Feature Meet The Company Bringing Classic Games To Switch, PS5 And Xbox "By Mistake"
"We reached out to Sony to start an experiment"
Guide Best Resident Evil Games, Ranked By You
Care to (bio)hazard a guess which is top?
News Yuzo Koshiro's Shmup 'Earthion' Is Pushing Sega Genesis To Its Absolute Limit
"Everything you see and hear is straight from an actual Megadrive"
News Somebody Wants $45,000 For Panasonic's Unreleased Nintendo 3DS Rival
It's a Jungle out there
News - March, 2024
Sunday31st Mar 2024
News Felvidek Is A PS1-Style JRPG Starring A Boozed-Up Knight
"A JRPG set in 15th century Slovakia"
News Lucas Pope Made Playdate Classic 'Mars After Midnight' For His Kids, Not Money
"I wanted to make something for them"
"I believe I still have a lot to learn"
News Brutal Star Wars: X-Wing Mission Made One Player Cut Up His Discs And Mail Them To LucasArts
"He chopped the floppies up into little pieces"
Saturday30th Mar 2024
News Former Dawn Is An Impressive-Looking NES RPG That's Also Coming To PC
Might come to Switch and other consoles, too
Interview Factor 5's Julian Eggebrecht On Star Wars, Indiana Jones And Choosing N64 Over PS1
"Our games were treated like first-party games"
News Outgoing PlayStation CEO Claims PS2 Has Sold 160 Million, Yet Some Don't Believe Him
"Another well placed Jim Ryan lie"
News Galaga '88 Comes To Analogue Pocket And MiSTer FPGA
Karate Champ beta also released
Friday29th Mar 2024
News Konami's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Hyperstone Heist Just Got Even Better
New hack adds Hi Score S-RAM, new modes, new difficulties, & more!
News More Sega Arcade Titles Are Coming To Analogue Pocket
Wonder Boy! Choplifter! Sega Ninja!
News Controversial Retro Store DK Oldies Just Got Hacked
"PLEASE DO NOT BUY ANYTHING FROM THIS SCAM SITE"
News You Can Now Pre-Order Your Very Own Asteroids Recharged Cabinet
Provided you have a rather large fortune at your disposal!
News TimeSplitters Fan Project Calls For Urgent Help From The Community
"In order to finish this game, we truly need more help and a more refined focus."
News New Book 'Seeing Red' To Shine A Spotlight On Nintendo's Virtual Boy
You can preorder the book now from Amazon
News Fighting Fantasy Classic Deathtrap Dungeon Is Getting Another Sequel
"The Dungeon on Blood Island"
Thursday28th Mar 2024
News Analogue Pocket Is Getting A Game Boy Micro-Style FPGA-Based Handheld Rival
Chinese firm Sipeed is working on a new portable
News Xbox 360 Online Store A Hot Mess Ahead Of July 2024 Closure
Myriad of issues present
News These Tiny Sony-Style PVM Monitors Are Absolutely Adorable
The perfect desk screen?
News Has This Indie Dev Completely Maxed Out The Genesis / Mega Drive?
"Sega Genesis Blast Processing MAXED OUT ???"
News Even Yu Suzuki Didn't Expect 3D To Become So Big, So Quickly
"The speed of advancement surpassed even my expectations"
News Remember When Virtua Fighter 2 Was In The X-Files?
Along with Jack Black and Giovanni Ribisi...
News Copy Of Ken and Roberta Williams' Mystery House Set To Fetch Thousands At Auction
"Man, if I had any idea what kind of price this might go for..."
News Joe Lieberman, The Senator Who Tried To Ban Mortal Kombat, Has Passed Away
Former Democratic Senator has died aged 82
News Godzilla And Gamera Team-Up In This Free (And Unofficial) MSX Game
"Make both kaiju cooperate to help themselves"
Wednesday27th Mar 2024
Flashback The Lost 32X Castlevania That Led To Symphony Of The Night
The tale of "Castlevania: The Bloodletting"
Guide Best Ghostbusters Games Of All Time
Does it make you feel good?
