Retro gaming news covering classic consoles, computers, hardware, homebrew, preservation and new releases.
Crystal Dynamics and musician That Norsk Chick release the official Tomb Raider Lo-Fi Collection celebrating 30 years with reimagined tracks and new voice lines.
multi · 2026-10-27 · news
Break Space Issue 7 launches as a free PDF digital magazine featuring 40 ZX Spectrum game reviews, 4 developer interviews, Crash Live 2026 report, and POKEs.
zx-spectrum · 2026-10-27 · news
Developer Tollis releases RoboCop Reimagined for Amstrad CPC 6128, introducing updated sprites, cinematic scenes, custom palettes, and an AY soundtrack.
amstrad-cpc-6128 · 2026-10-27 · news
Developer Kirby2000 releases Tetris ZX v1.0.0 for ZX Spectrum 48K and 128K, recreating the Game Boy classic with competitive two-player mode and AY audio.
zx-spectrum · 2026-10-27 · news
Psytronik Software releases Basilisk, a free Halloween Commodore 64 horror adventure by Alf Yngve and Richard Bayliss set in haunted Chateau Roko.
c64 · 2026-10-27 · news
Nintendo adds Metal Slug Advance, Monster Rancher Advance, and Kururin Paradise to Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack.
gba · 2026-10-27 · news
Nintendo expands its Game Boy Classics catalogue on Nintendo Switch Online with Mole Mania, Avenging Spirit, and Revenge of the Gator.
game-boy · 2026-10-27 · news
Developer Dylan McDonald introduces Respring, using touchHLE to bring classic 32-bit iOS games like Peggle and Chuzzle to modern 64-bit Apple devices.
handheld · 2026-10-26 · news
Creative Assembly leadership addresses the controversial Total War: Shogun 2 Complete Edition rerelease, acknowledging external development and AI art issues.
pc · 2026-10-26 · news
Anglia Television licenses a new free PC point-and-click Knightmare adventure for 2027 celebrating the TV classic's 40th anniversary with Hugo Myatt as Tregard.
pc · 2026-10-26 · news
Argonaut Games partners with PM Studios to release physical boxed editions of Croc and Croc 2 remasters for PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch in spring 2027.
multi · 2026-10-26 · news
Retro Games Limited licensing director Darren Melbourne hints that the company's Amiga plans may extend beyond the upcoming full-sized A1200 replica.
amiga-1200 · 2026-10-26 · news
Open-source 3DS emulator Azahar withdraws official support for Anbernic hardware following promotional use of an unofficial fork for the RG DDS handheld.
handheld · 2026-10-26 · news
Developer Mister_Grave releases Alien 3 CD32 Edition, rebuilding the Amiga classic with 64-colour AGA graphics, Mega Drive visuals, and LisaMotion FMV.
amiga-cd32 · 2026-10-26 · news
Miyaxdev releases AZEL -PANZER DRAGOON RPG- Recompiled for PC, providing widescreen rendering, CRT shaders, and smooth performance for the Sega Saturn RPG.
sega-saturn · 2026-10-26 · news
Daytendo 64 launches Better Super Mario Sunshine Online 2.0 on Dolphin, adding Peach, Daisy, Toad, Tag, Geoguessr, and support for major GameCube mods.
gamecube · 2026-10-26 · news
SlaveOfIDO releases a native PC recompilation of Rare's N64 classic Blast Corps using Mr-Wiseguy's framework, adding widescreen, high FPS, and mod support.
n64 · 2026-10-26 · news
Snack Break Games debuts Junior Dodgeball Championships for Commodore 64, combining schoolyard dodgeball action with career management and 6 shot types.
c64 · 2026-10-26 · news
Japanese apparel maker Kumagumi teams with rights holder Tatsujin for an officially licensed retro clothing collection celebrating Toaplan's Zero Wing.
arcade · 2026-10-25 · news
Original Ocean Software developers speak to Time Extension about the turbulent creation, delays, and stolen source discs of 1995's Addams Family Values.
snes · 2026-10-25 · news
Vasyl's Alpha for Amiga OCS/ECS wins first place in the NRG 2026 Pixel Art competition, while Steffest and Inversion triumph in PICO-8 categories.
amiga · 2026-10-25 · news
Tomarkus and e!ghtbm win first place in the NRG 2026 chiptune competition with nrg deForm for ZX Spectrum, alongside tracked music victory Past-a-P!ink.
zx-spectrum · 2026-10-25 · news
Mateusz Matysiak demonstrates the MAD-65 at NRG 2026, an original custom console using two parallel 65C02 processors and discrete TTL logic.
multi · 2026-10-25 · news
Awesome Games takes first place at the NRG 2026 game competition with Pyramid Escape for classic Amiga OCS/ECS, leading homebrew entries in Poznań.
amiga · 2026-10-25 · news
8BitDo reveals the Arcade Controller Pro, a leverless fighting game controller with Kailh low-profile switches, LCD display, and PC / Switch compatibility.
multi · 2026-10-25 · news
Nico Klem updates multi-genre Neo Geo homebrew Warrior Man, making the beat-'em-up mode playable alongside shmup and driving gameplay.
neo-geo · 2026-10-25 · news
Revive8Bit releases Build Dangerous on Commodore 64, an inverted platformer where immortal safety officer Thanos must trigger architectural hazards to pass.
c64 · 2026-10-25 · news
Konstantinos Patronas publishes 3 Dwarfs on Commodore 64 cartridge, offering Lost Vikings-style team puzzles across 31 rooms in 5 Norse realms.
c64 · 2026-10-25 · news
Genesis Project releases Sabre Wulf Remastered on Commodore 64, reviving Ultimate's 1984 jungle classic across 256 screens with overhauled graphics and music.
c64 · 2026-10-25 · news
In Retro Gamer magazine, former Nintendo Power editor Gail Tilden reveals the editorial challenges of promoting the uncomfortable red-and-black Virtual Boy in 1995.
virtual-boy · 2026-10-25 · news
MB Maniax's STRATA wins first place in the retro demonstration competition at NRG 2026 with 192 points, showcasing ZX Spectrum Enhanced demoscene mastery.
zx-spectrum · 2026-10-25 · news
Neo Retro confirms a London launch celebration for the Vectrex Mini on November 21 at The Lower Third, featuring playable hardware and live music by Remute.
vectrex · 2026-10-25 · news
Retrogamingfun brings Retro Game Beurs Aarschot back to the Stadsfeestzaal in Belgium, gathering collectors for classic cartridges, discs, and hardware.
multi · 2026-10-25 · news
Gaming Universe NL hosts its eighth retro gaming convention at Waarbeek Zalen en Events in Hengelo, offering vintage consoles, games, and collector stalls.
multi · 2026-10-25 · news
Chris Ahchay releases a playable update for Civilisation Pocket on Neo Geo Pocket Color, adding an end-turn menu and four-grid city placement limits.
neo-geo-pocket-color · 2026-10-25 · news
Delta 2.0 introduces foldable iPhone Duo optimisations for dual-screen Nintendo DS gaming, alongside Sega Genesis emulation and RetroAchievements integration.
handheld · 2026-10-24 · news
Fightbox unveils the R10 Remix controller with dedicated spinner and trackball inputs for authentic arcade play across Tempest, Arkanoid, and MiSTer FPGA setups.
arcade · 2026-10-24 · news
Longtime Atari 8-bit archivist Fandal announces the end of updates to A8.fandal.cz after two decades of preserving 5,000+ games and 3,800+ demoscene productions.
atari-800xl · 2026-10-24 · news
Nero Games expands slingshot adventure Tough Nuts from Amiga AGA to Windows, macOS, and Linux with higher resolution visuals across 90 destruction-heavy levels.
amiga · 2026-10-24 · news
TheStuffMade releases a downloadable preview of HACKER for Commodore 64, delivering deductive logic puzzles where players find hidden locks under a 3-mistake limit.
c64 · 2026-10-24 · news
AnyStone Games releases Snake Puzzle across 300 levels on Commodore Plus/4 and C64, combining gravity mechanics, movable stones, and laser switches.
plus4 · 2026-10-24 · news
Revive8Bit releases Let's Go for Vrouves on Commodore 64, a satirical tower-defence title where Cretan villagers defend mountain greens from corporate bio-drones.
c64 · 2026-10-24 · news
Technician Ted releases Deathchase 64, a free unofficial C64 adaptation of 1983 ZX Spectrum classic 3D Deathchase featuring high-speed photon motorcycle combat.
c64 · 2026-10-24 · news
Vintage Computing Carinthia holds milestone meeting 64 (VCC $40) in Villach, Austria, featuring a Black on Black demoscene challenge across C64, Amiga, and Atari.
multi · 2026-10-24 · news
retro-modern releases Schattenfels: Chapter 1 — Beyond the Gate on C64 EasyFlash cartridge format, featuring two playable characters in a gothic vampire mystery.
c64 · 2026-10-24 · news
Nero Games brings physics-based slingshot puzzle title Tough Nuts to Windows, macOS, and Linux with HD graphics while retaining the complete 90-level Amiga AGA experience.
amiga · 2026-10-24 · news
Future Retro Fusion publishes an HTML 3.2 Top 200 Amiga AGA Demos archive covering 1993-2026, engineered to run directly inside web browsers on vintage Amiga hardware.
amiga · 2026-10-24 · news
GSD Interactive launches Pang-inspired arcade shooter Bubbles Invasion across Windows, Mac and Linux, featuring 25 stages, 2-player co-op, and sharp pixel art.
multi · 2026-10-24 · news
NX Redux 2.4.0 custom firmware slashes game load and exit times on TrimUI handhelds, expands RetroAchievements tools, and fixes roughly 1,000 memory cheats.
handheld · 2026-10-24 · news
AnninaGames debuts Jungle Escape on Commodore 64, challenging players to guide a gorilla through 100 rooms filled with disappearing traps inspired by Larcin Lazer.
c64 · 2026-10-24 · news
Fire Dragon Interactive releases Super Sean 007: Legend of the Seven Gems on Commodore 64 via Snack Break Games, featuring 5 party members and 8 fantasy regions.
c64 · 2026-10-24 · news
Hallmark unveils a licensed Christmas ornament reproducing the translucent green Halo Special Edition original Xbox console with matching controller and lights.
xbox · 2026-10-23 · news
Developer Artur Bieniek ports DOOM to a $30 FNIRSI DMC-100 electrical clamp meter running doomgeneric on an AT32F415 microcontroller with only 32KB RAM.
other · 2026-10-23 · news
Developer Endika launches Blip on Google Play, a modern frontend built for dual-screen and single-screen Android handhelds with ScreenScraper and RetroAchievements.
handheld · 2026-10-23 · news
Developer eldontyrell releases PsychoFox-Next, a free fan conversion porting Sega's 1989 Master System platform adventure to the ZX Spectrum Next.
zx-spectrum · 2026-10-23 · news
Developer J5 releases Blind Spot on Commodore 64, a 15-room castle heist puzzle game where shadows conceal thieves and limited lightning reveals guard routes.
c64 · 2026-10-23 · news
Developer ready64 releases NEON//88, an original 6502 machine code cyberpunk interactive fiction game on Commodore 64 set in New Antwerp 2188 with 7 endings.
c64 · 2026-10-23 · news
Modern Vintage Gamer releases SplatterHouse: A1200 Edition, porting Namco's classic arcade horror platformer to AGA Amigas and CD32 consoles with CD audio.
amiga-1200 · 2026-10-23 · news
Nintendo confirms Game Boy gems Avenging Spirit, Miyamoto's Mole Mania, and HAL's Revenge of the 'Gator arrive on Nintendo Classics on October 27.
game-boy · 2026-10-23 · news
Argonaut Games and ModRetro announce an official Nintendo 64 physical cartridge edition of 1997 mascot platformer Croc: Legend of the Gobbos for 2027.
n64 · 2026-10-23 · news
The Arena enters pre-production on an official movie adaptation of SNK's Samurai Shodown with screenwriter Laeta Kalogridis alongside Fatal Fury screen projects.
multi · 2026-10-23 · news
G-Mode announces March 4, 2027 Japanese launch for NEXT: The Portopia Serial Murder Case on Switch, Switch 2, and Steam with Yuji Horii and original Famicom bonus.
multi · 2026-10-23 · news
NQ64 opens Japanese arcade-bar NQ JPN in London Soho, featuring imported rhythm cabinets including MaiMai, Jubeat, Dancerush Stardom, and Astro City units.
arcade · 2026-10-23 · news
Developer Lilliam releases Sonic 3 Unlocked demo for Sonic Hacking Contest 2026, bringing Amy, Mighty, Ray, and Encore Mode concepts to the Sega Mega Drive.
mega-drive · 2026-10-23 · news
Swedish demoparty Brown Birdie 2026 takes place in Delsbo from October 23-25, hosting community showcases of classic computing, retro graphics, and music.
multi · 2026-10-23 · news
Poland's NRG 2026 demoparty kicks off in Poznań alongside PGA, showcasing retro-system audiovisual compos, Pico-8 demos, tracked music, and Quake III Arena.
multi · 2026-10-23 · news
Developer Falke_34 releases Clavicembalo v0.50 on OS4Depot, bringing an 88-key piano, multi-engine synths, and MIDI recording to PowerPC AmigaOS 4.
amiga · 2026-10-23 · news
Atarimania catalogues three newly converted homebrew titles for Atari 400/800/XL/XE: Moon Cresta, Phantom Slayer, and Odyssey 2 classic Pick Axe Pete!.
atari-800xl · 2026-10-23 · news
James Jacobs updates multi-system preservation emulator AmiArcadia to v36.73 on OS4Depot, adding CD2650 IPL 1.0 BIOS support and Interton test diagnostics.
amiga · 2026-10-23 · news
Version 16 of E-UAE ReAction arrives on OS4Depot with an integrated Picasso96-compatible device, 128MB graphics RAM, and expanded ISO/BIN-CUE CD-ROM support.
amiga · 2026-10-23 · news
QUByte Interactive releases Gaelco Sports Collection across PC and modern consoles, compiling 1990s Barcelona arcade hits including World Rally 1 & 2.
arcade · 2026-10-23 · news
Crowdfunding opens for the PM2354 SD, an RP2040-Zero flash cartridge allowing MicroSD game loading and Game Boy ROM support on original Pokémon Mini hardware.
handheld · 2026-10-23 · news
Clear River Games confirms expanded digital availability and December 10 physical editions for classic cute-'em-ups Cotton Reboot! and High Tension! on PS4, PS5 and Switch.
multi · 2026-10-23 · news
AYN opens preorders for Odin 3 Portal handheld with a newly unveiled 16GB RAM and 1TB storage edition priced at $669 alongside 120Hz OLED display.
handheld · 2026-10-23 · news
Open-source PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3 hits 80% Playable status across the console's library, marking a historic achievement for Cell processor preservation.
ps3 · 2026-10-23 · news
PixelFX launches beta firmware v4 for Morph 4K video processor, redesigning FPGA processing with analog signal models, PDM-20 virtual CRT, and auto-rotation.
multi · 2026-10-23 · news
Snack Break Games releases Little Programs v2.0.1 on Commodore 64, turning coding logic and IF-THEN rules into a 45-habitat puzzle adventure for €4.99.
c64 · 2026-10-23 · news
Interactive simulation project Retro86 allows vintage computing enthusiasts to assemble, configure, and troubleshoot an authentic DOS PC inside browsers.
pc · 2026-10-22 · news
Developer Marco Giorgini releases an expanded two-disk Commodore 64 illustrated text adventure adaptation of Usborne's 1984 The Mystery of Silver Mountain.
c64 · 2026-10-22 · news
Emanuele Martorelli releases C64 work-in-progress Switchtris, enabling players to switch dynamically between six historical falling-block visual themes.
c64 · 2026-10-22 · news
Craig A. Leslie launches C64 Zombies!, challenging Commodore 64 players to survive 150 arena waves with four characters, weapon purchasing, and upgrades.
c64 · 2026-10-22 · news
Developer BlitterForge releases open-source ADF adaptation Sopwith AGA, bringing David L. Clark's 1984 DOS biplane dogfighting game to Amiga 1200.
amiga-1200 · 2026-10-22 · news
ready64 releases Kayak 3, a relaxing Commodore 64 river excursion game free of enemies and collisions, featuring four scenic waterways and gentle SID audio.
c64 · 2026-10-22 · news
ready64 releases free Commodore 64 martial arts game Karate Final Round featuring eight international fighters, six stages, and downloadable 6502 source.
c64 · 2026-10-22 · news
Argonaut Games intervenes directly to resolve fulfilment delays for Croc: Legend of the Gobbos Collector's Editions, with packages now heading to buyers.
multi · 2026-10-22 · news
The Video Game History Foundation publishes Colin Williamson's photography collection documenting Japanese arcades, launches, and Tokyo Game Show 1999-2000.
multi · 2026-10-22 · news
Atari will shut down the modern Atari VCS Store on February 1, 2027, while delivering an offline OS update to eliminate online dependencies for owners.
atari · 2026-10-22 · news
FanBrix and Crystal Dynamics reveal a licensed 4,355-piece Croft Manor collectible set for Tomb Raider's 30th anniversary, opening orders in February 2027.
multi · 2026-10-22 · news
Microsoft Xbox Labs showcases experimental recreations of classic Xbox 360 user interfaces including the 2005 Blades, 2008 NXE, and 2011 Metro dashboards.
xbox · 2026-10-22 · news
Auction house Goldin opens bidding at $25,000 for a rare 1998 Pokémon Red Game Boy development cartridge verified by PSA with minor ROM header differences.
game-boy · 2026-10-22 · news
Digimon World Forge reveals a teaser for an ambitious PS1 remake, introducing widescreen support, 150+ new Digimon, and expanded tournament systems.
ps1 · 2026-10-22 · news
Translator logicalpuddings publishes an unofficial 99% English translation patch for Kevin PokeFan's Pokémon Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee GBA demake.
