Game Changer Sonic The Hedgehog - 35 Years Ago, A Short-But-Sweet Love Affair Was Born
Pricks at the speed of sound
- Features
- Game Changer
- Sonic
- Sega
- Mega Drive
Retro Recap All The Classic Gaming News From The Past Week (June 21st 2026)
The Commodore phone! Sonic the Comic! Earthbound!
- Retro Recap
- Features
Flashback The Day Sega Took Over An F1 Race, And Ayrton Senna Lifted A Sonic Trophy
"We got them to draw Sonic's feet on the side so it would look like he was driving"
- Features
- Sega
- Sports
- Sonic
- Flashback
Random Game Saturday Lunar 2: Eternal Blue Complete (PlayStation)
The complete package
- Random Game Saturday
- PlayStation
- Lunar
Site News Want To Work On Time Extension? Now's Your Chance
We're looking for a talented and experienced News Editor to join the team
- Site News
News "This Isn't Your Granny's Flip Phone" - Commodore Defends Its $500 Dumbphone
"Nobody could sell this device for less"
- Commodore
News Here's Every Retro Announcement From The Very First 'QUByte ReConnect'
New collections, games, & free updates
- News
- QuByte
- Retro
News "It Feels Like Intellectual Theft" - Bitmap Bureau Isn't A Fan Of GenAI
"It’ll be a sad day when humans no longer create anything"
- Bitmap Bureau
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Game Changer Sonic The Hedgehog - 35 Years Ago, A Short-But-Sweet Love Affair Was Born
Pricks at the speed of sound
- Features
- Game Changer
- Sonic
- Sega
- Mega Drive
Retro Recap All The Classic Gaming News From The Past Week (June 21st 2026)
The Commodore phone! Sonic the Comic! Earthbound!
- Retro Recap
- Features
YesterdaySat, 20th Jun 2026
Flashback The Day Sega Took Over An F1 Race, And Ayrton Senna Lifted A Sonic Trophy
"We got them to draw Sonic's feet on the side so it would look like he was driving"
- Features
- Sega
- Sports
- Sonic
- Flashback
Random Game Saturday Lunar 2: Eternal Blue Complete (PlayStation)
The complete package
- Random Game Saturday
- PlayStation
- Lunar
Friday19th Jun 2026
News "This Isn't Your Granny's Flip Phone" - Commodore Defends Its $500 Dumbphone
"Nobody could sell this device for less"
- Commodore
Flashback "I Think We Succeeded" - The History Of Sonic's First Animated Commercial Outside Of Japan
"I used what we had, because there really wasn’t much else"
- Sega
- Sonic
- Features
- Flashback
"It's a new generation. They want a new generation of sound and everything…"
- News
- Spyro
- VGM
"'I feel sure we will do something together"
- Commodore
- Amiga
News The 'Bedrooms To Billions' And 'Rubber Keyed Wonder' Team Is Tackling The Commodore 64 Next
Update: Kickstarter now live, has raised almost 50% of its goal in 12 hours
- C64
- Commodore
- Kickstarter
"I’d like to see us try some genres that really push our limits"
- Interviews
- Features
- Bitmap Bureau
News Here's Every Retro Announcement From The Very First 'QUByte ReConnect'
New collections, games, & free updates
- News
- QuByte
- Retro
Site News Want To Work On Time Extension? Now's Your Chance
We're looking for a talented and experienced News Editor to join the team
- Site News
News "A Loss To The World" - Legendary Doom & Wolfenstein 3D Composer Bobby Prince Has Passed Away
He was 81 years of age
- News
- VGM
- Doom
News "It Feels Like Intellectual Theft" - Bitmap Bureau Isn't A Fan Of GenAI
"It’ll be a sad day when humans no longer create anything"
- Bitmap Bureau
The items go on sale next month
- News
- Street Fighter
- Toys
And yes, it's thankfully "drawn by a human"
- News
- Mega Man
- Comics
Thursday18th Jun 2026
"Everyone was saying 'Super Nintendo isn’t that big, because here’s Sonic'"
- Interviews
- Features
- Sonic
- Sega
- Mega Drive
News After Almost 45 Years, Someone Is Making The Definitive Version Of Zaxxon For The Atari 2600
The demo is available now!
