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"If you entrust this to me, I will absolutely make it work"
Retro Recap All The Classic Gaming News From The Past Week (February 22nd 2026)
Bangai-O! Castlevania! Sonic!
Karthik Bala runs us through his early years in gaming
Retro Recap All The Classic Gaming News From The Past Week (February 15th 2026)
Space Channel 5! PaRappa the Rapper! Minecraft on Saturn!
Feature Achievement Unlocked - This Free Service Has Changed The Way I Play Retro Games In 2026
RetroAchievements is quite the (ahem) achievement
Retro Recap All The Classic Gaming News From The Past Week (February 8th 2026)
Rave Racer! Nobuo Uematsu! Top Speed! Space Station Silicon Valley!
"I view Fang almost like a fan myself. I think I might be his biggest fan."
Community Challenge How Far Can You Get In Ghosts 'N Goblins NES Without Taking A Hit?
Can you master this tough-as-nails NES classic?
"I was telling [the Xenogears team], 'Please tone down some of this stuff.'"
Retro Recap All The Classic Gaming News From The Past Week (February 1st 2026)
Sonic R! Banjo: Recompiled! Beavis and Butt-Head!
Community Challenge How Fast Are You On Ridge Racer's Most Difficult Course?
"SOMEBODY'S RIGHT ON YOUR TAIL"
Localisation legend Richard Honeywood talks us through his incredible game dev origin story
"That's born from cherishing the artform, not a desire to be contrarian"
Retro Recap All The Classic Gaming News From The Past Week (January 25th 2026)
Sonic! Smurfs! Lara Croft! 2DS!
Audio director Dan "Toasty" Forden reflects on an incredible 37-year career
Talking Point What Are Your Favourite Fable Memories?
We'd love to know your favourite anecdotes from across Lionhead's classic series
Retro Recap All The Classic Gaming News From The Past Week (January 18th 2026)
News, features and talking points from the retro gaming world
Community Challenge Can You Beat Battletoads' Most Notorious Level?
Do you have any suggestions for future challenges we should complete?
The Making Of Dungeon Master, A Truly Trailblazing First-Person RPG
"I think in a certain sense we were a little bit too early"
Talking Point What Was Your First Animal Crossing Game?
As New Horizon's 3.0 update drops, we want your memories of the popular series
Game Changer Shining In The Darkness - My Bumpy But Brilliant Introduction To JRPGs
Better than Dungeon Master, though? Not quite...
Feature "It Was Exciting & Terrifying" — The Ultima Legend Who Taught Computers To Sing
Kenneth W. Arnold reflects on his work on the groundbreaking RPG series
Retro Recap All The Classic Gaming News From The Past Week (January 11th 2026)
Missed some retro news this week? We've got you covered
You got the Demon? Right, I'm not playing
Bruce Lowry's journey from Nintendo to Sega and back again!
How a Seattle-based designer levelled up Nintendo's packaging in the '80s & '90s
Best Of 2025 The Making Of Fight Club, The Game David Fincher Didn't Want You To Play
"Vivendi was great at ruining games"
Feature 'Sega's Switch' Lives On Thanks To This Absolutely Incredible Nomad Mod
Say hello to the Venus SUB 2020 kit, and its maker, Oleg Endo
Best Of 2025 The Making Of Geoff Crammond's Formula One Grand Prix Series
"The simulator had to be realistic but also drivable"
Best Of 2025 "The Worst Console Of All Time" Turned 20 In 2025 – Is Gizmondo Worth A Look?
A $300 million black hole in handheld form
Former Tectoy CEO Stefano Arnhold on the Master System, Mega Net, and more
James Mielke reflects on the Team Ninja creator who treated him as a brother
Leslie Swan's journey from Nintendo Power to Nintendo legend
"The Mega Drive is my favourite console of all time"
"I’d get all excited just seeing something like 'syntax error' pop up on the screen"
"Most of the CG designers were college students doing part-time work"
Best Of 2025 Barcode Battler, The Early '90s Classic That's So Crap, It's Almost Cool
Get ready for some Commerce Conflict
Best Of 2025 Tomohiro Nishikado On Making 'Space Invaders' And What Makes Games Fun
"Younger people who want to make games should play really old games"
Feature The Analogue 3D Is The Best Retro Hardware Of 2025
The N64 got an upgrade this year
"I didn't know anything about what other people in the gaming industry were doing"
Jerry Momoda on his journey from expert gamer to industry veteran
"A number of overseas developers have said, 'We want you to make a [Segagaga] sequel'"
I thought, 'Damn, I think this is why ToeJam and Earl sprang into my brain 10 years later.'
"Our whole goal was to capture the sheer variety and texture that was in the Japanese script"
Best Of 2025 How A Cult Comic About A Samurai Rabbit Became A Classic Commodore 64 Game
"Stan's vision of people running at each other is fun but 'unique!'"