News New Evercade 2024 Roadmap Teases More Game Collections & Hardware
Time to get your guesses in now on what they are!
News Arcade Archives Holding Special Event To Celebrate 10th Anniversary
The commemorative event will take place on May 18th
News This New NES Accessory Makes Cheating At Zelda Easier Than Ever
Two pads are better than one
News Elevator Action And Zoo Keeper Join The Quarter Arcades Range
Update: Preorders are now live
News GBA Classic 'F-Zero: Maximum Velocity' Heads To Switch Online This Week
Arrives this Friday, March 29th
Tuesday26th Mar 2024
News Polymega's N64 Module Sells Out, New Stock Coming In June
Base systems still in stock
Review Atari 400 Mini - A Deep Cut, But A Welcome One
Beige is beautiful
News Video Games "The Greatest Teaching Tool Ever Invented" Says Man Who Tried To Ban GTA
Update: Full episode now available
News 'Goemon Oedo Daikaiten' English Fan Translation Is Now Available
The PS1 Goemon game was released back in 2001
Random Did You Know About Star Fox 64's Hidden On-Foot Mode?
The mode was one of the most challenging in-game rewards to unlock
News Toaplan's Truxton II, Grind Stormer, Twin Hawk, And Dogyuun Are Coming To Steam
Toaplan Arcade Shoot 'Em Up Collection Vol. 4 coming soon
News Tiny Tires Is The Micro Machines Successor We've Always Wanted
"Race around coffee cups and jump off notepads"
News Star Fox Level Viewer Pulled From Source Code
I can't let you do that, Star Fox
News Good Kniight & Harharagon Are 2 Exciting New Games For Your C64
From the team of Icon64 & Psytronik Software
News Early Mega Man Soccer SNES Build Reveals Scrapped Multitap Support
The SNES game only allowed up to 2 players in the final version
Flashback Wizard Vs. Wizards - The Early eSports Tournament That Time Forgot
"This is the event where Hollywood meets the Computer Age"
Monday25th Mar 2024
News This $15 Device Takes GameCube Online So You Can Play Mario Kart And Zelda With Other People
ETH2GC is an open-source revolution
News Lost Tetris Sequel 'Tetris Reversed' Shown Off For The First Time Ever
"This is Tetris for like 300 IQ people"
Interview "It’s Rare That You Can Identify A Winner" - How Namco Brought Tekken To The West
We chat to former Namco US product manager Jerry "Blood & Guts" Momoda
Flashback That Time Miyamoto Said He Could Make Halo, But Didn't Want To
"It's not that I couldn't design that game"
News How Namco Tried To Stave Off Coin-Op's "Impending Doom"
Namco's arcade business took a turn for the worse in the late '90s
News Sonic Fan Creates Devious 'Desert Bus' Mod For Sonic Frontiers
A mod for the masochists among you!
News The Classic Tetris World Record Has Been Smashed, Again
Alex T bags amazing 16,248,080 score
Anniversary The Elder Scrolls Series Is 30 Years Old
When was your first trip to Tamriel?
Sunday24th Mar 2024
News 'Advance Wars' Forerunner 'Game Boy Wars' Finally Playable In English
Was a Japanese exclusive in 1991
Iconic Issues CVG's Complete Guide To Consoles
The magazines which started a revolution
Saturday23rd Mar 2024
News Yuzo Koshiro's Shmup 'Earthion' Is Pushing Sega Genesis To Its Absolute Limit
"Everything you see and hear is straight from an actual Megadrive"
News Neo Geo "Medieval Casino" Title Knight's Chance Is Getting A New Physical Release
Thanks to Piko Interactive
Friday22nd Mar 2024
News Remember When Steve Jobs Promoted PS1 Emulation On National TV?
