"This is why we can't have nice things"
News "As CEO, My Mission Is Clear: Ensure Commodore Never Falls Again"
Update: Commodore purchase is finally confirmed
Update: "We kindly ask for your continued support"
Update: AYANEO is now accepting orders
"At some point though people got cold feet about it being free-to-play"
News - August, 2025
Friday29th Aug 2025
News AYANEO's 'Code R' Promises To Be An "Entry-Level, High-Value" Retro Handheld
"Not just a gaming device, but a legacy of an era"
News Evercade's Next Two Carts Feature Activision And Llamasoft, And You Can Pre-Order Them Now
42 games between both collections
News "We Are Truly Delighted" - Retro Publisher Reopens US Orders
Update: "Shipping fees stay the same, no extra charges, and no new customs taxes"
News One Of Saturn's Rarest Games Just Got Translated Into English
Shinrei Jusatsushi Taroumaru launched in 1997 exclusively in Japan
Update: Items were in the studio thanks to Peter "Nostalgia Nerd" Leigh
The Keitai game 'Biohazard: The Operations' has been partially preserved
News The Long Wait For 'R-Type Tactics I • II Cosmos' Could Soon Be Over
The game features remakes of the two PSP strategy games
Thursday28th Aug 2025
Update: "We kindly ask for your continued support"
"At some point though people got cold feet about it being free-to-play"
"We paid special attention to the death scenes..."
News Evercade Seller Funstock Freezes US Orders Until Further Notice
"It is not possible for us as a retailer to absorb these costs in the long term"
News Commodore's C64 Ultimate Could Be Delayed Thanks To Trump's 'De Minimis' Policy Change
"This situation is beyond our control"
Random Disappointed That Tomb Raider's Nude Code Was A Hoax? Knockout Kings Tries To Make Up For It
"It's a Barbie/Ken level of nudity"
"They basically forced the publisher to restart the game again"
Wednesday27th Aug 2025
News "Commodore Now Has Money In The Bank" - C64 Ultimate Brings In Over $2 Million
C64 Ultimate Edition seems to be a hit with fans
News Google Could Be Killing Android Emulation With Its New Policy Update
As of next year, developers will need to get verified
News "I Thought I Was Going To Die" - Sounds Like Sega Staff Had It Rough Back In The '90s
"If I stayed at Sega any longer, l'd die soon"
News This Week's Arcade Archives' Offering Is An Early Title From The Developer Of Double Dragon
"Oh baby I hear the blues a-callin, tossed salads and..."
News Retroid's New Dual-Screen Add-On Won't Support The Retroid Pocket 4 Pro After All
The company has cancelled support due to a "hardware-level compatibility issue"
Marcos Healey left Media Molecule back in 2023
"With enough time and dedication..."
News Clock Tower's WonderSwan Port Gets English Fan Translation
Originally launched in Japan in 1999
Tuesday26th Aug 2025
News "I Lost Myself" - Nostalgia Nerd Opens Up On "Starting Again"
"I've had to reconnect with myself because I disconnected from myself"
"Our whole goal was to capture the sheer variety and texture that was in the Japanese script"
News ModRetro's FPGA N64 Uses FPGAzumSpass's MiSTer N64 Core
Update: Company plans to "large contributions to MiSTer in the coming year"
News Saturn Version Of Dragon Ball Z: The Legend Now Playable In English
1996 fighter never saw released in North America
News Bubble Bobble Sugar Dungeons To Feature A Saturn Port Of A Classic Arcade Title
Bubble Symphony was originally released in 1994
News "We Should Do Something Like That" - Sega Seems Keen On A Virtua Fighter Collection
"It's something to consider"
News "Breaks My Heart" - Development On Banjo-Kazooie 'Grunty's Revenge Redone' Mod Is Ending
"Too much life in the way, too many bugs left"
News An Obscure Mobile Spin-Off To Cave's "Mushihimesama' Has Been Preserved By Fans
'Mushihimesama Gaiden' is now playable via the Keitai World Launcher
Monday25th Aug 2025
News MagicX's 2025-2026 Roadmap Reveals A 3DS-Style Device Is On The Way
Retro DS has two different-sized displays
News AYN Reveals Release Date, Colours, & Specs For Its 'Pocket DS' Rival
The DS-style 'Thor' will be available for pre-order this week
'Irena: Metal Genesis Fury' was first crowdfunded back in 2021
"The first Sega Mega Drive' side-scrolling deathmatch"
News Can't Wait For He-Man's New Brawler? Here's Another Option, And It's Free To Play
Just keep your expectations in check
Saturday23rd Aug 2025
"Austin Powers...completely changed the perception of our game"
Friday22nd Aug 2025
"There was no internet, no email, no Excel..."
