Feature Xanadu Or Hydlide - Which Was Truly Japan's Highest-Selling Computer Game For 20 Years?
What degree can we rely on oral histories?
- Features
- Japan
- Xanadu
- Hydlide
News New Book Celebrating 45 Years Of The ZX Spectrum Starts Crowdfunding In October
The Rubber-Keyed Wonder
- Zx Spectrum
- Books
- Kickstarter
News It May Be 2026, But Here's A Brand New Original Shoot 'Em Up For Your Sega Master System
'Razing Core' is the new game from the Sega homebrew dev Bad Computer
- News
- Sega
- Master System
- Homebrews
News Ace Combat 8: Wings Of Theve Lobby Includes Namco Classics Pac-Man, Galaga, And More
Take the Dragon Spirit challenge
- Arcades
- Namco
At a Dundee game event, naturally!
- News
- GTA
- DMA Design
"At Tetris we believe in the power of connection and bringing people together, not dividing them"
- Sega
- Xbox
- Tetris
"With Ultima VII, I was ready to reintroduce actual malevolent Evil"
- Ultima
- PC
News The Original Super Mario RPG Has Been Modded With The Switch Remake's Special Features
Modder backports weapons, boss battles, and more
- Nintendo
- Mario
- SNES
- Emulation
- Modding
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TodayWed, 9th Sep 2026
News New Book Celebrating 45 Years Of The ZX Spectrum Starts Crowdfunding In October
The Rubber-Keyed Wonder
- Zx Spectrum
- Books
- Kickstarter
YesterdayTue, 8th Sep 2026
News Zelda: Ocarina Of Time Launches On Switch 2 On 5th November 2026
Nintendo Life The GOAT, modernised
- Nintendo Switch 2
- Upcoming Releases
- Zelda
"We have to make something happen moving forward in the next six months"
- Amico
- Phil Adam
- Tommy Tallarico
- Intellivision
"At Tetris we believe in the power of connection and bringing people together, not dividing them"
- Sega
- Xbox
- Tetris
Two Screen, One Pocket
- Retroid
- Emulation Handhelds
- Emulation
News It May Be 2026, But Here's A Brand New Original Shoot 'Em Up For Your Sega Master System
'Razing Core' is the new game from the Sega homebrew dev Bad Computer
- News
- Sega
- Master System
- Homebrews
News The Original Super Mario RPG Has Been Modded With The Switch Remake's Special Features
Modder backports weapons, boss battles, and more
- Nintendo
- Mario
- SNES
- Emulation
- Modding
Talking Point The Xbox 360 Launched With 12 Gamerpics, Do You Remember Yours?
Pure Xbox Gamerpics can tell you a lot about a person
- Xbox
- Xbox Series X
- Microsoft
- Xbox 360
- Gamerpics
"With Ultima VII, I was ready to reintroduce actual malevolent Evil"
- Ultima
- PC
News This AI-Assisted Escape from Monkey Island Fan Project Makes Me Long For An Official Remaster
Help us, Double Fine, you're our only hope!
- News
- Monkey Island
- Remasters
Feature Xanadu Or Hydlide - Which Was Truly Japan's Highest-Selling Computer Game For 20 Years?
What degree can we rely on oral histories?
- Features
- Japan
- Xanadu
- Hydlide
News Ace Combat 8: Wings Of Theve Lobby Includes Namco Classics Pac-Man, Galaga, And More
Take the Dragon Spirit challenge
- Arcades
- Namco
At a Dundee game event, naturally!
- News
- GTA
- DMA Design
Record Pitch
- Nintendo
- GameCube
- Super Mario
- Music
- Easter Egg
Monday7th Sep 2026
An update on the existing RG DS
- Anbernic
- Emulation
- DS
Yari-lly should play it!
- News
- Steam
- Indies
- Ninja Gaiden
Rent A Hero Z was developed by Web3 game publisher LINE NEXT
- News
- Sega
- Mega Drive
- Dreamcast
Not-so-Final Fight?
- Capcom
- Arcade
News It's Important That You Buy Your Cat This $60 Metal Gear Solid Cardboard Box Right Away
Catical Espionage Action
- Konami
- Metal Gear
News Antstream Confirmed As The Developer Behind James Pond Legacy: The Pond Is Not Enough
Company is also working on Alien Breed's 35th collection
- James Pond
- GenAI
- Antstream
News Castlevania: Grimoire Of Souls Has Been Archived Following Last Week's Shutdown
I condemn you to living (offline) death
- Konami
- Castlevania
- Mobile
News Obscure, Bomb-Based PS1 Puzzler 'Suzuki Bakuhatsu' Gets Fan Translated
Fly me to the Boom
- Fan Translations
- PS1
- PlayStation
News "It Could Have Been Awesome" - The Nightmare Before Christmas Sequel You Never Got To Play
Before Oogie's Revenge, this Disney artist had his own ideas for a Nightmare sequel
- News
- Disney
- PS2
- Xbox
"The Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon soundtrack has always been a deeply influential work for me"
- News
- VGM
- Goemon
Sunday6th Sep 2026
Poll Box Art Brawl - Duel: Castlevania: Belmont's Curse (Switch)
Nintendo Life Die, monster!
