This week sees retro publisher Hamster drop another very obscure shmup onto Nintendo Switch, as Jaleco's older-than-old-school space shooter Exerion is this week's Arcade Archive release, and now available to download from the Nintendo Stor...

Hamster has gone a little obscure with its latest Arcade Archive release, dipping into its big bag of oddities and pulling out UPL's old-school title Penguin-Kun Wars (also known simply as Penguin Wars) available to download now on Nintendo...

Arcade1Up is showing its new range of 3/4-scale arcade cabinets at CES 2020, and one of them – an online-enabled NBA Jam machine with Tournament Edition and Hangtime – should be a crowd-pleaser. It's just one of those classic li...

Taito is currently fueling its missile bases for the launch on Space Invaders: Invincible Collection, which compiles selected editions of the iconic shmup title for release on Nintendo Switch.Launching in Japan in March, Space Invaders: Inv...

PlayStation Trophy tracker Exophase has spotted English language versions of the trophies for the M2 re-release of Cave shooter ESP Ra.De, which launched in Japan on PS4 and Nintendo Switch last week.While this is no official confirmation o...

Those purveyors of retro re-releases Hamster Corporation has revealed four more titles headed to modern platforms over the coming weeks and months. Clearly the publisher has plans to continue bolstering its Arcade Archive range well into th...

This week's Arcade Archive release from retro publisher Hamster is one of the most instantly-reconisable titles in the history of gaming. Coming from fledgling developer Konami way back in 1981, its the road-crossin', log leapin' classic, F...

Japanese developer Beep has announced that its old-school shmup Cotton! Reboot has slipped from its spring 2020 release window, and is now expected to launch in the summer.Cotton Reboot was originally announced back in May, and is a modern-...

This week's retro release from Hamster lets players fly the adorable skies of 1985, with a port of Konami's cuddly shoot-'em-up TwinBee, now available to download on Nintendo Switch.Back in 1985, the shmup scene was really starting to come ...

The roster of NetherRealm Studios' Mortal Kombat 11 almost matches up with the roster of the original Mortal Kombat games, save for a few omissions. The gory fighting franchise sure has changed a lot since those digitised days of the early ...

It may be getting darker and colder outside, but retro publishers Hamster are all set to bring back the spirit of a balmy '80s summer, as button-mashing classic Hyper Sports makes a dash onto PS4 and Nintendo Switch.Released in 1984, (less ...

If you've been waiting to pick up one of those Arcade1Up Arcade Cabinet machines for Black Friday and Cyber Monday weekend, Walmart has now added two additional bundle to their offering for this holiday season and they are discounted as muc...

Anyone craving some real old-school fighting action might want to check out '80s classic Yie Ar Kung-Fu, which is available to download now on PS4 and Nintendo Switch, courtesy of publisher Hamster's Arcade Archive range.Released in the arc...

Retro games publisher Hamster has something a little different and a little special for this week's release, as Irem's attractive shmup In the Hunt has returned for PS4 and Nintendo Switch.Originally released in arcades in 1993, (and appear...

Publisher Blitworks has announced that Seba Game Dev's outstanding brawler Fight'N Rage will be carving a path of destruction onto PS4 on December 3, following its recent ports on Xbox One and Nintendo Switch.Originally released for PC back...

Every week for the past few years, Hamster Corporation has continued to drop classic arcade and Neo Geo titles onto modern platforms, offering up some solid gold releases alongside some games probably best left in the past. The company is f...

Here's a blast from the past, quite literally. Retro fans Hamster have dug out another old school SNK arcade game for re-release, as this week sees 1985 shmup TNK III made available for download on PS4 and Nintendo Switch.Originally release...

If there's one arcade classic that seems to turn up again and again, no matter the time or technology, it's Irem's iconic 1987 shmup R-Type. Having been ported, re-released, remastered, and reinvented numerous times since its initial releas...

Publisher Graffiti Games has released a new video for arcade-style shooter Bite the Bullet, which is bringing its retro-flavoured action to PC, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch next year, courtesy of indie developer Mega Cat Studios.Described a...

Fans of the Ganbare Goemon/Legend of the Mystical Ninja series might be pleased to hear that the very first title in the series, Mr. Goemon, is now available on Nintendo Switch courtesy of Hamster's Arcade Archive.Originally developed by Ko...

The Sega Ages range continues with its efforts to reintroduce classic Sega arcades to modern audiences. This week sees the return of side-scrolling action title Shinobi, now available to download on Nintendo Switch in Japan.Released back in...

If you're lucky enough to have visited a big-city arcade within the last few years, you may have seen a crowd gathered around a pair of giant flatscreen monitors. If you heard them hollering things like "Over there! Snail!" "Look, look, loo...

We've been given an early glimpse at one of the upcoming DLC characters for SNK's great fighting title Samurai Shodown. As leaked by the NESiCAxlive2 app - produced for use with the arcade release - Sogetsu Kazama is expected to join the ro...

Today's contest is a doozy -- win a brand new Switch console, a physical copy of Killer Queen Black, and a t-shirt! Let's cut straight to it on this one -- our friends over at Liquid Bit just released Killer Queen Black, and want you to pla...

Natsume Atari has announced that their subsidiary Tengo Project has a third remake in the works, following on from Wild Guns: Reloaded and the recently released The Ninja Saviors: Return of the Warriors.There are currently no details whatso...