Neo-Retro is growing as a popular trend in Video Game releases.  The Nintendo Wii Virtual Console is a great example of ported classics.  The XBox 360 has new versions of Tron, Discs of Tron and Pac-Man with entirely new gameplay.  Game like the Last Guy, a Japanese top-down game with and old-skool flavor are exremely popular on the PS3 with remakes like 1942 and Bionic Commando rounding out the latest juicy neo-retro offerings. Oh and let’s not forget that they’ve already cashed in on us old-skoolers with games like Space Invaders Extreme for the DS. Nintendo now plans to add to the neo-retro craze with their latest DS title: Retro Game Challenge!

According to this IGN article, Namco is producing a suite of “New Old Games” for the DS.

Games List:

• Cosmic Gate:  Galaga-inspired game.
• Haggle Man: Puzzle/action platformer.
• Rally King: Racer.
• Star Prince: A shooter inspired by Star Soldier
• Rally King SP:  Sequel to Rally King.
• Haggle Man 2: The sequel to Haggle Man that boasts better graphics than it’s predecessor.
• Guadia Quest: King’s Quest?  Nah…  But it’s an involved RPG.
• Haggle Man 3: The final sequel in the Ninja series.