Retro Recap All The Classic Gaming News From The Past Week (April 26th 2026)

Welcome to Retro Recap, a regular feature we run each and every weekend which rounds up all of the best retro gaming news and content of the past week in one place.

Punch Out!! NES's Cut "Guest Stars" To Appear In New Fanmade Game Boy Color Remix

The 1987 NES classic Punch Out!! could soon be making its way to the Game Boy Color, in the form of Steel Joe's Punch Out!! B-Side, a new fan game featuring cut content from a recently discovered prototype build of the original game.

RetroAchievements Support Comes To MiSTer FPGA

Developer Odelot has forked several MiSTer FPGA cores to add support for RetroAchievements. The support cores can all be downloaded from here, and include NES, SNES, Genesis / Mega Drive, Master System, Game Gear, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, N64, PSX and Neo Geo.

Neo Geo-"First" Party Game Promises 8-Player Crossplay Across Sega Saturn, Nintendo Switch, & Other Consoles

With the announcement of the Neo Geo AES+ last week, there has understandably been a lot of newfound attention placed on the classic SNK console, giving members of the Neo Geo homebrew community the perfect platform to get some new eyeballs on their upcoming games.

Case in point is the ambitious party game, Overserved: Food Fighters, from the Project Neon developer FULLSET, which was first teased all the way in February 2025, but only recently came to our attention, thanks to a tweet in the wake of Plaion's announcement.

A Classic R-Type Game Boy Color Game Is Being Resurrected On Modern Platforms, Later This Month

City Connection has revealed a release date for R-Type DX: Music Encore, its upcoming compilation featuring the Game Boy Color ports of the arcade games R-Type and R-Type II, as well as a special new mode that allows back-to-back playthroughs of each game.

It Looks Like Sega Is About To Revive More Of Its Classic Franchises

Sega has just announced the 'Sega Universe' initiative in Japan, which appears to be based around reviving IP like OutRun, NiGHTS, Sakura Wars, Segagaga and Guardian Heroes.

Headlined with the slogan "No Old, Stay Gold", the Sega Universe project has been announced with a social media account and teaser video.

Atari Strengthens Its Emulation Of Classic PS1, PS2, PS3 Games With Another Strategic Acquisition

Atari has made some exciting acquisitions over the last few years, including the likes of Digital Eclipse and Nightdive Studios, but it looks like it isn't through yet. The company recently announced it was bringing another company into the Atari family: the emulation-based studio, Implicit Conversions.

The Moral Dilemma Of Supporting SNK In 2026

The world of retro gaming was recently shaken by the news that the Neo Geo – once considered to be the Rolls-Royce of video game consoles – was making a comeback.

A system which was once so costly to own that it pretty much required you to remortgage your house, the Neo Geo's new iteration will cost a far more reasonable $250, with games retailing for $80.

There's just one issue with all this excitement: who will actually benefit from sales of the new console and its games?

The Incredible Journey To Document Nintendo's History In Brazil

The story of Nintendo in Brazil is anything but simple. It's a story informed by government policy, piracy, grey market imports, and the whims of a licensor that can probably be described as capricious at best. Because of this — not to mention the fairly obvious language barrier — it can be pretty hard to find good, reliable information in English about the company's history in the region.

This led us to get in touch with former Playtronic marketing assistant Eliana Rocca, who put us in touch with Pablo Miyazawa, a former Playtronic employee turned journalist, who has actually been writing a crowdfunded book about the very same topic for the past two years, called Nintendistas.