gba · 2026-10-22 · news
Cruise Elroy announces Annalynn MD with a playable Steam demo, reimagining Dr. Mario puzzle mechanics with rotating boards and roguelike campaign modes.
pc · 2026-10-22 · news
Songbird Productions plans a wider Atari Jaguar cartridge release for Star Streak in Q1 2027 following its limited 100-cartridge JagFest 2024 run.
atari-jaguar · 2026-10-22 · news
Gravious releases Wizball Enhanced Edition for ZX Spectrum 128K, restoring cut content, fixing historical bugs, and refining Sensible Software's classic.
zx-spectrum · 2026-10-22 · news
Developer Vesuri creates a compatibility layer translating 1994 Macintosh 68000 code and QuickDraw calls to run Alone in the Dark natively on Amiga AGA.
amiga-1200 · 2026-10-22 · news
ABG releases Battle Squadron CD32 Remix version 1.0 with 17 CD audio music tracks, two-player cooperative support, and enhanced 256-colour AGA menus.
amiga · 2026-10-22 · news
Sveinacious-G releases Sabre Wulf Remastered for Commodore 64, recreating Ultimate Play the Game's 1984 classic with improved speed and visual palettes.
c64 · 2026-10-22 · news
OpenSWOS brings Sensible World of Soccer 96/97 to AGA Amiga systems in full 256 colours, offering native performance on Amiga 1200 and 4000 hardware.
amiga-1200 · 2026-10-22 · news
Retroid releases Linux 7.3 kernel support resources for Pocket 6, Pocket Nova, and Pocket Duo handhelds, enabling custom firmware and OS development.
handheld · 2026-10-22 · news
AYN announces pricing for Odin 3 Portal handheld starting at $399 with Qualcomm Dragonwing Q8, 120Hz OLED, and preorders opening October 22.
handheld · 2026-10-22 · news
Hamster brings 1995 PlayStation compilation The Raiden Project, featuring Raiden and Raiden II, to Nintendo Switch 2 and PS5 via Console Archives.
multi · 2026-10-22 · news
Devolver Digital and Croteam announce Serious Sam: The Third Encounter, continuing the storyline of the original 2001 and 2002 shooters on PC.
pc · 2026-10-22 · news
Snack Break Games releases native Commodore 64 run-and-gun Black Horizon: Cinder Protocol for €4.99 with an eight-mission scrolling campaign.
c64 · 2026-10-22 · news
Publisher Komi Games and developer GrahfMetal release a Steam demo for Infested DX, an atmospheric 16-bit sci-fi horror adventure launching October 27.
pc · 2026-10-21 · news
Limited Run Games, Atari, and Clear River Games announce a physical PlayStation 5 edition of Nightdive Studios' SiN: Reloaded remaster with preorders from Oct 22.
multi · 2026-10-21 · news
AYN releases a gameplay showcase for the Odin 3 Portal handheld, detailing Dragonwing Q8 performance, textured controls, quiet cooling, and anti-glare glass.
handheld · 2026-10-21 · news
Anbernic releases Linux 1.1 firmware for its dual-screen RG DS handheld, introducing nnddss 1.0.2 DS emulation, Vulkan PSP rendering, and screen management.
handheld · 2026-10-21 · news
Original creators Atooi bring Nintendo DS survival horror sequel Dementium II back to PC on Steam, featuring up to 4K resolution and authentic visuals.
pc · 2026-10-21 · news
Stanislav Parhomovich releases SuperSwitch HD, an internal HDMI mod tapping digital signals for 1080p video output and digital audio on original SNES consoles.
snes · 2026-10-21 · news
Hamster Corporation brings Namco's 1996 System 22 arcade racer Ace Driver: Victory Lap to modern consoles via Arcade Archives with 4-player split-screen.
arcade · 2026-10-21 · news
Developer Peppe74 releases an Amiga homebrew collection featuring Tomb Lady and Orion, designed for baseline 512KB Amiga 500 and 1000 configurations.
amiga · 2026-10-20 · news
MrDig expands Sparkpaw: The Stormstone Quest with alpha v0.7.0-15, introducing water stages, skimmer vehicle shooting, dynamic flooding puzzles, and 4-disk size.
amiga · 2026-10-20 · news
Hollywood releases AVCodec 1.7 plugin with MPEG-2 Transport Stream decoding across AmigaOS 3/4, MorphOS, Linux, Windows, macOS, Android, and iOS.
amiga · 2026-10-20 · news
Developer Christian Zigotzky releases Linux kernel 7.3 builds for AmigaOne X1000, X5000, and PowerPC e5500 systems, delivering DRM graphics and I/O enhancements.
amiga · 2026-10-20 · news
Developer Alberto Sgaggero (BCO) releases Snake's Snack for OCS Amiga, adding 16 levels, power-ups, adjustable speeds, and high-score saves to the classic formula.
amiga · 2026-10-20 · news
Classic file manager Directory Opus 5.103 achieves 3x faster startup, refined archive browsing via XADOpus, and broadened AmigaOS, MorphOS, and AROS support.
amiga · 2026-10-20 · news
Cross-platform Amiga emulator Amiberry releases version 8.4.2, delivering improved Android RTG aspect ratio scaling and upgraded ZZ9000 card emulation.
amiga · 2026-10-20 · news
Gloom Reforged AGA 3.0 brings native Picasso96 widescreen modes, checkpoint saves, and Deluxe/Zombie Massacre compatibility to the classic Amiga shooter.
amiga · 2026-10-20 · news
Developer J5 releases Brightmoor for Commodore 64, offering Ultima-inspired exploration, a 64x64 overworld, day/night cycles, and dynamic dungeon layouts.
c64 · 2026-10-20 · news
SSI's classic Gold Box RPG Pool of Radiance reaches Atari ST via a community port of Curse of the Azure Bonds, alongside an enhanced Mega Drive edition.
atari-st · 2026-10-20 · news
Developer basementApe updates unofficial Commodore Amiga arcade conversion Rastan to v0.57, resolving a critical weapon disappearance bug on joystick controls.
amiga · 2026-10-20 · news
Darkage Software crowdfunds Eldemar, a native Motorola 68000 Amiga RPG fusing Zelda-style exploration with Doom-like real-time combat and Allister Brimble music.
amiga · 2026-10-20 · news
Indie developer Nocturne recreates scenes from the 2026 Resident Evil film in the authentic fixed-camera, low-poly aesthetic of 1996 PlayStation survival horror.
ps1 · 2026-10-20 · news
Retroware launches a playable Steam demo for Toxic Crusaders, featuring 4-player co-op, colorful pixel art, and comic-style brawling across Tromaville.
pc · 2026-10-20 · news
OoT unJPEG modification update demonstrates fully explorable 3D Hyrule interiors, third-person free-camera navigation, and remodeled Castle Town residents.
n64 · 2026-10-20 · news
Developer Mode VII launches a €9,900 Kickstarter for Veins of Iron, a gothic SNES FPS targeting 30fps using a Raspberry Pi RP2350B coprocessor cartridge.
snes · 2026-10-20 · news
AYN debuts trailer for the Odin 3 Portal retro gaming handheld, showcasing Dragonwing Q8 chipset, Adreno 830 GPU, 9,000mAh battery, and Hall-effect sticks.
handheld · 2026-10-20 · news
Analogue opens preorders for updated FPGA consoles Super Nt+ and Mega Sg+ at $219.99, adding wireless controller support, USB-C power, and cartridge hot-swapping.
multi · 2026-10-20 · news
The latest retro-gaming news cycle illustrates how preservation has evolved from maintaining old cartridges into a broader technical and creative movement.
multi · 2026-10-19 · news
The Commodore 64's independent development scene has produced another collection of small releases, demonstrating the continued diversity of software being created for the machine.
c64 · 2026-10-19 · news
The latest classic-computing developments demonstrate that preservation increasingly involves software infrastructure as much as original hardware.
multi · 2026-10-19 · news
The Atari Jaguar has received renewed attention through a detailed restoration and upgrade demonstration by Tito of Macho Nacho Productions.
atari-jaguar · 2026-10-19 · news
The Commodore Amiga's modern homebrew catalogue continues expanding with additional small-scale releases, including Deadlock - Amiga Edition.
amiga · 2026-10-19 · news
Independent developer Cyborg Unicorn Pty Ltd has published an unusually large collection of new ZX Spectrum Next games, covering arcade shooting, puzzles, simulations and strategy.
zx-spectrum · 2026-10-19 · news
Another Commodore 64 game has crossed over to Atari hardware with the release of Fire Galaxy for the Atari ST, STE and Falcon.
atari-st · 2026-10-19 · news
Developer kimchipenguin2 has released an Atari ST, STE and Falcon conversion of Crillion, the distinctive puzzle game originally created by Oliver Kirwa for the Commodore 64.
atari-st · 2026-10-19 · news
A new Commodore 64 game called StyleWars Bombin' NYC takes players into the graffiti culture of early-1980s New York.
c64 · 2026-10-19 · news
Developer Technician Ted has released a playable beta of Drive America, an ambitious Commodore 64 racing game inspired by the branching-road structure of classic arcade racers.
c64 · 2026-10-19 · news
The Commodore 64 has received another original puzzle release with Happy Camper, a campsite-themed logic game published by developer logocp.
c64 · 2026-10-19 · news
The familiar bubble-matching puzzle game Frozen Bubble has received a new Commodore Amiga 1200 adaptation from developer MAZ.
amiga-1200 · 2026-10-19 · news
Independent developer BlitterForge has released Star Bashers, a new puzzle game designed for the standard Commodore Amiga 1200.
amiga-1200 · 2026-10-19 · news
Developer Johannes Naumanen has released Crownfall, a commercial puzzle game designed for Commodore Amiga systems equipped with the AGA chipset.
amiga-1200 · 2026-10-19 · news
The latest Kickstart Amiga gathering has provided another glimpse of the hardware projects keeping Commodore's classic computers useful.
amiga · 2026-10-19 · news
Classic-computing enthusiasts have received another freely accessible historical resource with the digital release of LOAD magazine issue 12.
multi · 2026-10-19 · news
The Mirari PowerPC motherboard project has encountered another manufacturing setback, with its development team reporting further delays to the next production batch.
amiga · 2026-10-19 · news
Amiga developers working on modern computers have gained another useful tool with version 0.10 of Wasabi, a cross-development and remote-debugging system created by Tobias...
amiga · 2026-10-19 · news
The Commodore Amiga's essential WHDLoad utility has received version 20.1, accompanied by updates to several game installers.
amiga · 2026-10-19 · news
Android retro handheld owners have received a useful software update with the release of Socket Launcher version 0.8.0.
handheld · 2026-10-19 · news
The Sega 32X is receiving another ambitious homebrew conversion project, this time involving the arcade version of Rambo III.
sega-32x · 2026-10-19 · news
Sony's PlayStation 3 has gained another unofficial emulation option with the release of UAE4ALL2 HD, a homebrew application designed to run Commodore Amiga software on the console.
ps3 · 2026-10-19 · news
Classic PC enthusiasts attempting to run Windows 98 on newer hardware have received another interesting development through Velocity9x, a graphics-driver project from...
pc · 2026-10-19 · news
Namco's cult PlayStation 2 fighting game Urban Reign has received a substantial update through an unofficial Windows conversion project.
pc · 2026-10-19 · news
Sega's stylish Dreamcast classic Jet Set Radio is receiving an unexpected portable conversion through JGR Portable, an unofficial project designed to run natively on Sony's...
psp · 2026-10-19 · news
The Atari ST family continues receiving unexpected software conversions, with Rise of the Triad now appearing in specialist coverage as a project targeting the Atari Mega STE.
atari-st · 2026-10-19 · news
One of the PC's most enduring turn-based strategy games has reached the Commodore Amiga through an ambitious port of the open-source VCMI engine.
amiga · 2026-10-19 · news
Before Doom transformed the first-person shooter into a global phenomenon, developers were already experimenting with immersive combat through games such as Catacomb 3-D and...
mega-drive · 2026-10-19 · news
Sega Mega Drive owners are finally receiving a conversion of the original Rolling Thunder, despite the console having hosted both Rolling Thunder 2 and Rolling Thunder 3...
mega-drive · 2026-10-19 · news
The unusual experiment involving Game Boy games running on electronic-paper displays has received further attention as its underlying software and hardware documentation...
game-boy · 2026-10-19 · news
Hardware developer Taki Udon has revealed further progress on the FPGBA SP, an experimental FPGA-powered handheld inspired by Nintendo's Game Boy Advance SP.
gba · 2026-10-19 · news
One of retro gaming's most unusual charity traditions is returning on October 23.
mega-cd · 2026-10-19 · news
The modern retro-platformer scene has received another promising development with a new playable demonstration of Gravity Circuit 2.
pc · 2026-10-19 · news
The Game Boy Color continues attracting developers who believe Nintendo's ageing handheld deserves genuinely new software rather than another collection of familiar ROMs.
game-boy-color · 2026-10-19 · news
Capcom's 1987 arcade adventure Black Tiger has found another home, with developer Str1der releasing an unofficial Commodore Amiga conversion based on an existing Sega Mega...
amiga · 2026-10-19 · news
Amiga-News reports new Aminet software uploads including AmiNFSv3, AmiNetXDuo IPv4/IPv6, SSH tools, Dropbox support, and REDPILL Game Creator for AGA.
amiga · 2026-10-18 · news
AYANEO shares shipping updates for the KONKR Pocket Advance, KONKR Pocket Block, and warns of controller delays pushing Pocket Micro 2 into November.
multi · 2026-10-18 · news
Soulcalibur2HD-recomp brings the PS3 edition of Soulcalibur II HD Online natively to PC, Mac, and Linux using static binary recompilation.
pc · 2026-10-18 · news
A new open-source Swift project translates 1989 Amiga 68000 code into a native macOS port of Taito's classic platformer The New Zealand Story.
pc · 2026-10-18 · news
Free Riders Recompiled v0.10.0 adds experimental Apple Silicon Mac and iOS builds, freeing the Xbox 360 Kinect racer from motion controls.
multi · 2026-10-18 · news
Developer Luxotick releases PSPotify ME v0.3.1-alpha, enabling Spotify Wi-Fi streaming, theme customisation, and auto-updates on Sony PlayStation Portable.
psp · 2026-10-18 · news
Hidden Palace uncovers a 2004 prototype build of Star Wars: Rogue Squadron Trilogy for original Xbox, documenting Factor 5's cancelled compilation project.
xbox · 2026-10-18 · news
Developer MrDig converts 1988 Atari ST helicopter shooter Chopper X to Commodore Amiga 500, adapting original 68000 code for the Amiga Blitter and Paula.
amiga-500 · 2026-10-18 · news
Developer Oldschool Is Beautiful releases Beta 3 of Cabal for Sega Mega Drive, preserving original 68000 arcade code with two-player co-op action.
mega-drive · 2026-10-18 · news
Developer dlfrsilver releases unofficial AGA conversions of Monkey Island 2 and Indiana Jones: Fate of Atlantis for accelerated Commodore Amiga 1200 systems.
amiga-1200 · 2026-10-18 · news
Mike Chi releases a major firmware update for RetroTINK 4K Pro, enhancing Lumacode support, inverse telecine, and adding advanced CRT Beam Simulation.
multi · 2026-10-18 · news
Sega announces Technosoft MusicCollection: Hyper Duel, a two-disc soundtrack set celebrating the cult Sega Saturn shmup with arcade and Saturn arrangements.
saturn · 2026-10-18 · news
TIME magazine names the Analogue 3D among the Best Inventions of 2026, recognising Analogue's 4K FPGA-based recreation of the Nintendo 64 console.
n64 · 2026-10-18 · news
Researcher Bo Bayles uncovers hidden cheat codes in Sega Genesis StormLord, unlocking an uncensored sprite mode and developer credits concealed for 36 years.
genesis · 2026-10-18 · news
Philip and Andrew Oliver announce The Eggcellent Dizzy Collection, bringing three classic Dizzy adventures together for a physical Sega Mega Drive cartridge.
mega-drive · 2026-10-18 · news
Retroware showcases new arcade beat-'em-up footage of Toxic Crusaders at The MIX Fall Showcase, highlighting Toxie, Nozone, Junkyard, and Major.
multi · 2026-10-17 · news
ready64 drops three new free titles for Commodore 64 Ultimate: Royal Chess, Western Europe Circuit, and Pinball Machine.
c64 · 2026-10-17 · news
AmigaWinLauncher pairs an authentic Workbench-inspired Windows frontend with WinUAE, simplifying WHDLoad configuration and game launching.
amiga · 2026-10-17 · news
Hardware hacker Bo Made It demonstrates a modded Nintendo Game Boy driving an electronic-paper display at 30 fps running Super Mario Land.
game-boy · 2026-10-17 · news
Mjnurney completes Dead End for ZX Spectrum 48K, finishing a 3D-style first-person survival horror game originally conceived in the mid-1990s.
zx-spectrum · 2026-10-17 · news
Developer korn3n70 releases a Commodore Amiga conversion of Wizard of Wor faithful to the Commodore 64 edition, complete with Magic Voice speech support.
amiga · 2026-10-17 · news
Tansel releases Neon Roadster: Void Runner, a free browser shooter evoking C64 and Amiga aesthetics with wireframe 3D visuals and 30 stages.
pc · 2026-10-17 · news
7TowersoftGames releases Equilibrium Spectre for Commodore Amiga, adding a pivoting balance mechanic to match-three puzzles across 60 challenging stages.
amiga · 2026-10-17 · news
Software Amusements releases Dungeonette: The New Adventure on ZX Spectrum Next with 16 fantasy realms, 8-direction scrolling, and DMA audio.
zx-spectrum · 2026-10-17 · news
str8games releases SOLDER for the Commodore 64, blending falling blocks with soldering magnetic arms that form chain reactions across Marathon and Sprint modes.
c64 · 2026-10-17 · news
Revive8Bit launches Sugar Byte on Commodore 64, offering 60 levels of sweet match-three puzzle boards with striped candies and color bombs.
