"I felt the sensation of running around freely... was the thing that I wanted to create"
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News Konami's International Superstar Soccer Gets Updated For The 2026 World Cup
Better AI, smarter keepers and proper names!
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- ROM Hacks
News The Legendary Takahashi Meijin Helped "Supervise" The Design Of This Portable Famiclone
I am not throwing away my (16) shot
- Takahashi Meijin
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- Famicom
News Here Are The Specs & Launch Prices For The Retroid Pocket Nova, Retroid's New 4:3 Handheld
Update: The device will feature a Qualcomm QCS8550 processor
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Iconic Issues Retro Gamer #28 (Star Fox) - The Magazine That Changed My Life Forever
20 years ago, somewhere near the Lylat System...
- Iconic Issues
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"Having a media circus around us certainly didn’t help"
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News Tomb Raider's Lara Croft Is Getting Her Own G.I. Joe Action Figure
Go, Joe
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- Lara Croft
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"I've been obsessed for years with the cube"
- Tetris
- Alexey Pajitnov
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TodayThu, 25th Jun 2026
Feature My Parents Bought An N64 To Stay Sane With A Nightmare Newborn (Me)
Nintendo Life "We didn't play it for recreation, we played it as therapy"
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- Anniversaries
- Nintendo
- N64
- Retro
"I felt the sensation of running around freely... was the thing that I wanted to create"
- News
- Kingdom Hearts
- Mario
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News Konami's International Superstar Soccer Gets Updated For The 2026 World Cup
Better AI, smarter keepers and proper names!
- Nintendo
- SNES
- ROM Hacks
News The Legendary Takahashi Meijin Helped "Supervise" The Design Of This Portable Famiclone
I am not throwing away my (16) shot
- Takahashi Meijin
- Nintendo
- NES
- Famicom
News Here Are The Specs & Launch Prices For The Retroid Pocket Nova, Retroid's New 4:3 Handheld
Update: The device will feature a Qualcomm QCS8550 processor
- News
- Retroid
- Emulation Handhelds
Iconic Issues Retro Gamer #28 (Star Fox) - The Magazine That Changed My Life Forever
20 years ago, somewhere near the Lylat System...
- Iconic Issues
- Retro Gamer
- Star Fox
"Having a media circus around us certainly didn’t help"
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- Quake
- PC
News Tomb Raider's Lara Croft Is Getting Her Own G.I. Joe Action Figure
Go, Joe
- Tomb Raider
- Lara Croft
- Merchandise
YesterdayWed, 24th Jun 2026
News "We Listened" - Commodore Reduces The Price Of Its Forthcoming Callback 8020 'Dumbphone'
"Many of you told us you wanted a more accessible entry point"
- Commodore
- Callback 8020
Review Star Fox (Switch 2) - Stays On The Rails, But Absolutely Hits The Target
Nintendo Life Pigma balls
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News Konami Is Suing To Find The Identity Of The Metal Gear Solid 2 Source Code Leaker
The company has now filed a lawsuit in a California court
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Review Neo Geo Arcade 4 (Evercade) - The Hits Just Keep On Coming
And we get eight instead of six games this time
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News "Embarrassing" - These $100 Sonic Re-Releases Aren't Going Down Well With Fans
"Like the easiest game to get ahold of for a Genesis"
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- Mega Drive
News Namco's Legendary Arcade Fighting Game 'Tekken' Is Coming To Arcade Archives 2
'Arcade Archives 2 Moon Shuttle' & 'Console Archives Bokosuka Wars' also announced
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News Sega's Rent-A-Hero Series Just Made A Comeback, And Somewhere, A Monkey Paw Curls
Rent A Hero Z is a new game from the Web3 game publisher LINE NEXT
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News "The Magazine About Atari, Made On An Atari" - Atari Legacy Launches This Month
"Every page is composed in its entirety on a real Atari Falcon030"
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News The Making Of Tomb Raider 1997 - 2000 To Chart "Pivotal Period" In The Legendary Series
"One of the biggest and most difficult projects I’ve taken on"
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"I've been obsessed for years with the cube"
- Tetris
- Alexey Pajitnov
Tuesday23rd Jun 2026
News 8BitDo Celebrates N64 In Style With New Controller And Keyboard
Nintendo Life Holy moly
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Starts at $9,999
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Feature The Steam Machine Proves That Tiny Cubes Are the Best Console Form Factor
GabeCube vs GameCube.
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Community "All-Consuming, Joyous, Heartbreaking" - Your Nintendo 64 Memories
Nintendo Life Grab your Controller Pak
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Blazing squad
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The full reveal is scheduled for this Friday
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News GG Aleste 3 Is Now Playable On The Master System, But Please Do The Right Thing
Aleste Collection is right there
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- Master System
- Aleste
- ROM Hacks
v0.230b is out now!
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"I'll likely have to hand over the work to someone else"
- Yosuke Okunari
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News "Capture, Preserve, And Share" - Analogue 3D Firmware Update Introduces Gallery Mode
3DOS v1.4.0 available now
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News "It's Always Disappointing When A Game You've Been Working On Doesn't Come Out"
Barbie: Vacation Adventure launches this November, as part of Barbie Rewind
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Monday22nd Jun 2026
Review Steam Machine: Beautiful Hardware, Console Performance - At A Price
Buy Valve or build your own - the choice is yours.
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- Valve
- PC
- Hardware
Review EverDrive GBA Pro - Praise The Sun!
Krikzz's GBA flash cart gets an upgrade
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But not for the reason you might think
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News Anbernic's Next Handheld Does A Great Impression Of Nintendo's Switch Lite
55G1 offers Hall Effect sticks and triggers
- Anbernic
- Emulation
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News "Finally, The Time Has Come" - Richard Garriott Is Reclaiming The Rights To Ultima
"What it will become is the next challenge"
- Ultima
- Richard Garriott
Pins blame on "a small number of people involved in a separate rescanning project"
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- AI
"We've waited 16 years to share our FIRST official game trailer"
- GenAI
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- Mega Drive
'Miracle Stadium' also preserved
- Sega
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- Atomiswave
Sunday21st Jun 2026
Retro Recap All The Classic Gaming News From The Past Week (June 21st 2026)
The Commodore phone! Sonic the Comic! Earthbound!
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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
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- Sega
- Mega Drive
Saturday20th 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
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- Flashback
Random Game Saturday Lunar 2: Eternal Blue Complete (PlayStation)
The complete package
- Random Game Saturday
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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
"'I feel sure we will do something together"
- Commodore
- Amiga
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
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"I’d like to see us try some genres that really push our limits"
- Interviews
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- Bitmap Bureau
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
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News Here's Every Retro Announcement From The Very First 'QUByte ReConnect'
New collections, games, & free updates
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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
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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
