"It was a game that was truly outstanding in terms of sound design"
More & more games are now reaching in-game status
It's still early days, but looking very promising indeed
News Prolific Saturn Modder Creates A Successor To One Of Sega's Rarest Consoles
Update: Final version of the one-off 'Sega CDX2' is shown off
News - February, 2026
Saturday28th Feb 2026
Fan-made project aims to bring the sequel to Sega's 32-bit system
"Here's a thread of things that are bad about it"
Friday27th Feb 2026
"One of only 50 copies in the world"
News Japanese PlayStation Exclusive '70's Robot Anime Geppy-X' Is Coming To Modern Systems
Coming to Steam, Switch, PS4, PS5 and Xbox Series S/X this July
News Hyper Sentinel Fusion Ships On A "Floppy Disk" And Is Now Live On Kickstarter
Update: Andrew Hewson and Rob Hewson are looking for £15,000 to fund the release
Thursday26th Feb 2026
"The way we turn ideas into software has always become more efficient over time"
News The PC Engine Version Of Popful Mail Is Now (Partly) Playable In English
Update: Patch is now available, but only for the English Dub
NEC and Hudson's last roll of the dice
News After Last Year's Difficult Launch, Fixes Are Finally On The Way For R-Type Delta HD Boosted
The update is already live on Steam & on Japanese consoles
Wednesday25th Feb 2026
News Arcade-Only Ridge Racer Sequel Rave Racer Is Finally Making Its Home Console Debut, 31 Years On
Update: new trailer and pricing info revealed
Existing owners can get the new version for free
News Deus Ex Designers Still Disagree On This Unique Solution To "An Immersive-Sim Problem"
"We give Harvey shit about it all the time"
Tuesday24th Feb 2026
News GameTank Is "An Entirely New Breed Of Hardware For The Next Generation Of 8-bit Games"
Update: Crowdfunding goal has been met
News "What In The F*ck Have They Done" - Panzer Dragoon Zwei Remake's Steam Demo Has Upset Some Fans
"This game deserves so much better"
Review The QuickShot II - We've Come A Long Way Since This Joystick Ruled The Roost
Still quick on the draw?
Update: Kickstarter launches soon
News The Developer Behind Mortal Kombat's Fanmade Jaguar Port Sets Sights On The Sequel
Mortal Kombat II is finally coming to the Atari Jaguar
"Radical Entertainment + Hothead Games = New Radical Games"
The news comes 6 months after its failed crowdfunding campaign for Sovietborgs
Monday23rd Feb 2026
"If you entrust this to me, I will absolutely make it work"
Review The Turrican Collection (Evercade) - A Proper Anthology
Run-and-gun revelation
News This Ridge Racer Type 4 Lego Is Just What I Wanted To See
Check out these custom builds from StudWorks
Sunday22nd Feb 2026
Retro Recap All The Classic Gaming News From The Past Week (February 22nd 2026)
Bangai-O! Castlevania! Sonic!
Saturday21st Feb 2026
Friday20th Feb 2026
News 'Toaplan Arcade Garage: Kyukyoku Tiger-Heli' Is Finally Getting A Long Overdue European Release
Launched in Japan back in 2021, and in North America in 2024
Karthik Bala runs us through his early years in gaming
News "The Controller You've All Been Asking For" - Evercade Gets A Wireless Pad, Finally
Also works with Switch, Android, PC and Mac
News This Long-Awaited Mega Man-Inspired Metroidvania Is Getting Its Own Free Tie-In For Game Boy
Hayaku! Island of Darkness is getting a prequel
Thursday19th Feb 2026
Update: "It is not my code, it is just something made to look like it"
News New SNES Patch Update Lets You Go "Where No Secret Of Mana Player Has Gone In Over 30 Years"
Secret of Mana: Reborn has just been updated
News This New Open Source Editor & Engine Could Potentially Blow The N64 Homebrew Scene Wide Open
'Pyrite 64' is the work of developer Max Bebök
News "A Big Step Forward" - Earthion's Physical Genesis Release Is Just Around The Corner
"The Earthion game ROM is now finalized"
News A New Game Boy Advance Shoot 'Em Up Is Releasing On Cartridge This March
'Zion: Advanced Mission' releases in Japan next month
Wednesday18th Feb 2026
Including Sega Dreamcast & Mega Drive / Genesis
The 1991 Famicom title 'Dezaemon' is coming to Switch 2 & PS5
Adventure Canoe originally released in arcades in 1982
Tuesday17th Feb 2026
More & more games are now reaching in-game status
You'll still need the original files to get it up & running though
The Video Game History Foundation takes back in time to January 1995
Monday16th Feb 2026
It's still early days, but looking very promising indeed
News A First "Batch" Demo Of Mega Man X6's PC Fan Reimagining Is Now Available
Batch 1 contains five playable stages
News This Side-Scrolling Action RPG Is Giving Us Serious Princess Crown And Dragon's Crown Vibes
SaviorS: Oath of the Blade "fuses satisfying combat with the pursuit of supreme gear"
"He had been supporting me for over 20 years"
"More people need to try out Bangai-O"
News A New Custom Build Of BSNES Has Been Released, Featuring Multitap Support
Games with up to 5 active players now supported!