News AYANEO's New "Budget Friendly" Handheld, The Konkr Pocket Fit, To Cost Less Than $369
A sharing session with more info is scheduled for tomorrow
News Another "Lost" Mobile Entry In Namco's 'Valkyrie' Series Has Been Preserved
This time it's the original keitai release of 'The Glory of Valkyrie'
News Revived Game Publisher Acclaim Is Teasing A "Big" Announcement For Next Week
"Transmission incoming"
News "With Love, Anything Is Possible" - Could Parodius Finally Get A Genesis / Mega Drive Port?
"I'm tired of hearing that it's impossible to bring this game to the MD"
Thursday21st Aug 2025
News Vectrex Mini Is The Next Micro Console You'll Need To Own
Prototypes are at Gamescom as we speak
Review Retroid Pocket Classic 6 - The Portable Sega Saturn I've Always Wanted
Insane power at a great price
News "It's The Game We Wish Had Existed 40 Years Ago" - Ulysses 31 Is Finally Getting A Video Game
"A homage to the happiest moment of our childhood"
News '50 Indie Games That Changed The World' Explores How Indies Altered The Industry Forever
Available now from Bitmap Books
Online gambling? No thanks
Wednesday20th Aug 2025
News Retro Games Ltd's Full-Size Amiga Replica 'THE A1200' Resurfaces At Gamescom
Will include The Settlers II: Gold Edition, among other titles
News Evercade Maker Blaze Is Launching $30 'Super Micro' Keyring-Sized Handhelds
Asteroids! Centipede! Space Invaders! BurgerTime!
Update: Not so much like Zelda in the end, it seems
News This Week's Arcade Archives Release Is A Twin Cobra-Esque Shoot 'Em Up From SNK
Chopper 1 (otherwise known as Air Cavalry Story)
News ModRetro Version Of Tetris Gets Updated With Battle Mode It Really Should Have Shipped With
'Cart Clinic' system allows you to update the game
Tuesday19th Aug 2025
Update: AYANEO is now accepting orders
News R-Type Delta: HD Boosted Will Be Playable At Gamescom This Month
R-Type Delta: HD Boosted is coming to all major formats this November
News Atari ST Shoot 'Em Up 'Wings Of Death' Is Getting A Jaguar Port, And Pre-Orders Are Open Now
The port is developed by Eclipse Software, the original developers of the Atari ST game
"Instead of taking care of this problem, the Spotify team blames the artists"
News It Looks Like Cody Rhodes Will Rock Guile's Signature Flat-Top In The New Street Fighter Film
The WWE wrestler is set to play the famous fighter in the upcoming adaptation
Monday18th Aug 2025
News "Not Cool. Not Classy" - Tomb Raider Co-Creator Responds To Remaster AI Accusations
Gen AI appears to have been used to create new dialogue
Sovietborgs' IndieGoGo campaign has one week left
News City Connection's 'Final Formation' Gets A Steam Page, As Well As Release Dates For PC & Switch
Final Formation is a revival of Jaleco's 1984 horizontal shooter 'Formation-Z'
News The Source Code For The Engine That Powered The Sega Saturn FPS PowerSlave Has Been Released
With permission from its original programmer
News Edia's Latest Telenet Revive Project Brings Together Three Super Famicom Titles On Switch
Telenet RPG Collection announced
News Bitmap Bureau "Truly Sorry" Neo Geo Final Vendetta Is Late, But "Something Epic" Is Coming Soon
"We’re really not far off now"
Friday15th Aug 2025
Over a decade has passed since the deal was struck
Review Tiger-Heli (Atari 7800) - There Are Better Ways To Play, But That's Hardly The Point
Toaplan's classic flies again
The book was previously called "The Unofficial History of Final Fight"
News Cult Claymation Shoot 'Em Up 'Platypus' Gets "Reclayed" On Consoles & PC Next Month
Update: A new release date trailer has been published
Poll Which Namco System 22 Game Do You Want To Come To Arcade Archives Next?