VGS case would lay the ground rules for modern emulation
News Game Preservationists Unearth New Footage Of Cancelled N64 Racer
Could Rev Limit have been Nintendo's answer to Ridge Racer before Ridge Racer 64?
News Princess Peach: Showtime! Marks Return Of Goemon Director After 27 Years
Good-Feel's Etsunobu Ebisu is back in the director's chair
News Ex-UPL Staffers Publish Incredible New Video Of Unreleased Shmup
Kaisoku! Sparrows!! was developed before UPL filed for bankruptcy in '92
News Fatal Fury's Mai Shiranui Is In This Zombie Survival Game For Some Reason
Maybe Clare Redfield was busy?
News Fatal Fury Producer Still Feels Bad That Fan Favourite Fighter Didn't Make It Into Smash Bros.
We're all good boys and girls, right?
Review Revolution: The Quest For Game Development Greatness
An essential read for adventure game fans
News We Wish This PS1 Memory Card Actually Existed
"My tribute to the PlayStation 1 memory card"
Thursday21st Mar 2024
News Sega's Releasing A Streets Of Rage Action Figure, And We Have A Mighty Need
"Comes complete with the Grand Upper Cut effect accessory"
Random We're Obsessed With This Photo Of Christian Bale Playing An Amstrad
"Their early work was a little too new wave for my taste"
News This Might Be The Easiest Way To Fix Saturn's Irksome Save Data Issue
"No more epoxy blues!"
News Granada & FZ Senki Axis Heading To X68000 Z, Pre-Orders Now Live
Releasing April 25th in Japan
Wednesday20th Mar 2024
News Want Crisp HDMI Output From Your Sega Genesis? Check Out The Megaswitch HD
The first HDMI mod for the Genesis / Mega Drive
News Brookwood Pocket Tactics Is A Tiny Redwall-Esque Strategy Game For Game Boy
Physical pre-orders are now live
News 'The Transylvania Adventure Of Simon Quest' Is Basically A New Castlevania
Update: Progress video released
Gallery Unboxing The Atari 400 Mini
That's nice press kit, we have to say
News Miyamoto Has Admitted This Zelda Game Is "Bad"
Sorry, Adventure of Link
News Rainbow Cotton Remake Soars Onto PC & Consoles This May
A new promotional video has also been released
News Altered Beast Can Finally Save Your High Score, Even After You Rise From Your Grave
New patch brings SRAM scores to the Genesis classic
Tuesday19th Mar 2024
News Japanese Gamer Uses 3DS After Burner II To Create Home Arcade Setup
Space Harrier also shown in action
Anniversary Super Metroid Is 30
One half of the 'Metroidvania' puzzle
News Birdcage Looks Like A Frantic Fusion Of Radiant Silvergun And Ikaruga
"Sword Action Shooting"
News Game Arts Trademark For 'Lunar' Sparks Hope Of New Project
An all-new entry, or just a collection? We'd be happy with either
News 2D Meets 3D In Screenbound - A New Platformer About Being Distracted
A game within a game
News If Psyvariar Was On Genesis, This Is What It Would Sound Like
"Recorded from the actual Mega Drive"
Monday18th Mar 2024
News You Can Now Turn Your Steam Deck Into A Less-Portable 3DS
Isn't the future amazing?
