News GameStop Announces Launch Of New "Retro GameStop" Stores
"Retro GameStop" stores will carry titles for a range of retro platforms
News Here's Another Look At Taki Udon's Game-Changing $150 Handheld MiSTer
"The band is back together"
News We're Getting (Another) New ZX Spectrum This November
Update: Full game list revealed
News Yes, This Is Castlevania: Symphony Of The Night On The Sega Mega Drive
Update: New footage shown off
News - August, 2024
Friday30th Aug 2024
Review Haunted Castle Revisited (Switch) - The Worst Castlevania Gets Rehabilitated
Konami's much-maligned coin-op gets spruced up
News This Tiny Piece Of Plastic Could Save Your N64's Analogue Stick
Meet the "N64 stick saver"
News Donkey Kong Country's Developers Are Reuniting For An EGX Panel Later This Year
To celebrate the game's 30th anniversary
News The MSX Port Of Hydlide Is Coming To Nintendo Switch Next Week
Arrives September 5th on the Nintendo Switch eShop in Japan
Thursday29th Aug 2024
News Shinji Mikami Wants To Remake The Game That Inspired Resident Evil
Sweet Home was released for the Famicom in 1989
News DreamConn S Promises To Be The Ultimate Dreamcast Controller
New analogue stick! USB-C! Improved performance!
News Game Boy Color "Technical Showpiece" Zephyr's Pass Is Available Now
Update: The game can now be ordered direct from Incube8 Games' website
Review MagicX XU Mini M - A Cute (But Misleading) Emulation Handheld
Update: MagicX has been telling fibs
News Dreamcast Oddity 'Birdcage Of Horrors' Gets English Fan Translation
You can watch the SEGA Dreamcast internet drama with English subtitles
News Fan Port Of Castlevania III Teased For The Mega Drive / Genesis, But There's A Catch
"I'm not planning to do a full remake of the game"
News The Puzzle Platformer 'The Meating' Launches Today Across Switch, GBA, And NES
The game was previously only available for Kickstarter backers
Wednesday28th Aug 2024
News GameStop Announces Launch Of New "Retro GameStop" Stores
"Retro GameStop" stores will carry titles for a range of retro platforms
News Star Fox Studio Argonaut Is Back, And It's Remastering Croc
"I'm just glad that I'm finally allowed to get off the naughty step!"
News Taito's Chase H.Q. Spin-Off 'Crime City' Is Getting An (Unofficial) Mega Drive / Genesis Port
From the homebrew developer behind 'Hayato's Journey'
News Konami's 1985 Vertical Scroller 'Finalizer' Is This Week's Arcade Archives Release
It will be released on August 29th in Japan
News The Award-Winning Tenebra Series Is Coming To The NES
"Can you outshine the darkness as you guide a lost soul to safety?"
News Red Company Character Designer Takafumi "Panyome" Ieiri Has Passed Away
The news was shared online by his former coworker Yoshiteru Tsujino
Tuesday27th Aug 2024
News We're Getting (Another) New ZX Spectrum This November
Update: Full game list revealed
News An Early Sonic CD Prototype Has Been Ported To Sega Genesis
Update: Actually, it's the V0.02 prototype
News 'Streets Of Rage Plus' Is The Ultimate Version Of Sega's Belt-Scrolling Scrapper
SRAM! Six button support! New character colours!