Rave Racer? Time Crisis? Alpine Racer? Cast your vote!
News Aqua Jet Play Tester Replicates The Arcade Experience With "Unhinged" Prototype Controller
"I was surprised at how it felt almost exactly like playing back then"
News The Japanese Horror RPG 'Diable De Laplace' Is Heading To Nintendo Switch Next Week
"A high-difficulty 3D dungeon RPG"
Thursday14th Aug 2025
Talking Point A Curious Contradiction At The Core Of "New" Commodore Makes Me Uncomfortable
Can you be "a bold stand against today's toxic tech" whilst using Gen AI?
News Dev Reveals Secrets Behind Stunning New "3D" Platformer For The ZX Spectrum
'Cubix' launched earlier this month as part of YRGB 2025
News Sega Laserdisc Emulation Has Just Taken A Major Leap Forward
LaserActive Mega LD support could be coming to Ares
News DreadXP Rolls Dice With Promising New Black & White Love Letter To Old School RPGs
'The Secret of Weepstone' arrives next year
Wednesday13th Aug 2025
News CrankBoy Is A Playdate Game Boy Emulator With Impressive Performance
Complete with support for the crank!
The Making Of Chibi-Robo - How Miyamoto Saved A Cult Hit From The Scrapheap
We speak to director Kenichi Nishi
News Namco's 1996 Jet-Ski Title Aqua Jet Is Coming To Arcade Archives
Another System 22 coin-op comes to consoles
Random Earthion On The Game Boy Color? Not Quite, But It's A Start
"Running on real hardware"
"His work with Team17 defined an era"
Tuesday12th Aug 2025
News "We've Gone Retro" - New Arcade Bucks The Trend In An Otherwise Gloomy Sector
"Most of our games are between five and 30 years old"
The decision is reportedly in response to "customer feedback" on the pricing
"The loss of the Pokémon franchise left a huge hole"
News NSFW Dating Sim 'Gambler: Queen's Cup' Has Been Translated Into English
Launched on the FM Towns in 1994
News This Sam & Max Playdate Game "Probably Won't Happen", But We Can Dream, Right?
The mock-up was shown off at the end of last month
Monday11th Aug 2025
News "Amiga Is On Our Radar Too" - The Resurrected Commodore Has Plans For The 16-Bit Classic
CEO Christian Simpson seems confident on unravelling the IP mess
"The Mega Drive is my favourite console of all time"
News Fan Creates Stunning Animated Trailer For Zelda II: The Adventure Of Link
Capsyst Animations turns their attention to the Zelda Sequel
News After Tackling The Nintendo DS, MagicX's Next Handheld Seems Focused On N64 Emulation
Six-button layout will also be good for Saturn games
Pac-Man World 3's Martin Sherman confirms his involvement
The original Spectrum coder has also given the project his blessing
News Space Invaders Is The Next Retro Classic To Get The Movie Treatment
New Line has screenwriters Ben Zazove and Evan Turner involved
Saturday9th Aug 2025
Feature "It Should Be The Creators On The Packaging, Not The Publishing Label"
Kevin Toms talks 'Football Star Manager'
Friday8th Aug 2025
Review ZX Spectrum Next - This FPGA Powerhouse Does Sir Clive Sinclair's Legacy Proud
Taking things to the Next level
News Mario Kart 64's Unofficial Dreamcast Port Is Out Now
From the person who brought WipEout & Doom 64 to the Dreamcast
News A Nintendo DS Life Sim Based On The Anime Series 'Mushishi' Just Got Fan Translated
Mushishi: Amefuru Sato was released on the DS in 2008
Street Fighter II and Final Fantasy VII oral histories are currently offline
"Here's a team of folks we don't know what the f**k to do with"
News Nightdive Studios Latest Release Resurrects The '90s FPS Classics Heretic + Hexen
Out now on PC and consoles!
