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TodayTue, 23rd Apr 2024
News The ESA Says Its Members Won't Support Plans For Online 'Game Preservation' Libraries
The battle continues
- Game Preservation
- ESA
News Mega Man Legends 2's Japanese Prologue Is Finally Getting An English Fan Translation
Courtesy of the fan translation group Hilltop Works
- News
- Mega Man
- PS1
- Fan Translations
News Get Ready To Go Ape, Because Toki Is Coming To Analogue Pocket
Going Ape Spit
- FPGA
- Analogue Pocket
News Shenmue: Reclaiming The Path Is An Impressive New Fan Game Coming This September
Revisit Guilin on September 16th
- News
- Shenmue
- PC
- Fangames
News Don't Hold Your Breath For Wii And GameCube Emulation On The iPhone App Store
"Unfortunately, as of right now, it isn’t possible"
- Emulation
- iPhone
- GameCube
- Wii
News This Handy Dreamcast USB Adapter Lets You Use Third-Party Controllers
Interface options aplenty
- Sega
- Dreamcast
- Accessories
News Atari Is Reviving Legendary Games Publisher Infogrames
Infogrames was a publisher active from the 1980s to the 2000s
- News
- Atari
- Infogrames
YesterdayMon, 22nd Apr 2024
News Here's Some Footage Of A Young Matt Berry Exploring CeX's Legendary Retro Shop
Back when the idea of retro was still pretty new...
- CeX
- UK
- Retail
News Octopus Arcade Stick Maker Is Tackling MiSTer FPGA Next With The TR Quantum
Complete with touch controls and plenty of connectivity
- MiSTer FPGA
- FPGA
News New Patch For Cave's Sega Saturn Racer 'High Velocity' Unlocks 4-Player Mode
Four is better than two, right?
- Sega
- Patches
- Saturn
- Cave
News Metal Slug Artist Recalls When Neo Geo Was So Popular "People Would Commit Crimes To Get It"
"I guess they thought it was a sales vehicle loaded with SNK games"
- Neo Geo
- SNK
- Japan
News Fanmade Sonic 3 Remaster 'Angel Island Revisited' Now Playable On PlayStation Vita
"Consider this a 'beta' release"
- News
- Sonic
- PSVita
- Mega Drive
"When I next woke up, I was temporarily blind"
- Features
- Japan
News Cyber Citizen Shockman 3 Is Being Rereleased On Consoles Next Month
It was originally released on the PC Engine CD-ROM² back in 1992 in Japan
- News
- Ratalaika Games
- Nintendo Switch
- PS4
News This Dedicated Fan Has Fixed A Much-Maligned 'Fist Of The North Star' Video Game
"This should make the 'bad' original into a more enjoyable experience"
- Sega
- Mega Drive
- Fist of the North Star
News PaRappa The Rapper-Esque Saturn Game 'Jung Rhythm' Gets English Fan Translation
Jung Rhythm came out in 1998, two years after PaRappa the Rapper
- News
- SEGA Saturn
- Fan Translations
News Double Dragon 3 Is Coming To Analogue Pocket
"I have a couple of minor issues to work out"
- Analogue Pocket
- FPGA
- Double Dragon
Sunday21st Apr 2024
Anniversary The Game Boy Is 35 Years Old Today
A pocket-sized revolution
- Anniversaries
- Nintendo
- Game Boy
News Mega Drive Mini 2 Cyber Stick Is Getting A Gun Attachment That's Perfect For Operation Wolf
Complete with 'electric blowback'
- Sega
- Hardware
Saturday20th Apr 2024
News The Sony PSP Gets Upgraded For 2024
Bring your beloved PlayStation Portable up to speed
- PSP
- Mods
- PlayStation
News Sega TeraDrive Version Of Myst Forerunner 'The Manhole' Found And Preserved
Developed by Rand and Robyn Miller
- Game Preservation
- Sega
- PC
News LittleBigPlanet 3 Servers Taken Offline "Indefinitely"
