Review Polymega - Now With N64 Support, But Is It Still Worth A Look In 2024?
Updated with impressions of the N64 EM05 Ultra Module
Feature Playing The CeX Retro Lottery
You never know what you're gonna get?
The Making Of BattleTech, The '90s Combo Of Immersive Reality, Online Play And eSports
"I wanted sensory overload and information overload"
The Making Of Noctis, The 'No Man's Sky' Forerunner Whose Creator Retreated From The World
"I barely interact with human beings these days"
News Analogue Duo Is Shipping On December 11th
Update: "Will be delivered before Christmas"
News - December, 2023
Sunday31st Dec 2023
The Making Of Noctis, The 'No Man's Sky' Forerunner Whose Creator Retreated From The World
"I barely interact with human beings these days"
Review Zuiki X68000 Z - An Expensive But Appealing Substitute For The Real Thing
The hardcore gamer's micro-console
The Making Of The Menacer - How Sega Rustled Up A Super Scope Rival In Just Six Months
"It was for the American market, so let's have the Americans do it"
Feature Howard Scott Warshaw Talks E.T., Atari, & Working With Spielberg
"To this day, every time I see Atari: Game Over, I get emotional"
Saturday30th Dec 2023
Guide Best Game Boy Color Games Of All Time
Colour me surprised
Feature The Incredible Story Of Satellaview, Nintendo's Satellite Modem SNES Add-On
An unorthodox radio station, exclusive games, and a bitter breakup
The Making Of Croc, 3D Platforming's Unsung Hero
"How can we make a 3D platform game?"
Interview Konami Legends Reveal The Secrets Of The Arcade Hit Factory
A rare peek behind the curtain!
Friday29th Dec 2023
Review Polymega - Now With N64 Support, But Is It Still Worth A Look In 2024?
Updated with impressions of the N64 EM05 Ultra Module
News Rainbow Islands Is Coming To Switch And PS4
Taito's classic joins the Arcade Archives range
The Making Of The Black Onyx, The Game That Hooked Japan On RPGs
How Henk Rogers, the man who bought Tetris, introduced the RPG to Japan
The Making Of Barbie (1991), The Doll's Debut On Nintendo Consoles
"Machines were considered boys' stuff and they wanted to bring girls in"
Thursday28th Dec 2023
Guide Best Sega Game Gear Games Of All Time
All the gear, and a great idea
Wednesday27th Dec 2023
News Polymega's N64 Update Is Finally Live
v1.1.30 adds support for N64 Element Module
Thursday28th Dec 2023
The Making Of BMX XXX - "We Were Building This Beautiful Skate Park And Ended Up With A Strip Club"
How Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 3 morphed into something very different
Sacred Spaces Ocean Software's Central Street HQ / Manchester, England
"It could have been the biggest disaster ever, can you imagine?"
Feature Do Kyoto's Turtle Stepping Stones Have A Connection To Mario?
Life imitating art, or the other way around?
Wednesday27th Dec 2023
The Making Of BattleTech, The '90s Combo Of Immersive Reality, Online Play And eSports
"I wanted sensory overload and information overload"
Review HyperMegaTech Super Pocket - A Wonderful Game Boy-Style Retro Gift
With bonus Evercade support!
Guide Best Amiga Games Of All Time
The finest games on Commodore's beloved 16-bit system
News This Ridiculously Expensive Mega Drive Game Is Getting A Reproduction
Save yourself some pennies
Tuesday26th Dec 2023
Feature Playing The CeX Retro Lottery
You never know what you're gonna get?
The Making Of FIFA International Soccer, The Game That Launched A Billion Dollar Series
"The work that the EA Canada people did was f**king insane"
Flashback Making A Monster: The Many Influences Behind Castlevania's Alucard
Find out where the son of Dracula got his bite
Monday25th Dec 2023
Feature "Our Target Is Disney" - How Michael Jackson And The AS-1 Took Sega Into The Future
A tale that includes Steven Spielberg, Douglas Trumbull and Tetsuya Mizuguchi
Sunday24th Dec 2023
News Homebrew Dev Gets Final Fantasy VII Running On Sega Saturn
It's a Christmas miracle!