News Miyoo Is Launching The Game Boy Micro-Style A30 This April
Ahead of the Miyoo Flip
News Irem's R-Type Is Coming To Analogue Pocket
Update: Both the M72 and M92 arcade systems are coming
News 'Mega Final Fight' Dev Shows Off His Hexen-Style RPG FPS In New Footage
"There is a lot to be done"
News 'Tales' Series Character Designer Mutsumi Inomata Has Passed Away
She also worked in the fields of manga and anime during her career
Anniversary Castlevania: Bloodlines Is 30 Years Old
Talkin' 'bout my (new) generation
News The Japanese Game Preservation Society Is Selling Off Rare Items To Fund Its Vital Work
Scanner is needed to preserve video game magazines
News The Chaos Engine On C64? Sure, Why Not
Update: An in-browser demo is now available
Feature Bitmap Books Celebrates 10th Anniversary, And We Were There
Industry celebrities, veteran writers, an open bar, and a lot of off-the-record conversations
Anniversary Katamari Damacy Turns 20 Today (No Pun Intended)
Goodbye, sweet prince
News Reef Creative Group Acquire 70% Stake In Bitmap Bureau
Now working together on two unannounced projects
Sunday17th Mar 2024
Saturday16th Mar 2024
News Somebody Wants $45,000 For Panasonic's Unreleased Nintendo 3DS Rival
It's a Jungle out there
News Kickstarter Book 'Beyond The Click' Criticized For Plagiarism And AI Art
The book has somehow managed to raise £2560, almost half its goal
News Wrestle War's Unauthorised Hulk Hogan Cover Got Sega Into Legal Trouble
"He basically shut the door on my face"
Friday15th Mar 2024
News Without Ghouls ‘n Ghosts We Wouldn't Have Sonic, Says Yuji Naka
Capcom port "inspired" the creation of Sonic
News This $10 Pokémon Trading Tool Lets You Cheat At A 28-Year-Old Game
If only we'd had this back in the '90s
News Jet Set Radio Composer "Would Love" To Work On The New Game
"I would be very happy to contribute some tracks"
News New ROM Hack Makes One Of The Best Pinball Games Even Better
"Save your scores and play a mean game of Pinball"
News Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection Is Being Delisted In Japan
Update: Will be delisted from all digital stores in the region
Feature "I Spent The First Year Worrying I'd Get Replaced" - Retro Gamer Magazine Turns 20
"It's great to have had an influence on where retro gaming now is"
News You Won't Believe How Little Ocean Paid For RoboCop's Global Video Game Rights
Game would sell over 1 million on home computers alone
News Former Mega Man Producer Shares Unseen Design, Quickly Deletes It
"I apologize if I cause any trouble to the rights holders"
News Unreleased GBA Port Of Argonaut's I-Ninja Dumped Online
I-Ninja was originally released for the PS2, Xbox, and GCN in 2003
Thursday14th Mar 2024
Guide Best Street Fighter Games Of All Time
Capcom's million-selling series, ranked
Feature How Kasumi Ninja's Angus MacGregor Found A New Lease Of Life
"Angus holds some very fond memories for many"
News Exclusive Saturn Fighter 'Rabbit' Gets English Patch And More
Was never ported to any other console
News PS5 Survival Horror 'Crow Country' Is Giving Us Serious Final Fantasy VII Vibes
Update: A release date has now been announced
Wednesday13th Mar 2024
News This Castlevania Homage Stars Legendary Dracula Bela Lugosi
"Legendary stage and film actor makes his long overdue video game debut"
News Give Your Dreamcast VMU A Splash Of Colour With These Replacement Shells
Coming to Kickstarter soon...
Review Mars After Midnight (Playdate) - A Wonderfully Weird Work Sim From Lucas Pope
A must-have monochrome marvel
News Donkey Kong-Esque Platformer 'Mouser' Heading To Switch & PS4
The game first hit arcades back in 1983
Tuesday12th Mar 2024
News Mega Drive / Genesis Metroid Port Becomes 'Space Hunter'
Update: New demo footage revealed
News After 25 Years Away, Atari Is Returning To Arcades With Its "Recharged" Series
Partnering with manufacturer Alan-1
News Here's How Nintendo Reacted To The PlayStation Beating The N64
"I can’t deny the fact that the PlayStation is selling well around the world."