News The Worst Castlevania Game Is Getting Remade
Haunted Castle originally launched in 1987
News Bubble Bobble's Definitive Console Port 'Final Bubble Bobble' Gets Japanese Reissue
It is now available as a standalone game costing ¥660
Feature The Inside Story Behind Grand Theft Auto III's Japanese Release
"You could say that GTA 3, in part, helped shape the games industry in Japan into what it is today"
News Dreamcast Brawler Capcom Vs. SNK Pro Gets An English Translation
"All English is in there, even for new content"
News Amiga Roguelike 'Roguecraft' Is Getting A Digital Version Next Week
The digital version will launch on September 2nd
Monday26th Aug 2024
News Here's The "Hidden Meaning" Behind The Dreamcast's Start Button
"That represents how players reach out and connect with the console"
News MechWarrior Fans, Take Note - Boomer Shooter 'Mekkablood: Quarry Assault' Is Coming Soon
Step into the shoes of a "grizzled former trucker turned robojockey"
Feature The Grand Theft Auto Games, Ports, & Expansions We Never Got To Play
From unreleased ports to unrealized spin-offs and abandoned ideas
News This King’s Quest VI Demake Took 18 Years To Produce, And Is Free To Download
"It was made for anyone who loves King’s Quest VI"
News Retro-Bit Is Working On A Sega Saturn Fight Stick
And a Dreamcast wireless controller
Sunday25th Aug 2024
Saturday24th Aug 2024
Friday23rd Aug 2024
News Here's Another Look At Taki Udon's Game-Changing $150 Handheld MiSTer
"The band is back together"
News Yes, This Is Castlevania: Symphony Of The Night On The Sega Mega Drive
Update: New footage shown off
"Clearly Quest wasn't the last name of Simon Belmont"
News This Sega Genesis RAM Cart Could Take Homebrew Development To A New Level
4MEG RAM cart could pave the way for more advanced games
News Genki Confirms We're Getting A New Tokyo Xtreme Racer
Or Shutokou Battle, if you prefer
Thursday22nd Aug 2024
News Taito Egret II Mini Arcade Memories Vol. 3 Line-Up Announced
Includes Mr. Do!, Aqua Jack, Galactic Storm, and more!
News 8BitDo & Genki Collaborate On SNES-Inspired Genki PocketPro Controller
The Genki PocketPro is a modified version of 8BitDo's SN30 Pro
News Super-Camp Shmup Series 'Cho Aniki' Is Making A Comeback
Update: Cho Aniki COLLECTION to release this December in Japan
News Snow Bros. Wonderland Gets Worldwide Release This November
Courtesy of Clear River Games & Tatsujin
News Nihon Falcom's 'Star Trader' & 'Xanadu Scenario II' Are Coming To Switch
The two games will be released as part of D4Enterprise's EGGCONSOLE series
News Star Runner Is A New Action-Puzzler From A Couple Of Sega Master System Fans
It is now out on PC, with a Master System version potentially on the way
News Google's Gemini AI Assistant Is Pretty Awful At Video Game History
We're not out of the job quite yet
Wednesday21st Aug 2024
News Read-Only Memory's Excellent 'Sega Dreamcast: Collected Works' Book Is Getting A Reprint
320 pages of Sega goodness
News SNES Fighter Rushing Beat Is Getting A New Entry, 'Rushing Beat X: Return Of Brawl Brothers'
UPDATE: A Steam page is now live
News Samsung's New Odyssey 3D Monitor Might Be The Ultimate Way To Emulate Nintendo 3DS
Glasses-free 3D, what year is it?!
News Unearthed Is A New Game Boy Sci-Fi Adventure From The Developer Of Grimace's Birthday
"Navigate perilous caverns and solve a multitude of puzzles"
Burke has worked on Silent Hill and Boktai, too
News After 40 Years In The Industry, Elite Systems Launches "eBay For Game IP"
"An ambition of ours for some years"
News Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver Prequel Graphic Novel Smashes Kickstarter Goal
It has now raised over half a million dollars
News Elemental Master EXTRA Is A Fan-Made Update Of Technosoft's Mythical Shmup
"Cheats, Gameplay tweaks and Hi-Score SRAM!"
News Peter Molyneux Reunites With Ex-Lionhead Staff To Create 'Masters Of Albion'
Including the Fable composer Russell Shaw & two of Media Molecule's founders
20-year-old drawings unearthed
Tuesday20th Aug 2024
News New Toejam & Earl ROM Hack Overhauls The Mega Drive / Genesis Classic
New cheats! Randomisation options! And More!
