News The C64 And ZX Spectrum Are Being Reimagined As Nintendo-Style Clamshell Handhelds
"Takes inspiration from some of the most successful gaming handhelds of the past"
- C64
- ZX Spectrum
- Emulation
- Emulation Handhelds
"Did the staff actually play these or what?"
- Sega
- Japan
- Sega Universe
News PopoloCrois Creator Yosuke Tamori Has Passsed Away At The Age Of 74
He died earlier this month
- PopoloCrois
News You'll Soon Be Able To Play A Mega Man Classic On Your Wrist, Thanks To This New Gaming Watch
'Mega Man 2' joins the My Play Watch line of digital watches
- News
- Mega Man
- Merchandise
- Capcom
Carts? Hardware? Or something else?
- ZX Spectrum
- C64
- Blaze
- Emulation
Promises "top-tier image quality"
- Hardware
- Pixel FX
Game Changer ActRaiser - The SNES Classic That Signalled The Dawn Of A New Generation
God-tier
- Game Changer
- Features
- SNES
"Studios [were] seeing what they [could] get away with"
- Interviews
- Books
- Aliens
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TodayThu, 30th Apr 2026
"Did the staff actually play these or what?"
- Sega
- Japan
- Sega Universe
News PopoloCrois Creator Yosuke Tamori Has Passsed Away At The Age Of 74
He died earlier this month
- PopoloCrois
News The C64 And ZX Spectrum Are Being Reimagined As Nintendo-Style Clamshell Handhelds
"Takes inspiration from some of the most successful gaming handhelds of the past"
- C64
- ZX Spectrum
- Emulation
- Emulation Handhelds
News You'll Soon Be Able To Play A Mega Man Classic On Your Wrist, Thanks To This New Gaming Watch
'Mega Man 2' joins the My Play Watch line of digital watches
- News
- Mega Man
- Merchandise
- Capcom
YesterdayWed, 29th Apr 2026
Promises "top-tier image quality"
- Hardware
- Pixel FX
News Sounds Like Plaion Has Another Console In The Works Following The Neo Geo AES+
"I think the guys from Plaion are going to give us more joy"
- SNK
- Neo Geo
Game Changer ActRaiser - The SNES Classic That Signalled The Dawn Of A New Generation
God-tier
- Game Changer
- Features
- SNES
Which will you be playing?
- News
- Arcade Archives
- Console Archives
Carts? Hardware? Or something else?
- ZX Spectrum
- C64
- Blaze
- Emulation
"Studios [were] seeing what they [could] get away with"
- Interviews
- Books
- Aliens
Tuesday28th Apr 2026
Update: Pre-orders open today
- News
- Castlevania
- Game Boy
Say hello to the Commodore 64C Ultimate
- Commodore
- C64
- FPGA
News Xbox Continues To 'Actively Investigate' Issue With Backwards Compatible 360 Titles
Pure Xbox If you're having problems, you're not alone
- Xbox
- Backwards Compatibility
- Xbox 360
- Xbox Series X
News How Xbox's "Hidden" USB Port Has Opened The Door For The Console's "Most Powerful Add-On"
"I’ve been keeping a secret for 5 years…"
- Xbox
- Modding
Talking Point Is Legend Of Zelda's Link Left Or Right-Handed? Let's Look At The Evidence
Nintendo Life Rightward Sword or A Left to the Past?
