News "Juggernaut Can't Jump" - Ex-Capcom Dev Recalls The Early "Headaches" Of Working With Marvel
And how success & money appeared to change everything
"I wish I had thought of ten million dollars, because he would have said yes"
"It's my wits against the person who's going to be playing it"
News - May, 2026
Sunday31st May 2026
Retro Recap All The Classic Gaming News From The Past Week (May 31st 2026)
Anbernic Rotate! Yuji Naka! Lenovo G02!
Saturday30th May 2026
News "That Was My Favourite Sonic Game" - Former Sega Exec Says 'Sonic CD' Is Getting A Remake
"The only good Sonic game they had in a very long time was a fan-made game"
"Delays like this are frustrating"
Random Game Saturday Jaki Crush (Super Famicom)
A crushing disappointment?
Friday29th May 2026
"I know another name for the boy wearing a rooster suit"
Thursday28th May 2026
"It's my wits against the person who's going to be playing it"
"He just was so malignant in trying to rewrite history"
Feature It's Tough Out There, So Check Out These Amazing Websites
...and YouTube channels, and podcasts, and physical magazines...
News "The GBA Is So Back" - Gradius Advance Gets A Comprehensive Fan-Made Upgrade
"I truly believe this game has now secured its spot as a Gradius classic"
News Sacré Bleu! Atari Is No Longer A French Company
Shareholders vote for 're-domiciliation' from France to Luxembourg
"No generative AI was used at any stage"
Wednesday27th May 2026
"They had to know this thing was a dead duck back in early 2020"
News Namco's Ace Driver Joins The Arcade Archive Range On Switch, PlayStation And Xbox
Geki-Oh ShienRyu is joining Console Archives, too
News "You Don't Need To Commit Piracy" - It's Now Possible To Dump N64 Carts Using Your Flash Cart
"Dump saves, ROM, or both"
News Celebrate World Cup 2026 With The '90s Classic Soccer Kid
Arrives next month for PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Switch, Xbox One, and PC
Tuesday26th May 2026
News Game Boy Emulator 'CrankBoy' Is Now Available Via Playdate Catalog
Update: Comes with four homebrew ROMs
Review Anbernic RG Rotate - The Most Charming Handheld I've Seen In Years
Unique in a market that desperately needs it
News Sega Saturn 'Samurai Spirits RPG' Has Been Hiding Content From The PS1 Version All This Time
This new hack unlocks the content
News 20 Years Later, The English Translation For 'Real Robots Final Attack' Is Complete
"I have files dating back to 2006 for this one"
Monday25th May 2026
News AYANEO's Pocket Block Is "The World's First AI-Powered Handheld", Apparently
Update: "Inspired by classic vertical handhelds"
News A Handheld MiSTer Is Coming, But This Darius-Playing Widescreen Prototype Isn't It
MiSTer FPGA Multisystem 2 Pocket is in development
Sunday24th May 2026
Retro Recap All The Classic Gaming News From The Past Week (May 24th 2026)
DSpico! RetroTink! Resident Evil! Sega Rally!
Saturday23rd May 2026
News "We Are Deeply Sorry" - M2 Has Canned Ikaruga Successor Ubusuna
Hiroshi Iuchi has also left the company
Quiz Can You Match These Konami Arcade Flyers With Their Games?
Konami's marketing team was on fire during the '80s and '90s
Friday22nd May 2026
News New Atari Trademark Application Hints At Hardware Refresh For Mr T's Favourite Home Computer
We pity the fool who isn't excited about this news
News The Team Behind This Motion-Sensing Box Think It Can Match The Sales Of The Nintendo Wii
"Our ambitions are as big as the Wii"
Thursday21st May 2026
News Check Out Castlevania: Rondo Of Blood Running On The Sega Genesis / Mega Drive
Update: New footage shown with CD-DA audio
News Necro Pop Is A New Game "Built From The Ground Up" For Neo Geo
"An all-new action platformer with dungeon exploration elements"
Wednesday20th May 2026
News A Sega Rally Nintendo DS Prototype Has Been Discovered
Created by DC Studios as a pitch demo
Technōs Japan's 'Tag Team Wrestling' is coming to modern consoles
"Experience the legendary Game Boy tale with a brand-new coat of paint"
News Three Years Later, And This 'Metal & Lace' Patch Finally Reaches Version 1.0
The FM Towns 'eroge' fighter now has more English text
"Story Kitchen came to this project with a deep passion for the IP"
Tuesday19th May 2026
"Developed with authentic physical presentation, considered materials and collector-level detail"
"I promise you guys, I’m gonna rescue him"
Monday18th May 2026
News MegaWiFi Brings Online Play To The Sega Genesis / Mega Drive
Battle City, anyone?