- Features
- Polls
- Box Art Brawl
- Nintendo Switch
Retro Recap All The Classic Gaming News From The Past Week (September 6th 2026)
Lego PlayStation! Battle of Olympus! Super Mario!
- Retro Recap
- Features
Feature Want To Learn Japanese? Retro Games Are Your Friend
Your old import games can be teaching aids, too
- Features
- Japan
Saturday5th Sep 2026
From 1991 to 2000, the Nintendo UK hotline answered millions of calls from players
- Features
- Nintendo
- UK
Revolving Ocelot
- PlayStation
- Konami
- Hideo Kojima
- Metal Gear
Friday4th Sep 2026
News 'Sega VS Capcom' Fan Project Shut Down For "Using Capcom's Characters & Likeness"
"With any fan game, that's the risk and we have no regrets"
- News
- Sega
- Capcom
- Fan Projects
"It saddens me to see Kando going down this path"
- Star Fox
- AI
- Modding
News Brazilian Shmup 'Metal Canary' Is Headed To The Nintendo Wii
Wii port to debut at Canal 3 Expo
- Homebrews
- Wii
- Dreamcast
- Indies
News Stern's $7,299 Fallout Pinball Machine Invites You To Join The Brotherhood of Steel (Balls)
Shoot Again
- Pinball
- Fallout
- TV
...and that's fine!
- Evercade
- Super Pocket
- Hands On
- Activision
- Previews
News The $179.99 LEGO PlayStation Might Be The Closest We'll Get To A New Ape Escape
Arrives in October
- PlayStation
- Toys
- Ape Escape
- LEGO
News "I'll Definitely Do The Job" - Oji Hiroi Says The Story For Sakura Wars 6 Is Ready To Go
But how can the Flower Division bloom again?
- Sega
- RPGs
- Anime
News Konami Wai Wai World Craft 'Concept' Trailer Spotlights Some of The Game Maker's Gadgets
Build-a-Belmont
- Konami
- Steam
Thursday3rd Sep 2026
News Be Honest, Did You Know About This Mushroom-Saving Super Mario Bros. Trick?
Because I DEFINITELY did. 1000%
- Nintendo
- NES
- Super Mario
"We finished the build just in time for Gamescom and were running out of time"
- Manic Miner
- GenAI
News 'Sonic & The Secret Rings' Just Got "Reignited", Thanks To A Promising New Fan Remake For PC
Updated graphics! New modes! And more!
- News
- PC
- Sonic
- Wii
Random Hollywood Actor Tim Curry And The Mystery Of The Game Boy He Was "Furious" To Lose
The actor was "never without his Game Boy"
- Random
- News
- Tim Curry
- Game Boy
News This Tiny Game Boy Clone Plays Physical Cartridges
From the team at FunnyPlaying
- FunnyPlaying
- Emulation
- Game Boy
Random This Aged Drill Press Has Been Converted Into A Puzzle Bobble Controller
Rust-a-Move
- PC
- Modding
- Controllers
- Random
News "I Remember It Was Just Taking Forever" - How "Panel De Pon 64" Became Pokémon Puzzle League
"I wasn't on the project, but I could always hear them in the hallways"
- News
- N64
- Pokémon
Wednesday2nd Sep 2026
News Release Date Finally Confirmed For My Arcade's Gamestation Retro Go Handheld
Update: Coming this October
- My Arcade
- Hardware
- Capcom
- Bandai Namco
Hands On The Evercade Nexus Feels Like A True Evolution Thanks To A Great Display And Dual Analogue
Enter the Nexus
- Hands On
- Evercade
- Features
- Previews
News New Virtua Fighter 32X Project Brings HD Polish To Sega's Groundbreaking Port
Those noses have never looked sharper
- Sega
- Homebrews
- Modding
- Arcades
- 32X
"The push internally was, 'focus on Mansion and forget Pirates.'"
- News
- Disney
- Films
News Beloved Block-Breaking Sequel 'Arkanoid: Revenge Of Doh' Is Coming To Modern Consoles This Week
The 1987 arcade classic arrives for Arcade Archives & Arcade Archives 2
- News
- Arcade Archives
- Taito
"I get how the user feels"
- Random
- Sega
- Mega Drive