Feature "It Became Almost Like A Cult" - The Untold Story Behind Rockstar's Iconic Logo
"We were so low-budget, which is funny to think about now"
Talking Point Are Video Games Linked To Physical Places In Your Memory?
Location, location, location
Saturday23rd Dec 2023
Feature "If HBO Made Zelda" - The Untold Story Of Legacy Of Kain: Dead Sun
Sam Barlow talks for the first time about the doomed sequel
Interview Former Sega Head Of Marketing Al Nilsen On Genesis And The Birth Of 'Sonicmania'
"Everyone were saying 'Super Nintendo isn’t that big, because here’s Sonic'"
Friday22nd Dec 2023
News Neo Geo Pocket FPGA Core Gets A Welcome Progress Update
"I have worked on and off on it for the last two years"
Feature The Best Christmas Video Game Commercials
Do you remember any of these classic commercials?
Thursday21st Dec 2023
News A New Shenmue Fangame "Dreams Of Saturn" Has Released Just In Time For Christmas
Help Ryo win a Sega Saturn by tracking down Santa-Chans
Review Gremlin Collection 1 (Evercade) - An Uneven Celebration Of A British Legend
A gremlin in the works
News Check Out These Sega Dreamcast And Mega Drive Wireless Headphones
Only available in Japan, sadly
News Dreamcast Title 'Rainbow Cotton' Has Been Hiding A NSFW Secret For 23 Years
"A bit of a, um... fun?"
Poll What Was Your Favourite Game Of Christmas 2013?
The year GTA V first released...
Interview Ziggurat Interactive On Its Passion For Bringing Old Games Back From the Dead
"I’m very proud of our adaptability. We all wear many hats"
Random Have You Seen This Rare Early Footage Of Space Harrier?
It shows the game back when it originally featured a jet instead of a human
News A "Missing" Amiga Port Of Codemasters' Stuntman Seymour Has Just Been Recovered
Games That Weren't rescues a lost piece of Codemasters' history
News Obsidian Wanted To Create A Fallout: New Vegas-Style Elder Scrolls Spin-Off
"It seemed to be something that could benefit both studios"
Wednesday20th Dec 2023
Review RetroTINK 5X Pro - RetroTINK 4K's Cheaper Sibling Is Still Worth A Look
Half the price, almost as nice?
Poll What's The Best Evercade Game So Far?
Vote to help build our 'Best Evercade Games' list!
News 23 Years Later, PS1 Alien Resurrection's Naughty Piracy Cheat Code Is Revealed
Lucky, lucky, lucky, lucky, lucky
News Capcom Announces End Of Service For Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective iOS
A new remastered app is expected to launch next Spring
Tuesday19th Dec 2023
Review Anbernic RG35XX Plus - A Welcome Upgrade
One of the best sub-$70 handhelds you can get
Review Codemasters Collection 1 (Evercade) - A Sensible Purchase For Evercade Fans
17 helpings of Codemasters on one cart
News Atari Releases Modern Take On The 1983 Arcade Game 'Food Fight'
Currently available exclusively for Atari VCS
News Impressive Super Mario / Celeste ROM Hack To Add Baba Is You Style Mechanics
Celeste Mario's Zap & Dash! is available to download now
News Shinji Mikami Isn't Interested In Working On Resident Evil Again
...but Hideki Kamiya wants to make Viewtiful Joe 3
The Making Of Hi, How Are You - A Mobile Game Tribute To Folk Legend Daniel Johnston
"Daniel was like, ‘This is great, someone should make a game out of this’"
Monday18th Dec 2023
Random Why Not Download One Of The Worst SNES Games Ever This Festive Season?
