Retro Recap All The Classic Gaming News From The Past Week (February 22nd 2026)
Bangai-O! Castlevania! Sonic!
- Features
- Retro Recap
Bon appétit!
- News
- EGGCONSOLE
- MSX
News "The Controller You've All Been Asking For" - Evercade Gets A Wireless Pad, Finally
Also works with Switch, Android, PC and Mac
- Evercade
Karthik Bala runs us through his early years in gaming
- Features
- Interviews
- Vicarious Visions
- GBA
News Gun Nose Is A GBA-Inspired Robot Mystery Game With Some Ridiculously Stylish Pixel Art
Now crowdfunding on Kickstarter
- News
- Indies
- Steam
- GBA
News This Long-Awaited Mega Man-Inspired Metroidvania Is Getting Its Own Free Tie-In For Game Boy
Hayaku! Island of Darkness is getting a prequel
- News
- Steam
- Game Boy
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TodaySun, 22nd Feb 2026
Retro Recap All The Classic Gaming News From The Past Week (February 22nd 2026)
Bangai-O! Castlevania! Sonic!
- Features
- Retro Recap
Poll Box Art Brawl: Duel - The Legend Of Zelda: Link's Awakening
Nintendo Life Koholint clash
- Features
- Polls
- Box Art Brawl
- Zelda
- Game Boy
YesterdaySat, 21st Feb 2026
Anniversary The Legend Of Zelda Turns 40 Today - How Did You First Play It?
Nintendo Life And we've never looked back
- Anniversaries
- Nintendo
- Zelda
- NES
- Polls
Friday20th Feb 2026
News Phil Spencer Announces That He's Retiring From Xbox
Pure Xbox A massive shakeup for Microsoft Gaming
- Xbox
- Phil Spencer
- Microsoft Gaming
- Industry
Review Virtual Boy For Switch 1 & 2 - Is It Really Worth Revisting Nintendo's Greatest Folly?
Nintendo Life Virtual insanity?
- Nintendo Switch 2
- Nintendo Switch Online
- Reviews
- Virtual Boy
- Retro
News 'Toaplan Arcade Garage: Kyukyoku Tiger-Heli' Is Finally Getting A Long Overdue European Release
Launched in Japan back in 2021, and in North America in 2024
- Nintendo Switch
- PS4
- M2
- Toaplan
Karthik Bala runs us through his early years in gaming
- Features
- Interviews
- Vicarious Visions
- GBA
News "The Controller You've All Been Asking For" - Evercade Gets A Wireless Pad, Finally
Also works with Switch, Android, PC and Mac
- Evercade
Bon appétit!
- News
- EGGCONSOLE
- MSX
News Gun Nose Is A GBA-Inspired Robot Mystery Game With Some Ridiculously Stylish Pixel Art
Now crowdfunding on Kickstarter
- News
- Indies
- Steam
- GBA
News This Long-Awaited Mega Man-Inspired Metroidvania Is Getting Its Own Free Tie-In For Game Boy
Hayaku! Island of Darkness is getting a prequel
- News
- Steam
- Game Boy
We hope you like cyan and magenta
- News
- Steam
- Indies
- Retro
Thursday19th Feb 2026
Update: "It is not my code, it is just something made to look like it"
- Atari
- Jaguar
- Homebrews
News New SNES Patch Update Lets You Go "Where No Secret Of Mana Player Has Gone In Over 30 Years"
Secret of Mana: Reborn has just been updated
- News
- SNES
- ROM Hacks
News This New Open Source Editor & Engine Could Potentially Blow The N64 Homebrew Scene Wide Open
'Pyrite 64' is the work of developer Max Bebök
- News
- N64
- Homebrews
News "A Big Step Forward" - Earthion's Physical Genesis Release Is Just Around The Corner
"The Earthion game ROM is now finalized"
- Yuzo Koshiro
- Sega
- Mega Drive
News A New Game Boy Advance Shoot 'Em Up Is Releasing On Cartridge This March
'Zion: Advanced Mission' releases in Japan next month
- News
- GBA
- Homebrews
Wednesday18th Feb 2026
Review God of War: Sons of Sparta (PS5) - Series' Boldest Bet Is Also Its Slowest Burn
Push Square For Sparta
- Reviews
- Sony
- PS5
- God of War Sons of Sparta
News Another Set Of Sega Classics Are Being Discontinued On Mobile
So you might want to grab them while you still can!
