What is Retro Gameforce?

Retro Gameforce is an independent retro gaming publication, platform encyclopedia, and modern cassette publisher covering classic video games, original vintage computer and console hardware, cycle-accurate FPGA implementations (such as MiSTer), homebrew software, and physical release verification for legacy systems.

What platforms and classic computers does Retro Gameforce cover?

Retro Gameforce documents 209 vintage systems across the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, specializing in 8-bit and 16-bit home computers and consoles including the Commodore 64, Sinclair ZX Spectrum, Commodore Amiga, Atari ST, NES, SNES, Sega Mega Drive, Game Boy, MSX, PC DOS, and MiSTer FPGA cores.

How does Retro Gameforce score retro game reviews?

Every game review features a 100-point composite scorecard evaluating Graphics, Sound, Gameplay, and Fun Factor on authentic hardware or cycle-accurate FPGA chips, providing honest critiques without nostalgia bias.

Where can I find modern physical cassette editions for Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum?

Fire Dragon Interactive publishes brand new physical cassette tape releases and digital packages (PRG, D64, D81, TAP) verified on authentic Datasettes and hardware, available in the Retro Gameforce Store.

Which languages are supported on Retro Gameforce?

Retro Gameforce supports 13 major languages: English, Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese, Italian, Russian, Korean, Dutch, Polish, and Arabic (with right-to-left layout support).

Evercade Confirms Three More Neo Geo Arcade Cartridges, Taking Planned SNK Collection to Seven

Blaze Entertainment confirms three more Neo Geo Arcade cartridges for Evercade, expanding its licensed physical SNK collection to seven cartridges.

Blaze Entertainment has confirmed that three additional Neo Geo Arcade cartridges are coming to Evercade, expanding its planned SNK range from four cartridges to seven. The announcement followed a London event on 11 September and arrives shortly after the disappointing news that the separate Neo Geo AES+ hardware project has been delayed until September 2027. Blaze has not yet revealed the complete game lists for the three newly announced cartridges, so any specific title predictions remain speculation. What is confirmed is that Evercade's Neo Geo programme is becoming considerably larger than initially expected. The cartridge format is central to Evercade's appeal. Rather than offering another all-in-one emulation system containing an enormous anonymous ROM library, Blaze licenses games from publishers and packages them into numbered physical cartridges with menus, manuals and dedicated artwork. Neo Geo is particularly well suited to that model because the original AES home system became famous for enormous arcade-quality cartridges that were priced far beyond what most console owners could afford. Buying a new Neo Geo release in the early 1990s could cost several times the price of a typical Mega Drive or Super Nintendo game, creating a machine that many players admired from a distance rather than actually owned. Evercade cannot reproduce the physical extravagance of an original AES cartridge, but it can make licensed SNK software available in a collectable physical format at a dramatically lower cost. Seven cartridges also provide enough room to explore beyond the obvious Metal Slug, Fatal Fury and King of Fighters entries. Neo Geo's catalogue includes shooters, sports games, puzzle titles, platformers and numerous lesser-known arcade releases that rarely receive the same attention as SNK's fighting games. The quality of the project will ultimately depend on which titles Blaze chooses and how accurately they are emulated, but the expansion itself is encouraging. It suggests the Neo Geo partnership is being treated as a substantial line rather than a short promotional experiment. With AES+ delayed for a year, Evercade may also benefit from collectors who were expecting a new way to engage with SNK's back catalogue in 2026. The irony is rather appropriate: Neo Geo software once represented some of the least affordable home gaming in the world, while its latest physical incarnation is being sold through one of the industry's deliberately accessible retro platforms.