Feature Tomohiro Nishikado On Making 'Space Invaders' And What Makes Games Fun
"Younger people who want to make games should play really old games"
- Features
- Interviews
- Tomohiro Nishikado
News Polymega's Next Module Plays Atari 2600 And 7800 Games
Comes with the Polymega Pro Joystick
- Polymega
- Atari
News Creator Of Space Invaders Thinks Video Games Are Made The Wrong Way Today
"We, the game creators, were increasingly expected to listen to the sales team"
- Tomohiro Nishikado
- Space Invaders
News You Can Only Hear This Mario 64 Sound If You Leave Your N64 Running For Two Years
"We have unlocked a secret sound effect no one else has heard before"
- Nintendo
- N64
- Super Mario
News Please Don't Sleep On This Genesis Mecha Cult Classic, Now Available On Switch, PS4 And Xbox
Wolf Team's Final Zone is well worth a look
- Nintendo Switch
John Mulaney will play Trip Hawkins
- Madden
- Movies
News Even More Toaplan Reissues Are On The Way To Consoles, Courtesy Of City Connection
Toaplan Arcade Collection Vol. 1 & Vol. 2 announced for Japan
- News
- Toaplan
- PS4
- PS5
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TodayWed, 14th May 2025
News Polymega's Next Module Plays Atari 2600 And 7800 Games
Comes with the Polymega Pro Joystick
- Polymega
- Atari
News Creator Of Space Invaders Thinks Video Games Are Made The Wrong Way Today
"We, the game creators, were increasingly expected to listen to the sales team"
- Tomohiro Nishikado
- Space Invaders
News You Can Only Hear This Mario 64 Sound If You Leave Your N64 Running For Two Years
"We have unlocked a secret sound effect no one else has heard before"
- Nintendo
- N64
- Super Mario
News Please Don't Sleep On This Genesis Mecha Cult Classic, Now Available On Switch, PS4 And Xbox
Wolf Team's Final Zone is well worth a look
- Nintendo Switch
John Mulaney will play Trip Hawkins
- Madden
- Movies
News Even More Toaplan Reissues Are On The Way To Consoles, Courtesy Of City Connection
Toaplan Arcade Collection Vol. 1 & Vol. 2 announced for Japan
- News
- Toaplan
- PS4
- PS5
News PSN's 'Agent 07 - Revenge' Reportedly Uses Assets From GoldenEye 007
Nintendo Life The spy who nabbed me
- News
- PlayStation
- GoldenEye 007
News Saturn Port Of Dungeons & Dragons: Tower Of Doom Now Playable In English
No dice required
- Sega
- SEGA Saturn
- Fan Translations
News Ultima VII Replacement Engine 'Exult' Just Got A Fantastic New Update
Includes new MIDI audio fixes and options, among other features
- News
- Ultima
- PC
- Android
News Creator Of The Shmup Genre Sees "Bullet Hell" As A "Dead-End"
But he's a big fan of Radiant Silvergun and Ikaruga
- Tomohiro Nishikado
- Taito
Feature Tomohiro Nishikado On Making 'Space Invaders' And What Makes Games Fun
"Younger people who want to make games should play really old games"
- Features
- Interviews
- Tomohiro Nishikado
YesterdayTue, 13th May 2025
News Hot On Diddy Kong's Tail, Mario Kart 64 Has Now Been Successfully Decompiled
Update: Actually, it's a "byte for byte" function match
- Nintendo
- N64
- Mario Kart
News Retro Fighters' PlayStation 'Defender' Controller Just Got An Impressive Upgrade
Update: The Kickstarter for the project is now live
- News
- Retro Fighters
- PS3
- PS2
Review ZPF (Mega Drive) - A Wild Fantasy Shmup That Lights Up Sega's 16-Bit System
The 68000's heart really is on fire
- Reviews
News GameCube Decompilation Kicks Off With Mario Party 4
The source code has now been reverse engineered to 99.8%
- News
- Mario
- Nintendo
- GameCube
News Mega Man Creator Reunites With Harumi Fujita For New Album 'Rockmama'
Donkey Kong Country composer David Wise is also collaborating on the album
- News
- VGM
- Mega Man
News Monolith Almost Made A Horror Game For Nintendo's Ill-Fated 64DD Add-On
From the co-designer and lead programmer of Blood
- News
- Cancelled
- N64
- 64DD
News Heart Of Neon Aims To Explore The Story Of One Of The UK's Greatest Developers
Kickstarter launches later this month
- News
- Llamasoft
- Jeff Minter
- Documentaries
News Legendary Pokémon Artist Mitsuhiro Arita Is Behind Earthion's Soaring Key Art
"Evokes the hand-drawn style of posters that once adorned the walls of game centers"
- Sega
- Mega Drive
- Pokemon
Monday12th May 2025
News Looks Like Another PS1 Classic Is Coming To Dreamcast
"This is how all great ports start out!"