Hong Kong 97 has to be played to be believed
News Square Enix, Yuzo Koshiro Really Wants 'Illusion Of Gaia' And 'Terranigma' Remakes, Thanks
"We’re eager to see remakes of these masterpieces"
Flashback When Hideo Kojima Argued Over Policenauts' Bouncing Boobs With Sony
"I'll never forget arguing over the 'breast jiggle issue' with Shuhei Yoshida"
Review Steam Deck OLED - The Best Just Got Better
Valve "does a Nintendo"
News Godus & Godus Wars Have Been Removed From Steam
The controversial game was released in Early Access back in 2013
News Team Behind Sakura Wars 2 Fan Translation Gives An Update
"We've been hard at work since January"
News D4 Enterprise Reveals First Look At The '1ChipMSX3'
Also considering a paid upgrade service for the '1ChipMSX'
News ScummVM 2.8.0 Adding Support For 7 Macromedia Director Titles
Including The Dark Eye, Wrath of the Gods, and more
Sunday17th Dec 2023
Saturday16th Dec 2023
Friday15th Dec 2023
News 'Amiga Mini' The A500 Gets New Firmware And A Free Game
v1.2.1 brings with it fixes and improvements
News Uniqlo's Metal Gear Solid T-Shirts Are Set To Make A Return
"Kept you waiting, huh?"
News 'Mobile FC Creation Kit' Turns The Nintendo Famicom Into A Handheld
Releasing in Japan by the end of the year
News PC-88 Action RPG Hydlide Ventures Onto Nintendo Switch On December 21st
Another PC-88 classic to play over the Christmas period
Feature Preserving Physical History: Meet The World's Biggest 'Big Box' Fans
"Your imagination was kickstarted by the pictures and text on the box"
News The Secret Of Monkey Island Has Been Ported To C64 (Well, Kind Of)
A barebones take on an adventure game classic
Thursday14th Dec 2023
News A Bunch Of Data East Games Have Vanished From The Switch eShop
Previously available as part of the "Johnny Turbo's Arcade" series
News Sega Files Altered Beast, Eternal Champions And Kid Chameleon Trademarks
Update: Alex Kidd, After Burner, Outrun and Super Monkey Ball also spotted
News New Evercade Update Adds Turbo Fire, High Scores, And More
A list of supported titles was also given
News The VGHF Library Will Bring Video Game History Right To Your Fingertips
Will hopefully launch "sometime next year"
News King Of Fighters '94 Artist Feared The Game Would Get Axed After Poor Internal Tests
Mitsuo Kodama, an artist on KoF '94, shared his memories on Twitter
Wednesday13th Dec 2023
Feature The Legend Of The "Lost" Zelda Games
Board games, books, Barcode Battler cards and more...
News Atari Owns Almost Half Of Polymega Maker Playmaji
Companies entered partnership this year
News The Video Game History Foundation Shares New Material From Sonic 2's Lost Stages
Including Cyber City Zone, Wood Zone, and Sand Shower Zone
Random Game Boy Gets Turned Into The Ultimate Car Speedometer
Take me to the '90s
Tuesday12th Dec 2023
News The Popular Emulator PCSX2 Can Now Play Over 99% Of PS2 Games
1.23% of the games are also categorised as 'Perfect'
News Atari Taking Pre-Orders For A $299.99 Limited Edition Cartridge Set
Only 500 copies are available
News Birdo Is The Star In This New 'Super Mario Bros. 2' Christmas-Themed Fangame
From fan creator Super Squidoodle
Monday11th Dec 2023
Feature The True Story Behind Doom 3DO's 'Missing' FMV Scenes
Straight from the mouth of the Cyberdemon
News There's A New Polymega Project Coming In 2024
Update: December 4th firmware update delayed
Review Analogue Duo - The Best Way To Enjoy The Entire PC Engine / TG16 Library
FPGA-powered Emotion Engine
News The Hidden Development History Of Donkey Kong Has Been Revealed
1997 "tell all" document gets translated
News Radiant Silvergun Is Getting An Awesome 'Collector's Box' From Superdeluxe Games
Complete with a replica ship
News MSX Cyberpunk RPG 'Illusion City' Finally Gets An English Translation
Also released on the Mega CD and X68000
News English Fan Translation Patch For PSP Dungeon-Crawler 'Fate/EXTRA CCC' Released
Fate/Extra CCC was released in Japan in 2013
News Classic Chinese RPG Xuan Yuan Sword: Mists Beyond The Mountains Out Now On Switch
The game was originally released in 1999 for personal computers
Sunday10th Dec 2023
Saturday9th Dec 2023
News Sega Is "Evaluating" A New Virtua Fighter
"It’s something we’re working on"
Friday8th Dec 2023
Review Team17 Collection 1 (Evercade) - A Fine Celebration Of The Veteran's Amiga Years
Ten cuts of classic Team17
News The Mana Series Returns With 'Visions Of Mana', Coming In 2024
For Xbox Series X|S, PS4, PS5, and PC
Thursday7th Dec 2023
Feature I've Just Resurrected This Zelda Scratch Card Game From 1989
Preserving 'Nintendo Game Pack' cards for a new generation
The Making Of Virtuality, The 1990s Pioneer That Sold The World On VR
"The Americans took to this like you wouldn’t believe"
News English Translation Patch For PC Engine CD-ROM² RPG 'Far East of Eden: Ziria' Released
You can now finally try out this epic RPG in English!