Access to community creations no longer available
- PS4
- PlayStation
- Sony
News Japanese Arcade Destroyed By Fire Could Rise From The Ashes
WWE star Asuka lends her support
- Japan
- Crowdfunding
- Arcades
- WWE
Friday19th Apr 2024
News The Processor Used In Pac-Man Is Being Discontinued, 48 Years After It Launched
The Zilog Z80 launched in 1976
- Hardware
- Pac-Man
News Arcade1Up & TaskRabbit Teaming Up To Make The Retro Games Room Of Your Dreams
Taskrabbit launching new service to assemble Arcade1Up machines
- News
- Arcade1Up
News This Essential GameCube Upgrade Is Now Available "For Free"
DOL-101 Digital Port kit files uploaded to GitHub
- Nintendo
- GameCube
- Mods
News New Book Aims To Celebrate Saturn, Sega's Beloved 32-Bit Console
"Rediscover the magic of the Sega Saturn"
- Sega
- Saturn
- Books
News Thalamus Collection 1 Announced For Evercade Consoles
Pre-orders open later this month
- News
- Evercade
News More Namco Shmups Are Coming To Analogue Pocket And MiSTer
Dragon Spirit, Dangerous Seed, Blast Off and Pistol Daimyo
- FPGA
- Analogue Pocket
- MiSTer FPGA
- Namco
News The Console Chronicles Arrives In June, Retail Edition Launches In October
Alongside A Handheld History: 88-95
- Books
News Legendary Ocean And US Gold Artist F. David Thorpe Has Passed Away Aged 84
"He was the one who set the benchmark"
- Spectrum
- Art
- Ocean
- US Gold
News A "Lost" Persona 3 Feature Phone Game Is Heading To Switch & Steam In Japan
Persona 3 Aigis: The First Mission was first released back in 2007
- News
- Persona
- G-Mode
News 35 Years Later, Prince Of Persia Has Just Got An (Unofficial) Port For The Vic-20
The port was inspired by Nicodim's unofficial ZX Spectrum port
- News
- Vic20
- Commodore
- Prince of Persia
News Tetrisweeper Is What Would Happen If Tetris And Minesweeper Had A Baby
Coming soon to Steam
- Tetris
- Steam
Thursday18th Apr 2024
News You Can Now Unbrick Any Sony PSP
"Turn your worthless brick into your precious handheld device"
- PSP
- Mods
Review AYANEO Flip DS - A Great (But Costly) Way To Play 3DS And Wii U In 2024
Plus everything else you could mention...
- Reviews
- Hardware Reviews
- AYANEO
- 3DS
News Meet Short Stack, The World's Smallest Nintendo Wii
"7.4% the volume of an original Wii console"
- Nintendo
- Wii
- Mods
News 'The Epyx Collection: Handheld' Brings 6 Atari Lynx Games To Switch
The collection will release on April 25th
- News
- Atari Lynx
- Nintendo Switch
News You Can Use Your GBA As A Switch Controller (And On iPhone's New Delta Emulator)
Update: New iPhone emulator plays nice with your GBA
- Nintendo
- GBA
- Nintendo Switch
- iPhone
News Numan Athletics Is The Next Arcade Archives Release On Switch And PS4
1993 classic gets a new lease of life
- Arcade Archives
- Nintendo Switch
- PS4
Same estate sale that gave us the $90,000 Castlevania
- NES
- Nintendo
Available in the EU via the AltStore PAL marketplace
- News
- Apple
- Emulation
News Castlevania And Quarth Deluxe Pack Announced For X68000 Z
Releases May 30th
- News
- X68000
- Konami
- Castlevania
News Here's How Many Playdate Games Have Been Sold Since Launch
Panic shares sales data for the first time
- Playdate
News We're Getting A Final Fight Comic This July
Alongside "Street Fighter Vs Final Fight"
- Comics
- Capcom
- Final Fight
News Richard Garriott And Brian Fargo Could Still Team Up To Create The Ultimate RPG
"It’s not too late dear friend!"