- News
- Atari
- Sega
- Atari 2600
- Homebrews
Rpgmakerweb.com is closed to posts from today
- RPG Maker
- Game Preservation
"This has saddened me to an extreme"
- News
- Indies
- Steam
News Ninja Master's Is The Next Neo Geo Fighter To Get A Steam Port
Rollback netcode, training mode and gallery all included
- Neo Geo
Wednesday17th Jun 2026
Nintendo Life Witness the Millennium
- Reviews
- Nintendo Switch 2
News 34 Years Later, Wolfenstein 3D Just Got "One Hell Of An Impressive Port" For The Atari Lynx
And you can play the first three levels now!
- News
- Atari
- Lynx
- Ports
Nigel Kitching & Richard Elson join us to reflect on the comic's legacy
- Features
- Sonic
- Comics
News Romhack.ing Disables AI-Translated Patch Downloads Following Langrisser V Upset
Update: "It is not our intent to go into AI discourse"
- Fan Translations
- PS1
- Langrisser
- AI
"Hurry to the princess!"
- News
- Arcade Archives
- Taito
News 'Genji' Studio Game Republic's Painfully Long Demise Ends In Bankruptcy
Studio was effectively shuttered 15 years ago
- Game Republic
- Yoshiki Okamoto
News The Xbox 360 Almost Got A 'War Of The Worlds'-Inspired Mech Game, & You Can Play It Now
'Ironclad' was in development in 2008, but was never released
- News
- Xbox 360
- Cancelled
"What is a man?"
- Castlevania
Tuesday16th Jun 2026
A new demo has just dropped for Poly Fighter
- News
- Steam
- Indies
News Commodore's Next Hardware Release Is Dumb, And Proud Of It
"It’s time for a 'big tech' company to do better"
- Commodore
Review Super Pocket Rare Edition - Banjo-Kazooie Alone Makes This A Must-Buy At £50
Super Pocket you will buy, if you don't I'm sure to cry
- Reviews
- Rare
- HyperMegaTech
- Evercade
- Super Pocket
"Every single port of every collection of old games that Namco ever released"
- Namco
Spotlights "independent retro projects, major classic revivals and video games preservation"
- Pixel Arcadia
- Events
And fans are surprisingly here for it!
- News
- Cave
- Steam
- Shmups
Retro Rail Go! is coming to Early Access soon
- News
- Indies
- Steam
The original AYANEO Pocket Micro released in 2024
- News
- AYANEO
- Emulation Handhelds
Monday15th Jun 2026
And it's available now!
- News
- ROM Hacks
- EarthBound
- SNES
News Lenovo's Troublesome G02 Emulation Handheld Is Back On Sale With A Slightly Different Name
Update: SUNYAO is an "invested by Lenovo" brand, apparently
- Emulation
- Emulation Handhelds
- Lenovo
Review Retro Fighters Battle Dock For Switch 2 - Time To Dig Out Those Old GameCube Pads
Nintendo Life Battling 2001 style
- Retro Fighters
- GameCube
- Accessories
- Nintendo Switch 2
- Reviews
Gallery Here's A Closer Look At The Legendary Retro Gaming Store Beep's Brand-New Location
The Tokyo game store reopened in a new location earlier this month
- News
- Japan
- Retro
News "Not Touched For Nearly 40 Years" - Rare Copy Of Super Mario Bros. Sells For $3 Million
"Discovered a few months ago inside a brand-new Control Deck NES console bundle"
- Nintendo
- NES
- Super Mario
News Two Key Members Of Xbox Game Studios Are Stepping Down
Pure Xbox "I’m proud to say we delivered many flawless launches"
- Xbox
- Xbox Game Studios
Can I get a "Guh Huh'?
- News
- N64
- Banjo-Kazooie
- Rare
- PC
I am a mole and I'm digging a hole...
- News
- NES
- Homebrews
"As I worked on it, I wanted to write something more complex"
- News
- Namco
- VGM
- Klonoa
- Ridge Racer
Sunday14th Jun 2026
Guide FIFA Cover Stars - Every Athlete From 1993 To 2022
Rooney! Ronaldinho! Nakata! Messi! Ronaldo!
- Guides
- FIFA
Poll Box Art Brawl: Duel - The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time 3D (3DS)
Nintendo Life Deku Tree-D
- Features
- Polls
- Box Art Brawl
- 3DS
The Making Of FIFA Road To World Cup 98, The "Greatest FIFA Of All Time"
"That’s the best FIFA that’s ever been made and still is"
- Features
- The Making Of
- FIFA