Review DSpico - This Insanely Cheap Open-Source Nintendo DS Flash Cart Is Utterly Essential
A next-gen flash cart for your dependable dual-screen device
Feature How Did Resident Evil's Tyrant Become Mr. X? I Decided To Investigate
"I think Mr. X was in the very early version of the in-game text."
They're calling it the "CRT Sim Edition"
Sunday17th May 2026
Retro Recap All The Classic Gaming News From The Past Week (May 17th 2026)
SN Operator! Zelda! 3DS! Return To Blacktooth!
Saturday16th May 2026
News Thanks For The Memories! Analogue 3D Just Got Its Most Significant Update Yet
"Our signature save-state system"
Random Game Saturday Aero Blasters / Air Buster (Mega Drive)
Trouble Speciality Raid Unit
Friday15th May 2026
News Sega Saturn Emulator Yaba Sanshiro Takes A "Major Step Forward"
Update: Updated version now live
News New Neo Geo And Activision Collections Announced For Evercade
Metal Slug 4! Blazing Star! Keystone Kapers! Chopper Command!
Thursday14th May 2026
News "Greetings Straight From The 32-bit Era" - FPGA GF1 Neptune Console Shown Running Sega 32X Core
"We have many important people in the community to thank"
Sega has teamed up with Branch Furniture
"It's a little beat that is always there"
Wednesday13th May 2026
News Analogue 3D's Latest Update Makes Your Carts Look Colourful In More Ways Than One
Cart colours and clarification on Advance HDR ahoy!
'ZX Football Manager - The Legacy Collection' combines "Three flavours" of the classic game
'Mr. Do!' & Master of 'Monsters: Disciples of Gaia' are heading to modern consoles
News "The Cost Of That Error Is Roughly $15,000" - The Future Of The Panzer Fight Stick In Doubt
"I'd be lying if I said it wasn't on the table"
"We don't anticipate problems from any of the platforms."
News 'Return To Blacktooth: A Head Over Heels Adventure' Is Getting An Amiga CD32 Version
CD32 pad support is coming to the Amiga version, too
Tuesday12th May 2026
"Clear 3DS shells are something so many people in the community have asked for"
News Step Aside Phantasy Star Online, Another Dreamcast MMO Has Been Resurrected
Hudson Soft's Rune Jade is playable once more
He died over two years ago, but we're only now getting permission to report it
News M2's 'Toaplan Arcade Garage: Flying Fire Shark' Is Finally Heading To The West Later This Year
"Arcade classics Flying Shark and Fire Shark together at last!"
"Regardless of genre or whether it's new or old"
Monday11th May 2026
"Whilst this is not the situation which most of us wished for, it is nonetheless the current situation"
News Lost Rampage Atari Lynx Predecessor 'Monster Demolition' Discovered In Recent Preservation Haul
'Monster Demolition' was one of the titles teased before the Lynx's release
News Piko Interactive Acquires Two More Super A'Can IPs, Teases Something New Is On The Cards
"What could we possibly be working on?"
Sunday10th May 2026
Retro Recap All The Classic Gaming News From The Past Week (May 10th 2026)
Metal Slug! Zelda! Amiga! Wizardry!