- Brian Fargo
- Richard Garriott
News "I Didn't Even Have A NES" Admits Lunar, Grandia And Langrisser Composer Noriyuki Iwadare
"I prefer video games that can be enjoyed by a large group of people"
- Noriyuki Iwadare
- Music
- Langrisser
- Lunar
News Edia Announces Nintendo Switch Revival Of Telenet Japan's 'Tenshi no Uta' Series
Update: Tenchi no Uta 1 & 2 are being ported to Switch
- News
- RPGs
- Edia
- Nintendo Switch
Wednesday17th Apr 2024
News PS1 Doom Has Been Backported To PC, Along With Its Amazing Soundtrack
Final Doom has been backported, too
- Doom
- PS1
- PC
News Tomb Raider "Giga Cart" Confirmed For Evercade, More Crystal Dynamics Collections Coming
"This collaboration marks a significant milestone"
- Evercade
- Tomb Raider
News iPhone NES Emulator Pulled From App Store "Out Of Fear"
"I’d rather not have the risk"
- Emulation
- iPhone
- NES
- Nintendo
Feature I Wanted F1 Legend Ayrton Senna's Sonic Trophy So Bad That I Made My Own
Gotta go fast
- Features
- Sega
- Sonic
- F1
News Golden Axe Is Getting A 10-Episode Animated TV Series From Comedy Central
From writers behind Star Trek: The Lower Decks & American Dad!
- News
- Sega
- Golden Axe
News Kickstarter For Star Control Successor Free Stars: Children Of Infinity Funded In 3 Hours
"We are excited to finally share the next chapter in our epic space saga"
- Kickstarter
- Star Control
News Popular PSP Emulator 'PPSSPP' May Be Coming To The iPhone App Store This Year
It might all depend on whether Apple considers the console "retro" enough
- News
- Emulation
- iPhone
- PSP
News 'Beyond The Ice Palace' Is Getting A Sequel, 36 Years Later
For Steam, Switch, Xbox Series X|S, and PS5
- News
- PS5
- Xbox
- Nintendo Switch
News Descent 3's Source Code Has Been Released Online, 25 Years Later
The shooter was published by Interplay back in 1999
- News
- Interplay
- Game Preservation
Tuesday16th Apr 2024
News New Konami Code Discovered In Castlevania Game 25 Years Later
Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness was released for the N64 in 1999
- News
- Castlevania
- N64
- Cheats
News Evercade EXP-R And Evercade VS-R Consoles Launch This July
Alongside the Evercade TATE Grip
- Evercade
News The 2006 "PlayStation Experience" Trailer Can Be Yours For $70,000
Has been "out of service for several years"
- PlayStation
- Sony
- PSP
- PS2
News Mortal Kombat Is Getting A Fanmade Jaguar Port Over 30 Years Later
Update: A pre-Alpha build is now available via Patreon
- News
- Mortal Kombat
- Atari
- Jaguar
News Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers Gets Fanmade SNES Port
The port adds MSU-1 audio support (and video)
- News
- SNES
- NES
- Ports
Events Retro Computer Museum's Awesome World Famous Legendary Gathering, April 2024
Retro gaming in the heart of the UK
- Events
- UK
News Have We Been Wrong About Ultimate Play The Game's Name All This Time?
What's in a name?
- Ultimate Play The Game
- Rare
News Virtual Boy Emulation Is Coming To Apple's Vision Pro
Thanks to FPGA developer Adam Gastineau
- Nintendo
- Virtual Boy
- Apple
Random Ex-Sea Of Thieves Dev Makes Adorable Playdate Proposal
Love Letters was made using the Pulp editor
- Random
- News
- Playdate
News This New Sunset Riders Genesis' Hack Lets You Record Your High Scores
Brag to your friends about your gunslinging skills with this new hack!
- News
- Konami
- Mega Drive
- ROM Hacks