...but Minish Cap lists Anthropic's Claude as a contributor
"I was in no way consulted or involved with this collection"
"Some SKUs sold out so quickly that they had to be temporarily removed from sale."
"New games built specifically for the Commodore 64 Ultimate's unique capabilities"
News - August, 2026
Monday31st Aug 2026
"A handcrafted Steam remake by its original creators"
"Put your hands together if you wanna clap"
News Anbernic's Next Handheld Does A Great Impression Of Nintendo's Switch Lite
Update: And it's out now!
News 'PCSX2' Has Just Been Updated, Bringing "Serious Performance Gains" & More To The PS2 Emulator
PS2 emulation just took another leap forward
News Here's Something Odd - Sega's Mega Drive / Genesis Beat 'Em Up 'Comix Zone' Running On The N64
Frogbull has released yet another "alternate reality" project
Songbird Productions unveils the 'Zool Collection', two Zool games on a single cartridge
The "Netflix-style service" Bleemcast! is available now as a beta
Saturday29th Aug 2026
"For me, in a way, he's the best music teacher there is"
Friday28th Aug 2026
News It's Official! The Piko Interactive Collection 1 For Evercade Has Been Reissued
Features 19 games on a single cartridge
"The original DLC might only exist today because SaveMGO kept it available"
News Joe & Mac Retro Collection Brings Three "Stone Age" SNES Games To Modern Consoles This October
"Three full games, one epic Stone Age experience."
Thursday27th Aug 2026
"I was in no way consulted or involved with this collection"
News Peter Cullen, The Voice Of Optimus Prime And Mario, Has Died Aged 85
"Real heroes don't yell and act tough"
News The Egret II Mini Is Getting Universal And Irem Games In Its Next Physical Collection
Update: Egret II Mini Arcade Collection Vol.2 launches in March 2027
Includes unlocked frame rates, 4K, and more!
"About 55-60% of the script has been altered in one way or another"
News Unlike Nintendo, Playdate Maker Panic Is Doing The Right Thing With Tariff Refunds
"That's an easy way to know you made the right decision"
News Nottingham Band Pillow Fort Is Celebrating Its Debut Album With A Fully Playable GBA Cart
Features all 10 songs from the album
Wednesday26th Aug 2026
News Commodore And CD Projekt Red Reveal Cyberpunk 2077-Branded C64, Coming Next Year
"A collaboration where art imitates life"
News Hollywood Legend And Video Game Star Tim Curry Has Passed Away
His role in Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 is the stuff of legend
"If we don't care about our own IP, then people will either turn on you or turn away"
"I didn't want to lose my anonymity"
New book launched on Kickstarter soon
News GamesMaster Legend Dominik Diamond Is Returning To The UK To Sing About Video Games
"Part stand-up, part concert and with occasional audience participation"
Tuesday25th Aug 2026
"I hope our magazine has remained a trusted and entertaining place"
Monday24th Aug 2026
"All the living things in this world await your awakening"
"This project has been a long time coming, and has not been without difficulty."
News Alien Breed Is Getting A 35th Anniversary Collection, And Its Publisher Couldn't Be More Apt
"The first title to be announced by Commodore as a publisher in their new era"
Watch Pixel Arcadia (24th August 2026) - Live!
Terranigma is on the horizon, but what else will be shown?
News Ninja JajaMaru - Yokai Night Parade Is Hacking And Slashing Its Way To Modern Systems
Coming to PC, Switch 2 and PS5
Sunday23rd Aug 2026
Retro Recap All The Classic Gaming News From The Past Week (August 23rd 2026)
Golden Axe! James Pond! Zelda! Panzer Dragoon!