c64 · 2026-10-17 · news
Developer zeddy48 releases Zeddy Goes Full Blast for the ZX Spectrum 128K, delivering nine stages of smooth 50fps arcade shooter homage.
zx-spectrum · 2026-10-17 · news
Developer TjLaZer ports 1990's Test Drive III: The Passion to Commodore Amiga AGA, bringing 3D open-road polygonal driving to 68040-accelerated hardware.
amiga-1200 · 2026-10-17 · news
Virtual Jaguar 3.9.0 launches with a standalone desktop interface, save states, on-screen 12-button keypad mapping, and cross-platform desktop support.
atari-jaguar · 2026-10-17 · news
kirby2000 ports the classic 1989 Game Boy puzzler Kwirk to the ZX Spectrum, providing 48K and 128K editions complete with two-player mode.
zx-spectrum · 2026-10-17 · news
Translator Patchyfluffy releases an English fan patch for 1998's Sega Saturn de Hakken!! Tamagotchi Park, making the virtual-pet simulator accessible in English.
saturn · 2026-10-17 · news
Developer Oldschool Is Beautiful ports Ocean's 1992 Amiga edition of Parasol Stars directly to the Sega Mega Drive using native 68000 game logic.
mega-drive · 2026-10-17 · news
LC-Games releases an Amiga homebrew conversion of Konami's 1982 arcade maze classic Tutankham, running on OCS/ECS/AGA hardware with 512KB RAM.
amiga-500 · 2026-10-17 · news
BlitterForge releases Fortuna Core for unexpanded Amiga 1200 systems, a sci-fi action title set in an alternate 2055 where Rome battles rogue military AI.
amiga-1200 · 2026-10-17 · news
Developer Acidbottle releases version 1.0 gameplay footage of Starforce, an AGA homebrew arcade adaptation of the classic 1984 vertical space shooter.
amiga-1200 · 2026-10-17 · news
RetroReal Games brings Bruce Lee II to native Amstrad CPC hardware, delivering an unofficial platformer sequel inspired by the classic 1984 original.
amstrad · 2026-10-17 · news
Batman Group reveals new gameplay footage of Vespertino World Racing, demonstrating high-speed 3D arcade racing on the 8-bit Amstrad CPC at 25 fps.
amstrad · 2026-10-17 · news
Developer Nick Sherman releases Arlasoft Soccer for the Commodore 64, recreating the fast-paced gameplay and tactical physics of Sensible Soccer.
c64 · 2026-10-17 · news
Following the collapse of boutique publisher 33 Games, artist Danny Flynn releases signed limited-edition prints of his original Utopia artwork directly to fans.
multi · 2026-10-17 · news
New Blood Interactive and Saibot Studios launch Tenebris Somnia, fusing 8-bit retro survival-horror adventure gameplay with live-action FMV cinematics.
pc · 2026-10-17 · news
Pixel Arcadia unveils a dedicated retro-gaming awards programme for January 2027 alongside two new digital showcases celebrating modern retro development.
multi · 2026-10-17 · news
Afterplay brings its cloud-synced emulation platform to mobile with official Android and iOS applications supporting approximately 39 classic retro systems.
multi · 2026-10-17 · news
Early hands-on livestreams of the Retroid Pocket Duo show encouraging dual-screen 3DS emulation performance and ergonomic controls ahead of shipments.
multi · 2026-10-17 · news
Anbernic shares new gameplay demonstrations of its dual-screen RG DDS clamshell handheld running Nintendo 3DS titles with Snapdragon G2 power.
multi · 2026-10-17 · news
Analogue revives its FPGA-based Super Nt and Mega Sg 16-bit consoles with USB-C power, wireless controller support, and preorders starting at $219.99.
multi · 2026-10-17 · news
RetroRGB assesses AverMedia Core Go and Elite Go compact USB-C power-delivery docks, highlighting portable convenience and capture tradeoffs for handheld gamers.
multi · 2026-10-16 · news
Historic 1981 Donkey Kong arcade promotional art created by Leslie Cabarga and rescued from Nintendo disposal heads to auction with estimates up to $150,000.
arcade · 2026-10-16 · news
Sega removes Total War: Shogun 2 Complete Edition from storefronts following player backlash over bugs and art changes, reinstating the beloved 2011 classic on Steam.
pc · 2026-10-16 · news
Atari and Digital Eclipse launch Toy Story 3 Complete Edition, restoring exclusive Toy Box mode content and Zurg gameplay with 4K 60fps visuals on modern hardware.
multi · 2026-10-16 · news
Digital Eclipse and Atari release Toy Story: Retro Roundup, compiling eleven versions of six classic 1990s Disney and Pixar adventures with museum archival features.
multi · 2026-10-16 · news
ArcStation optical drive emulators begin reaching customers, passing independent installation tests by RetroRGB with solderless setup and full disc-image loading.
playstation · 2026-10-16 · news
Developer DomKid confirms that 16-bit Mickey Mouse tribute Forest of Illusion has shifted development from Commodore Amiga to SNK Neo Geo hardware with new visual previews.
neo-geo · 2026-10-16 · news
Developer yajaman-dev releases a playable Nintendo DS demo of Pokémon White Double Drive, restructuring Unova's campaign around competitive double-battle mechanics.
multi · 2026-10-15 · news
Developer Tansel launches Vector Strike, a free browser space shooter featuring 15 wireframe sectors, 5 boss battles, and a three-track synthesised Commodore 64 SID chiptune score.
arcade · 2026-10-15 · news
RetroFrog releases an updated $18 vertical stand for RetroTINK 4K and 6X video processors, accommodating larger CE remotes and streamlining multi-console cable organization.
multi · 2026-10-15 · news
Developer Steve Janovitz introduces Tilefinch, a tailored modern web browser bringing readable access to contemporary HTTPS websites on 64MB PlayStation Portable hardware.
playstation · 2026-10-15 · news
An investigation reveals allegations of unpaid staff and fractured partnerships at boutique publisher 33 Games, raising questions over unfulfilled physical retro reissues.
multi · 2026-10-15 · news
Legendary 1990s level designer Richard 'Levelord' Gray, famous for defining Duke Nukem 3D and co-founding Ritual Entertainment, passes away at 68 as industry peers pay tribute.
pc · 2026-10-15 · news
Chapu Translations announces a handcrafted English fan translation of Takara's 1997 Japanese PS1 first-person dungeon crawler Schrödinger no Neko without AI assistance.
playstation · 2026-10-15 · news
PC5SX2 version 2.02 adds direct PS2 DVD disc streaming to jailbroken PlayStation 5 consoles, bypassing modern optical limitations for classic physical game preservation.
playstation · 2026-10-15 · news
Developer Grimdoomer releases Peer Pressure, enabling software-based USB modifications on compatible Xbox 360 consoles without soldering or opening hardware.
xbox · 2026-10-15 · news
SteamOS ARM Port 1.4 streamlines Android dual-booting on Snapdragon gaming handhelds while refining sleep power consumption, wake graphics, and controller handling.
multi · 2026-10-15 · news
Open-source recompilation project Fukami brings Namco's PS2 launch classic Ridge Racer V to PC, Mac, and Steam Deck with 60fps widescreen and 8x internal rendering.
pc · 2026-10-15 · news
Developer TjLaZer delivers an authentic Amiga OCS port of Namco's 1982 arcade sequel Super Pac-Man, supporting unexpanded 512KB Chip RAM systems in ADF and WHDLoad formats.
amiga-500 · 2026-10-15 · news
Developer vcastro99 releases Fate's Hand 64, fitting 40 stages, 42 unique cards, and deep deck-building tactical combat into the Commodore 64 with EasyFlash and D64 support.
c64 · 2026-10-15 · news
Developer ready64 releases Wild Paw West, a free action-platformer blending western shootouts and animal heroes for the Commodore 64 Ultimate in PRG, D64, and ZIP formats.
c64 · 2026-10-15 · news
Youtooz reveals classic 1990s-styled collectible figures of PlayStation mascots Crash Bandicoot and Spyro the Dragon, opening preorders on October 16.
playstation · 2026-10-14 · news
Pinball Expo 2026 opens today in Schaumburg, Illinois, uniting collectors, restoration technicians, and modern manufacturers for four days of tournaments and seminars.
arcade · 2026-10-14 · news
Developer zer00p's Wafel Installer gives Nintendo Wii U owners a browser- or SD-based diagnostic tool to evaluate internal eMMC flash memory before catastrophic failure.
wii · 2026-10-14 · news
Developer PicoPlus-devel achieves pico-duke3D, running 1996 PC shooter Duke Nukem 3D on the Raspberry Pi RP2350 microcontroller with direct DVI video output.
pc · 2026-10-14 · news
LouD's open-source USBSID-Pico project interfaces two genuine MOS 6581/8580 SID chips with contemporary computers via Raspberry Pi Pico, USB, and MIDI connections.
c64 · 2026-10-14 · news
Devil-System releases an unofficial Amstrad CPC Plus conversion of Alien 3, utilizing ASIC hardware sprites and smooth scrolling across 15 prisoner-rescue stages.
amstrad-cpc-6128 · 2026-10-14 · news
Developer DavidGames releases Pang MD beta 0.75 on itch.io, correcting ice stage physics, item pickups, and stage 42 traps in the unofficial Sega Mega Drive port.
mega-drive · 2026-10-14 · news
Developer apolkosnik delivers an ambitious conversion of 1995 Sharp X68000 shoot 'em up Cho Ren Sha 68K for accelerated Commodore Amiga AGA systems.
amiga · 2026-10-14 · news
Alfred Baudisch reveals the Pardall Games Library, an interactive web-based museum exploring extracted 3D character models, textures, and animations from PS1 and N64 classics.
playstation · 2026-10-14 · news
Unreleased 1994 SNES racer Moto X by Software Creations receives its first official digital launch on October 16, 2026, for modern consoles and PC via Ratalaika Games.
snes · 2026-10-14 · news
AYN officially reveals the Odin 3 Portal, expanding its premium line of wide-screen Android handhelds designed for advanced retro emulation workloads.
multi · 2026-10-14 · news
Hamster confirms Seta's 1987 vertical motorcycle arcade shooter Thundercade joins Arcade Archives on October 15, 2026, across Switch, PS4, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S.
arcade · 2026-10-14 · news
Retro developer Taki Udon previews an FPGA-powered clamshell handheld prototype running original Game Boy Advance physical cartridges with USB-C and microSD.
gba · 2026-10-13 · news
ACNE Production releases a first playable demo of arcade football game Mundialito 3 for Amiga, featuring revised gameplay routines, new visuals, and women's teams.
amiga · 2026-10-13 · news
Christopher Reemts releases Emu68-Hatcher 1.2.0, adding Amiga Game Selector partition import, SD card write verification, and 57 Picasso96 resolution presets.
amiga · 2026-10-13 · news
Mark Pursell (Mute.Ink) issues first post-launch checkpoint fixes for Freestyle: Tales of Itch, a 50+ stage comic-book Amiga platformer made with Scorpion Engine.
amiga · 2026-10-13 · news
BlitterForge releases Shachar, a free 3-level sci-fi shoot 'em up in ADF format engineered to run on unexpanded stock Commodore Amiga 1200 computers.
amiga-1200 · 2026-10-13 · news
Polytricity releases ADAM 1.0.1, a visual no-code Amiga game creation environment with macOS support, bootable ADF export, and FS-UAE emulator integration.
amiga-500 · 2026-10-13 · news
Developer tuxerdeg-ux releases mv643xx.device, a SANA-II Gigabit Ethernet driver for Pegasos II PowerPC motherboards running AmigaOS 4.1.
amiga · 2026-10-13 · news
The ESA targets Anbernic in U.S. Trade Representative notorious markets filing over emulation handhelds bundled with microSD cards containing copyrighted commercial ROMs.
other · 2026-10-13 · news
DroidDeck 0.4.0 expands Android handheld PC gaming with GOG, Epic Games, and Amazon integration, KDE Plasma 6.7, and 57% PRoot performance gains.
other · 2026-10-13 · news
NQ64 announces NQ JPN opening October 23 on Berwick Street in London Soho, featuring imported Japanese arcade rhythm cabinets like MaiMai, Jubeat, and Dancerush.
arcade · 2026-10-13 · news
Developers SrBananaMan64 and Boopie preview a native PC recompilation of Super Smash Bros. 64 featuring ultrawide support, high frame rates, and Smash Remix mod support.
nintendo-64 · 2026-10-13 · news
F-Zero GX players uncover secret button combinations unlocking AX courses, AX racers, and Gold Parts, working on original GameCube and Nintendo Classics.
gamecube · 2026-10-13 · news
EA senior producer Jim Vessella reveals recovery of 600+ Wing Commander III master tapes, laying groundwork for an enhanced FMV edition of the Origin Systems classic.
pc · 2026-10-13 · news
MJB Software releases Phil Searching for Mort on ZX Spectrum Next, reviving 1980s Spanish isometric adventure En Busca de Mortadelo with 190+ screens and Next audio.
zx-spectrum · 2026-10-13 · news
Developer TjLaZer releases Life Force (Salamander) v1.9 for Amiga AGA on itch.io, offering 2-player co-op, vertical/horizontal scrolling, and optimized rendering.
amiga-1200 · 2026-10-13 · news
Moonstone Tavern reveals Moonstone AGA Project, enhancing the 1991 Amiga classic Moonstone: A Hard Days Knight with AGA graphics, improved audio, and modern techniques.
amiga · 2026-10-13 · news
New Old Pixels signs Microids license to bring arcade-faithful Toki conversions to Sega Mega Drive, SNK Neo Geo, and Commodore Amiga AGA with physical editions.
mega-drive · 2026-10-13 · news
Fire Dragon Interactive and Snack Break Games release Marmalade Valley v1.1.0 on Commodore 64 for €4.99, featuring 12 stages, Pip's spiky roll, and SID music.
c64 · 2026-10-12 · news
Retro Handhelds reviews the $200+ AYANEO Pocket Micro 2, praising its Snapdragon 865 processor, 3:2 GBA screen, and refined ergonomics despite a steep price.
multi · 2026-10-12 · news
Developers MrL314 and ScouB announce Super Mario Kart Deluxe for December 25, 2026, a massive SNES ROM hack adding Wario, Waluigi, Daisy, and new courses.
snes · 2026-10-12 · news
M2 announces M2ShotTriggers Arcade for Sega ALL.Net P-ras MULTI Version 3, bringing Toaplan's 1987 shooter Ultimate Tiger back to Japanese arcades on October 15.
arcade · 2026-10-12 · news
M2 confirms a console adaptation of Shigatake's acclaimed PC shoot 'em up Devil Blade Reboot is underway, tackling complex StgBuilder engine porting challenges.
multi · 2026-10-12 · news
M2 announces The Edward Ragtimeshow Data East Collection for Nintendo Switch, bringing cinematic classics The Cliffhanger: Edward Randy and Boogie Wings back to fans.
multi · 2026-10-12 · news
M2 confirms arcade shmup SenXin Aleste arrives on Nintendo Switch, PS5, and PS4 on March 18, 2027, featuring an arranged Blade Mode, character switching, and training.
multi · 2026-10-12 · news
Developer youen.chene releases Astra Last Light v0.1, an arcade horizontal shoot 'em up for OCS Amiga computers featuring charged lance attacks and ACE sprite tech.
amiga · 2026-10-12 · news
Amiberry 8.4.0 expands classic Amiga ZZ9000 expansion card emulation with AHI audio, networking, MP3 decoding, and a new host-side MiniGL renderer plugin interface.
amiga · 2026-10-12 · news
AmiSC 0.8.0 brings fully playable StarCraft and Brood War campaigns with briefings, objectives, and progression to Motorola 68K Amiga computers under AmigaOS 3.x.
amiga · 2026-10-12 · news
Lucasfilm Games EP Craig Derrick praises a detailed LEGO Ideas tribute to The Secret of Monkey Island by builder Pester78 featuring the SCUMM Bar and Melee Island.
multi · 2026-10-11 · news
AROS software archives receive major retro gaming updates including ARM64 OpenTyrian, x86-64 ZGloom, xRick, and GemRB, boosting open-source Amiga-compatible gaming.
amiga · 2026-10-11 · news
Amiga Corporation demonstrates RenaissanceRTG at Saku 2026 in Finland, unveiling a modern retargetable graphics driver framework for AmigaOS 3.x and THEA1200.
amiga · 2026-10-11 · news
Developer Rene Engel details Quasar, a native WebKit 2.50.4 web browser for AmigaOS 4.1 with PowerPC baseline JIT JavaScript compiling, Cairo rendering, and HTTPS support.
amiga · 2026-10-11 · news
Developer Timo Heimonen creates an in-game WHDLoad level editor for Lemmings 2: The Tribes on Commodore Amiga, enabling instant real-time puzzle creation and physics testing.
amiga · 2026-10-11 · news
AmigaPorts releases SDL 3.4.18 for AmigaOS 4, refactoring OpenGL contexts and adding a new Mesa-based OpenGL renderer to streamline modern open-source game porting.
amiga · 2026-10-11 · news
Developers reveal an unofficial native Dreamcast recompilation port of Super Smash Bros. 64 running at 60 FPS in 480p with four-player support and VMU saves.
dreamcast · 2026-10-11 · news
Amiga preservation staple WHDLoad publishes a new hard disk installer for Alone in the Dark by Vesuri and enhances Test Drive II: The Duel with smoother scrolling and framerates.
amiga · 2026-10-11 · news
Developer Sharkus releases The Golden Lanthorn v0.3.0 for PC and Linux, uniting Z-Machine, Glulx, and Scott Adams text adventure interpreters with shared saves and CLI support.
multi · 2026-10-11 · news
Developer Arcziii releases Unreal 68K version 1.1 for accelerated Amiga systems, integrating MiniGL 29.1, custom Performance menus, and Unreal Engine 1 OEM optimizations.
amiga · 2026-10-11 · news
Developer BenDk97 releases an unofficial ngdevkit Neo Geo conversion of Amiga hack-and-slash classic Sword of Sodan, quickly reaching beta version 0.4.