Thursday7th Aug 2025
News PS1 Clone 'SuperStation One' Will Run Your Sega CD And Saturn Discs Just Fine
FPGA-based system still on course for Q3 2025 release
News ZX Spectrum Next Campaign Adds Core For Another Classic '80s Computer
Sir Alan's 8-bit computer could be coming to the Next
"Y’all should make a video game about drug dealers and pimps"
Wednesday6th Aug 2025
News The Sega Mega Drive / Genesis-Themed Retroid Pocket Classic 6 SG Is Now Available
Update: Orders are now being taken on Retroid's website
The arcade will close its doors for good later this month
News "He Seems To Have Turned Blue" - Gameware Can't Even Get James Pond's Colour Right
Doesn't bode well for the impending Kickstarter campaign
News VGHF Acquires Rights To Historic Magazine That Covered The Rise Of The NES
"We own Computer Entertainer. And now it belongs to everyone."
News Jaleco's Battleship-Themed Shoot 'Em Up 'D-Day' Lands On PS4 & Switch This Week
"The longest day begins..."
Tuesday5th Aug 2025
News Three Years Later, And Hyperkin's PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16 Clone Is Finally Coming Out
Update: The console will release later this month
News "No Generative AI Was Used In Earthion's Final Version" - Yuzo Koshiro Debunks GenAI Rumour
"We fully respect the work of human artists and voice talent"
News Retro-Inspired Football Management Card Game 'Nutmeg!' Set To Kick Off In 2026
Coming To Steam next year
Monday4th Aug 2025
News "Please Support Us" Pleads Yuzo Koshiro As Pirated Earthion ROM Appears Online
"Pirated ROMs hurt small indie teams like ours"
News Rare And The ZX Spectrum Are Coming To Evercade
12-game collection arrives this year, in time for Rare's 40th
News RayForce's Phantom Sequel 'R-Gear' Just Got A Standalone Release In Japan
R-Gear was previously included on certain versions of the Ray'Z Arcade Chronology
News Capcom's SNES Shooter 'Super Pang' Is Now Available On Mega Drive / Genesis, With A Few Caveats
Update: MegaPang's "v0.1 alpha" is out now
News Capcom Fighting Collection 2's Next Update Has A Cool Surprise For PSP & GBA Fans
Street Fighter Alpha 3 UPPER's handheld characters are being added to the roster
Saturday2nd Aug 2025
News "As CEO, My Mission Is Clear: Ensure Commodore Never Falls Again"
Update: Commodore purchase is finally confirmed
Friday1st Aug 2025
"This is why we can't have nice things"
News Captain America And The Avengers Gets The Unofficial Remake Treatment, And It's Free
Zvitor comes up with the goods yet again
News The C64 Mini Is Back In Black
Pays tribute to the "vibrant underground C64 scene", apparently
Feature The Story Of Jet Set Radio's Unexpected Journey From Dreamcast To Game Boy Advance
"We ended up hacking the Dreamcast disc, because we couldn't get any actual assets."
News M2's 'Operation Night Strikers' Is Getting A Physical Edition Early Next Year
As well as three gun peripherals for your Switch
News This Keio Flying Squadron 2 Patch Fixes A Decades-Old Crime Against American Saturn Fans
English text, perfect performance
News Isometric Classic Lumo Is Being Ported To The Amiga
Nivrig is handling the porting duties