News Yakuza Dev To Receive Excellence Award For Sega Model 2 / Model 3 Emulation
Programmer Hitoshi Iizawa will be recognised for his efforts at CEDEC 2024
News The Atari 7800+ Resurrects Another Classic Atari Console
Pre-orders are open now from Atari's website
News Final Fight MD Dev Working On 'Driftin' Rage', A New 16-Bit Racer For Mega Drive/Genesis
UPDATE: A new video of the in-development game has just been released
News Donut Dodo Devs' Next Game 'Looney Landers' Is A Homage To Nintendo's Sky Skipper
As well as Atari's Sky Diver and PopCap Games' Peggle!
Now available for pre-order until October 18th
Monday19th Aug 2024
News The Only Original Sega-Developed Game For The PS1 Has Just Got A Fan Translation
Mini-Moni. Shakatto Tambourine! da Pyon! was released in 2002
News New Atari 400 Mini Update Brings Another Classic Game To The Mini Console
Caverns of Mars was released for Atari 8-Bit computers in 1981
News Resident Evil 2 Arrives On GOG Later This Month
It will be available on GOG's storefront on August 27th
Saturday17th Aug 2024
News Zelda Movie Screenwriter Is Working On A Live-Action Eternal Champions Film
The last game in the series came out in 1996
Friday16th Aug 2024
News SuperSega FPGA Team Understands Why You Think Its Console Is "Vapourware"
FPGA-based system will be offered in two variants
News Sega's Spirit Is Alive And Well In DDI Rally And Super Retro GP
Blue skies in abundance
News FlippyBird Connects Four WaveBirds To Your GameCube At Once
"Should be cost competitive vs a single OEM receiver"
News New Book Dives Into The History Of Classic '80s Arcade Games
Update: Kickstarter now live
News N64 Classic Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon Gets Fanmade PC Recompilation Project
UPDATE: Now supports the English version
News Evercade EXP-R Release Hit By Another Delay Following "Significant Issue"
It will now ship in November 2024
Thursday15th Aug 2024
News PS1 Classics Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain And Soul Reaver Come To Evercade
Bundled together for the first time
Review Tomb Raider Collection 1 (Evercade) - No-Frills Emulation Of Lara's Essential Adventures
The best bit of Miss Croft's PS1 period
Omega 6: The Triangle Stars is coming to Switch & PC in the West in 2025
The remake aims to pay tribute to Rainbow Arts & the late artist Celâl KandemiroÄŸlu
News PS1 Net Yaroze And Pico-8 Games Are Coming To Antstream
New 'Vision' update also shown off
News Sierra's Ken Williams Is As Confused As You About Colossal Cave's Tiny Box
"I'm not sure why the box is so small"
News Final Fantasy IX's AI-Powered Upscale Mod Just Got An Unexpected Update
Includes upscaled visuals, improved 3D models and much more
"Not everyone on the team liked the litter"
Wednesday14th Aug 2024
The Making Of Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon, Konami's Underrated N64 Classic
Goemon's first adventure on the N64 originally launched in August 1997
News Man Sets Record For Most Gaming Consoles Connected To A Single TV
With 444 consoles hooked up to a single TV
News Namco's 1993 Fighting Game 'Knuckle Heads' Is Coming To Switch & PS4
Arrives on August 15th in Japan
News Argonaut's Dreamcast Vehicle Shooter 'Red Dog' Is Getting A Fan Revival
Courtesy of the developer Chaotic Ray
News New Premium Magazine To Explore "How Gaming's Past Shaped our Future"
'Generations' is the work of some of the people behind [lock-on] and Switch Player
Tuesday13th Aug 2024
News Super Skidmarks Comes Pre-Loaded On The Amiga A600GS
"It's fantastic to see the Amiga community enjoying these classic games"
News Sega Rally 2's PC Port Is Now Playable On Modern Computers
Via the original disc, too!
News RHDO Changes Ownership, Rebrands As RomHack Plaza
"To give it a new lease of life"
Monday12th Aug 2024
News PS1 Exclusive Crash Bandicoot Gets Ported To Sega Saturn
Update: Playable build gets shown off
News "Revolutionary" Xbox 360 Mod "Will Change the Entire Scene"
New mod will streamline the process
News Hyperkin's "No-Drift" N64 Stick Is Available Now
"Designed for maximum comfort and a competitive edge"
News Anbernic Is Copying AYANEO's Homework With Its RG40XX V Handheld
Try not to make it obvious
"There were so many firsts with this game"
News The Ill-Fated Philips CD-i Is Getting Its Own MiSTer FPGA Core
"This repository is very experimental! Use at your own risk!"