News MARS FPGA "Proceeding As Planned" And Will Be Shown Off In June
"We will be showing off hardware and games at TooManyGames"
News Tetris On Playdate Finally Makes It Perfect
(Or "Quandino" if Tetris Company lawyers ask)
News Sonic Triple Trouble 16-Bit Director Announces Exciting New Studio
Sundio Games is a new indie studio based in Austin, Texas
News Arika And SNK Are Teaming Up To "Revamp, Reclaim And Revive" Existing SNK IP
"The collaboration is planned for IPs other than fighting game"
Monday11th Mar 2024
News JRPG Breath Of Thunder "Unlikely" To Get Funded, So Here's Mighty No. 9 Instead
"The internet hates my Kickstarter"
News Ex-Sega Staffer Confirms "Secret" Dragon Quest Demo For Saturn
"It was said to be a top secret within the company"
News Rare TimeSplitters 4 PS3 Prototype Found On eBay
It has now been dumped online for others to see
News 22 Years Later, GBA Action RPG 'Kien' Is Finally Coming Out
Will be coming on a physical cart, too
News Playdate Catalog's First Birthday Marked With Massive Sale
More than 100 games discounted
News 'Lunar Lander Beyond' Lands On PC & Consoles This April
Arrives April 23rd, 2024
Sunday10th Mar 2024
Feature Meet The Company Bringing Classic Games To Switch, PS5 And Xbox "By Mistake"
"We reached out to Sony to start an experiment"
News ZX Touch Is A £220 Portable ZX Spectrum With A 7-Inch Screen
With "bare metal" emulation
News Mandalorian, Thor And Cowboy Bebop Writer Behind Upcoming Live-Action Pac-Man Movie
Christopher Yost has also worked on Marvel movies
Saturday9th Mar 2024
News Japanese Second-Hand Stores Are Making Their Own Famiclones To Cope With Retro Demand
"Sales have doubled at some stores"
Review Analogue Pocket Adapters - Lynx, PC Engine And NGPC Support Is Finally Here
...but was it worth the wait?
Flashback Taito Once Tried To Conquer Arcades With A Cab Designed By Roger "Psygnosis" Dean
The story of the Taito Taitan
Friday8th Mar 2024
News JRPG 'Breath Of Thunder' Could Come To The Jaguar, Saturn, N64 And (Reads Notes) Virtual Boy
Update: First footage revealed
News Rare SNES Game 'Dottie Flowers' Is Now Available To Download For Free
Was previously limited to 100 physical copies
News Dungeon Keeper, Populous, & Even More EA Classics Come To Steam
Nine classic titles are available now on Steam
Thursday7th Mar 2024
News Sega Slays Superb Fan-Made Golden Axe Sequel
Golden Axe Returns hit with DMCA takedown
News Square Had Huge Plans For The N64 Before It Fell Out With Nintendo
The company was ready to invest ¥350 Million into Nintendo's new console
News We Almost Got The "Definitive" Version Of Blaster Master In Arcades
"This is the holy grail of the NES/Arcade era!"
News Archer Maclean's Atari Arcade Experiments Have Been Preserved
Includes Robotron, Donkey Kong, Tempest and Breakout
Wednesday6th Mar 2024
Guide Best Resident Evil Games, Ranked By You
Care to (bio)hazard a guess which is top?
News "Holy Grail" NES Zelda "Worth $700,000" Was Almost Sold For $17,000
Update: Auction ended at $288,000
News 32 Years On, Spike Chunsoft's First Game Has Been Translated Into English
"A special game like this deserves the extra effort"
News Nihon Falcom's 'Ys II' For PC-88 Hits Nintendo Switch Next Week
Distribution begins March 14th
News A Rare Kirby CD Comic From The 90s Has Been Preserved
Kirby Chatting of the Stars was released in 1994
News This New Saturn-Style Parking Garage Racer Looks Ridiculously Fun
Parking Garage Rally Circuit is coming to Steam later this year
News 1994's Maligned Street Fighter Movie Is Free To Watch On YouTube, But Only In The US
"Jean-Claude was coked out of his mind"
News Namco's Tank Battalion Rolls Onto Switch & PS4 This Week
Distribution begins on March 7th
Tuesday5th Mar 2024
News I Almost Got Sega, Philips And Panasonic To Take On Sony, Says EA Founder Trip Hawkins
"That grouping of companies could have given Sony a run for it"
News Ghostbusters ROM Hack For Genesis / Mega Drive Gets Another Unmissable Update
"New characters, colours, modes, cheats, secrets and more!"