Saturday22nd Aug 2026
News The RetroTINK-6X CE Is A Powerful 1440p Scaler That Costs Just $230
Ships this coming week
Friday21st Aug 2026
News Mr. Nutz Is The Next 16-Bit Character To Get A Physical Resurrection On SNES And Genesis
Mr. Nutz: Hoppin' Mad makes its console debut after over 30 years
"I borrowed $5,000 from a friend so I could survive"
"Sacrifices and cuts will have to be made"
"Retro gaming culture and preservation is my life"
Includes bug fixes and movement improvements
'Super ROBO OH' is getting a Steam demo later this year
'A Village Built On Wind' appeared on streaming sites recently
Thursday20th Aug 2026
Update: System 3 denies GenAI usage
The new show is co-created by Mike McMahan and American Dad's Joe Chandler
"These new ports were developed from the ground up for Evercade"
News This Dying Street Fighter II Cart Is A Sobering Reminder That Physical Doesn't Mean Forever
"Even as a ROM cartridge, it's not immortal"
Courtesy of a free update for the 'Super Bomberman Collection'
Out today on Nintendo Switch, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S
Exclusive First Samurai Is Getting A Physical Re-Release On The SNES
33 Games also has "a major licence" it will be announcing soon
Dark Castle series returns, just in time for its 40th anniversary
Hilko Janssen's satirical sim is coming to Steam Early Access this Fall
Wednesday19th Aug 2026
Review Mangmi Air Y - No-Frills Android-Powered Emulation For Under $100
Don't go expecting PS2 power
News An Obscure Irem Beat 'Em Up Is Getting A Revival Later This Year, Courtesy Of City Connection
Ninja Baseball League-Man is back!
Hamster's rerelease is sadly missing a full localisation, but help is at hand!
Could this be the unlikeliest video game revival of 2026?
Tuesday18th Aug 2026
Review Retroid Pocket Nova - The New Retro Emulation Handheld To Beat
Powerful enough for PS2 emulation, authentic enough for SNES
Pre-orders are going fast
You can download 'Mega Man X Regenesis' for free
"Charge us $15 for it, we will pay it!"
"I like to think I've helped some insanely talented people along in their careers."
Monday17th Aug 2026
News This New Analogue Pocket Variant Is Designed To Give You Serious FOMO
Comes in new 24K Gold-plated and custom red glossy finishes
News New Mod Finally Allows Sega Multi-Mega / CDX To Run CD Games From Flash Carts
...for the five people who might need it
News Joji "Screaming Mad George" Tani, The Man Behind The PS1's Oddest Game, Has Passed Away
"Thank you for remembering him, his work, and the extraordinary world he created"
"It seems as if people are looking at it as the debut of the character"
News 'Panic 64' Is A New 3D-Platforming Adventure That Blends Together Sonic & Crash Bandicoot
"Panic Porcupine returns in a next-gen platformer straight out of '98."
News F-Zero On Game Boy Color? Stranger Things Have Happened
"Working more on some demo code that might turn into the next thing"
Sunday16th Aug 2026
Retro Recap All The Classic Gaming News From The Past Week (August 16th 2026)
KONKR Pocket Advance! Zelda mods! CeX Retro Store!
Friday14th Aug 2026
An alpha of the game has been released
"It's basically Forgotten Worlds on steroids"
The team behind the Air Y talks value, vertical form factors, and resisting the AI hype
You can now pull off "gorgeous" rallies with ease
"I'm returning to the original promise with four decades of different experience"
News AYANEO Reveals Yet Another KONKR Pocket Advance Variant, But You Can't Buy It
Aimed at developers, apparently
Thursday13th Aug 2026
...but Minish Cap lists Anthropic's Claude as a contributor
Review KONKR Pocket Advance - The Nintendo GBA, Perfected
AYANEO's latest budget handheld is one of its best
News A Bunch Of Arcade Archives Namco Titles Are Now On Sale, Including Ridge Racer
The NAMCO LEGENDARY 2026 SALE has officially kicked off
Wednesday12th Aug 2026
"It’s Summer! It’s the Beach! It’s Beach Volleyball!!"