News New Genesis Patch Brings A Bunch Of Improvements To Jurassic Park: Rampage Edition
Includes new endings, SRAM, and difficulty tweaks
Feature Forget The Olympics, Extra Life Café Is The Best Reason To Visit Paris
Gaming, arcades, manga - but no smoking or drinking!
News F355 Challenge's Online Functions Have Been Restored On Dreamcast
Challenge the world (again)
Saturday10th Aug 2024
"I enjoyed this work more than anything else I've done since"
Friday9th Aug 2024
News You Can Now Explore Nintendo's Legendary Wuhu Island "In Glorious HD"
"Run, jump, swim and dive around this iconic location"
News Jada Toys' Mega Man Series Adds Gemini Laser Mega Man, Proto Man, & Snake Man
The toys were debuted at San Diego Comic-Con last month
News Under Defeat HD Is Getting An Expanded Version For Modern Consoles
UPDATE: Coming to Nintendo Switch, PS4, & PS5 in Japan on December 5th
Interview Antstream's Steve Cottam On Bringing Retro Gaming To The Masses Via The Cloud
"I am so proud of how far Antstream has come"
News Thumby Color Is A $50 GBA-Style Handheld That Fits On Your Keys
"Thumby Color is the next generation of Thumby"
Thursday8th Aug 2024
News Fans Are Resurrecting Nintendo's Satellaview Service & They Need Your SNES Games
"We are actively seeking homebrew games to be rebroadcast on the service."
News We're Getting A "Classic Edition" Of The PC-88, Japan's Iconic '80s Computer
UPDATE: New details have been released
News Rare Region-Locked Classic 'Rendering Ranger: R2' Is Coming To PS4, PS5, Switch, & PC
The release comes courtesy of Ziggurat Interactive & Limited Run Games
News Console Wars The Card Game Aims To Turn Fan Toxicity Into Something Positive
"Remember when gaming was supposed to be about fun?"
Review Japansoft's New Printing Brings A Masterpiece To The Masses
Features a new preface section
Wednesday7th Aug 2024
News 'Sunsoft Is Back! - Retro Game Selection' Brings 3 Famicom Classics To The West
Includes 'The Wings of Madoola', 'Tokaido Gojūsan-tsugi', and 'Ripple Island'
News Adidas And Nice Kicks Have Revived The 16-Bit Console War, But With Sneakers
"We would have to pick between Nintendo or Sega."
News Rare Founders' Latest Venture Is Their "Best Work To Date"
One Step Left project includes "novels, games and visual media"
News Banjo Kazooie Meets Zelda: Wind Waker In This Amazing N64 Mod
'Banjo Kazooie: Bear Waker Deluxe' is available now
News As GameStop Erases Game Informer From History, Fans Are Preserving Its Legacy Online
Archive of past issues goes live
News This RetroArch Audio Filter Makes Your Games Sound Crappy, Just Like You Remember Them
RF Mono filter is "designed to ruin your audio"
News Sick Of Waiting For A New Landstalker? Then Build Your Own With This Tool
Landstalker Editor version 0.3.4 released
News Don't Hold Your Breath For A Volgarr The Viking II Dreamcast Port
"If some super engineer is out there...I won't ever turn that down"
News Tecmo's Puyo Puyo Clone 'Tecmo Stackers' Is Coming To Switch & PS4 This Week
Arrives in Japan on August 8th
Tuesday6th Aug 2024
Guide The Best Retro Gaming Gifts - August 2024
Games, clothing, merch and more!
