Retro Recap All The Classic Gaming News From The Past Week (February 15th 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.

Rare Footage Of Space Channel 5's MTV Crossover Has Finally Resurfaced Online

Rare footage of a promotional crossover between Sega's Dreamcast classic Space Channel 5 and the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards has appeared online, definitively bringing an end to decades of misinformation.

PlayStation Classic 'PaRappa the Rapper' Is Getting A Bunch Of New Clothing & Merch In Japan

The Japanese clothing and design brand WIND AND SEA has announced a new collaboration with PaRappa the Rapper for Spring and Summer 2026.

The collection, WIND AND SEA × パラッパラッパー 2026 SS, is set to be released on February 13th and February 14th in Japan, and will be available to buy from a pop-up shop at Ikebukuro Parco in Tokyo, Japan (which is set to be open between February 13th and February 23rd, 2026), as well as WIND AND SEA stores.

'Gordon & Daxter' Is A Ridiculous New Half-Life-Themed Mod For Jak & Daxter's Unofficial PC Port

Have you ever wondered what a crossover between the worlds of Jak & Daxter & Half Life might look like?

No? Well, neither did we, but that hasn't stopped us from being entertained by 'Gordon & Daxter', a new mod for Jak & Daxter's unofficial PC port, released earlier this month.

Kunio-kun And River City Ransom Composer Kazuo Sawa Has Passed Away

Kazuo Sawa, a prolific composer during the NES era, passed away this week.

Sawa composed the music for several Kunio-kun titles, including Nekketsu Kōha Kunio-kun (Renegade), Downtown Nekketsu Monogatari (River City Ransom), Nekketsu High School Dodgeball Club: Soccer Story (Nintendo World Cup) and Nekketsu Kōkō Dodgeball Bu (Super Dodge Ball).

He also wrote the music for The Battle of Olympus, Totally Rad, Mazin Wars and X-Men: Mutant Wars.

Modder Somehow Conjures Super Mario 64 Cross-Play Between N64 And PS2

The notion of Mario being on a PS2 is pretty mind-boggling, but modder Carl Does Tech Things has made it happen – all with the help of a PS2 recompilation of Super Mario 64 and a Raspberry Pi Pico.

Minecraft Comes To Sega Saturn

Frogbull, the talented developer behind Sega Saturn proof-of-concept ports such as Metal Gear Solid, Final Fantasy VII and Crash Bandicoot, has just released "another wild little project" in the form of a Saturn version of Minecraft.

Feature Of The Week: This Free Service Has Changed The Way I Play Retro Games In 2026

Achievements have been a thing since the Xbox 360 era, and I've never really been all that bothered about them – until now.

RetroAchievements is a free service which adds fan-made achievements to a whole host of vintage games when playing under emulation, and I'm utterly hooked.