"Everyone at M2 Co., Ltd. has a strong passion and love for classic games"
- Features
- Interviews
- M2
- Naoki Horii
"You can understand everything and start playing immediately"
- M2
- Naoki Horii
News Ninja Gaiden-Inspired Platformer 'Eclipse Blade' Sneaks Out Of The Shadows
Teases "old-school" challenge & plenty of throwables
- News
- Steam
- Indies
- Ninja Gaiden
News 2026 Continues To Be An Awful Year For Retro Handheld Fans, As AYANEO Hints At More Price Hikes
The Pocket Vert & Pocket S Mini to be impacted
- News
- AYANEO
- Emulation Handhelds
Katsuya Akitomo pitched the game to his bosses at Capcom
- News
- Capcom
- Darkstalkers
- Arcade
News Evercade's Next Indie Heroes Collection Announced, With A Shareware Twist
Grab the first episode of 'BioMenace Remastered' now for free
- News
- Evercade
- Indies
The pre-Tyson build has now been dumped online
- News
- NES
- Punch Out
- Game Preservation
News After Last Year's Delay, ININ Games' 'Parasol Superstars' Is Now Less Than A Week Away
Features 'Spica Adventure' & 'Parasol Stars: The Story of Bubble Bobble III'
- News
- ININ Games
- Taito
Latest News
TodaySun, 12th Apr 2026
Poll Box Art Brawl: Duel - Mendel Palace
Nintendo Life Getting Game Freaky
- Features
- Polls
- Box Art Brawl
- NES
YesterdaySat, 11th Apr 2026
"Everyone at M2 Co., Ltd. has a strong passion and love for classic games"
- Features
- Interviews
- M2
- Naoki Horii
"You can understand everything and start playing immediately"
- M2
- Naoki Horii
Friday10th Apr 2026
News 2026 Continues To Be An Awful Year For Retro Handheld Fans, As AYANEO Hints At More Price Hikes
The Pocket Vert & Pocket S Mini to be impacted
- News
- AYANEO
- Emulation Handhelds
The pre-Tyson build has now been dumped online
- News
- NES
- Punch Out
- Game Preservation
News Ninja Gaiden-Inspired Platformer 'Eclipse Blade' Sneaks Out Of The Shadows
Teases "old-school" challenge & plenty of throwables
- News
- Steam
- Indies
- Ninja Gaiden
News Evercade's Next Indie Heroes Collection Announced, With A Shareware Twist
Grab the first episode of 'BioMenace Remastered' now for free
- News
- Evercade
- Indies
Katsuya Akitomo pitched the game to his bosses at Capcom
- News
- Capcom
- Darkstalkers
- Arcade
Thursday9th Apr 2026
News Nintendo Expands Switch Online's NES Library With Three More Games
Nintendo Life Play them right now
- Nintendo Switch 2
- Nintendo Switch Online
- NES
- Nintendo Classics
- Retro
News New 'Hang-On' Patch For The Sega Master System Brings The 8-Bit Racer Closer To The Arcade
Includes a new title screen, redrawn sprites, and more
- News
- Sega
- Master System
- ROM Hacks
Goodbye Australia, hello Scotland!
- News
- Neo Geo
- ROM Hacks
News Move Over, Alex Kidd! Here's Super Mario Bros. On The Sega Master System
Mamma Mia!
- News
- Mario
- Master System
News A Classic RPG Series Is Being Revived In Japan, After Almost 31 Years
It's time to show 'Aretha' a little respect!
- News
- SNES
- Japan
News After Last Year's Delay, ININ Games' 'Parasol Superstars' Is Now Less Than A Week Away
Features 'Spica Adventure' & 'Parasol Stars: The Story of Bubble Bobble III'
- News
- ININ Games
- Taito
Wednesday8th Apr 2026
News The Legend Of Zelda: Twilight Princess Is Getting A Native PC Port
A new "first look" video is now available
- News
- Zelda
- GameCube
- PC
News "The Battle Continues" - Cave Revives Classic Bullet Hell Shmup For New "Reignite" Release
'Dodonpachi Resurrection' announced for Steam
- News
- Cave
- Steam
- Shmups
A Switch version is also being released in Japan
- News
- PS1
- Steam
- Nintendo Switch
Reissues of Taito's 'Polaris' & Nichibutsu's 'Seicross' announced
- News
- Arcade Archives
- Console Archives
- Hamster
Tuesday7th Apr 2026
News "Pond Versus Bond" - James Bond's IP Owner Opposes Trademark For Cult UK Video Game Character
System 3 filed for the UK trademark in May 2025
- News
- System 3
- James Pond
The company has once again promised to do better
- News
- Limited Run Games
News MAME Set To Introduce Changes To Its System Requirements & "The Frequency Of Releases"
Moving forward, "there will no longer be a release nearly every month"
- News
- MAME
- Emulation
News One Of The Most Famous Commodore 64 Series Is Set To Get A Sequel, Almost 38 Years Later
"Another Visitor! Stay A While..."