neo-geo · 2026-10-11 · news
Mechanical designer Shinji Usui reflects on crafting the iconic mecha of Metal Wolf Chaos, Chromehounds, Armored Core, and Vanquish during FromSoftware and PlatinumGames tenures.
multi · 2026-10-11 · news
Surreal 1999 Japanese point-and-click adventure Cookie's Bustle holds a secret 25th anniversary reunion for players registered through original mail-order customer archives.
multi · 2026-10-11 · news
Amiga developer acidbottle reveals new development gameplay of an AGA arcade port of Tecmo's 1984 classic Star Force featuring authentic weapons and an IM76 soundtrack.
amiga · 2026-10-11 · news
Rust-based Amiga emulator Copperline hits version 1.0.0, introducing Smart display framing, raw unscaled pixel screenshot capture, and fixed/dynamic VHD hard drive image support.
amiga · 2026-10-11 · news
Steffen Häuser ports the GemRB Infinity Engine interpreter to 68K Amiga, running classic Baldur's Gate, Icewind Dale, and Planescape: Torment on PiStorm and Vampire accelerators.
amiga · 2026-10-11 · news
LaunchBox for Android 1.2.3 brings secondary companion screen support, dedicated RetroAchievements menu views, in-game stat pages, and expanded emulator recognition.
multi · 2026-10-11 · news
Open-source handheld firmware SpruceOS 4.5.4 adds cached offline RetroAchievements via the Cheevos app, enhanced USB DAC audio handling, and GameTank emulation defaults.
multi · 2026-10-11 · news
SteamOS-inspired ArmadaOS updates with Valve Lepton Android compatibility, Aurora Store, dual-screen optimization, Turnip graphics drivers, and AYANEO Pocket Micro 2 support.
multi · 2026-10-11 · news
Nick Rowan's review of Retroid's $149 dual-screen Pocket Duo Lite awards a 4/10, praising sturdy clamshell build and battery life but heavily criticizing Nintendo DS emulation performance.
multi · 2026-10-11 · news
Japanese preservation specialist M2 announces a new ShotTriggers edition of Raizing's 1998 vertical arcade shooter Armed Police Batrider featuring M2 Gadgets and Super Easy mode.
arcade · 2026-10-11 · news
Hamster confirms Taito's 1987 mecha shmup Exzisus for Arcade Archives on November 5, featuring both the single-screen and rare dual-screen arcade versions.
arcade · 2026-10-10 · news
Classic Computing 2026 opens today at the CD-Kaserne in Celle, Germany, offering hands-on vintage computer exhibits, a repair café, and a 1987 Mac SE guestbook.
multi · 2026-10-10 · news
Stewart Russell digitises the first six issues of Just Amiga Monthly (JAM) for the Internet Archive, preserving grass-roots Amiga desktop publishing history.
amiga · 2026-10-10 · news
David Smith reveals Cursed Stick, an ESP32-S3 hardware hack presenting virtual FAT16 USB storage to Gotek floppy emulators for seamless over-the-air ADF uploads.
amiga · 2026-10-10 · news
Amiga FMV racing prototype Jari-Matti Rally receives version 1.03d, rewriting its timing around the real-time clock to resolve video desync across difficulty tiers.
amiga · 2026-10-10 · news
Amigo 0.7.8 enables bidirectional iCloud sync for Amiga save states, configs, and disk images on iPad, alongside precision Apple Pencil tracking for TVPaint.
amiga · 2026-10-10 · news
Amiberry-Lite version 5.9.4 resolves a crash affecting JIT compilation, KMSDRM display output, and Amiga 4000 RAM setups on Raspberry Pi and modest systems.
amiga · 2026-10-10 · news
AmigaGPT 3.4.0 adds speech synthesis and exportable WAV audio to classic Amigas, bridging modern AI language models with vintage Motorola 68000 systems via ARexx and MUI.
amiga · 2026-10-10 · news
CCON version 1.3.0 brings optimized compiled C rendering routines and direct display memory writing to AmigaOS 3.x, accelerating Shell output by up to five times.
amiga · 2026-10-10 · news
Android utility SleepManager combats standby battery drain on retro gaming handhelds, managing radios, background sync, and clamshell lid wake prevention without root.
multi · 2026-10-10 · news
Open-source frontend DroidDeck brings Steam Big Picture and Proton/FEX translation to Android gaming handhelds like the AYN Thor without replacing the stock OS.
multi · 2026-10-10 · news
ROM hacker BillyTime!Games details version 3.0 of Ghostbusters: Special Edition for Sega Genesis, restoring Winston Zeddemore alongside expanded stages and manual assembly coding.
genesis · 2026-10-10 · news
Team17 and French developer Saltitude Games unveil Little Prince Tyger, a grim PC precision platformer inspired by William Blake boasting 1,000 hand-crafted levels.
pc · 2026-10-10 · news
Hamster brings Sunsoft's 1988 Famicom adventure Ripple Island to PS5 and Nintendo Switch 2 via Console Archives, sparking debates over preserving untranslated text adventures.
famicom · 2026-10-10 · news
Anbernic announces the RG DDS (Dream Dual-Screen), a clamshell handheld inspired by the New 3DS featuring dual displays, Snapdragon G2 Gen 2, stylus, and integer scaling.
multi · 2026-10-10 · news
Retro Handhelds evaluates the Wonderfitter M17 Gen 2 light-gun system, testing Vision Pro camera tracking and recoil feedback with Virtua Cop and Point Blank on modern displays.
arcade · 2026-10-09 · news
Legendary Konami composer Miki Higashino, celebrated for Suikoden, Gradius, and Contra III, signs with Scarlet Moon Artists for international videogame music commissions.
multi · 2026-10-09 · news
Developer MacAllu updates Pente for Commodore 64 and Android with version 1.1 cartridge and disk images, bringing tournament abstract strategy and SID music to 8-bit systems.
c64 · 2026-10-09 · news
Homebrew developer Dallasapp711 confirms GB Studio demake Mario Kart Rally DMG has been tested on original monochrome Game Boy hardware via flash cartridge with a 32KB ROM.
game-boy · 2026-10-09 · news
Assemble Entertainment announces Leisure Suit Larry: Wet Dreams Don't Dry and Wet Dreams Dry Twice will be delisted from Steam after October 23, 2026.
pc · 2026-10-09 · news
System diagnostic utility xSysInfo updates to version 0.12.0, adding an optional MUI GUI, enhanced Amiga expansion detection, and faster Workbench graphics rendering.
amiga-500 · 2026-10-09 · news
RetroRemake opens $15 pre-orders for a shielded multi-output AV cable connecting the FPGA SuperStation One to RGB, component, composite, and S-Video CRT monitors.
playstation · 2026-10-09 · news
Independent reviews from Time Extension and Retro Handhelds evaluate Blaze's Evercade Nexus handheld, highlighting dual analogue sticks and Banjo-Kazooie N64 performance.
multi · 2026-10-09 · news
REG Linux adds dedicated retro-gaming Linux support for Snapdragon 845 AYN Odin Base and Pro handhelds, offering SD card booting and streamlined emulation management.
multi · 2026-10-09 · news
Hyperion Entertainment releases a 68K Amiga update for Heretic II with MiniGL and PiStorm 3D acceleration, achieving up to 70fps at 1024x768 on accelerated systems.
amiga-1200 · 2026-10-09 · news
Steffen Häuser releases MiniGL libraries including PiStorm 3D on Aminet, unlocking high-framerate 3D graphics for Quake, Wipeout, and Unreal on accelerated Amiga hardware.
amiga-500 · 2026-10-09 · news
Columbus Circle announces a fresh physical Famicom release of Toaplan's arcade classic Snow Bros alongside an 8-bit Pocket V2 handheld launching late November 2026.
famicom · 2026-10-09 · news
Retro Games Ltd, Plaion, and Atari announce THE 800XL, a full-size replica of the 1983 computer featuring mechanical keys, working cartridge slot, HDMI, and 25 built-in games.
atari-800xl · 2026-10-09 · news
Richard Garriott confirms plans to reclaim the Ultima franchise copyright from Electronic Arts under US 35-year reversion law, opening doors for classic re-releases and sequels.
pc · 2026-10-09 · news
Tim Kovack (TjLaZer) releases an Amiga conversion of the Sega Master System version of Bruce Lee, translating Z80 code into Motorola 68000 for OCS, ECS, and AGA Commodore computers.
amiga-500 · 2026-10-08 · news
The Verein zum Erhalt klassischer Computer begins setting up Classic Computing 2026 in Celle, Germany, offering hands-on exhibits of vintage computers, repair cafés, and history talks.
pc · 2026-10-08 · news
Square Enix launches Kingdom Hearts Collection I–III natively on Nintendo Switch 2, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and Windows, gathering over two decades of adventures originating on the PS2.
ps2 · 2026-10-08 · news
QUByte Interactive launches Thunder Hoop Collection on modern consoles and PC, reviving Gaelco's obscure Spanish arcade action-platformers Thunder Hoop and TH Strikes Back.
arcade · 2026-10-08 · news
Panic reminds Playdate handheld owners to update firmware to version 3.0.5 or newer before October 15, 2026, when an expiring security certificate risks disrupting online connectivity.
multi · 2026-10-08 · news
RetroRemake co-founder Taki Udon teases SSNT/SuperFPGA, a Super Nintendo hardware-compatible FPGA console covering both North American and European/Japanese Super Famicom shells.
snes · 2026-10-08 · news
Gary Pinkett and Atomic Windmill preview Space Pizza for ZX Spectrum Next, blending momentum-based Thrust and Asteroids physics with dangerous interstellar food delivery.
spectrum · 2026-10-07 · news
Abxylute kickstarts the M5 and M6 sliding smartphone controllers, offering PSP Go-inspired form factors with linear rumble and macro controls for mobile retro emulation.
multi · 2026-10-07 · news
Developer Lukasz Dziwosz releases Flappy80, a Flappy Bird-style arcade homebrew built entirely within the Commodore 128's 80-column VDC character display with SID audio.
c128 · 2026-10-07 · news
Former PlayStation boss Shawn Layden reflects on Nintendo's blunt reaction to the PlayStation Portable announcement and the strategic balancing act between home consoles and the PS Vita.
psp · 2026-10-07 · news
A newly published oral history featuring Masaya Matsuura, Shawn Layden, and the NanaOn-Sha team reveals the untold development hurdles behind PlayStation vector classic Vib-Ribbon.
ps1 · 2026-10-07 · news
MorphUAE reaches version 1.2, improving classic Amiga 68000 emulation on MorphOS with display overlay support, expanded tooltypes configuration, and a dedicated PowerPC G5 build.
amiga-1200 · 2026-10-07 · news
Preservation researcher Synamax speaks out after an AI-assisted recompilation of Nintendo 64 title Beetle Adventure Racing sparks debate over volunteer labour, attribution, and technical accuracy.
n64 · 2026-10-07 · news
Gaboo Arts Entertainment ports 60-room platform adventure Nybble & Nibble to the Commodore Amiga, using HAM6 graphics and Copper palette tricks on a 1MB OCS Amiga 500.
amiga-500 · 2026-10-07 · news
Developer roman126 releases Ribbit Rush for the ZX Spectrum Next, delivering a modern 50fps Frogger-style arcade game featuring 320x256 graphics and 9-channel TurboSound Next audio.
spectrum · 2026-10-07 · news
Developer charger0277 releases a full, arcade-faithful Commodore 64 conversion of Namco's 1983 classic Mappy, requiring a 1MB RAM Expansion Unit (REU) for 50/60fps scrolling.
c64 · 2026-10-07 · news
AmigaKit releases AmiPrint for A600GS, A1200GS, and A1200NG systems via AmiSphere, connecting modern Amiga operating environments to USB and network printers.
amiga-1200 · 2026-10-07 · news
AmiArcadia and WinArcadia 36.71 preserve rare 1970s and 1980s hardware across AmigaOS and Windows, supporting Emerson Arcadia, Interton VC 4000, and Signetics TWIN.
arcadia-2001 · 2026-10-07 · news
Asic28 releases a 5-stage preview of Gold Mine Run! for Amstrad CPC 6128, turning dwindling torchlight into a central survival mechanic against underground monsters.
amstrad-cpc-6128 · 2026-10-07 · news
Developer retroromrunner releases Firefly, a tense 4KB 6502 assembly arcade homebrew for Atari 2600 where a glowing bug dodges an aggressive hunting shade.
atari-2600 · 2026-10-07 · news
JDC releases NOT1942 DX in 6502 assembly for Commodore 64 with smooth scrolling, up to 18 multiplexed sprites, and a MiSTer FPGA Turbo Edition packing over 120 enemies per stage.
c64 · 2026-10-07 · news
Developer acidbottle releases a faithful Amiga conversion of Atari's arcade classic Centipede for OCS, ECS, and AGA computers with mouse support and disk saving.
amiga-500 · 2026-10-07 · news
Thom Cherryhomes brings FujiNet networking to the NES via RP2354 firmware, enabling NetPlay, cloud-shared Excitebike tracks, and SSH terminal access on 8-bit Nintendo hardware.
nes · 2026-10-07 · news
RetroRemake opens pre-orders for its limited Transparent Collection SuperStation One MiSTer FPGA console, with Smoke and Watermelon shells selling out immediately.
ps1 · 2026-10-07 · news
Lifeschool releases Bill Winters Sports for Amiga OCS, packing nine comical events including racing, boxing, gymnastics, and an Emmy dash for classic Commodore computers.
amiga-500 · 2026-10-06 · news
Developer Someoneat releases Le Château for Commodore 64, offering gothic castle platforming alongside an optional accessibility toggle providing free restarts and lifts.
c64 · 2026-10-06 · news
Micky Adler updates Krypto Game to version 1.2 for the 48K ZX Spectrum, implementing classic arithmetic card puzzle gameplay compiled with PASTA80 Pascal.
zx-spectrum · 2026-10-06 · news
Mike Daw releases Fruit Up for the original Game Boy, delivering a frantic 60-second score-chasing fruit juggling challenge designed natively for 1989 Nintendo hardware.
game-boy · 2026-10-06 · news
LUKsoftware releases Pogo Bot for Commodore 64, packing an 11-world bouncing robot platformer with dynamic weather and altered gravity into just 14KB of 6502 assembly.
c64 · 2026-10-06 · news
Alpha homebrew xeRAbora pairs Open PS2 Loader with a PC companion client to unlock RetroAchievements on real PlayStation 2 console hardware in real time.
ps2 · 2026-10-06 · news
ModRetro officially announces four translucent Chromatic handhelds in purple, green, red, and smoke launching October 8, reviving late-90s transparent electronics.
game-boy-color · 2026-10-06 · news
Raster Wizards releases futuristic racer Hyper Runner digitally for Amiga AGA and CD32 hardware on itch.io, mixing OutRun-style arcade racing with sci-fi speed.
amiga-1200 · 2026-10-06 · news
Unofficial fan game Double Dragons merges Double Dragon, Kunio-kun, and Technos Japan's 1989 WWF Superstars arcade wrestling roster into a charity-supported beat-'em-up.
arcade · 2026-10-05 · news
Publisher Edia confirms Psikyo Memories will bring 12 iconic arcade shoot-'em-ups including Strikers 1945, Gunbird, and Dragon Blaze to PS5 and Switch 2 on February 18, 2027.
arcade · 2026-10-05 · news
The Vectrex Mini swaps its advertised OLED panel for a 5-inch 800×480 IPS display due to supply costs, ESP32-P4 load, and burn-in risks, prompting an apology to backers.
vectrex · 2026-10-05 · news
LEGO's 1,911-piece recreation of the original 1994 Sony PlayStation console arrives in general retail on October 4, complete with working controls and hidden dioramas.
playstation · 2026-10-04 · news
Budapest's SideQuest gaming bar launches Retrospace today, adding free-to-play PlayStation 1 and PS2 stations to its central hub for developers and retro enthusiasts.
multi · 2026-10-04 · news
Virtual Calais XXL wraps up its October 3–4 weekend in France, proving that classic Commodore 64 and PlayStation hardware naturally belongs beside VR and modern robotics.
multi · 2026-10-04 · news
Tandy Assembly 2026 reaches its final day in Cincinnati, gathering Radio Shack TRS-80 and Color Computer enthusiasts for live hardware demos, repairs, and community preservation.
trs-80-model-i · 2026-10-04 · news
EGM Media issues a major production update on its $1.8M Kickstarter hardcover compendium, resolving printer cost disputes with a target print window of October 16.
multi · 2026-10-04 · news
Virtual Calais XXL opens October 3–4 at the Gambetta Forum in Calais, France, celebrating video game history, arcades, VR, robotics, and pop culture.
multi · 2026-10-03 · news
Snow-G introduces a €19.90 Supporter Edition of Void Lancer that burns each backer's name directly into their own bespoke Commodore 64 game build.
c64 · 2026-10-03 · news
Snow-G releases Void Lancer, an ambitious 6502 assembly horizontal shooter for Commodore 64 featuring biomechanical horror stages, giant bosses, and SID music.
c64 · 2026-10-03 · news
The 2026 Retrocomputing Challenge produces the 68k-MBC, an all-through-hole homebrew computer running CP/M-68K powered by a Motorola 68008 and three chips.
multi · 2026-10-03 · news
A new web-based dumper app for Ultimate 64 and 1541 Ultimate streamlines physical Commodore 64 cartridge preservation into CRT and raw BIN formats.
c64 · 2026-10-03 · news
Developer bitbarista releases DRAMscope v1.6, an open-source EasyFlash diagnostic cartridge that boots in Ultimax mode without working C64 RAM.
c64 · 2026-10-03 · news
Dante Retro Dev releases Castlevania AGA v1.0 for Commodore Amiga AGA, delivering a complete Scorpion Engine reimagining of Konami's 1986 classic.
amiga-1200 · 2026-10-03 · news
Nottingham emo outfit Pillow Fort releases debut album Indefinite, but not Forever as a physical Game Boy Advance cartridge featuring a bespoke rhythm game.