- Talking Point
- Features
- Nintendo
- Zelda
- Polls
"Elden Ring as it was originally intended... a 1989 Nintendo portable console"
- News
- FromSoftware
- Game & Watch
- Fan Projects
News "Wow, That Was Fast" - Hardcore RetroAchievements Support Comes To MiSTer FPGA
Update: NES 'hardcore' core support is here, other cores expected soon
- RetroAchievements
- FPGA
- MiSTer FPGA
"It's weak. Get out, do something"
- Call of Duty
- Movies
"Days of getting scolded by Sega-sama"
- Treasure
- Sega
- Guardian Heroes
News Struggling To Pre-Order The Neo Geo AES+ In North America? Plaion Is Working On It
"The short answer: your best bet at the moment is to pre-order at Amazon"
- Neo Geo
- SNK
Super Turrican (1993) & its Director's Cut on a single cartridge
- News
- SNES
- Factor 5
- Japan
News Shuhei Yoshida Reveals Resident Evil Almost Had Green Blood
(In Japan, at least)
- Resident Evil
- Shuhei Yoshida
Monday27th Apr 2026
"The creativity was still there at Rare"
- Rare
- Xbox
- Ed Fries
- Banjo-Kazooie
- Xbox 360
News Ever Wondered What Happened To Star Fox's Puppets? The Answer Isn't Good
"We had to destroy them after production was finished"
- News
- Star Fox
- Nintendo
"'Well, we could be selling so much more if we were cross console'"
- Interviews
- Features
- Xbox
- Rare
Thanks to the fan translators Chapu & Etokapa
- News
- Fan Translations
- PS1
Showcases the 'Super Enhancement Engine'
- Nintendo
- SNES
- Emulation
- ZSNES
"There's more detail to the story than you can ever possibly absorb"
- Metal Gear
- David Hayter
Works with pretty much any Neo Geo system
- Neo Geo
- SNES
- Accessories
News Game Boy Color Spin-Off 'Mega Man Xtreme' Gets New Fan "Revamp," With A Range Of Cool Features
Including a "re-imagined story", "improved controls", & more!
- News
- Mega Man
- PC
- Fan Projects
News 25 Years After It Began, Langrisser III's Fan Translation Rises From The Dead
Better late than never
- Fan Translations
- Sega Saturn
- Langrisser
- Sega
Sunday26th Apr 2026
Poll Box Art Brawl: Yoshi's Universal Gravitation (GBA)
Nintendo Life Going Topsy-Turvy
- Features
- Polls
- Box Art Brawl
- GBA
Retro Recap All The Classic Gaming News From The Past Week (April 26th 2026)
R-Type! Punch-Out!! Sega! Nintendo in Brazil!
- Retro Recap
- Features
Saturday25th Apr 2026
Update: Release date is confirmed
- Atari ST
- Amiga
Amiga: Classic Game Insights Vol 2 is on Kickstarter now
- Kickstarter
- Amiga
Friday24th Apr 2026
Update: PopCorn Spinner will also support PC games
- Frédérick Raynal
- Mega Drive
- Sega
- Kickstarter
News This Wristwatch-Sized Game Boy Color Doesn't Use Emulation And Runs Physical Carts
"It's a Game Boy Color with a less-than-optimal playing experience"
- Nintendo
- Modding
- Game Boy Color
"This truly feels like the beginning of something new"
- Neo Geo
- SNK
Review Anbernic RG Vita Pro - A Vita In Name Only, And That's Okay
It looks like a duck, but doesn’t walk like one
- Reviews
- Anbernic
- Emulation
- Emulation Handhelds
- Hardware Reviews
"Free experimentation, just no free support/replacement for bricked modded units"
- FPGA
- Commodore
- C64
News "No Old, Stay Gold" - It Looks Like Sega Is About To Revive More Of Its Classic Franchises
'Sega Universe' project teases new developments
- Sega
- Sega Universe
Implicit Conversions joins Atari's list of studios
- News
- Atari
News Sunsoft Is Bringing Back PS1 Cult Classic 'Hard Edge' As A Real-Time Tactical Card Battler
"Coordinated execution is the key to victory"
- Sunsoft
- Steam
- PC
- PS1
News We're Getting An Utan Rug To Celebrate Metal Slug's 30th
"The cutest killer monkey you know is back — this time as a rug"
- Metal Slug
- Merchandise
- SNK
- Kumagumi
Thursday23rd Apr 2026
Cost per Neo Geo game on Evercade is £3.57 / €4.28 / $5.00
- Evercade
- Neo Geo
- SNK
News A Classic R-Type Game Boy Color Game Is Being Resurrected On Modern Platforms, Later This Month
"That long-imagined IF has finally become reality"
- News
- City Connection
- R-Type
- Game Boy
Monochrome madness
- Features
- SNK
- Neo Geo Pocket
- WonderSwan
- Flashback
Pablo Miyazawa shares the story behind his book, "Nintendistas"
- Features
- Nintendo
- Brazil
Wednesday22nd Apr 2026
News SNK's Street Smart And Tecmo's Ninja Gaiden III Come To Consoles This Week
Part of the Arcade Archives and Console Archives series, respectively
- Arcade Archives
- Console Archives