News D4 Enterprise Plans To Bring Its EGGCONSOLE Reissues Of Old Japanese Computer Games To Steam
Starting with the 1987 PC-8801MKIISR title, Hydlide 3: The Space Memories
Sunday15th Feb 2026
Retro Recap All The Classic Gaming News From The Past Week (February 15th 2026)
Space Channel 5! PaRappa the Rapper! Minecraft on Saturn!
News "The Father Of Sega Hardware", Hideki Sato, Has Passed Away
Designed the Master System, Genesis, Saturn and Dreamcast
Friday13th Feb 2026
News Not Feeling Castlevania: Belmont's Curse's Art Style? Then Check Out Silent Planet
Looks even inch like a classic 2D Metroidvania
News Sega Saturn's SAROO Flash Cart Just Got An Important Bug Fix
'Race Condition' fault appears to have been solved
News Check Out This Complete Overhaul Of The Original Castlevania While You Wait For Belmont's Curse
The perfect way to celebrate 40 years!
News "A Bit Insane" - Fan-Made Parodius Port For Genesis / Mega Drive Just Gets Better And Better
Update: "This is the BIG one - literally!!"
News TrimUI's Rumoured 'Flap X1' Could Be The Sleekest Clamshell Emulation Handheld Yet
CAD renders hint at a seriously thin device
Thursday12th Feb 2026
News Anbernic's PS Vita-Style Handheld Launches Next Month, Could Start At Less Than $100
Update: Lacks an OLED screen, sadly
News This Is The Best Way To Play Fan Translations On Original Hardware We've Seen So Far
Delta PCB SNES Translator can be installed inside your original cart
News "One Of The Best-Run Arcades I've Ever Seen" - Take A Look Inside Prince Arcades
"I am absolutely blown away at the quality of this place"
News "Another Wild Little Project" - Minecraft Comes To Sega Saturn
Thanks to homebrew modder, Frogbull
"We know the wait has been long, and we don’t take that lightly"
News The SNES Final Fight Trilogy Is Getting A Vinyl Soundtrack Release
"Three LPs featuring new artwork from Luis Melo in a brick textured outer box"
Wednesday11th Feb 2026
News 3DS Emulation Just Keeps On Getting Better
Emulator Azahar is making big strides recently
'Mega Zone' was released in Japan in 1984
Ron Gilbert & David Fox already on board, alongside other ex-Lucasfilm staff
News PS1 Cult Classic Kula World Is Being Unofficially Ported To 32X
(Or 'Roll Away', if you prefer)
Tuesday10th Feb 2026
News The Fanmade Mega Drive / Genesis Port of The SNES Shooter 'Super Pang' Has Just Been Updated
Update: MegaPang's "v0.2 alpha" is out now
'Mario Kart Wii Deluxe X' is out now
Feature Achievement Unlocked - This Free Service Has Changed The Way I Play Retro Games In 2026
RetroAchievements is quite the (ahem) achievement
Available now on the OpenGOAL launcher
News Kunio-kun And River City Ransom Composer Kazuo Sawa Has Passed Away
"I really wish I had asked him more about those things while he was still alive"
News 8BitMods Launches Web-Based UI For Its Range Of Next-Gen Memory Cards
MCP WebUI 2.0 is live
Monday9th Feb 2026
Update: MediaTek's Dimensity 9300 chipset is calling the shots
News Sega Celebrates Its 65th Birthday With This Fancy Seiko Wristwatch
"Suitable for a wide range of occasions"
The solo Japanese developer is back with another promising shmup
News Anti-Grav Racer AGX GP Is Giving Us What Sony Won't: A New WipEout
Get immersed in "a true competitive 'flow state'"
News You Can Now Play The 1986 Famicom Disk System Version Of Konami's 'Moero TwinBee' In English
The 1993 Famicom cartridge version previously got a patch back in 2018
Sunday8th Feb 2026
Retro Recap All The Classic Gaming News From The Past Week (February 8th 2026)
Rave Racer! Nobuo Uematsu! Top Speed! Space Station Silicon Valley!