gba · 2026-10-02 · news
Atari's 1984 diagonal raster arcade game Return of the Jedi arrives on MiSTer FPGA, recreating original coin-op hardware with full analogue controller support.
multi · 2026-10-02 · news
Cross-platform engine PSXForge adds an Amiga 68K target, running real-time 3D benchmarks on 68040 and 68060 hardware with dynamic scene LOD scaling.
amiga-1200 · 2026-10-02 · news
Starbreeze's 2007 console shooter The Darkness receives a native PC static recompilation from Porting Pete, bringing 4K resolution, ultrawide, and FOV controls.
pc · 2026-10-02 · news
Acidbottle reveals an early alpha Amiga AGA recreation of Williams Electronics' 1981 arcade shooter Defender, delivering cycle-fast scrolling and humanoid rescues.
amiga-1200 · 2026-10-02 · news
Developer Kweepa completes DOOM64, an authentic Commodore 64 demake running id Software's 1993 shareware episode with custom 3D renderer and SID soundtrack.
c64 · 2026-10-02 · news
Kylofon releases native SDL3 and Enhanced editions of 1989 car customisation and racing classic Street Rod, preserving pink-slip drag races on modern PCs.
pc · 2026-10-02 · news
MediEvil Recomp v0.1b brings Sony's 1998 PlayStation Gothic adventure natively to Windows, macOS, and Linux with widescreen, unlocked framerates, and 4K output.
pc · 2026-10-02 · news
Tecmo's 1998 PlayStation fighter Dead or Alive arrives natively on Windows via Jiggle or Physics, adding widescreen, 4K rendering, and modern gamepad support.
pc · 2026-10-02 · news
Foxman upgrades Westwood's 1993 Amiga classic Dune II: Battle for Arrakis with modern multi-unit drag selection, group commands, and expanded tactical controls.
amiga-500 · 2026-10-02 · news
id Software's 1991 DOS platformer Commander Keen 4 arrives on accelerated AmigaOS 68K machines with native RTG graphics and AHI audio support.
amiga-1200 · 2026-10-02 · news
Lucasfilm Games' 1990 adventure classic The Secret of Monkey Island is now playable from start to finish on MSX2 and Turbo R hardware via a new port by Maggoo.
msx · 2026-10-02 · news
BillyTime!Games releases Ghostbusters Special Edition 3.0 for Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, introducing six new playable characters, cheats, and a Columns mini-game.
mega-drive · 2026-10-02 · news
Sega's 1994 Model 2 arcade racing landmark Daytona USA runs natively on modern PCs, macOS, and Linux through alphanu1's static recompilation project.
pc · 2026-10-02 · news
ModRetro partners with OpenAI to demonstrate a Codex-powered Game Studio workflow that generates retro software, tests on emulators, and flashes to real Chromatic cartridges.
game-boy · 2026-10-01 · news
Hamster's Console Archives series launches Taito's 1984 Famicom maze-action game Chack'n Pop on Nintendo Switch 2 and PlayStation 5 with native English in-game text.
famicom · 2026-10-01 · news
Taito's 1980 fixed-screen shooter Balloon Bomber receives its first official commercial home conversion via Hamster's Arcade Archives on PlayStation, Switch, and Xbox.
multi · 2026-10-01 · news
Monster Bath Games approaches feature completion on Mega Splatterhouse for Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, seeking Bandai Namco's blessing for an official commercial release.
mega-drive · 2026-10-01 · news
Community modders behind SF4Enhanced and SFEmbers rebuild Ultra Street Fighter IV's networking on PC with rollback netcode and modern matchmaking infrastructure.
multi · 2026-10-01 · news
Cambroth's Alberta Game Jam project Zuckie's Funhouse brings surreal 24-hour homebrew chaos, mirror mazes, and darkened carnival puzzles to Game Boy Color.
game-boy-color · 2026-10-01 · news
An unofficial fan port translates Nintendo's 1989 Game Boy Tennis instruction by instruction into Commodore 64 6502 assembly, adding full colour and an unscrolled court.
c64 · 2026-10-01 · news
Developer chadlung releases Pirate Raider II as a free action voyage for the Commodore 64, featuring high-seas naval combat, mythical sea creatures, and King Neptune upgrades.
c64 · 2026-10-01 · news
Developer devgb releases Harbor City v1.0.1, a functional SimCity-style urban management simulation compressed into a 32KB ROM for original 1989 Game Boy hardware.
game-boy · 2026-10-01 · news
Retro Song Bird is an upcoming multi-tool device that plays music from over 1,900 Game Boy cartridges, isolates 4-channel audio via USB, dumps ROMs, and supports Game Boy Camera webcam mode.
game-boy · 2026-10-01 · news
DrewWorks confirms an early December release at £39 for RetroSync, a hardware bridge connecting original GBA Pokémon cartridges to Nintendo Switch and Switch 2.
gba · 2026-10-01 · news
Ambitious Super Mario Kart overhaul SMKDX sets a December 25, 2026 launch date, introducing eight new racers, custom cups, boss missions, and real SNES hardware compatibility.
snes · 2026-10-01 · news
Tickets open for The Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary orchestral world tour with 2027 confirmed stops at London's Royal Albert Hall, Stockholm, Edinburgh, and Glasgow.
multi · 2026-09-30 · news
Mike Jasnowski releases Endless Dungeon for PICO-8, featuring fast-paced dungeon crawling, procedural depths, and an innovative teleportation sword mechanic.
multi · 2026-09-30 · news
K.R.A.Z. Productions expands its VCS catalogue with Cyber Run: Neon Drive, pushing the Atari 2600's TIA chip with neon-streaked pseudo-3D cyberspace racing.
atari-2600 · 2026-09-30 · news
Steve Higgins releases Amiga Rescue for OCS Amigas, transforming real-world capacitor checking, board cleaning, and circuit repair into vintage gaming entertainment.
amiga-500 · 2026-09-30 · news
Developer Vairn releases Foxy's Run, a compact 16-colour platformer engineered specifically for unexpanded stock Commodore Amiga 500 OCS systems.
amiga-500 · 2026-09-30 · news
Developer Enarkz debuts Zombie Nest for Game Boy Advance, adding fresh undead action to Nintendo's 32-bit handheld homebrew community.
gba · 2026-09-30 · news
Prolific retro developer László Rajcsányi releases Hustler, an original monochrome DMG homebrew title expanding the Game Boy's continuous 37-year software library.
game-boy · 2026-09-30 · news
Bad Pun Studio's Zelda-inspired AGA Amiga action-adventure The Adventure of Node receives major updates including reworked collisions, environmental mechanics, and MOD audio.
amiga-1200 · 2026-09-30 · news
7 Towersoft Games releases Cogwheel Quandary, a mechanical gear-fitting puzzle title taking advantage of AGA graphics on Commodore Amiga 1200 and 4000 computers.
amiga-1200 · 2026-09-30 · news
Mega Cat Studios offers digital downloads of NES adventure Reknum Souls Adventure and SNES shooter Super Fanger for free on itch.io under a pay-what-you-want promotion.
nes · 2026-09-30 · news
Developer Neil Rackett ports Delphine Software's 1992 cinematic sci-fi adventure Flashback to Atari ST and STE hardware using the REminiscence engine.
atari-st · 2026-09-30 · news
Developer ItsJustBshawn releases GBC2DMG beta, a conversion tool designed to backport Color-exclusive ROMs like Pokémon Crystal to Nintendo's 1989 monochrome Game Boy.
game-boy · 2026-09-30 · news
Murder Tetris turns the PICO-8 fantasy console into a noir crime scene, merging high-pressure falling-block puzzle mechanics with procedural murder investigations.
multi · 2026-09-29 · news
System 3 CEO Mark Cale addresses the ongoing James Pond Legacy AI artwork dispute with developer Antstream, admitting damaged studio trust ahead of key meetings.
amiga-500 · 2026-09-29 · news
Gongas targets a January 2027 release for Pokémon Evergreen, a massive Game Boy Advance ROM hack featuring reconstructed Kanto maps and over 250 custom battles.
gba · 2026-09-29 · news
Los Bingueros brings 1979 Spanish cinema comedy to the 48K ZX Spectrum, recreating vibrant Madrid bingo-hall culture through Sinclair graphics and digitized audio.
zx-spectrum · 2026-09-29 · news
MilaSoft brings Williams' 1981 arcade sequel Stargate to the Commodore 64 with a 100% machine-code port supporting PAL and NTSC systems and dual-player modes.
c64 · 2026-09-29 · news
AudioWanderer releases DMGo (Drum Machina Go!), turning Nintendo's original Game Boy sound hardware into a live four-channel drum machine and step sequencer.
game-boy · 2026-09-29 · news
Rollerball CPC ports HAL Laboratory's multi-screen 1984 MSX pinball game to Amstrad CPC 6128 and 128K systems, executing original game logic on new hardware.
amstrad · 2026-09-29 · news
Tom Gun Software releases Astro Invasion, a pure machine-code shooter inspired by Stern's 1979 Astro Invader for Amstrad CPC, Dragon 32/64, and Tandy CoCo.
multi · 2026-09-29 · news
Frogger Junior brings amphibian homebrew action to the Amstrad GX4000 cartridge console and ZX Spectrum Next, featuring fresh pixel art created with Multipaint.
multi · 2026-09-29 · news
Modder Andy R restores missing New Generation and 2nd Impact stages to Street Fighter III: Third Strike, fitting over ten classic backgrounds onto Capcom CPS-3 hardware.
arcade · 2026-09-29 · news
Didier Lopes upgrades the AI-assisted Pokémon Emerald Arena mod with Whisper voice recognition, allowing players to shout real-time combat commands at their Mac.
gba · 2026-09-28 · news
PS Rewired restores online multiplayer for Insomniac's PlayStation 3 shooter Resistance 2, bringing competitive modes and co-op back on real PS3 hardware and RPCS3.
playstation · 2026-09-28 · news
AYANEO reveals full specs and opens $79 preorders for the KONKR Pocket Block, a portrait Android retro handheld featuring a 3.33-inch 4:3 display and Helio G85.
multi · 2026-09-28 · news
ROM hacker marc_max achieves a major milestone for Donkey Kong '94 DX, completing the first full Game Boy Color playthrough without a single uncoloured pixel.
game-boy-color · 2026-09-28 · news
Developer andymcca releases TempGBA-PS2, bringing Game Boy Advance emulation to modified PlayStation 2 consoles with audio patcher support and HDD loading.
ps2 · 2026-09-28 · news
Team Calamar and Broke Studio release The Echoes of Worlds, a brand new physical Game Boy Color roguelite platformer spanning 16 dimensions and skill-tree upgrades.
game-boy-color · 2026-09-28 · news
Konami announces a global 40th Anniversary orchestral rock tour for Castlevania across Tokyo, London, and Los Angeles in March 2027, including Belmont's Curse music.
multi · 2026-09-28 · news
A suspicious Steam listing for Wonder Boy in Monster Land by Retro Maniac prompts fan warnings and unauthorized release allegations while rights-holders remain uncredited.
arcade · 2026-09-28 · news
Homebrew coder Game of Tobi pushes the Super Nintendo's Super FX chip to its absolute limits by recreating 3D polygonal environments from Super Mario 64.
snes · 2026-09-28 · news
Homebrew developer xfixium confirms active progress on an 8-bit Sega Master System conversion of Konami's 1989 TMNT arcade beat-'em-up, with a demo nearing completion.
master-system · 2026-09-28 · news
The retro gaming and ROM hacking community mourns prolific translator Eien ni Hen, whose tireless English translations unlocked dozens of classic Japanese RPGs.
multi · 2026-09-28 · news
Developer xPokeJosex unveils Pokémon Pinball World Field, an expansive GBA ROM hack incorporating nearly 500 creatures from Gen 1 to 4 into Ruby & Sapphire pinball tables.
gba · 2026-09-28 · news
PKForge 3.0 brings a massive redesign to the open-source Pokémon save hub for Android handhelds, enabling multi-generation trading, editing, and Mystery Gifts.
multi · 2026-09-28 · news
A fan recompilation of Sega 32X classic Knuckles' Chaotix sparks debate over generative AI in retro development, as v0.2.0 encounters audio and widescreen bugs.
sega-32x · 2026-09-28 · news
Stockholm nightclub Syntax Error stages a playful club-vs-radio clash at H62, celebrating game music, demoscene culture, and nerd nightlife until 3 AM.
multi · 2026-09-27 · news
Palmetto, Florida hosts Bradenton Area Collectorfest, featuring vintage Nintendo, Sega, and Sony hardware alongside pop-culture toys and comic book collectibles.
multi · 2026-09-27 · news
Phoenix’s Cactus TCG Show hosts 130+ vendor tables at El Zaribah Shrine, bringing trading card collectors together with retro cartridge hunters and Smash competitors.
multi · 2026-09-27 · news
Malmö Game Week bridges generations in Sweden with retro gaming, esports, tabletop, and cosplay, demonstrating that vintage play thrives inside living festivals.
multi · 2026-09-27 · news
Rochester Game Festival fills RIT's SHED with 40+ independent games, keynote talks on indie development, and vital connections to The Strong Museum of Play.
multi · 2026-09-27 · news
Retro Roadshow wraps its hands-on 'Into The Third Dimension' exhibition at Bay Area Maker Faire, charting 40 years of 3D video game evolution on authentic hardware.
multi · 2026-09-27 · news
Prague’s ByteFest 2026 concludes its four-day vintage computing showcase at Toulcův dvůr, celebrating operational Sinclair, Commodore, Atari, and Amstrad hardware.
multi · 2026-09-27 · news
Paul Lay and Playsoft’s Wee Ninja receives fresh retro attention, proving the Atari 8-bit computer family can deliver polished, colourful 32-level platformers.
atari · 2026-09-27 · news
Developer Tony Cruise revives Seaquest 99, an ambitious Atari 8-bit computer adaptation of Steve Cartwright's classic 1983 Activision underwater rescue game.
atari · 2026-09-27 · news
kaisle51 releases Super Slotzee, an addictive Game Boy Color homebrew hybrid combining slot machine reels with Yahtzee-style dice mechanics and tactical tokens.
game-boy-color · 2026-09-27 · news
The Retro Roadshow presents Into The Third Dimension at Bay Area Maker Faire, showcasing hands-on playable hardware across 40 years of 3D video game evolution.
multi · 2026-09-26 · news
ByteFest 2026 gathers retro computing communities in Prague at Toulcův dvůr from Sept 25-28, celebrating Sinclair, Commodore, Atari, and Amstrad hardware culture.
multi · 2026-09-26 · news
Chronic Concepts launches Coin Cube, a compact physical coin mechanism for retro emulators that restores the tactile arcade ritual of inserting genuine coins for credits.
arcade · 2026-09-26 · news
QUByte Interactive announces Thunder Hoop Collection for October 8 release on modern platforms, preserving Gaelco's offbeat Spanish arcade run-and-gun classics.
arcade · 2026-09-26 · news
Clint Thomson develops Atari Painter OS for the Atari Jaguar, envisioning the desktop operating system of Atari's cancelled early-1990s Falcon/Jaguar hybrid computer.
atari-jaguar · 2026-09-26 · news
Homebrew developer Astronaut_Majestic develops Kid Icarus DX, a full-color Game Boy Color conversion of the 1991 handheld classic Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters.
game-boy-color · 2026-09-26 · news
Locomalito's acclaimed gothic platformer L'Abbaye des Morts makes a surprise debut on the ZX Spectrum Next during ByteFest 2026 celebrations in Prague.
zx-spectrum · 2026-09-26 · news
Astair86 launches RGB2RTG 0.5 for PiStorm Amiga setups, redirecting native RGB chipset video into the Raspberry Pi RTG HDMI pipeline to end the two-monitor shuffle.
amiga-1200 · 2026-09-26 · news
DJ Mike announces The Addams Family: Backgrounds Edition for OCS and AGA Amigas, restoring original unrendered background graphics hidden in the 1992 Ocean code.
amiga-500 · 2026-09-26 · news
JOTD releases Ghosts 'n Goblins AGA, a faithful arcade-grade conversion for the Commodore Amiga 1200 leveraging AGA hardware to fix decades-old compromises.
amiga-1200 · 2026-09-26 · news
Konami celebrates 40 years of Castlevania on September 26 with a free mobile classic, a 46-LP soundtrack streaming drop, and teasers for 3D Belmont remasters.
famicom-disk-system · 2026-09-26 · news
Audiowanderer's DMGo launches September 28, transforming the original 1989 Game Boy into a 4-channel drum machine and hardware-sync sequencer with Link port connectivity.
game-boy · 2026-09-25 · news
A flurry of September 25 commits across Petari Mario Galaxy, Melee, Twilight Princess, Symphony of the Night, and PSX Recomp highlights a productive week for retro reverse engineering.
multi · 2026-09-25 · news
NicTube's fan-made N64 RPG Paper Mario: Star Nova logs multiple build revisions today, demonstrating steady development on real Nintendo 64 hardware.
nintendo-64 · 2026-09-25 · news
AmigaGameJam 2026 yields Breakline Rugby 5 AGA, a playable 5-a-side rugby simulation for AGA Amigas featuring varied pitches, tournament modes, and tutorial drills.
amiga-1200 · 2026-09-25 · news
The HomeComputerMuseum in Helmond opens its 465-square-meter Retro Center expansion across the street, featuring a dedicated repair workshop, depot, and vintage hardware shop.
multi · 2026-09-25 · news
Zaparoo updates to Core 2.18.0 and App 1.15.0, introducing Decks for playlist assembly, MiSTer CDTV and DVD launchers, and native Windows gamepad input.
multi · 2026-09-25 · news
Dizzy creators Philip and Andrew Oliver face community backlash after promotional artwork for their upcoming Wizard of Oz tabletop Kickstarter project appears to utilize generative AI.
multi · 2026-09-25 · news
Antstream studio head and development director Mike Rouse announces his departure after five years, concluding his tenure following the launch of Alien Breed 35th Anniversary.