News Saturn Cult Classic 'Gundam Blue Destiny' Is Finally Getting The Toys It Deserves
Part of the 'Robot Spirits' series
Wednesday6th Dec 2023
News Pole Position II Skids Onto Nintendo Switch & PS4 Later This Week
Arrives on December 7th
Tuesday5th Dec 2023
News Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration Adds 12 New Games With Free Update
Includes homebrews, prototypes, and more!
Review Renovation Collection 1 (Evercade) - A 'Double-A' Selection Of Sega For Evercade
Valis! El Viento! Gaiares! Exile!
News The Legendary "Lost" Game Boy Demo That Argonaut Pitched To Nintendo Has Been Found
'Eclipse' eventually morphed into the 1992 space shooter 'X'
Review AYANEO Retro Mini PC AM01 - The Cutest PC Ever? Quite Possibly
Just don't expect AAA power
Monday4th Dec 2023
News First Marvel Super Heroes, Now Samurai Shodown's Earthquake Lands On Sega Genesis
Update: Pyron releases more amazing test footage
Flashback How South Park Forced A Tiger Woods 99 Recall
"We’re going to have to have a press announcement. We’re going to have to apologize"
Review Sunsoft Collection 1 (Evercade) - It's Always Sunny With Blaster Master
This ain't no gimmick
Interview "It Was A Suicide Mission" - Larry Siegel Reflects On Atari's Failed War On Nintendo
"It was all about saving six cents. It was not about the big picture"
News "I Didn't Want Mario Lemieux Hockey, I Wanted Super Mario Hockey"
The inside story of Atari's battle with Nintendo
News AYANEO Boss Says Another Retro Handheld Is In Development
"I can only reveal this much for now"
News WonderMidi, A Rare Piece Of Sega Mega Drive Software, Has Just Been Preserved Online
Thanks to the musician and developer andlabs
News Fan Builds Ghostbuster Afterlife's Unused Game Boy PKE Meter
The "Ghost Boy" was a concept that sadly never made it to the screen
Sunday3rd Dec 2023
Review Toaplan Arcade 2 (Evercade) - I Am The God Of Hellfire
...and I bring you...
Saturday2nd Dec 2023
Guide Best GTA Games - Every Grand Theft Auto Game, Ranked By You
With GTA VI around the corner, we rank all the games so far
Iconic Issues Sega Magazine #1, January 1994
It was a different world 30 years ago...
News Molyneux On Fable 3's Shortcomings: "It May Have Been My Fault"
"I hate the fact that we had all this potential"
Friday1st Dec 2023
News Analogue Duo Is Shipping On December 11th
Update: "Will be delivered before Christmas"
News Analogue Pocket Updates Coming This Month, But Cart Adapters Are Delayed Into 2024
Pocket restock happening this month, too
News These Mega Drive / Genesis Watches Cost $800 Each
To be this good takes AGES
Review Toaplan Arcade 1 (Evercade) - A Shmup-Heavy Delight For Arcade Lovers
All Your Evercades are belong to us
Feature Remembering Bushi Seiryuuden, Pokémon Creator Game Freak's Japan-Only SNES RPG
Before Pocket Monsters paid the bills
News Final Fantasy Tactics Director Shoots Down Possibility Of A Remaster
"Currently, there are no plans for remastering"
News Metal Sonic Joins The TUBBZ Range
"All living things kneel before your master!"
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