Saturday7th Feb 2026
"I view Fang almost like a fan myself. I think I might be his biggest fan."
Random Fan-Made 'Star Fox CD' Adds The Hornet From Daytona USA, Because Why Not
"We've been playing Daytona USA a lot lately"
You can finally understand what's happening in 'Nekketsu Nikki' mode
Community Challenge How Far Can You Get In Ghosts 'N Goblins NES Without Taking A Hit?
Can you master this tough-as-nails NES classic?
Friday6th Feb 2026
"I've been itching to try to make some progress"
"We spent over a year perfectly color matching the original colors"
"For 30 years, I have never seen the episodes where I won"
News Mangmi Modular And Powerful Pocket Max Handheld Is Available Now For $200
Could be going up against the Retroid Pocket 5
News Here's Why Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon & Tobal 2 Were Never Localised Outside Japan
"Nobody was doing resource management at all."
Random The Weeknd Follows In Michael Jackson's Footsteps With Visit To Sega's HQ
Potential collab in the works?
Thursday5th Feb 2026
News This N64 Classic From The Developers Of GTA Has Gotten A Native PC Port
Space Station Silicon Valley: Recompiled is here
"I was telling [the Xenogears team], 'Please tone down some of this stuff.'"
News This New Web App Takes The Pain Out Of Setting Up Your Analogue 3D
Label management, save data, backups and more
News "They Really Hated It" - The Battle To Get British English Into Dragon Quest VIII
"If you let British English in... it's not going to sell in America"
News "Don't You Dare Look Sad About It" - Former Xbox VP Sandy Duncan Has Passed Away
"I'll see you again, somewhere down the road"
News "I Hardly Ever Went Home" - Behind The Herculean Effort To Bring Xenogears To The US
"People saw me sleeping in the office every night and coming up like a zombie
News Like Dungeon Master? Then Underkeep Will Be Right Up Your Rat-Infested Catacomb
"Grid movement, slow tension and tactical combat"
Wednesday4th Feb 2026
News Prolific Saturn Modder Creates A Successor To One Of Sega's Rarest Consoles
Update: Final version of the one-off 'Sega CDX2' is shown off
News Taito's 1987 OutRun Clone 'Top Speed' Makes Its Debut On Modern Consoles Later This Week
Prepare for "an explosive sense of speed!"
Castlevania 64 is finally shown some love!
Coming to Steam, Xbox, PS5, & Nintendo Switch
News The MSX2 Versions Of The Ambitious RPG 'Burai' Are Coming To Nintendo Switch Later This Month
New 'Burai Complete Edition' announced for Japan
News A Fanmade VR Port Of The N64 Classic 'Perfect Dark' Is Currently In The Works
The port is now in its "experimental" stages
Tuesday3rd Feb 2026
News Roguecraft DX Is Available Now On Amiga, Mega65 And Game Boy Color
Update: And it's on offer!
News The Latest ScummVM Update Could Be "The Biggest Release" Yet
Adds "12 new engines" & support for almost 200 titles
News You Can Pick Up The Original Alone In The Dark Trilogy Now For Free On GOG
All three games are also part of GOG's preservation program
'F-22: Air Dominance Fighter' is being rereleased this month
News Netflix Documentary Shines A Light On Korean Virtua Fighter Sensation "Akira Kid"
South Korean player famously beat the best Japanese players in the world
News AYANEO Is Giving Away A Free Handheld After Pocket S Mini "Supply Chain Communication Error"
Due to an error the device's battery is smaller than initially advertised
Monday2nd Feb 2026
"It was a game that was truly outstanding in terms of sound design"
News This New "Dark Science-Fiction" Shoot 'Em Up Aims To Push The SNES Hardware
Super Storm Buster will feature "a very high number of projectiles" & huge bosses
News The Definitive Version Of Tales Of Phantasia's PSP Remake Is Now Available In English
'Tales of Phantasia X' was released in 2010, alongside Tales of Phantasia: Narikiri Dungeon X
News The Simpsons: Hit & Run Is Being Unofficially Ported To Dreamcast
The GTA clone could be coming to Sega's console
"That's why I'm very anti-AI right now"
News Lord of the Rings: Conquest, "The Game That Killed Pandemic", Is Playable Online Once More
And it works on Steam Deck, too
News AYANEO Has Just Done Something Totally Different With Its Pocket S Mini Handheld
Available right now for as little as $319
News Slay, Queen! Another PC-FX Game Has Been Translated Into English
It's 'All Japan Women's Pro Wrestling Queen of Queens'
Sunday1st Feb 2026
Retro Recap All The Classic Gaming News From The Past Week (February 1st 2026)
Sonic R! Banjo: Recompiled! Beavis and Butt-Head!