multi · 2026-09-25 · news
Retroid's Pocket Duo Lite runs into performance issues as users uncover its Qualcomm QCS6125 processor officially supports only one native display, relying on a bridge chip.
multi · 2026-09-25 · news
Red Art Games and Konami release physical editions of Super Bomberman Collection on PS5, Switch, and Xbox Series, featuring localized editions of Super Bomberman 4, 5, and Panic Bomber W.
snes · 2026-09-25 · news
Konami kicks off Castlevania's 40th anniversary with a free mobile release of the original NES classic, a 46-LP soundtrack stream, and an enigmatic video teasing 3D Belmont adventures.
nes · 2026-09-25 · news
Thalamus Digital and Snowball Games release Binky: Frozen in Time, a single-screen C64 platformer featuring 20 icy caverns from industry veterans Chris Shrigley, Terry Lloyd, and Simon Phipps.
c64 · 2026-09-25 · news
Retro Games reopens pre-orders for THEA1200 ahead of its December 4 release, delivering a full-scale Commodore A1200 recreation with functional keyboard.
amiga-1200 · 2026-09-24 · news
Hyperkin reopens pre-orders for the SupaBoy S portable SNES handheld in Crimson and Prime colorways at $129.99, letting players enjoy authentic physical cartridges on the go.
snes · 2026-09-24 · news
Steffen Haeuser's PiStorm3D contributor beta brings hardware-accelerated 3D graphics to accelerated Amigas via Raspberry Pi 4 VideoCore VI, running Quake at 50fps.
amiga-1200 · 2026-09-24 · news
Nightdive Studios unleashes SiN: Reloaded on PC and consoles, remastering Ritual's 1998 first-person shooter in the KEX Engine with 4K 144fps support and archival extras.
pc · 2026-09-24 · news
Commodore, Antstream, and Team17 release Alien Breed: 35th Anniversary Collection on PC and modern consoles, packing six classic Amiga titles with twin-stick controls and CRT filters.
amiga-500 · 2026-09-24 · news
Hamster preserves Data East's 1986 NES port of Karate Champ for Nintendo Switch 2 and PS5, highlighting the history of 8-bit home console fighting adaptations.
nes · 2026-09-24 · news
Hamster releases Namco's 1996 polygonal shooter Xevious 3D/G on Switch 2, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S, giving the arcade coin-op its domestic debut three decades late.
arcade · 2026-09-24 · news
The 14th edition of Press Start brings free playable games, developer talks, workshops, and retro preservation discussions to Paris through September 28.
multi · 2026-09-24 · news
Pop-up and subscription retro game dealer Retro Room prepares to open a permanent brick-and-mortar storefront in Chesterfield, Virginia, stocking hardware from the 1980s to present.
multi · 2026-09-23 · news
Saskatchewan Retro Game Con sets an all-time attendance milestone at Temple Gardens Centre in Moose Jaw, highlighting community passion for physical cartridges and playable vintage hardware.
multi · 2026-09-23 · news
NEMO Science Museum in Amsterdam welcomes visitors to Game On, an interactive exhibition letting players get hands-on with consoles from the Atari 2600 through PlayStation 5.
atari-2600 · 2026-09-23 · news
Ottawa's House of TARG runs its $5 Wednesday retro arcade free-play night across 28 arcade cabs and vintage consoles alongside its monthly IFPA pinball tournament.
arcade · 2026-09-23 · news
Ninja's Dawn static recompilation of Ninja Gaiden II translates Xbox 360 PowerPC machine code into a 60fps native Windows executable with texture replacement tools.
xbox · 2026-09-23 · news
Retro-Seed logs simultaneous milestone updates for the GameCube Wind Waker decompilation, Super Mario Galaxy Petari effort, and retro fan-RPG Paper Mario Star Nova.
multi · 2026-09-23 · news
Preservation researchers complete a 100% byte-identical C/C++ decompilation of the GameCube Resident Evil 4 debug build, matching 571,000 lines of code across 114 REL overlays.
gamecube · 2026-09-23 · news
Evercade Info Central unveils an exhaustive A-to-Z index documenting all 757 officially licensed games across 89 cartridges, colour-coded by Console, Arcade, and Computer formats.
multi · 2026-09-23 · news
GameStop lists a $129.99 Capcom Super Pocket bundle packaging the IPS retro handheld with physical Evercade cartridges for Atari Arcade 2, Interplay Collection 1, and TAITO Arcade 2.
multi · 2026-09-23 · news
Takashi Iizuka confirms during Tokyo Game Show that Sonic Team has commenced development on the next mainline Sonic title, aiming to forge a fresh gameplay direction for the 35-year-old series.
mega-drive · 2026-09-23 · news
First-print copies of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time on Switch 2 feature a limited textured foil cover, triggering sell-outs and collector scrambles reminiscent of 1998 gold carts.
n64 · 2026-09-23 · news
THQ Nordic confirms a free native Switch 2 upgrade for all physical and digital owners of Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed, arriving October 6 with upgraded visuals and Joy-Con 2 support.
multi · 2026-09-23 · news
Ubisoft drops an extensive overview trailer for Rayman Legends Retold, detailing a new sixth realm, four extra musical stages, dragon riding, and a December 3 launch date.
multi · 2026-09-23 · news
Rebound launches Furyball: Rogue Revenge into Steam Early Access, mashing ricocheting pinball mechanics with top-down brawler combat and a gritty 1970s sci-fi aesthetic.
pc · 2026-09-23 · news
POLYGON BIRD and Eastasiasoft release BIRDCAGE across PC and consoles today, delivering 90s-style arcade shmup action with 2.5D stages, pixel sprites, and intense bullet patterns.
multi · 2026-09-23 · news
Hamster's Arcade Archives brings Namco's 1996 early-3D arcade shooter Xevious 3D/G to Switch 2, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S, marking 500 consecutive weeks of arcade preservation.
arcade · 2026-09-23 · news
City Connection revives NES cult action classic Shatterhand digitally on Nintendo Switch under the JALECOlle label, packing rewind, speedrun timers, and unreleased dev archives.
nes · 2026-09-23 · news
We go hands-on with FunnyPlaying's FPGB Mini, a $69 open-cartridge handheld delivering cycle-accurate FPGA hardware emulation of the Game Boy and Game Boy Color in an ultra-compact chassis.
game-boy · 2026-09-22 · news
The hardware team behind the Neo Geo AES+ has published an in-depth engineering postmortem explaining how the global extinction of legacy Parallel NOR flash chips nearly doomed the project until a Serial NOR bridge was devised.
neo-geo-aes · 2026-09-22 · news
Sonic Team studio head Takashi Iizuka has revealed in a new retrospective that senior Sega executives once suggested cancelling the entire Sonic the Hedgehog franchise during past creative downturns.
mega-drive · 2026-09-22 · news
Retroid has unveiled the Pocket Duo Lite+, packing an upgraded Dragonwing Q-7790 processor, 8GB RAM and 128GB storage for $199, alongside a comprehensive trade-in discount for first-generation Duo owners.
multi · 2026-09-22 · news
Retro-Bit and SNK have announced four additional officially licensed Data East arcade classics arriving on authentic Neo Geo AES cartridges: Karnov's Revenge, Magical Drop II & III, Street Hoop, and Spinmaster.
neo-geo-aes · 2026-09-22 · news
Legendary video game composer Kinuyo Yamashita has looked back on four decades of Castlevania, discussing how severe 2A03 audio hardware constraints inspired timeless chiptune anthems like Vampire Killer.
nes · 2026-09-22 · news
Aspyr and Crystal Dynamics have dated the physical edition of Legacy of Kain: Defiance Remastered for 13 November 2026, bundling a restored playable prototype slice of the cancelled spin-off The Dark Prophecy.
ps2 · 2026-09-22 · news
Kohachi Studio has issued a development update for Black Finger JET, reassuring retro run-and-gun fans that the spiritual successor to Metal Slug remains on track with painstaking hand-crafted pixel animations.
arcade · 2026-09-22 · news
Gazelle and Brain's 1996 Sega Saturn cyberpunk RPG Cyber Doll has received a complete English fan translation patch, unlocking an atmospheric 32-bit sci-fi adventure formerly trapped behind a language barrier.
saturn · 2026-09-22 · news
1Retro has launched an open, cross-platform cloud save synchronization service designed for retro gaming devices, enabling seamless save file handoffs between MiSTer FPGA, Steam Deck, Android handhelds and desktop emulators.
multi · 2026-09-22 · news
Pixel Jockey's officially endorsed Matthew Smith Collection is bringing Styx, Manic Miner and Jet Set Willy back to cassette, with extra tiers adding Andre's Night Off and a new 200-page book.
spectrum · 2026-09-21 · news
The Amiga Unix community is reviving Amix for faster 68040/68060 systems with modern drivers, X11 work, cross-development tools and support for contemporary accelerator hardware.
amiga · 2026-09-21 · news
Nightdive's Thief remaster has received an extended gameplay showing, demonstrating its upgraded lighting, models and textures while preserving the 1998 game's stealth-first design.
pc · 2026-09-21 · news
ZXdesk squeezes overlapping windows, menus, a file manager, notepad, calendar, clock and settings panel into a 48K ZX Spectrum, written in Z80 assembly.
spectrum · 2026-09-21 · news
A new decompilation-based PC port runs GoldenEye 007's original N64 campaign natively on Windows, Linux and Steam Deck, with all 20 solo missions playable at 60 FPS.
n64 · 2026-09-21 · news
Taito and Clear River Games are bringing Lufia & the Fortress of Doom and Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals back together in 2027, enhanced for modern play.
snes · 2026-09-21 · news
A 2-minute-19-second promotional tape has produced what appears to be the first public moving footage of the cancelled SNES/Super Famicom version of Railroad Tycoon.
snes · 2026-09-21 · news
ToastedGreedo has released a free, unofficial Dreamcast demo recreating Sega's 1998 Model 3 Star Wars Trilogy Arcade, with the Yavin mission and Boba Fett duel playable on real hardware and Flycast.
dreamcast · 2026-09-21 · news
Atlus shares new footage of Persona 4 Revival in its second broadcast, confirming Location Episodes, supporting characters, and launch dates for PS5, Xbox, Switch 2 and PC in 2027.
ps2 · 2026-09-20 · news
D3 Publisher announces Dream Club Zero R+, bringing the cult 2011 Xbox 360 romance simulator to modern consoles in 2027 with three brand-new host characters.
xbox · 2026-09-20 · news
Koei Tecmo announces a playable demo for Dynasty Warriors 3: Complete Edition Remastered dropping September 24, along with confirmed online two-player co-op by January 2027.
ps2 · 2026-09-20 · news
The community-led byte-matching decompilation project for The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker on GameCube logs another overnight commit in the zeldaret repository.
gamecube · 2026-09-20 · news
Mark of The Retro Channel reveals TIARA v2, a no-cut Composite and S-Video mod for the Atari 2600 that installs over the TIA chip while keeping the original RF output active.
atari-2600 · 2026-09-19 · news
The new MrCART 128 multicart upgrades the Nintendo Virtual Boy with 128 Mbit flash capacity, microSD folder organization, and ESSound stereo MP3 and WAV playback.
virtual-boy · 2026-09-19 · news
Playmaji announces significant price hikes across its Polymega modular retro console ecosystem starting October 5, 2026, citing memory, chip and supply chain pressures.
multi · 2026-09-19 · news
Nalua Studio showcases Gley Lancer: Overdrive running on real Neo Geo AES cartridge hardware at Tokyo Game Show 2026, featuring three playable stages and new Overdrive mechanics.
neo-geo-aes · 2026-09-19 · news
Unico debuts the TRAVELLER ULW10 at Tokyo Game Show 2026, a compact 10-inch 4:3 LCD monitor designed to mimic CRT displays with 1280x960 resolution and multiple video inputs.
multi · 2026-09-19 · news
FunnyPlaying confirms its $69.99 FPGB Mini FPGA handheld will return to sale in approximately twenty days, with a second batch of 30 to 50 units planned after hardware revisions.
gameboy · 2026-09-19 · news
GENKI reveals the Manta at Tokyo Game Show 2026, an ambitious controller packing an RP2350 microcontroller, 2.79-inch IPS display, TMR analogue sticks and homebrew support.
multi · 2026-09-19 · news
City Connection reveals a playable build of Ninja Baseball League-Man: Bases Loaded at Tokyo Game Show 2026, bringing the 1993 Irem arcade beat 'em up back with rebuilt HD visuals.
arcade · 2026-09-19 · news
Square Enix presents a playable Tokyo Game Show 2026 demo of Romancing SaGa 3: Destiny United, completely rebuilding the 1995 16-bit RPG in 3D with modern combat refinements.
snes · 2026-09-19 · news
Koei Tecmo confirms at Tokyo Game Show 2026 that Dynasty Warriors 2 with Xtreme Legends Remastered will receive post-launch online two-player cooperative play by early 2027.
ps2 · 2026-09-19 · news
City Connection debuts Ninja JaJaMaru: Yokai Night Parade at Tokyo Game Show 2026, reimagining the classic Famicom series as an action RPG with over 300 collectable weapons.
nes · 2026-09-19 · news
Japanese company Oscar showcases Namco's 1993 arcade classic Ridge Racer on dedicated 4:3 displays at Tokyo Game Show 2026, celebrating CRT-era aspect ratio authenticity.
arcade · 2026-09-18 · news
Edia showcases a playable build of 1994 Super Famicom tactical RPG Feda: The Emblem of Justice at Tokyo Game Show ahead of its SUPER Yanoman Collection release.
snes · 2026-09-18 · news
FunnyPlaying unexpectedly opens sales of its tiny FPGB Mini cartridge-playing handheld at $69.99, selling out its initial 20-unit run in roughly ten minutes.
gameboy · 2026-09-18 · news
The Game Boy Pixel Art Jam returns October 10–11 for a 48-hour competition compiling qualifying 160x144 artwork into a native Game Boy ROM.
gameboy · 2026-09-17 · news
Experimental handheld Arduview reveals a fully see-through portable system featuring transparent circuit boards and an OLED display running open-source Arduboy games.
multi · 2026-09-17 · news
Handheld manufacturer Yoniq lists the PlayStation-styled Yoniq Portal retro device with an indicative early-bird price of $199.
ps1 · 2026-09-17 · news
Artist Mitchell Hammond releases Metal Gear Snake Returns, an independent animated sequence faithfully adapting Hideo Kojima's 1987 MSX2 original.
msx · 2026-09-17 · news
33 Games announces the £130 Zool Ultimate Archive Edition, bringing the 1990s platforming ninja back with a lavish physical Mega Drive cartridge collector's box.
mega-drive · 2026-09-17 · news
A GoldenEye 007 fan recreates Rare's classic Nintendo 64 sniper rifle as a full-size, deliberately low-polygon 3D-printed physical replica.
n64 · 2026-09-17 · news
Developer Alex Urbano demonstrates Sega's landmark 1992 3D arcade racer Virtua Racing running smoothly at 24 to 42 FPS on Panic's 1-bit Playdate handheld.
arcade · 2026-09-17 · news
Square Enix announces cumulative Dragon Quest series shipments and digital sales have surpassed 100 million copies worldwide during its 40th anniversary year.
multi · 2026-09-17 · news
Konami exhibits early Castlevania: Symphony of the Night development documents at Tokyo Game Show 2026, showing early Alucard sketches and foundational RPG mechanics.
ps1 · 2026-09-17 · news
Hyperkin opens preorders for its portable cartridge-playing SupaBoy SNES system in Crimson and Prime styles at $129.99, releasing October 28.
snes · 2026-09-17 · news
RetroSync approaches completion of a wireless adapter allowing original Game Boy Advance hardware to trade Pokémon directly with Nintendo Switch consoles.
gba · 2026-09-17 · news
Edia showcases a playable modern collection of the original 3D weapon fighting Battle Arena Toshinden PlayStation trilogy at Tokyo Game Show 2026.
ps1 · 2026-09-17 · news
Tassei Denki showcases low-latency G'AIM'E Pro and gyroscopic G'AIM'E Lite prototype light guns for flat-panel retro shooting at Tokyo Game Show 2026.
arcade · 2026-09-17 · news
HAMSTER releases Universal's 1983 arcade platformer Mr. Do's Castle across modern platforms through Arcade Archives and Arcade Archives 2.
arcade · 2026-09-17 · news
HAMSTER reissues Nichibutsu's 1983 arcade oddity DACHOLER alongside its alternate variant KICK BOY in Arcade Archives 2 for $9.99.
arcade · 2026-09-17 · news
HAMSTER releases Nichibutsu's 1986 8-bit home-console conversion of Crazy Climber for PS5 and Switch 2 as part of its Console Archives line.
nes · 2026-09-17 · news
Japanese hardware manufacturer Zuiki showcases a prototype smartwatch-sized miniature retro gaming console running Mega Man at Tokyo Game Show 2026.
multi · 2026-09-17 · news
Aksys Games releases Tristia: Chronicles on Nintendo Switch in the West, combining Kogado Studio's cult Japanese retro PC classics Tristia: Legacy and Tristia: Restore.
pc · 2026-09-17 · news
FunnyPlaying reveals full specifications for the FPGB Mini, a compact cartridge-playing FPGA Game Boy featuring an 800x720 IPS display, removable battery, and microSD support.
game-boy · 2026-09-16 · news
Yoniq publishes pricing and hardware photos for the Duo, a dual-screen retro handheld with dual analog sticks, stylus support, and a $159 introductory price.
multi · 2026-09-16 · news
Developer h0ffman confirms an ambitious Neo Geo conversion of Toaplan's 1989 arcade shooter Zero Wing featuring multi-layer parallax scrolling and Neo Geo CD support.
neo-geo-aes · 2026-09-16 · news
Developer NovaStar86B releases a playable modern interpretation of Nintendo's cancelled 1990s SNES Mouse game Kid Kirby across eight levels and an authentic 16-bit presentation.