- News
- Sonic
- Sega
- Mobile
Including Sega Dreamcast & Mega Drive / Genesis
- News
- Homebrews
- Mega Drive
- Dreamcast
News Sega Has Just Announced A New Puyo Puyo Game, But It's Definitely Not What You're Expecting
'Puyo Puyo Trainer' will be used in "caregiving & welfare" facilities
- News
- Sega
- Puyo Puyo
- Japan
The 1991 Famicom title 'Dezaemon' is coming to Switch 2 & PS5
- News
- Console Archives
- Nintendo Switch 2
- PS5
Adventure Canoe originally released in arcades in 1982
- News
- Arcade Archives
- Taito
Tuesday17th Feb 2026
More & more games are now reaching in-game status
- News
- PS3
- Emulation
News Ren & Stimpy Are Getting A 7-Game Retro Collection, Courtesy Of Limited Run
Nintendo Life Update: Digital launches this week
- News
- Nintendo Switch
- Upcoming Releases
"This is the culmination of over a decade of work"
- News
- Emulation
- Arcade
- Dolphin
You'll still need the original files to get it up & running though
- News
- Mega Man
- PC
- Fan Projects
The Video Game History Foundation takes back in time to January 1995
- Random
- News
- Virtual Boy
- VGHF
Monday16th Feb 2026
It's still early days, but looking very promising indeed
- Nintendo
- SNES
- Homebrews
- Castlevania
News A First "Batch" Demo Of Mega Man X6's PC Fan Reimagining Is Now Available
Batch 1 contains five playable stages
- News
- Mega Man
- PC
- Fan Projects
News Castlevania's Fanmade Sega Master System Port Just Got Its First Proper Demo
Sega fans, be fang-ful
- Castlevania
- Sega
- Master System
News This Is How PS Plus Premium's Time Crisis Will Play with PS5, PS4's Gyro Controls
Push Square Reload
- Bandai Namco
- PS5
- PS4
- PS1
- PS Plus
"He had been supporting me for over 20 years"
- Castlevania
- Shutaro Iida
News "Time To Expose Everything" - Fallout From Sega Dev Kit Raid Rumbles On
Documentary from GamersNexus is on the way, apparently
- Sega
- Game Preservation
- Legal
- UK
News This Side-Scrolling Action RPG Is Giving Us Serious Princess Crown And Dragon's Crown Vibes
SaviorS: Oath of the Blade "fuses satisfying combat with the pursuit of supreme gear"
- Steam
- PC
Courtesy of OldUnreal
- News
- Unreal
- PC
- Epic Games
"More people need to try out Bangai-O"
- Nintendo
- Fan Translations
- N64
News A New Custom Build Of BSNES Has Been Released, Featuring Multitap Support
Games with up to 5 active players now supported!
- News
- SNES
- Emulation
News D4 Enterprise Plans To Bring Its EGGCONSOLE Reissues Of Old Japanese Computer Games To Steam
Starting with the 1987 PC-8801MKIISR title, Hydlide 3: The Space Memories
- News
- PC-88
- Steam
- EGGCONSOLE
Sunday15th Feb 2026
Retro Recap All The Classic Gaming News From The Past Week (February 15th 2026)
Space Channel 5! PaRappa the Rapper! Minecraft on Saturn!
- Retro Recap
- Features
News "The Father Of Sega Hardware", Hideki Sato, Has Passed Away
Designed the Master System, Genesis, Saturn and Dreamcast
- Sega
- Hideki Sato
Saturday14th Feb 2026
News 'I Felt Incredibly Emotional' - Peter Molyneux Shares His Reaction To Xbox's Fable Reveal
Pure Xbox "I just felt myself tearing up"
- Xbox
- Fable
- Peter Molyneux
- Playground Games
- Lionhead
Friday13th Feb 2026
News Konami's Anniversary Revival Of Castlevania Is Only Just Beginning, Expect More "New Products"
Nintendo Life First up is Belmont's Curse
- Nintendo Switch 2
- Nintendo Switch
- Konami
- Castlevania
- Anniversaries
News Castlevania Finally Returns with a Brand New Game in 2026
Push Square What a horrible night to have a curse
- Konami
- PS5
- Castlevania
- Trailers
News Not Feeling Castlevania: Belmont's Curse's Art Style? Then Check Out Silent Planet
Looks even inch like a classic 2D Metroidvania
- Steam
- Castlevania
News Sega Saturn's SAROO Flash Cart Just Got An Important Bug Fix
'Race Condition' fault appears to have been solved
- Sega
- SEGA Saturn
