that their upcoming PC title, Black Future '88 will also be released on Nintendo Switch as a console exclusive. The retro-styled action game will launch on both platforms later this year."Black Fu...

Hamster have brought another, umm, "classic" arcade game to the Nintendo Switch, this time in the form of Taito's not-very-good military shoot 'em up, Front Line.Originally released in arcades back in 1982, Front Line is a precursor to grea...

With the release of Danger Zone in 2017, Three Fields Entertainment started work on recreating the Burnout series. While going under a different title, this was a game created by the original minds behind the crazy arcade racer with all of ...

Out Run is an arcade classic with some exceptional music. Its various ports and sequels over the years have only added to that rich musical landscape with new tunes for each game. When it got released on Switch late last year, it came packe...

Hamster, continuing their weekly quest to bring us a glut of  '90s hits, has released a real puzzle classic this week with Puzzle Bobble 2, now available on PS4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch. This release is based on the Neo Geo MVS ed...

SNK has announced that run 'n' gun shooter sequel Metal Slug XX is now available on PC via the Steam platform. This title is one in a long line of releases for the classic arcade series, which features a small group of brazen mercenaries la...

The arcade fans at Hamster have pulled another '80s classic out of their big bag of licences, slapping it onto Nintendo Switch for a whole new generation of players. This week sees the return of one of the grandfathers of the shmup genre, M...

Submitted more for your curiosity than anything else, Bandai Namco has released a new trailer for their upcoming battle royale arcade based on the legendary anime and manga series JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. It's looking suitably odd.JoJo's B...

Hamster have added another bit of old-school adventure to their Arcade Classics range, as sky high superhero Bomb Jack brings his explosive adventures to the Nintendo Switch.Developed by Tehkan for the arcade market in 1984, Bomb Jack sees ...

SNK really went into overkill with their fighting titles in the '90s. Don't get me wrong, I love Samurai Shodown and Fatal Fury et al, with King of Fighters being in my top five franchises of all time, but the developer/publisher's love aff...

City Connection has announced that hectic shmup Psyvariar Delta is headed to the PC platform, launching on Steam in just a couple of weeks.Psyvariar Delta is an amalgamation of two classic shmups, Psyvariar Medium Unit and Psyvariar Revisio...

The moment we've all been waiting for is, uhh, not quite the payoff we expected. Jack Black is Jack Back with a new YouTube video and he's playing video games. This checks all the boxes a gaming channel needs to check, right? Not quite. Bl...

Sega used to be the master of arcade games in the '80s. Hit after hit would come out every few months and most of them were made by the legendary Yu Suzuki. This guy had more creative ideas than anyone else in the field and his legacy has l...

Hamster has released another old-school SNK title via their Neo Geo Classics range. Here's a suprise, its a forgotten, colourful fighting game from the mid-'90s. Kizuna Encounter is now available on PS4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch.Release...

It still amuses me that we live in an era where arcade games get patched live. I'm sure for the operators it beats having to order in new boards or replacement chips, then physically install them into your cabinets. Everything's just a PC n...

NIS America has announced that retro compendium SNK 40th Anniversary Collection is expected to arrive in the west on PS4 in March. The collection was made available for Nintendo Switch worldwide back in November 2018.The 40th Anniversary Co...

Home arcade cabinet maker Arcade1Up seems to have found a reliable niche for itself. In 2018, the company launched a line of relatively inexpensive smaller-scale cabinets themed around games like Asteroids, Rampage, and Super Street Fighter...

It's a new year, and Hamster are already continuing their pledge to re-release hundreds of arcade classics on modern platforms. This week sees the return of a particularly obscure SNK title, Ragnagard, which has been dusted off for the Nint...

Publisher The Arcade Crew has released explosive footage of upcoming Run 'n' Gun arcade shooter Blazing Chrome, developed by indie outfit Joymasher. This homage to platform shooters of yore is expected to launch in the near future on PS4, P...

Hamster has reached into the distant past for another release in their Arcade Archive range, pulling forth platforming classic Donkey Kong Jr., the sequel to Nintendo's smash hit, Donkey Kong.Originally released in 1982, Donkey Kong Jr. tur...

We all remember that, in the '90s, an absolute deluge of colour/block-based puzzle titles swamped the arcade and home market, all looking for a piece of that L-shaped Tetris pie. While many of these titles fell by the wayside, Taito's Puzzl...

If you're looking to have a very hypnotic Christmas, you'll be pleased to know that Jeff Minter's "trippy tunnel shooter" Polybius has come to PC. There's optional Oculus Rift support to push the game to its most psychedelic and trance-indu...

Bandai Namco has announced a new arcade based on classic, and completely batshit crazy, manga/anime series JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. Last Survivor will feature characters from Parts 3-5 of the series in battle royale-style gameplay.Expected...

The first of Hamster's retro re-releases this week looks at the origins of one of SNK's most popular heroines, goddess warrior Athena, often muddled with KoF's Athena Asamiya, but we'll get to that.Princess Athena is the heroine of 1986 arc...

I think most people my age have a definitive arcade experience from growing up. We've all been there: You beg your mom for quarters at the pizza place, she eventually relents and fishes a few out of her purse, and you go do your best to mak...