- Dreamcast
- Sega
- PS1
News Data East's Terrible Mortal Kombat Clone 'Tattoo Assassins' Is Getting Revived
Coming to the exA-Arcadia arcade system
- Arcades
- exA-Arcadia
Video Switch 2's Mouse Controls Are Nothing New For Nintendo
Nintendo Life A mousehold name
- Videos
- Features
- Switch 2
- Nintendo
- SNES
News 30 Years Ago, Sega Took Its Biggest Gamble With Saturn And Failed
"That’s not how you launch a system"
- Sega
- SEGA Saturn
- Anniversaries
The Making Of Ape Escape, Sony's Groundbreaking Platformer That Unlocked The DualShock's Potential
"Most of the CG designers were college students doing part-time work"
- Features
- The Making Of
- Ape Escape
- PS1
News 8BitMod's Dreamcast 'VMU Pro' Can Play Super Mario Bros, Pre-Orders Go Live This Week
"The last VMU you'll ever need for your Dreamcast"
- Sega
- Dreamcast
News GuliKit's Latest Controller Takes Inspiration From Sega Saturn
Shame it's not available in a six-button option, though
- Sega
- SEGA Saturn
- GuliKit
News Maverick's Baghdad Extraction Is A NES Zapper Game That's Been Called "Zelda With Guns"
"Engage in fast-paced shootouts against Saddam’s ruthless elite guards"
- Nintendo
- Homebrews
- Kickstarter
Talking Point It's Been 20 Years Since Xbox 360 Was Revealed Live On MTV
Pure Xbox "A console that's about to change digital entertainment forever"
- Xbox
- Microsoft
- Xbox 360
- Features
- Talking Point
News Telenet Shooting Collection's Second Volume Is Packed With Middling Quality PC Engine Shmups
Coming this August
- Nintendo
- Nintendo Switch
News In A Rare Piece Of Positive Games Media News, Giant Bomb Is Now Independent
"Giant Bomb has new owners, and you're looking at them"
- Industry
News Ape Escape Was Born Because "3D Games Offered Way Too Much Freedom"
"It became very easy for players to lose sight of what they should be doing"
- News
- PS1
- Ape Escape
- Sony
Sunday11th May 2025
Saturday10th May 2025
News SNK Announces ACA NEOGEO Selection Vol. 5 And Vol. 6 For Switch
Nintendo Life Update: Multi-language release confirmed
- Nintendo Switch
- Upcoming Releases
- Japan
- ACA
- Neo Geo
Friday9th May 2025
News Nintendo Updates Its User Agreement To Crack Down On Emulation
Nintendo Life Offenders may find their Switch bricked
- Nintendo
- Nintendo Switch
- Nintendo Switch 2
- Legal
News Rare's Cancelled N64 Title Dinosaur Planet Is Getting The Recompilation Treatment
Native PC port on the horizon
- Rare
- Game Preservation
- N64
Feature This Retro Game Store Is So Good It Has Its Own Video Game
"People think it's cute that a retro store has its own retro game"
- Features
- Interviews
- Retail
- Game Boy
News You Know That Insanely Rare SpaceWorld 2000 GameCube? It's Now Up For Sale
Was previously listed on eBay for (checks notes) $100,000
- Nintendo
- GameCube
Feature Let's Pour One Out For The Dreamcast's Best Controller
(Well, if you like fighting games, at least)
- Features
- Sega
- Dreamcast
News 2025 World Video Game Hall Of Fame Inductees Are Confirmed, And One Might Surprise You
Everyone's favourite virtual pet makes the cut
- News
- Hall Of Fame
News Bam Margera Officially Confirmed For Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4
Nintendo Life "this one will be well worth it"
- Nintendo Switch
- Nintendo Switch 2
- Upcoming Releases
News OutRun Comes To The Game Boy Color Thanks To This Unofficial Port
"What If OutRun"
- Sega
- OutRun
- Game Boy
Thursday8th May 2025
News There's A New Sega Saturn Emulator On The Block
Ymir is already looking very promising
- Sega
- Emulation
- SEGA Saturn
Nintendo Life "How do we make this better?"
- Features
- Interviews
- Nintendo Switch
- Terminator
News Fallout 1 & 2's Source Code Isn't Lost After All
"When I left, I kept EVERYTHING"
- Fallout
- Game Preservation
- PC
News 'From Joysticks To Haptics' Offers A Visual History of Video Game Controllers
New book from Lost in Cult arrives in July
- Lost in Cult
- Books
News Dangerous Demolition Mashes Breakout With A Top-Down Shooter, And It's Coming To Game Gear
"Leo, the name that resonates in the world of demolition"
- Sega
- Game Gear
Wednesday7th May 2025
News Yuzo Koshiro's Earthion Confirmed For Switch, PS4, PS5 And Xbox Series X/S
Update: Steam page now live, so get wishlisting!
- Yuzo Koshiro
- Earthion
News Chronicles Of The Wolf Delivers Castlevania Vibes This June, Complete With The Voice Of Alucard
Steam demo now available
- Castlevania
News Dreamcast's Aero Dancing Series Takes To The Skies Once More, Thanks To Fans
Trio of games is back online
- Dreamcast
- Modding
