Dragonborne DX coming soon to Game Boy Color

Incube8 Games is publishing Dragonborne DX on a physical cartridge for the Nintendo Game Boy Color. The original Dragonborne gave players the opportunity to travel through the region of Argon as Kris in search of your missing father Kurtis, the greatest dragon slayer the region has ever known. Now players can revisit this story with enhanced … Read more

The Shapeshifter 2 Kickstarter campaign is a rousing success

Exceeding more than 1000% of the main goal, The Shapeshifter 2 Kickstarter campaign is a total success. GreenBoy Games announces that the Kickstarter campaign for The ShapeShifter 2 has been a complete success, reaching more than 1105% of the original goal thanks to more than 730 backers who are fans of retro video games. The … Read more

The Machine is a new dystopian adventure coming to Game Boy

Game Boy games don’t stop coming thanks to Incube8 and Spacebot Interactive. The latest is a dystopian adventure called The Machine. Incube8 Games has announced today The Machine, a new title produced by Spacebot Interactive and developed by independent developer Ben Jelter. It is coming to the Nintendo Game Boy handheld. The vintage Game Boy … Read more

Deadeus pre-orders open for Game Boy horror title

Despite the Game Boy’s hardware limitations, studio IZMA hopes to present a horror experience that will surprise many. Deadeus, a horror game for the classic Nintendo Game Boy handheld, is currently available for pre-order on the Incube8 shop, according to Incube8 Games and indie developer IZMA. A new game for retro hardware While many people … Read more

Gelatinous: Humanity Lost unlocks all Kickstarter stretch goals

Gelatinous: Humanity Lost‘s Kickstarter campaign has been a success with over $25,000 raised. We’ve been following the development of Gelatinous: Humanity Lost. Gelatinous: Humanity Lost has captured the hearts of many of our readers and vintage gaming lovers from the announcement of its Kickstarter campaign, the interview with co-creator Steven Long, and when the Kickstarter … Read more

Gelatinous: Humanity Lost Kickstarter campaign now live

Now every one interested in The Retro Room’s new game, Gelatinous: Humanity Lost, can support the project on Kickstarter. Our friends from The Retro Room and Steven Long announced today that their Kickstarter campaign for Gelatinous: Humanity Lost is now live. (Be sure to read our interview with the co-creator!) The funding campaign for their … Read more

Interview: Gelatinous co-creator Steven Long talks upcoming Game Boy game

Last time we checked, the calendar said 2021. Still, Nintendo Game Boy is all the rage these days with new games like Gelatinous: Humanity Lost. We’ve covered several examples of modern Game Boy and Game Boy Color games from indie developers. Genesis is a new bullet-hell shmup for Game Boy. Meanwhile, an unfinished Game Boy … Read more

Infinity is an unfinished Game Boy Color game getting a second life on Kickstarter

Infinity, which was originally developed by Affinix Software between 1999 and 2001, has been left unfinished for the past two decades. Now a new Kickstarter project hopes to complete the game and make a physical cartridge release for the Game Boy Color. Indie game publishers Incube 8 Games and Retro Modding began a Kickstarter campaign … Read more

Gelatinous: Humanity Lost is a new Game Boy game coming to Kickstarter

Following recent releases from Spacebot Interactive and Incube8, the original Nintendo Game Boy is getting a fresh physical release. The latest is called Gelatinous: Humanity Lost. There are more developers that are betting on vintage. Spacebot Interactive and Incube8 are the most active developers in retro console games, but this time they are joined by … Read more

Skeler Boy is now live on Kickstarter

An intriguing pixel-art 2D top-down horror adventure is live on Kickstarter. Indie game developer Maniac Boy Studio is hoping to release Skeler Boy even on the NES! Indie game developer Maniac Boy Studio has announced that their Kickstarter campaign to support the development of Skeler Boy on Steam, Android, Game Boy, and Nintendo Entertainment System. … Read more

Nintendo planning museum gallery at Uji Ogura Plant

The Nintendo Uji Ogura Plant and the surrounding land will serve as a new museum for Nintendo products launched throughout its history. Nintendo has been talking about the possibility of constructing a gallery in the Uji Ogura Plant to share their product development history and philosophy with the public. The Japanese company has a long … Read more

Genesis is a new bullet-hell shmup for Game Boy

Genesis, a new shoot’em up for the original Nintendo Game Boy, is now available for preorder from retro publisher Incube 8 Games and indie studio 7FH. In Genesis, you must battle your way through hordes of enemies to reach the boss of each action-packed stage, which you must beat to advance and get closer to … Read more

Analogue Pocket delayed until October

The Analogue Pocket all-in-one retro handheld is not coming out until October 2021 at the earliest, the company announced today. If you’re not familiar with it, the Analogue Pocket is a handheld that looks a lot like the original Game Boy. It lets you play actual cartridges for classic systems out of the box including … Read more

Charizard Pokémon card sells for $311,800

If you’re a Millennial, you probably fondly recall kids trading Pokémon cards at school during lunch or on the playground during recess. The most sought-after of the original Pokémon Trading Card Game cards was a holographic Charizard. And if your parents told you that you were wasting your money buying all of those cards, let them … Read more

Collection of Saga: Final Fantasy Legend trailer debuts at Tokyo Game Show

Square Enix released a new trailer for the upcoming Collection of Saga: Final Fantasy Legend on Nintendo Switch during a presentation at Tokyo Game Show. Collection of Saga: Final Fantasy Legend is a digital collection. It’s made up of three different classic Nintendo Game Boy games. The games include The Final Fantasy Legend, Final Fantasy … Read more

The Museum of Art and Digital Entertainment closes Oakland location

The Museum of Art and Digital Entertainment – also known as The MADE – has closed its doors at its current location in Oakland, California. The closure is temporary as the museum looks for a new location. The nonprofit that runs The MADE posted a statement explaining the situation on Facebook: Back in March, we … Read more

Kirby: Art & Style Collection, celebrating over 25 years of game history, is out now

Kirby has been around for more than a quarter-century. And while the pink puffball has some devoted followers, he’s a bit of an under-celebrated Nintendo icon. The Kirby: Art & Style Collection fixes that. It’s out now. The new hardcover art book was released earlier this week. It features concept art, sketches, box art, and … Read more

Nintendo remains best-selling game hardware manufacturer as lifetime sales top 750 million

Since it first released the Nintendo Entertainment System in Japan in 1983, Nintendo has been one of the leading video game hardware manufacturers. Thanks to the success of the Nintendo Switch, the company just topped all-time hardware sales of 750 million units. The official tally of Nintendo hardware sales since the NES – both console … Read more