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Tuesday11th Nov 2025
Releasing this Winter in Japan
- News
- Sega
- Sonic
- Toys
News The Best Version Of Castlevania II Is Being Ported To The SNES
The unofficial port will include a bunch of great improvements over the original
- News
- Castlevania
- NES
- SNES
News Kazuki Motoyama, The Creator Of Kodansha's 'Super Mario' Manga, Has Passed Away, Aged 69
The news was revealed on his sister's Instagram page
- News
- Mario
- Nintendo
- Manga
"We had it in our pocket"
- TG-16
- Street Fighter
News Reviving Acclaim's Old IP Is "Not The Objective" As Some Of It Was "Not Great", Says New CEO
"All of the IP just scattered in the wind"
- Acclaim
Retail Therapy Henshin, A Slice Of Japan On The British High Street
"It might be hard to believe, but physical media sales are up"
- Retail Therapy
- Features
Monday10th Nov 2025
News GameTank Is "An Entirely New Breed Of Hardware For The Next Generation Of 8-bit Games"
"A playground for software and hardware tinkerers alike"
- Hardware
Review Neo Geo Arcade 2 (Evercade) - Garou Alone Makes This A Near-Essential Buy
Hungry like the wolf
- Reviews
- Evercade
News Taito Will Pay You $650 To Find The "Origin" Of Its Technology
"We believe it is quietly living on somewhere in Japan"
- Taito
- Arcades
- Japan
"The atmosphere in the emulation community was pretty rough"
- Fan Translations
- ROM Hacks
News AYANEO NEXT 2 Aims To Be "The New Generation Top Flagship Windows Handheld"
Powered by AMD's Ryzen AI Max+ 395
- AYANEO
- Hardware
- PC
"You deserve to finish the game even if you cheat"
- Bitmap Brothers
Feature We Took Part In Vector War XV, The Vectrex Community's Version Of Bloodsport
"There is some atmosphere and vibe which makes the Vector War special"
- Features
- Events
- Vectrex
Sunday9th Nov 2025
News Lifestyle Brand Kith Teams Up With Capcom For Reskinned Arcade1Up And Super Pocket Hardware
Warmed-up editions of previously-released products
- Capcom
- Hardware
- Arcade1Up
- HyperMegaTech
Friday7th Nov 2025
News One Man's "Life-Long Dream" Of Creating A Physical WipEout Race Track Is Complete
Created using Carrera Hybrid
- WipEout
Guide Welcome To Armored Core - A Chronological Breakdown Of FromSoftware's Legendary Mecha Series
Core, blimey!
- Guides
- Armored Core
Thursday6th Nov 2025
Review Rare Collection 1 (Evercade) - 12 Classics From A Legendary British Studio
A rare talent, indeed
- Reviews
News One Of Last Year's Most Impressive NES / Famicom Games Is Coming To Steam & Consoles
'Changeable Guardian Estique' arrives 2026 on PC & consoles
- News
- Steam
- Xbox
- PS5
Review Atari 2600+ Pac-Man Edition - An Eye-Catching Respray Bundled With A Stunning New Port
Mellow yellow
- Atari
- Reviews
- Hardware Reviews
- Pac-Man
News Compile & M2's New Aleste / Zanac Crossover 'Zaleste' Won't Release This Year After All
Coming to Nintendo Switch, PS4, and PS5 in 2026
- News
- M2
- Compile Heart
- Shmups
Time to update your calendars again!
- News
- Terminator
- Bitmap Bureau
News 'Flow - The Tidal Whispers' Is A Celeste-Style NES Platformer, With Suikoden-Inspired Cutscenes
From developer Lavenstar Games
- News
- NES
- Homebrews
News The Ape Escape 3 Soundtrack Is Being Released On Vinyl For The Very First Time
Pre-orders open now!