News Upcoming Jeff Minter Collection Will Resurrect A Cancelled '90s Console
The first public release of a Konix Multisystem game
News Games Industry Veteran Nick Des Barres Accused Of Sexual Exploitation Of 13-Year-Old Boy
Nick Des Barres wrote for GameFan and Play magazine
Interview "A True Original" - Digital Eclipse On 'Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story'
We speak with Digital Eclipse editorial director Chris Kohler
News Two Legendary Shmups Are Currently On Sale For Just A Couple Of Bucks
"The most insane sale I've seen in the shmup space"
News Fans Translate Obscure Nintendo Famicom Sim 'Planet Of Conspiracy: Shancara'
You can now play the 1992 Nintendo Famicom title in English!
News UK's Retro Computer Museum Is Showing Off Its New Home In April
"Awesome World Famous Legendary Gathering"
News World's First Museum Of Video Game Art Is Being Built In Japan
Developed by Koyo, a Koei Tecmo Holdings subsidiary
Monday4th Mar 2024
News 3DS Emulator Citra Is Dead, Along With Switch Emulator Yuzu
Developer Tropic Haze has bowed to Nintendo's legal pressure
News Bitmap's N64: A Visual Compendium Launches Today, And We've Had A Look
"A console that changed the gaming world"
Anniversary Game Boy Creator Gunpei Yokoi's WonderSwan Is 25 Years Old
The console that could have toppled Nintendo
News English Rock Band Static Dress Has Created A Game Boy Color Game
"Around three years of work"
Random Whose Eyes Are Those In Daytona USA?
Damon Hill or Todd McFarlane? You decide...
News Lord Alan Sugar Just Revived Amstrad
...but as a "performance marketing agency"
Random Did You Know About This Hilarious FIFA 97 Easter Egg?
"This reminds me of touring with the Sex Pistols!"
News This Dreamcast Controller Full Of Ants Is Your Nightmare Fuel For Today
...but it has a happy ending
Gallery Celebrating The Iconic Video Game Art Of Yuji Kaida
Godzilla and Gundam artist has created some of the most iconic game covers
News Don't Let This Awesome NES-Style Shmup Fly Under Your Radar
Xelan Force is out on the eShop now
News Upcoming ADV 'Detective Instinct' May Be Getting A SNES Port
So we spoke to the programmer behind it!
Sunday3rd Mar 2024
Saturday2nd Mar 2024
News Arcade Archives' Nintendo eShop World Record Might Be Unbeatable
"Certified by Guinness World Records"
News $13 Mod Makes Sony's PSP Go Useful Again In 2024
Gives you 128GB of storage
Friday1st Mar 2024
News 'Infinite Mario 64' Lets You Play Super Mario 64 Until The End Of Time
"What if you could play Mario 64... forever?"
Feature Meta Quest 3 Is The Best Way To Play 3DS And Virtual Boy In 2024
Meta's headset makes Nintendo's 3D games look better than ever before
News New Action-RPG 'Godshard Chronicles' Launches Kickstarter
Features music from composer Noriyuki Iwadare
News Analogue Pocket Firmware Update 2.2 Now Available
Brings support for cartridge adapters
Anniversary Video Game Database MobyGames Celebrates 25 Years
The website was acquired by Atari back in 2022
News Riviera: The Promised Land Remaster Announced For PC & Mobile in Japan
A Nintendo Switch remaster was released this week, also in Japan
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