Retro Recap All The Classic Gaming News From The Past Week (October 25th 2026)
Atari VCS! Zelda! Mario 64! Croc!
- Features
- Retro Recap
"It reminded me of being at the eye doctor"
- Gail Tilden
- Nintendo
- Virtual Boy
News Civilisation Gets Ported to the Neo Geo Pocket, and Absolutely No AI Was Involved
"Can you carve your name on history?"
- NGPC
- Neo Geo
News Vectrex Mini Launch Event to Take Place in London Next Month, and Tickets Are Available Now
Live music from DJ Remute
- Vectrex
- Modding
- Vectrex Mini
- Hardware
- Events
Tropic like it's hot!
- News
- Indies
- Steam
- Xbox
"It provides an opportunity to reflect on what’s really important"
- GenAI
- Shigeru Miyamoto
- Nintendo
Mansion of the Doomed
- PC
- Retro
- Indies
- Nintendo Switch
- PS4
News The iPhone Duo Has Already Been Adapted for Foldable Nintendo DS Emulation
If you have nothing else to do with $2000 tech
- Modding
- iPhone
- Nintendo DS
- Emulation
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Retro Recap All The Classic Gaming News From The Past Week (October 25th 2026)
Atari VCS! Zelda! Mario 64! Croc!
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YesterdaySat, 24th Oct 2026
Feature 15 Years Ago, 'Return To Dream Land' Ushered In Kirby's Golden Era
Nintendo Life Kirban legend
- Features
- Nintendo
- Retro
- Wii
- Kirby
"It reminded me of being at the eye doctor"
- Gail Tilden
- Nintendo
- Virtual Boy
Feature Star Wars: Galactic Racer Is the Blueprint for a New Burnout, and I Need It to Happen
Push Square Lit Fuse
- Secret Mode
- PS5
- Star Wars
- Burnout
- Opinion
News Vectrex Mini Launch Event to Take Place in London Next Month, and Tickets Are Available Now
Live music from DJ Remute
- Vectrex
- Modding
- Vectrex Mini
- Hardware
- Events
News Civilisation Gets Ported to the Neo Geo Pocket, and Absolutely No AI Was Involved
"Can you carve your name on history?"
- NGPC
- Neo Geo
Tropic like it's hot!
- News
- Indies
- Steam
- Xbox
News 8BitDo Ultimate 3 and Ultimate 3E - Two Solid Options for PC Gamers
Steam Hype Use your ultimate!
- Hardware Reviews
Friday23rd Oct 2026
News AYN Odin 3 Portal Pre-Orders Are Live: New 1TB Model Added to the Range, Prices Start at $399
Base, Pro, and Max models available in three colour variants
- Emulation Handhelds
- Emulation
You can give the demo a spin right now!
- News
- Sonic
- Mega Drive
- ROM Hacks
News The iPhone Duo Has Already Been Adapted for Foldable Nintendo DS Emulation
If you have nothing else to do with $2000 tech
- Modding
- iPhone
- Nintendo DS
- Emulation
Gallery iam8bit's Sonic Legacy Cartridges Are Stunning, But Are They Worth The Money?
Nintendo Life For a select few, potentially
- Gallery
- Sonic
- Sega
- Mega Drive
- Genesis
"It provides an opportunity to reflect on what’s really important"
- GenAI
- Shigeru Miyamoto
- Nintendo
Mansion of the Doomed
- PC
- Retro
- Indies
- Nintendo Switch
- PS4
News NQ64's New Japan-Themed Arcade Bar Opens In London's Soho District
Blast Night in Soho at NQ JPN
- Arcade
- Konami
- Japan
- Music
No news on an international release yet, though
- News
- ADV
- Nintendo Switch
- Nintendo Switch 2
- Steam
News IPPON! Samurai Shodown Joins a Crop of SNK Movies in Production at The Arena
Fatal Fury and Art of Fighting also en route
- SNK
- Movies
- Samurai Shodown
- Neo Geo
News Cute-'Em-Ups Cotton Reboot! And Cotton Reboot: High Tension! glide onto PS5 and Switch Today
Physical Edition pre-orders now live
- Shmups
- Remasters
- PS5
- Nintendo Switch
- Arcade
Steam Hype 'Love letters are supposed to be handwritten'
- News
Thursday22nd Oct 2026
News Atari Is Officially Pulling Support for the Atari VCS
"We recognise that this is unwelcome news"
- News
- Atari
- Hardware
News 80% of All PS3 Games Now 'Playable' on PC, Thanks to the Talented Team Behind RPCS3
October has been a good month for PS3 emulation!