Saturday9th May 2026
Review SuperStation One - This $210 FPGA PlayStation Puts Sony's PS Classic To Shame
Shows Sony how it should be done
Friday8th May 2026
News Shigeru Miyamoto Considers This Zelda Sequel To Be "Sort Of A Failure"
"We actually see A Link to the Past as the real sequel to The Legend of Zelda"
News Plaion Answers Ten Of Your Burning Questions About The Neo Geo AES+
"The return of the king"
The Making Of Metal Slug - "I Never Thought That It Would Have Sequels"
"The reputation of the first game inside the company was not very good"
Dungeons Of Despair released at Boston Apple Fest back in June 1981
Thursday7th May 2026
"I wish I had thought of ten million dollars, because he would have said yes"
Behind the scenes of this much-maligned GameCube title
The Making Of Star Fox Command - "Miyamoto Wanted Us To Try Out New Ideas And See What Happened"
How Fox and his team conquered the Nintendo DS
Wizardry 1-5 are now owned by Atari, though Drecom still retains its rights
The Making Of Star Fox - "We Taught Nintendo 3D Games And Left Them A Permanent Legacy"
How a tiny British studio helped Nintendo fly in 3D
"I should also have the first assembled prototype cartridge ready soon."
Wednesday6th May 2026
Update: Pre-orders are now open!
News "We Know Delays Are Never Ideal" - R-Type Dimensions III's Physical Editions Have Been Delayed
The game launches digitally on May 19th, 2026
Now crowdfunding on Kickstarter
The replica machine was scheduled to release on June 16th, 2026
'Arkanoid' & 'MagMax' are this week's "Archives" releases
Tuesday5th May 2026
"I still have fans who love the old games"
News Head Over Heels Sequel 'Return To Blacktooth' Just Launched On Amiga And ST With A 25% Discount
Update: "Play the game that’s almost 40 years in the making"
Another "benefit" of Generative AI
"They were... hesitant to use people from overseas"
Shown working with F355 Challenge
Monday4th May 2026
News "The Best Killer Instinct Emulator Ever" Is Now Available To Download
BigInstinct is the work of BigPEmu creator Rich Whitehouse
News "This Little Handheld Is Extremely Powerful" - Super Mario 64 Gets A Second Fan-Made GBA Port
"It got ridiculously complicated"
News Miracle Boy Is An Atari ST "Masterpiece" You Can Download Now
"Will you be the Miracle Boy you've been waiting for?"
News "Watch This Space" - We Could See Retired Evercade Carts Return In The Future
Legacy carts could be put back into production, hints Blaze CEO
News Sega Quietly Files Trademark For Revival Of A 1990 Arcade Co-Op Classic
"Bonanza Bros. Golden Heist" was submitted on April 14th
News 23 Years After It Shut Down, Bomberman On Dreamcast Is Online Once More
Eight-player explosive action lives again!
Sunday3rd May 2026
Retro Recap All The Classic Gaming News From The Past Week (May 3rd 2026)
C64 and Spectrum handhelds! Capcom! Rare! Smash Bros!
Ocean's Gary Bracey will also be there
Saturday2nd May 2026
An official N64 port was considered back in the '90s, but never finished
Friday1st May 2026
News "Juggernaut Can't Jump" - Ex-Capcom Dev Recalls The Early "Headaches" Of Working With Marvel
And how success & money appeared to change everything
News Godzilla Minus One Director Puts Star Fox Puppet Mystery To Bed, Once & For All
Update: Takashi Yamazaki, the person who created the puppets, has weighed in
News The Day Has Arrived, Tomb Raider's Free Fanmade 'Side Scroller Edition' Is Finally Available
You can download the fan project now from TRCustoms
News "A Hollow Victory" - '100% AI-Generated' Smash Bros. PC Port Comes Under Fire
"You cheated not only the game, but yourself"
"There was no such word as 'localisation.' They were just calling it 'text translation.'"
News Dreamcast Owners, Take Note - 8BitMods' VMU Pro Just Got Its "Biggest Update Yet"
Includes "tons of fixes and polish"
"We were completely enamoured by One More Win"
News An Iconic Tokyo Game Store Is Being Forced To Move Location Later This Month
'Beep Akihabara' is getting ready to move to an undisclosed location