snes · 2026-09-16 · news
A completed fan conversion of M2's GG Aleste 3 for Sega Mega Drive has its video pulled after M2 president Naoki Horii publicly raises concerns regarding intellectual property rights.
mega-drive · 2026-09-16 · news
System 3 CEO Mark Cale states that miscommunication with developer Antstream led to earlier inaccurate statements about generative AI use in James Pond Legacy.
multi · 2026-09-16 · news
Quintet's SNES action RPG Terranigma returns on January 14, 2027 across modern consoles, featuring modern conveniences and a deluxe $199.99 Gaia Edition with a music box.
snes · 2026-09-16 · news
The rare 2000s China-exclusive iQue Superstar Board Game based on Paper Mario is translated into English and recreated in Tabletop Simulator with 27 playable characters.
multi · 2026-09-16 · news
Nihon Falcom and Neowiz sign an agreement to develop and publish a worldwide revival of 1994 PC-98 RPG The Legend of Heroes II: Prophecy of the Moonlight Witch.
pc · 2026-09-16 · news
Turbo80 launches as a browser-based ZX Spectrum emulator combining a library of more than 15,000 games and software titles with multiple machine profiles, Z80 assembly debugging tools and development features — no installation required.
zx-spectrum · 2026-09-16 · news
MicroProse's Steam revival of the 2002 Formula One simulation Grand Prix 4 has required replacing 1,987 textures to remove expired real-world branding, and the publisher is asking fans to vote on period-appropriate replacement names for teams, drivers and sponsors.
pc · 2026-09-15 · news
PSO Reborn rebuilds Phantasy Star Online for modern web browsers with offline and four-player online support, 60fps presentation and controller or touchscreen input, making Sega's pioneering online RPG accessible without installing an emulator.
dreamcast · 2026-09-15 · news
Developer EpicReds0817 ports re3, reVC and reLCS to the New Nintendo 3DS family, with all three main stories playable and lower-screen maps and touch interfaces, requiring New 3DS hardware and user-supplied game data.
multi · 2026-09-15 · news
The Multisystem 2 Pocket team reveals what it hopes is the final industrial design of its FPGA handheld, featuring six face buttons, a Nintendo-style cross D-pad, dual analogue sticks, four shoulder buttons and a square display suited for classic aspect ratios.
multi · 2026-09-15 · news
A broad September 15 homebrew release day brings procedural GBA exploration, Game Boy narrative adventure, Master System action-platformer, DOS card games and a new GB Studio-to-SNES cross-development tool, alongside a flip-screen C64 platform adventure.
multi · 2026-09-15 · news
AtariBaby42 releases Elite Modified, a hack of the Amiga and Atari ST versions of Elite that replaces projectile weapons with traditional laser effects, tightens ship handling, and strips away presentation choices to recapture the atmosphere of the 8-bit originals.
amiga · 2026-09-15 · news
Mansoft releases Magic 2: The Tech World for the 48K ZX Spectrum, sending accident-prone wizard Mordebruk into a bizarre technological dimension where he must locate four components to rebuild a portal device.
zx-spectrum · 2026-09-15 · news
Drecom and D4 Enterprise partner to bring the classic Japanese Super Famicom edition of Sir-Tech's Wizardry VI: Bane of the Cosmic Forge to PC via Steam and modern platforms in 2027.
snes · 2026-09-15 · news
Taito and Cosmo Machia announce modern platform ports of cult 3D zero-gravity aerial fighter Psychic Force 2012 for PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, and PC Steam, slated for release in 2027.
arcade · 2026-09-15 · news
Cracker Force Nijmegen kicks off September 15 with War Machine +2DH on CSDb, following an active stretch of Commodore 64 music, trainers, and GoatTracker 2 FM v0.544 tracker updates.
c64 · 2026-09-15 · news
Ricky Derocher releases Iowa Jack and the Crystals of Chaos for the Commodore Plus/4, adding another new title to the remarkable ongoing homebrew scene for Commodore's commercially unsuccessful 264-series computer.
plus4 · 2026-09-14 · news
Developer Bad Computer and composer Lovepenguin release Razing Core, a genuine new vertically scrolling shoot-'em-up built for Sega's 8-bit console, continuing the Master System homebrew scene's impressive output in 2026.
master-system · 2026-09-14 · news
The open-source AmigaOS reimplementation AROS completes its transition to a 64-bit x86 foundation with the ABI-v11 release, introducing USB 3 support and updated Nvidia drivers alongside legacy 32-bit emulation.
amiga · 2026-09-14 · news
Snoopy releases No Homework, a new 64K text adventure for the Commodore Plus/4 that tasks players with searching an authentic 1980s teenager's bedroom to find two hidden Commodore 64 floppy disks.
c64 · 2026-09-14 · news
The PICO-8 fantasy console community recreates 1962's Marienbad and 1964's Sumerian Game while PICO-1K Jam developers squeeze full playable action titles echoes and dodge1k into under 1,024 bytes.
pc · 2026-09-14 · news
A work-in-progress homebrew port converting Sega's 1989 System 18 arcade game Shadow Dancer directly to Mega Drive hardware reaches a major milestone, becoming playable from beginning to end.
genesis · 2026-09-14 · news
Tim Wheatley creates a modern 64-bit Windows launcher for Papyrus's 1989 Indianapolis 500 DOS simulation, introducing native wheel support, mid-race saves, AdLib audio, and historic 1989–1995 carsets.
pc · 2026-09-14 · news
German Burgardt develops Emerald Arena, a ROM modification running on the pret Pokémon Emerald decompilation that replaces turn-based battles with real-time movement, dodging, and projectile combat.
gba · 2026-09-14 · news
Homebrew developer Obsolete Sony releases PSPMAN, a dedicated audiophile music player that transforms the Sony PSP and PSP Go into a modern Walkman supporting 16-bit 44.1kHz FLAC and animated cassette reels.
ps1 · 2026-09-14 · news
Retroid launches a final clearance sale for Pocket Classic, Pocket 5, and Flip 2 with deep price cuts down to $99, formally discontinuing the models as attention shifts to its next generation.
multi · 2026-09-14 · news
The open-hardware Game Bub FPGA handheld receives a comprehensive production teardown and review, showcasing cycle-exact Game Boy, GBC, and GBA cartridge support in a horizontal form factor.
gameboy · 2026-09-14 · news
Compile's 1996 Japan-exclusive Sega CD RPG Shadowrun receives a second English translation patch by RetchE, giving retro players multiple localisation approaches for the Neo Tokyo cyberpunk release.
mega-cd · 2026-09-14 · news
Michael Pavone's highly accurate open-source Sega emulator BlastEm hits version 1.0 after 13 years, featuring comprehensive Mega Drive, Sega CD, 32X, and Pico support built with 100% artisanal AI-free code.
genesis · 2026-09-14 · news
HORI unveils the Arcade Classic Pro for Nintendo Switch 2 and PC, an officially licensed modular desktop controller uniting an 8-way joystick, illuminated trackball, rotary paddle, and loop lever.
arcade · 2026-09-14 · news
System 3 announces Putty World for Nintendo Switch 2, combining and reimagining Putty, Super Putty, and Putty Squad with 75+ new levels, 45+ new enemies, and modern presentation ahead of TGS 2026.
multi · 2026-09-14 · news
Mad Rabbit Digital releases a playable PC demo of Metal Crisis, an action shmup inspired by 1990s sci-fi arcade shooters that allows players to steal enemy weapons and turn attack patterns against them.
pc · 2026-09-14 · news
Project Satellaview releases a full MSU-1 restoration of BS Super Mario USA, combining all four 1996 Satellaview broadcast episodes into a single playable ROM with a newly recorded English voice cast.
snes · 2026-09-14 · news
Original 1980s developer G. B. Aicardi returns to Sinclair hardware with Dracula — Illustrated Edition, a 128K parser-driven interactive fiction adventure.
zx-spectrum · 2026-09-14 · news
Roguelike Celebration previews its October 2026 conference with talks exploring ancient pre-Rogue roguelikes, bitwise mathematical optimizations, and emergent story structure.
pc · 2026-09-14 · news
Brandon Kowalski creates slot for Anbernic's RG SP clamshell, transforming the multi-system emulation handheld into a focused, cartridge-style Game Boy Advance experience.
gba · 2026-09-14 · news
Jon Lennart Aasenden's QAE emulator implements a virtual Zorro II shared memory bus, allowing AmigaOS to interact with Dropbox, Google Drive, and cloud storage natively.
amiga · 2026-09-14 · news
MiSTer Update All 2.10 introduces hybrid software/hardware cores alongside significant enhancements for Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Taito F3, and Psikyo arcade boards.
multi · 2026-09-14 · news
Developer danifunker launches an ambitious MiSTer FPGA core recreating the 1993 Silicon Graphics Indy workstation, reaching initial video output and boot stages.
pc · 2026-09-14 · news
Atari's landmark 1989 polygon simulator Hard Drivin arrives on MiSTer FPGA with dedicated processor implementations and analogue wheel, pedal, and shifter support.
arcade · 2026-09-14 · news
MiSTer FPGA gains downloadable cores for Sega Model 1 and Y Board hardware, enabling playable FPGA preservation of Virtua Racing, Galaxy Force II and Power Drift.
arcade · 2026-09-14 · news
Almost There Games advances Nelumbo to v2.0, adding an overhaul renderer and extending Lotus III's RECS track construction backward across the entire trilogy.
amiga · 2026-09-14 · news
Vesuri hits the v1.0 milestone for Rescue on Fractalus for Amiga, porting David Fox's fractal Lucasfilm classic with Copper-list rendering and Paula audio.
amiga · 2026-09-14 · news
Alberto Sgaggero releases Snake's Snack, a pure Commodore BASIC V2 interpretation of the arcade classic designed specifically for original C64 hardware.
c64 · 2026-09-14 · news
Amiga360 Refresh 2026 modernizes Lantus's P-UAE Xbox 360 port with 4GB HDF support, USB keyboard integration, and save states as it targets an October release.
amiga · 2026-09-13 · news
Marc Vittorini releases Flying Taxi for the Atari 2600, marking his 138th homebrew title as part of his ambitious goal to publish 180 games for a single system.
atari-2600 · 2026-09-13 · news
Optimus6128 ports flat-shaded PC polygon shooter Astropatank to the 3DO, transforming software 386/486 math into a CEL-accelerated console pipeline.
3do · 2026-09-13 · news
DoReCo Party 2026 sparks a wave of Commodore 64 scene productions including C64City +1D, Awass +4HD, and a rapid trainer release for Ruote Fumanti by Excess and Hokuto Force.
c64 · 2026-09-13 · news
Luigi Di Fraia releases ALBERT 3.2.1, providing C64 artists with advanced border-breaking sprite creation, weighted color conversion, and unlimited history on modern workstations.
c64 · 2026-09-13 · news
Path0 Gaming updates Ladder Madness for ZX Spectrum 128K to v2.1 RC1, delivering 16 levels, four stages, dedicated boss encounters, and tight timer-based platforming.
zx-spectrum · 2026-09-13 · news
Animated ALex brings one-button arcade reaction gaming to Sinclair's 1981 machine with ZX81 Dino Jump, a compact BASIC endless runner measuring just 3.9KB.
zx81 · 2026-09-13 · news
Charger0277's Ruote Fumanti pushes an unmodified PAL Commodore 64 to 50fps across eight high-speed stages of traffic-weaving, police encounters, and hazard jumping.
c64 · 2026-09-13 · news
Retro World Expo opens at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford with 200+ free-play arcade & pinball machines, tournaments, and an original game art exhibit.
multi · 2026-09-12 · news
The Commodore 64 receives two distinct strategy games on September 12: Yahtzee-poker hybrid Yoker64 by dcoterel1964 and board strategy title Skittles IV by Nikos V.
c64 · 2026-09-12 · news
NK Soft releases an alternate-history Mazinger Z game on Sega Mega Drive, intentionally designed in the ultra-primitive visual aesthetic of Epoch's 1981 Cassette Vision.
genesis · 2026-09-12 · news
Ricky Derocher's Castle Quest arrives on Commodore Plus/4, expanding the TED chip computer's growing 2026 software catalogue with 2D dungeon platforming.
c64 · 2026-09-12 · news
Developer D-Mar ports open-source arcade puzzle classic Frozen Bubble to Sega 32X, harnessing the add-on's dual SH-2 chips for bubble-matching gameplay.
genesis · 2026-09-12 · news
Animated ALex releases Stacker for ZX Spectrum, combining moving hazards, box placement, and spatial planning into a compact 2026 8-bit puzzle release.
zx-spectrum · 2026-09-12 · news
crustyBASIC 1.5.0 adds Sinclair ZX Spectrum as an official native compilation target, bridging friendly BASIC syntax with optimized Z80 machine code.
zx-spectrum · 2026-09-12 · news
spruceOS 4.4.0 arrives as a massive handheld firmware update with the new DSperate DS emulator, Atari Jaguar/Dreamcast support, and OTA updating.
multi · 2026-09-12 · news
LC-Games launches EyedBall for Commodore 64, delivering 45 rooms of gravity-rotating puzzle platforming and heart-collecting action on authentic hardware.
c64 · 2026-09-12 · news
The community decompilation of the original PlayStation Silent Hill reaches full end-to-end playability as a native PC executable powered by PsyCross.
ps1 · 2026-09-11 · news
Revived COMPUTE!'s Gazette releases a 116-page full-colour issue dedicated to 8-bit networking, TRS-80 history, MLX32, and 6809 assembly.
c64 · 2026-09-11 · news
Chadlung debuts Pirate Raider on Commodore 64, challenging players to navigate shifting archipelagos, sink treasure ships, and evade royal navy flagships.
c64 · 2026-09-11 · news
Beamrider releases Snapman 20, an assembly-coded Pac-Man conversion for the Commodore VIC-20 with 35K RAM expansion featuring authentic ghost AI and intermissions.
c64 · 2026-09-11 · news
Developer tonnyrh brings 1984 Amsoft classic Harrier Attack to stock Amiga 500 with smooth hardware scrolling, Paula audio, and custom sprites.
amiga · 2026-09-11 · news
Steve Higgins releases Amiga Rescue, a 50-level circuit-board puzzle game coded entirely in AMOS Professional on original Amiga hardware without AI assistance.
amiga · 2026-09-11 · news
Arcooda releases a 21.3-inch 1600x1200 4:3 LCD monitor with 1ms latency and 240p-to-UXGA signal support, built as a drop-in replacement for CRT arcade tubes.
arcade · 2026-09-11 · news
Anbernic announces sub-$100 pricing for the dual-screen Linux clamshell RG DS Plus, featuring twin 4:3 1024x768 screens and custom NNDDSS emulation.
multi · 2026-09-11 · news
Legendary Capcom designer Akira Nishitani sparks competitive fighting game discussion by expressing interest in revisiting the balance of Super Street Fighter II Turbo.
arcade · 2026-09-11 · news
System 3 and Antstream reveal the first substantial gameplay trailer for The James Pond Legacy, showing all four mascot games and an archival museum.
multi · 2026-09-11 · news
Irem's R-Type DX returns to physical Game Boy Color hardware in a new Limited Run Games collector edition featuring packaging art by Otaking.
gameboy · 2026-09-11 · news
Blaze Entertainment confirms three more Neo Geo Arcade cartridges for Evercade, expanding its licensed physical SNK collection to seven cartridges.
multi · 2026-09-11 · news
Developer Shuouma restores 4-player online multiplayer for Sega Rally 2 Championship on Dreamcast, reconnecting the Japanese edition via modern DreamPi servers.
dreamcast · 2026-09-11 · news
Ohio's largest retro gaming convention opens Preview Night at the Huntington Convention Center with 200+ free-play arcade & pinball machines and 350+ vendors.
multi · 2026-09-11 · news
Team OffBroadway's solderless FlippyDrive ODE begins shipping for DOL-101 GameCube consoles alongside in-stock kits for Panasonic's rare Q hybrid.
gamecube · 2026-09-11 · news
VGNY Soft marks September 11 with nine factory-pressed physical Dreamcast releases spanning homebrew, Visco arcade conversions, and 16-bit European classics.
dreamcast · 2026-09-11 · news
The Commodore 64 scene delivers five fresh CSDb releases late on September 10 from Shadow, Genesis Project, Hokuto Force, and Raiders of the Lost Empire.
c64 · 2026-09-10 · news
Callumsmilee releases Pokémon Pinball Ruby & Sapphire Plus 1.1 'Faraway Travels', expanding the 2003 GBA classic with 22 new Pokémon, a secret area, and bonus stages.
gameboy · 2026-09-10 · news
Developer Odelot introduces Hardcore Mode to MiSTer FPGA RetroAchievements cores, locking save states and cheats to deliver authentic hardware-grade achievement verification.
nes · 2026-09-10 · news
ROM hacker Psicopompo fixes Alex Kidd in Miracle World's 40-year-old punch collision flaw with an elegant 121-byte Z80 assembly patch that fits into unused bank space.
genesis · 2026-09-10 · news
Developer Daniel Welch successfully runs a native port of Nintendo's Star Fox 64 on genuine Sony PSP hardware with 60fps visual interpolation over 30Hz game logic.
n64 · 2026-09-10 · news
Happinet and Kohachi Studio announce Navinosuke: The Yo-kai Buster for Switch and PC in 2027, reviving a cancelled 2000s GBA-era RPG from Nazca veterans.
gameboy · 2026-09-10 · news
Nalua Studio launches a Steam demo for Necro Pop while actively targeting authentic SNK Neo Geo MVS arcade and AES home cartridge hardware for 2027.
neo-geo-aes · 2026-09-10 · news
QUByte, Piko and Bleem announce the Gaelco Sports Collection for PC and consoles, reviving World Rally 1 & 2, Squash, Touch and Go and Snow Board Championship.
arcade · 2026-09-10 · news
Sunsoft announces Retro Game Selection 2 for Switch, PS5 and PC on December 17, compiling formative 1980s Famicom titles including Ikki and archival rarity Maharaja.