News Creator Of $99 MiSTer FPGA Has An Open-Source Handheld In Development
"The entire process filmed and documented from A-Z"
News New SNES Hardware Is Coming This Month From Columbus Circle
IPS 16bit Pocket HD launches in Japan soon
News Suda51's PS1 Horror 'Moonlight Syndrome' Is Getting An English Translation
Originally launched in Japan in 1997
News Australian Comedian Tommy Dassalo Is Getting His Own Game Boy Color Game
Super Dassalo Land launches this Friday
News Game Informer Staff Tweet "Genuine Goodbye" Before Account Gets Deleted By GameStop
"We're heartbroken by the shutdown of our publication"
News "If Bach Wrote Video Game Music, It Would Be Castlevania"
"I'm not sure how it gets more epic than SLAYING vampires rocking literal Bach"
News The Developer Who Gave Us Duck Hunt On Game Boy Is Making A Next-Gen Version
"One of the most popular old-school games is coming"
Monday5th Aug 2024
News Genki's SavePoint Is Like A Modern-Day Memory Card For Your Steam Deck, iPhone And More
"Imagine carrying up to 2TB of your favourite games wherever you go"
Random Crazy Modder Adds A CRT Screen To The Game Boy
"I think I made a Game Man..."
News New YouTube Video Debunks Old 'Ultra Donkey Kong' 64DD Rumour
We've also done some digging of our own on the subject too
News Did You Know You Can Play Time Crisis 5 On Your PC?
The arcade exclusive comes home (kinda)
News NES Classic Blaster Master Is Being Ported To The SNES
"Getting to this point has been 56 builds, for anyone curious"
News Centipede And The Lords Of Midnight Join Antstream's Library
"Shoot centipede segments and bring an end to winter by destroying Doomdark"
Saturday3rd Aug 2024
News Dragon Quest SNES Prototype Worth $50,000 "Lost For Good"
"He claims he sold it to a private collector recently"
News One Of The Last Major Gaming Magazines, Game Informer, Has Closed After 33 Years
"Thank you for being part of our epic quest"
Friday2nd Aug 2024
News Sega Forever, Sega's Dedicated Retro Channel, Appears To Be Dead
"What should you do when you've been bullied all year and no-one is helping?"
News Here's Super Mario 64 Running On Dreamcast
"Looks better than it did on N64"
The Making Of Snake Eater, Metal Gear Solid 3's Iconic James Bond-Style Anthem
"I mentioned I'd worked on Snake Eater, and my three young nephews went wild"
News ROMHacking.net Is Winding Down After Almost 20 Years
"The site achieved almost everything it set out to do, and far exceeded it"
"This billboard is giving me an existential crisis"
News 'Arguice No Tsubasa' Is The Next Classic PC-88 RPG Coming To Switch
It will be released on August 8th
News ModRetro Exclusive 'Patchy Matchy' Is A New Puzzler Inspired By Tetris & Puzzle League
Available for pre-order now
News Linked Mask GB Is A Mega Man-Style Platformer For Your Game Boy
Currently on Kickstarter
News 35 Years Ago, GTA And Lemmings Creator DMA Design Opened Its First Office
"One step up from bedroom coding"
Thursday1st Aug 2024
News Want To Know The Real Scale Of The Virtual Boy's Failure? Visit A Japanese Game Shop
New "old" stock is plentiful
News Ex-Capcom Artist Launches Kickstarter For Dhalman, And Boy, Does It Look Like Street Fighter
Satoru Yamashita worked on Final Fight, Street Fighter II and more
News Ninja Action Game 'Shadow Gangs Zero' Heading To Neo Geo, Dreamcast, & Sega Mega Drive
UPDATE: The Kickstarter is now live!
"I never had the conscious intention of becoming a musician"
News ININ Games Announce 'X-Out: Resurfaced', A Remaster Of The Classic Underwater Shmup
X-Out was a horizontal shooter from the developer/publisher Rainbow Arts
News SNK Vs. Capcom's Promotional Artwork Has Been Censored To Cover Mai's Modesty
Two versions of the poster are in circuation
News Internet Sleuth Discovers Eighth NES Game In N64 Animal Crossing, But It's Now "Lost Media"
"The limited distribution makes it impossible to find"
News Mario Kart 64 World Record Set In The Craziest Way Imaginable
"One of the craziest world records I've ever seen"
News Hoonigans Is A Mix Of Project Gotham Racing And Micro Machines For Your Game Boy Color
"Pays homage to the classic retro racers of yesteryear"
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