- C64
- Impossible Mission
Monday6th Apr 2026
News One Of The Sega Genesis's Worst-Reviewed RPGs Is Making A Comeback On Modern Consoles
One man's 'Traysia' is another man's gold
- News
- RPGs
- Mega Drive
- Telenet
News Double Dragon Creator Yoshihisa Kishimoto Has Passed Away
"I hope you will continue to enjoy my father's works"
- Double Dragon
- Yoshihisa Kishimoto
"After about 20 years since the game's release in 2005"
- Music
- Yuzo Koshiro
- PS2
- Namco
Feature The DNA Of Hideo Kojima, Video Gaming's Greatest Auteur
"So much can be offered only through the medium of games"
- Features
- Hideo Kojima
News The PS3 Emulator, RPCS3, Announces A Huge, New SPU "Breakthrough," Set To Benefit All Games
Twisted Metal (2012) has already recorded "a 5-7% Average FPS improvement"
- News
- PS3
- Emulation
News "I Know Some People Don't Like This" - Final Fight MD's Latest Project Uses GenAI
"I want to make sure not to hide this fact"
- Sega
- Mega Drive
- Homebrews
- AI
News This Modular Marvel Can Be A Controller, Horizontal Handheld And Tabletop 'TATE' Device
Say hello to the GAMEMT E5 ModX
- Emulation
- Emulation Handhelds
News The Series That Spawned 'Flying Dragon' & 'Flying Warriors' NES Is Being Revived After 25 Years
With a new "Japanese-language-only" retro collection
- News
- Famicom
- PC
- Steam
Sunday5th Apr 2026
Poll Box Art Brawl: Duel - Star Fox Assault (GameCube)
Nintendo Life Team Star Fox, ready for duty!
- Features
- Polls
- Box Art Brawl
- GameCube
Retro Recap All The Classic Gaming News From The Past Week (April 5th 2026)
Ninja Gaiden! Evercade Nexus! Lego PSP!
- Retro Recap
- Features
Saturday4th Apr 2026
But not before releasing a bunch of documents from Nintendo's most famous legal case
- YouTube
News DSpico, The World's First Open-Source Nintendo DS Flash Cart, Is Now Being Sold Commercially
Update: On sale now as a complete retail product
- Nintendo
- DS
- Flash Cart
Friday3rd Apr 2026
"It's more so about the achievement of making it possible and solving it"
- Super Mario
- NES
- Nintendo
News This PS1 Emulator Will Let You See Metal Gear Solid In A Whole New Light
VR support is coming soon
- VR
- Metal Gear Solid
- Emulation
- PS1
News Everyone's Talking About DriveClub Again, PS4's Underappreciated Racer
Push Square Are you part of the Club?
- Sony
- PS4
- DriveClub
- Culture
News All Three Mainline Jak & Daxter PS2 Games Now Have Native PC Ports
Unofficially, of course
- News
- Jak & Daxter
- Naughty Dog
- PS2
News "A Legend Returns" - Castlevania-Inspired MSX2 Game Enlists The Help Of A Konami Icon
Now that's what I call fang-tastic news!
- News
- MSX
- Castlevania
- Konami
News Sega And Fila Are Joining Forces For A New Range Of Sporting Gear
(For Japan, obviously)
- Sega
- Merchandise
Thursday2nd Apr 2026
News "A Flood Of Happy Memories" - This Fanmade LEGO PSP Needs Your Help To Become The Real Deal
The 333 piece set is an "almost 1:1" recreation of the PSP 1000
- News
- PSP
- LEGO
News More Classic Capcom Titles Have Arrived On Steam, But, Of Course, There's A Catch
Do we really need DRM on decades old games? Capcom seems to think so!
- News
- Steam
- Capcom
- Resident Evil
On me 'ead!
- News
- Jaleco
- PS5
- Nintendo Switch
Wednesday1st Apr 2026
News Modder Picks Apart Old PlayStation Consoles To Create The Ultimate "Hybrid" PS1
Custom PCB makes it all possible
- Modding
- PS1
- PlayStation
"It's really wonderful that it has the meaning it does for people"
- The Making Of
- Movies
- Features
Feature It's Tough Out There, So Check Out These Amazing Websites
...and YouTube channels, and podcasts, and physical magazines...
- Features
News Take Note! R-Type Tactics I • II Cosmos Is Finally Getting A Western Release This Summer
R-Type Tactics I • II Cosmos is set to land this June, after several delays
- News
- R-Type
- Granzella
News It May Be April Fool's Day, But This Week's Arcade Archives Release Is No Joke
We hope you like shogi!
- News
- Arcade Archives
- SNK
Tuesday31st Mar 2026
"The best Evercade handheld experience that is available"
- Evercade