nes · 2026-09-10 · news
G-Mode, room6 and Game Studio announce NEXT: The Portopia Serial Murder Case, fully reconstructing Yuji Horii's foundational 1983 detective adventure for modern platforms.
pc · 2026-09-10 · news
Nalua Studio announces Gley Lancer: Overdrive, rebuilding the 1992 NCS/Masaya horizontal shooter for real Neo Geo AES/MVS hardware, PC, Switch, PlayStation and Xbox.
neo-geo-aes · 2026-09-10 · news
Nihon Falcom launches Trails from Zero and Trails to Azure on Switch 2, maintaining modern access to the seminal 2010/2011 PSP Crossbell RPG duology.
multi · 2026-09-10 · news
Microsoft expands Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition with The Baltic Powers, introducing Danish and Polish civilizations, Independence rules, and 25+ maps.
pc · 2026-09-10 · news
MadMorigan discloses that Claude was used to assist the text unpacking and reverse-engineering pipeline for the newly released Sega CD Shadowrun English translation.
mega-cd · 2026-09-10 · news
Community reverse-engineering teams log new matching-decompilation commits on September 10 for Castlevania: Symphony of the Night and Super Mario Galaxy.
ps1 · 2026-09-10 · news
Badger Punch and Thalamus Digital release Roguecraft DX on Steam, expanding the 2024 Amiga homebrew turn-based roguelike with wilderness zones, new floors, and pet badgers.
amiga · 2026-09-10 · news
D4 Enterprise brings Kogado Studio's obscure 1991 NEC PC-9801 puzzle game Sabnack to Nintendo Switch via EGGCONSOLE for $6.49.
pc · 2026-09-10 · news
Square Enix launches Torneko no Daibouken: Fushigi no Dungeon - A Slightly Wonderful Remaster on modern platforms, revisiting Chunsoft's 1993 roguelike foundation.
snes · 2026-09-10 · news
Koei's landmark 1990 Sengoku simulation Nobunaga's Ambition II launches on Switch 2 and PS5 as part of Hamster's Console Archives retro preservation initiative.
nes · 2026-09-10 · news
Hamster releases Data East's eccentric 1987 arcade platformer Karnov on Switch, Switch 2, PS4, PS5 and Xbox Series, featuring the fire-breathing Soviet strongman.
arcade · 2026-09-10 · news
An unreleased Super Nintendo prototype of Rare's cancelled Project Dream—the pre-rendered adventure that evolved into Banjo-Kazooie—is uploaded to the Internet Archive.
snes · 2026-09-10 · news
Retroid officially prices the clamshell dual-screen Pocket Duo at $269, while the Duo Lite starts at an aggressive $149 with pre-order discounts for early adopters.
multi · 2026-09-10 · news
City Connection announces cult 1991 NES punch-em-up Shatterhand arrives September 24 in JALECOlle, featuring rewind, satellite companion buffs, and archival material.
nes · 2026-09-10 · news
Developer Alphanu1 runs Virtua Racing at near full speed on a MiSTer FPGA Sega Model 1 core, representing a landmark for early 3D flat-shaded arcade preservation.
arcade · 2026-09-10 · news
ZUN's legendary 2002 bullet-hell shooter Embodiment of Scarlet Devil is reborn as Touhou Koumakyou: New Classic on Steam and consoles with a remade soundtrack and 10 languages.
pc · 2026-09-09 · news
CSDb records a massive wave of Commodore 64 releases on September 9, including Empire 64, a 512-byte Baricade game, fresh SID tracks, and OCA's 6502 assembly tutorial.
c64 · 2026-09-09 · news
Amiga Future's May/June 2022 edition (Issue 156) is now freely readable online in German and English, documenting post-1994 hardware and homebrew history.
amiga · 2026-09-09 · news
CS-Lab issues firmware release candidate 2.282 for Warp 68060 accelerators, enabling USB drives, ASIX Ethernet adapters, USB gamepads, and persistent HDMI/DVI output.
amiga · 2026-09-09 · news
1985 coin-op City Connection is disassembled and transformed into native 68020 assembly, delivering full hardware-scrolling AGA planar visuals on stock Amiga 1200 hardware.
amiga · 2026-09-09 · news
Classic Amiga hardware receives a charming new 16-colour PAL platformer with Foxy's Run, demanding 1MB Chip RAM and evoking the European golden age of Amiga jump-and-runs.
amiga · 2026-09-09 · news
RPCS3 developers enable direct physical Blu-ray disc streaming, allowing gamers and preservationists to boot PS3 optical discs on PC without dumping ISOs first.
pc · 2026-09-09 · news
Naughty Dog's orange marsupial turns 30, marking three decades since Crash Bandicoot debuted on PlayStation and pioneered corridor-style 3D platforming.
ps1 · 2026-09-09 · news
Dadako and Rainy Frog confirm handheld-styled 2D stealth action title Spy Drops Gaiden launches October 12 on Steam, featuring Virtua Cop-style mini-games and CRT presentation options.
pc · 2026-09-09 · news
Author Kim Justice and Golden Slumbers Ltd announce The Rubber-Keyed Wonder, a 200+ page commemorative book examining 48 defining Sinclair ZX Spectrum games for its 45th anniversary.
zx-spectrum · 2026-09-09 · news
Compile's 1998 Sega Saturn RPG Madou Monogatari—the isometric origin story of Puyo Puyo's Arle Nadja—is fully translated into English by paul_met and brandnewscooby.
saturn · 2026-09-09 · news
Compile's anime-styled 1996 Japanese Sega CD RPG Shadowrun receives a complete English fan translation from homebrew developer Erebus thirty years after launch.
mega-cd · 2026-09-09 · news
Pepasjc releases a full English fan translation for the 1996 PlayStation port of Hideo Kojima's cyberpunk adventure Snatcher, translating 12,000+ strings and adding voice subtitles.
ps1 · 2026-09-09 · news
Retroid's first full trailer showcases the Pocket Duo's 180-degree hinge, active cooling fan, and unique dual 120Hz OLED screens in asymmetric 16:9 and 4:3 ratios.
multi · 2026-09-09 · news
PLAION REPLAI postpones the Neo Geo AES+ modern console recreation almost a full year to September 16, 2027 due to component constraints and unprecedented worldwide demand.
neo-geo-aes · 2026-09-09 · news
Post-Direct technical analysis reveals Nintendo is extensively rebuilding Ocarina of Time for Switch 2 with manual jumping, dashing, free camera traversal, and microphone melody input.
n64 · 2026-09-09 · news
A new Universal 2 Mac Source Ports build of UZDoom 5.0.1 arrives for Apple Silicon and 64-bit Intel, providing modern notarized compatibility for classic Doom-engine games.
pc · 2026-09-09 · news
GOG collaborates with the Big Box Collection to provide interactive rotatable 3D scans and printable cardboard reproduction templates for iconic classic PC game boxes.
pc · 2026-09-09 · news
Developer GloriousCow extracts the physical microcode ROM directly from photographs of the NEC V20 processor silicon die using computer vision and CNNs to achieve cycle-accurate emulation.
pc · 2026-09-09 · news
Tomaz Stih adapts Digital Research's iconic GEM graphical desktop to boot directly into the Linux framebuffer, avoiding X11 and Wayland for ultra-lightweight retro computing.
pc · 2026-09-09 · news
Hammacher Schlemmer partners with Commodore as the first official online retail partner for the C64 Ultimate, bridging modern HDMI/Wi-Fi conveniences with classic vintage computing.
c64 · 2026-09-09 · news
Wave Race 64 arrives on PC via static recompilation using N64Recomp and RT64, delivering native widescreen presentation and high refresh rates without breaking original water physics.
n64 · 2026-09-09 · news
Developer ArugulaZ returns to Atari 2600 homebrew with No Quarter, an arcade platformer where Byron (Kid Kodiak) dodges acid rain and gathers coins within an 8K cartridge.
atari · 2026-09-09 · news
Nintendo broadcasts a dedicated Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary Direct today, celebrating forty years of the legendary adventure lineage with a special retro focus on Ocarina of Time.
nes · 2026-09-08 · news
Heritage Auctions closes offers today on an exceptionally early boxed 1978 Apple II cassette featuring Bob Bishop's Star Wars adaptation alongside an unlicensed Star Trek game.
apple-ii · 2026-09-08 · news
The Amiga music and demoscene communities are mourning German tracker artist Dennis Lohr (Psyria), celebrated for decades of dedicated music production on classic Amiga hardware.
amiga · 2026-09-08 · news
FPGAworld 2026 opens today in Stockholm, bringing together programmable-logic engineers and highlighting how modern FPGA advancements drive classic hardware preservation.
multi · 2026-09-08 · news
Two landmark Nintendo reverse-engineering efforts received new source-code activity: the ongoing Super Smash Bros. Melee decompilation and Petari for Super Mario Galaxy.
gamecube · 2026-09-08 · news
Fresh development commits across the MiSTer FPGA ecosystem spotlight hardware preservation for the 1977 RCA Studio II console family and 1983 Dragon's Lair Laserdisc arcade hardware.
arcade · 2026-09-08 · news
Open-source antivirus project AmiGuard is appealing to the Amiga community for vintage infected floppy disk images and virus samples to document and detect historical Amiga malware.
amiga · 2026-09-08 · news
A new browser utility at amigaicon.madzel.de allows retro creators to design authentic Workbench 1.x two-colour icons and export them directly as genuine Amiga .info files.
amiga · 2026-09-08 · news
Fliegeralarm Games has released a playable demo of Battle of Aldebaran, bringing cockpit-driven space combat and 256-colour AGA presentation to the Amiga 1200 and 4000.
amiga · 2026-09-08 · news
Antstream has been confirmed as the development team behind both The James Pond Legacy and the upcoming Alien Breed 35th Anniversary retro compilations.
amiga · 2026-09-08 · news
NES Radar transforms Nintendo's original 8-bit console into a live air-traffic display by pairing a custom NES ROM with real-time ADS-B aircraft data over a 9600-baud serial link.
nes · 2026-09-08 · news
One of the Sega Saturn's most unusual Japanese exclusives is officially available to Western players today as City Connection's Culdcept The First Saturn Tribute launches.
saturn · 2026-09-08 · news
Retroid has revealed considerably more about its mysterious Pocket Duo handheld, confirming two 120Hz OLED displays with an asymmetric 16:9 upper and 4:3 lower screen layout.
multi · 2026-09-08 · news
The effort to preserve the enormous library of browser games created with Adobe Flash has taken another step forward, with Ruffle's 0.6.0 self-hosted web package reaching npm distribution.
pc · 2026-09-07 · news
PlayStation 2 emulator PCSX2 has received another development update on 7 September, with pre-release version 2.9.34 landing with a low-level microVU emulation fix.
pc · 2026-09-07 · news
Making a genuine Sega Mega Drive or Genesis game capable of running on original hardware is about to become considerably more approachable as MD Engine reaches final 1.0.0.
genesis · 2026-09-07 · news
The inexpensive MiniLoong Pocket 1 has received an unusually interesting firmware upgrade for serious retro players, with Leaf OS adding 120Hz display capability and black frame insertion.
multi · 2026-09-07 · news
Analogue Pocket owners interested in Nintendo's arcade history have received another openFPGA update today, with the community core recreating Punch-Out!!, Super Punch-Out!! and Arm Wrestling updated to version 0.3.4.
arcade · 2026-09-07 · news
Retroid's Pocket 6 has reached Amazon in the United States, providing buyers with a more conventional purchasing route for one of the higher-performance Android retro handhelds currently on the market.
multi · 2026-09-07 · news
Anbernic has provided its clearest demonstration yet of the upcoming RG DS Plus, and the new dual-screen handheld looks considerably more ambitious than a simple Nintendo DS emulator.
multi · 2026-09-07 · news
Another slice of 1980s arcade history has joined the MiSTer FPGA ecosystem with the release of a new core for Ring King, the boxing game remembered for its exaggerated animation, unusual visual personality and relentl...
arcade · 2026-09-06 · news
Classic Macintosh users have received another worthwhile MiSTer FPGA update, this time targeting the Macintosh LC core.
pc · 2026-09-06 · news
Sony's first PlayStation is officially old enough to be recreated as premium LEGO nostalgia.
ps1 · 2026-09-06 · news
The Commodore 64 scene has not taken Sunday off. CSDb, the long-running Commodore 64 Scene Database, is recording several releases dated 6 September 2026, demonstrating once again that C64 activity extends far beyond ...
c64 · 2026-09-06 · news
The Amiga community has gathered in Spoleto, Italy today for the sixth Passione Amiga Day, an entire event dedicated to keeping Commodore's famous 16-bit computer family active rather than merely nostalgic.
amiga · 2026-09-06 · news
A large batch of quieter MiSTer FPGA changes published in the 6 September roundup may be every bit as useful as the headline-grabbing new cores.
multi · 2026-09-06 · news
The MiSTer implementation of Irem's M72 arcade hardware has received an important technical update, with RetroRGB reporting the changes as part of its 6 September FPGA roundup.
arcade · 2026-09-06 · news
MiSTer FPGA has gained one of its stranger capabilities: playing DVDs. RetroRGB's 6 September roundup reports that developer Joe Daniels has released a dedicated DVD core capable of handling both physical DVD discs an...
multi · 2026-09-06 · news
The Amiga implementation on MiSTer FPGA has taken a substantial step toward covering more of Commodore's sprawling hardware family.
amiga · 2026-09-06 · news
The MiSTer FPGA ecosystem's PC side has received another significant boost through improvements to the z486 core.
pc · 2026-09-06 · news
MiSTer FPGA development is moving into increasingly ambitious territory with ongoing work on an Apple Macintosh Quadra 800 core.
pc · 2026-09-06 · news
A new project called NeoConnect VirtualBus is attempting to resurrect one of the more unusual capabilities found in portions of the Neo Geo ecosystem: direct communication between separate systems.
arcade · 2026-09-06 · news
One of Nintendo's strangest hardware experiments has become considerably more accessible through MiSTer FPGA.
n64 · 2026-09-06 · news
Fans of Cave's notoriously demanding arcade shooters have a substantial MiSTer FPGA update to investigate.
arcade · 2026-09-06 · news
One of today's most gloriously obscure FPGA developments concerns the RCA Studio II, a console so comprehensively overshadowed by later machines that many players have never seen one outside a museum or retro-computin...
atari · 2026-09-06 · news
MiSTer FPGA has always prioritised hardware accuracy over console-like presentation, but a new frontend called Degauss is attempting to make navigating large retro libraries considerably more polished.
multi · 2026-09-06 · news
MiSTer FPGA users have another arcade shooter to explore following the arrival of support for Double Wings, the vertically scrolling arcade game from Mitchell Corporation.
arcade · 2026-09-06 · news
One of the biggest pieces of FPGA news on 6 September concerns Taito's F3 arcade hardware, which is now the subject of an actively developing MiSTer core.
arcade · 2026-09-06 · news
The Commodore 64 has another new game to deliver alongside all those pizzas. Pizza Boy 64, created by Ricky Derocher, has entered the wider retro-news cycle on 6 September after appearing through C64 community channel...
c64 · 2026-09-06 · news
The Game Boy Advance homebrew revival is gaining a surprisingly substantial sports title with FCFA 2026 from VG Source Game Studio.
gameboy · 2026-09-06 · news
The Nintendo Entertainment System receives another new homebrew entry this weekend with Waffle Man and the Flyer Floaters, a 2026 release credited to DobyGames and newly catalogued by PDRoms on 6 September.
nes · 2026-09-06 · news
More than four decades after the Atari 2600's commercial heyday, developers are still finding reasons to squeeze new games into the venerable machine.
atari · 2026-09-06 · news
The Game Boy Advance has received one of the more technically intriguing homebrew projects of 2026 with VECTOR, a Portal-inspired puzzle game written specifically for Nintendo's 2001 handheld.
gameboy · 2026-09-06 · news
PDRoms added Magic Puzzle Ball to its Game Boy Color news feed on 6 September, bringing developer devgb's fast-moving puzzle project to the attention of another corner of the retro community.
gameboy · 2026-09-06 · news
The Game Boy homebrew scene has produced platformers, RPGs, puzzle games, music tools and even photography software over the years, but Retro Tarot takes Nintendo's grey brick in a rather different direction.
gameboy · 2026-09-06 · news
Fixing timing issues for budget-friendly Saturn loading convenience.
saturn · 2026-02-13 · news
The modern GBA SP fantasy: Truly pocketable clamshell emulation machine.
multi · 2026-02-13 · news
The best ROM hacks remix muscle memory for a gold discovery experience.
nes · 2026-02-13 · news
Absurd, unnecessary, and absolutely ruling the homebrew scene.
saturn · 2026-02-13 · news
Reminder: Digital shelves vanish. Deadline for Jurassic Park is March 31, 2026.
multi · 2026-02-12 · news
Vita design clones signal enduring demand for comfort-object handhelds.
multi · 2026-02-12 · news
A handheld built around your physical Genesis collection is finally landing.
genesis · 2026-02-12 · news
Proof the modding community is still inventing new reasons to revisit classics.
n64 · 2026-02-11 · news
Weekly drops continue building a playable, legal library of arcade rarities.
arcade · 2026-02-11 · news
Collector bait and a celebration of lost N64 history from the FPGA experts.
n64 · 2026-02-09 · news
Native port efforts and revived PC-port attempts give hope to Saturn fans.
saturn · 2026-02-06 · news
Hamster's new model shifts the focus from subscriptions to individual ownership, launching with Cool Boarders and Ninja Gaiden II.
multi · 2026-02-06 · news
Recompilation projects preserve the N64 feel while fixing performance and controls.
n64 · 2026-02-05 · news
Another 80s racer gets a legit release, making classics “one-click playable.”
arcade · 2026-02-05 · news
The first-ever home release of Ridge Racer's lost arcade classic is set for February 26.
arcade · 2026-02-05 · news
Modern physical retro collecting gets a flagship boost with DOOM on Evercade.
multi · 2026-02-04 · news