- News
- VGM
- Ape Escape
Wednesday5th Nov 2025
Confused? We are, too
- Commodore
News Anbernic's New Sub-$100 Nintendo DS Clone Is Now Available For Pre-Order
But it may be worth holding off for now
- Anbernic
- Emulation
- Nintendo DS
Jerry Momoda on his journey from expert gamer to industry veteran
- Features
- Nintendo
- Arcades
- Donkey Kong
News Namco's 1996 Coin-Op Tokyo Wars Is Coming To Consoles For The First Time Ever
Thanks to Hamster's Arcade Archives series
- Arcade Archives
- Namco
News The Arcade Shoot 'Em Up Series 'Psyvariar' Is Finally Getting A New Sequel After 22 Years
Update: The release date has now been revealed
- News
- Shmups
- PS5
- Xbox
News AYANEO's "Premium" Pocket VERT Has Diamond-Cut Shoulder Buttons And A CNC-Machined Case
"A premium collectible for retro gamers"
- AYANEO
- Emulation
- Hardware
News "What If Nintendo Lost? We Might Have Never Seen Another Mario Or Donkey Kong"
"I would have been shaking in my boots if I had known how significant it all was"
- Nintendo
- Donkey Kong
- Legal
News '30 Years Of Worms' Celebrates The Impact Of Team17's Famous Series
Hosted by Team17's Ashley Day
- Events
- UK
- Worms
Tuesday4th Nov 2025
News The Retroid Pocket 6 Is Finally Available To Pre-Order, Following Its Recent Design Shake-up
Pre-orders went live on November 3rd
- News
- Retroid
- Emulation Handhelds
Close to becoming Nintendo's best-selling console of all time, though
- PS2
- Nintendo
- Nintendo Switch
- PlayStation
"Experience Deltarune as if it were made in the '90s"
- News
- SNES
- Earthbound
- Deltarune
News Ninja Gaiden Director Confirms Castlevania Was A Big Influence
"I used Castlevania, a game I was really into at the time, as a reference"
- Ninja Gaiden
- NES
- Castlevania
Including Dreamcast & Neo Geo AES/MVS
- News
- Neo Geo
- Dreamcast
News "You Needed Guns" - Rockstar Co-Founder Weighs In On Why 'GTA London' Ended Up Being A One-Off
"It just felt like the game was so much about America"
- News
- GTA
- Rockstar Games
News Edia's 'Cho Aniki COLLECTION' Is Set To Flex Its Muscles Once Again - This Time On PC
Includes Cho Aniki (1992) and Ai Cho Aniki (1995)
- News
- Steam
- Cho Aniki
Monday3rd Nov 2025
News Eternal Hunters Is A New SNES Action RPG That Looks Part Secret Of Mana, Part Chrono Trigger
French composer Raphaël Gesqua is working on the soundtrack
- Nintendo
- SNES
News After More Than Half A Decade Of Hype, Sonic Has Finally Arrived On The GX4000 & Amstrad Plus
'Sonic GX' is now available
- News
- Sonic
- Amstrad
- Fan Projects
News The Vectrex Mini Kickstarter Is Now Live
Pricing starts at €99 / $115 / £87 / ¥17,500
- Vectrex
- Kickstarter
- Hardware
News Sega Technical Institute's Cancelled Mega Drive RTS 'Dark Empires' Has Just Been Dumped Online
'Dark Empires' was a dragon-based RTS for the Sega Mega Drive
- News
- Sega
- Mega Drive
- Cancelled
News Cancelled Splatterhouse RPG 'Splatter World' Has Been Dumped And Released Into The Wild
A Halloween surprise!
- Nintendo
- NES
- Splatterhouse
- Cancelled
Sonic & Knuckles (& Arkagis Revolution)
- Sega
- Mega Drive
News Retroid Confirms Rapper Soulja Boy "Does Not Have Permission" To Rebrand And Sell Its Handhelds
Rapper is under fire again for rebranding other people's products
- Emulation
- Retroid
News The Studio Behind Simon the Sorcerer's Prequel Is Reportedly Remaking The Amiga Classic
More Simon looks to be on the way!
- News
- Simon the Sorcerer
- Amiga
News You'll Have To Wait Even Longer To Get Your Hands On This Miniature Version Of The PC-88
The PasocomMini PC-8801mkⅡSR has been delayed for a third time
- News
- PC-88
- Emulation
- Hardware
Friday31st Oct 2025
News Castlevania Is Being Ported To The (Checks Notes) Atari 2600
Well, the first stage is, at least
- Homebrews
- Castlevania
- Atari
News Castlevania's Enhanced Fan Remake For Amiga Gets A CD32 Version In Time For Halloween
Fangs so much
- News
- Castlevania
- Amiga