Added costs are putting a damper on the new product launch
Ex-Shiny boss David Perry is putting his 'Computer Space' machine up for auction
News Fans Can Try Out The Evercade Nexus Early At This Exclusive Event, Taking Place Next Month
The Evercade Nexus ships this October!
Tecmo's 'Tōkidenshō Angel Eyes' released on PlayStation 1 in 1997
"I am sure it will do very well for you"
Tuesday11th Aug 2026
The company faces accusations of "punishing" existing customers
News Panzer Dragoon Zwei Remake Devs Are Attempting To Win Back Fans With A Newly Updated Demo
"We have carefully reviewed your feedback"
Random Can You Beat This "Legally Distinct Homage" To Metroid In Under 86 Seconds?
"Morph ball, what? It's the tuck-ball. Energy-tank who? That's an E-vial."
Monday10th Aug 2026
MelonDualDS & Seedless both updated
"I came across this at a very sad point in my life"
Super Monkey Ball: Redux arrives Spring 2027, with a demo available now
Sunday9th Aug 2026
Retro Recap All The Classic Gaming News From The Past Week (August 9th 2026)
KONKR Pocket Advance! Star Wars Racer! EverDrive-64 Pro!
Friday7th Aug 2026
"Some SKUs sold out so quickly that they had to be temporarily removed from sale."
News Mario Kart 64 In VR Looks Just As Bananas As You'd Expect
Based on Harbour Masters' unofficial PC port 'Spaghetti Kart'
News Jaleco's NES Action Sidescroller 'Shatterhand' Punches Its Way To Nintendo Switch Next Month
The JALECOlle Famicom Ver. series is now 2 years old!
Along with a remix album, and a new online tool for creating your own maps
News "That Was One Game I Wish Had Come Out" - Ex-Rare Artist Kev Bayliss Talks Unreleased Games
"I'm sure there's some ROMs floating around"
'Marble Souls' rolls onto Steam later this year
'Dawn of the Machine' is out now!
Thursday6th Aug 2026
Update: Details on editions, pricing and release date revealed
News Evercade DOOM Collection + Evercade Nexus DOOM Edition Officially Announced
Update: Includes the first two games
"I can deal with disappointment. This feels more like a betrayal"
News "What if Super Mario Land Came Out Much Later?" - This Short But Sweet Demo Has The Answer
Super Mario Land's opening level gets a Super Mario Land 2 makeover
News This New NES Patch Overhauls One Of The Console's Most "Difficult" Games
'Silver Surfer Redux' is out now!
Featuring three playable characters and 221 rooms!
Wednesday5th Aug 2026
News Bandai's Japan-Exclusive PS1 RPG 'London Spirit Detectives' Is Now Available In English
"Artificial intelligence tools were NOT used in the creation of this patch"
Love-de-Lic's 'UFO' is also coming to Console Archives
News Pre-Orders For Quarter Arcade's Battlezone 1/4 Cabinet Open This Week
"Enter the vector battlefield..."
News Ever Wondered How The Dreamcast Boot Sequence Is Rendered? Well, Wonder No Longer
"It's faster to hide them than to erase them from memory"
"Our database even had a special page on dealing with the call"
News The ZX Spectrum Just Got A Colourful Pac-Man Style Game That You Can Play Right Now For Free
A donation to a charity of your choosing is encouraged, though
Tuesday4th Aug 2026
News "The Circle Is Closing" - Duo Of Deals Establishes A "Clear Framework For Commodore And Amiga"
Things are coming together
Dirge of Cerberus: Lost Episode is finally preserved in full
News Here's Why LucasArts Couldn't Call Their Game Star Wars Episode 1: Podracer
Anyone remember Ubi Soft's 'POD'?
"No generative AI or LLMs have touched any part of this translation"
And public testing has already started
Monday3rd Aug 2026
With Galactic Racer on the way, we revisit a N64 (and Dreamcast) classic
Saturday1st Aug 2026
"New games built specifically for the Commodore 64 Ultimate's unique capabilities"
"As with all games from that era, time was our enemy"