- News
- PS3
- Emulation
'Don't you mean Blocko Land, Bart?'
- Tomb Raider
- Lara Croft
- Anniversaries
- Toys
News Rare 'Prototype' Pokémon Red Game Boy Cartridge Is Sitting at $25,000 at Auction
Going, Going, Porygon
- Nintendo
- Pokemon
News Long-Delayed Croc Collector's Editions Reportedly Shipping, After Argonaut Intervenes
"Getting here took far longer than any of us wanted"
- News
- Croc
- PS5
- Nintendo Switch
News Beyond Good & Evil 2 reportedly still in development, despite an 18-year production stall
Ubisoft's prequel yet to enter 'full production'
- Ubisoft
News Devolver Digital teases Serious Sam: The Third Encounter, now in development for PC
You can't keep a bad man down
- PC
- Steam
- Indies
- FPS
When you had to make those 24 exposures count
- Japan
- Events
- Sega
- Vghf
- Nintendo
Wednesday21st Oct 2026
Start your engines!
- News
- Arcade Archives
- Namco
- Hamster
News The Pokémon Company Announces New Chain of Permanent Stores, Starting with London in 2029
Gigantamax Queues set to Return
- Pokemon
- Nintendo
News Thin End of the Wedge: Steam Next Fest Under Fire as Demo Festival Drowns in a Flood of AI Slop
'The most depressing Steam Next Fest I've ever seen'
- Steam
- PC
- Ai
- Demos
Holds for thunderous applause
- News
- Console Archives
- PS1
- Seibu Kaihatsu
Just what the doctor ordered!
- News
- Steam
- Mario
- Indies
News Star Streak Is a New, Asteroids-Style Shmup Blasting Off on Atari Jaguar in 2027
'Prepare to make your Jaguar ROAR!'
- Jaguar
- Atari
- Homebrews
Tuesday20th Oct 2026
'Placeholder' art still in use
- News
- SNES
- FPS
News How Many ZX Spectrum Heroes Can You Name in This Fun Cycle of 8-Bit Superstars?
'Sidhe!'
- Zx Spectrum
Rumour Iconic RPG Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines Is Being Remastered
Push Square Could it finally come to consoles?
- Troika Games
- Vampire: The Masquerade
- Rumours
News Infested DX, a Callback to Classic DOS Horror Graphic Adventures, Is Coming to Steam Next Week
Where no-one can hear you scream...
- Indies
- Steam
- PC
- Remasters
- Homebrews
News SiN: Reloaded Is Getting a Physical Edition on PS5 from Limited Run Games
Pre-orders open October 22
- Limited Run Games
- PS5
- Sin
- Fps
'Hmph... It's the coolest'
- Sonic
- Sega
- Charity
News 'Too Big a Risk' - Indie Dev Digital Sun Delays ReVamp Public Playtest over AI Cloning Fears
"We've been concerned by recent news of games being reverse-engineered, cloned and published..."
- News
- Steam
- AI
- Indies
Monday19th Oct 2026
Update: First development update released!
- News
- Zelda
- N64
- ROM Hacks
Serious Computer Business
- Super Mario
- Nintendo
- N64
News Taki Udon Shares Footage of FPGBA SP Handheld Console's UI Options
Short clip details UI options, inc. screen scaling and more
- Taki Udon
- Gba
- Emulation
- Emulation Handhelds
News Resident Evil Fan Developing 'Classic Resi' Game Based on Zach Cregger's 2026 Movie
'Medical... Courier!..' (booming voice)
- Homebrews
- Resident Evil
- Movies
- Fan Projects
News Homebrew 'InkBoy' Project Looking to Bring Game Boy Games to E-Paper Displays
30 PPS (Pages per Second)
- Game Boy
- Modding
- Homebrews
- Emulation
Some coming sooner than expected, and others...
- AI
- Emulation handhelds
- AYANEO
- Indies
An AI-assisted patch was released last week
- News
- PS1
- Fan Translations
'Suck in the guts, guys. We're the Ghostbusters'
- News
- Ghostbusters
- Amiga
- Mods
News It's (almost) Clean-Up Time! Troma's Toxic Crusaders Demo Now Available on Steam
'Drop your tacos or I'll blow your brains out'
- Demos
- PS5
- PC
- Nintendo Switch
Sunday18th Oct 2026
Retro Recap All The Classic Gaming News From The Past Week (October 18th 2026)
Dungeon Master! M2 ShotTriggers! Schrödinger's Cat!
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