Crash and burn.My long-suffering son Noah has had his interests shaped by my own over the full 18 years of his life (as is the duty of all fathers, in my opinion), including toys, video games, cartoon...
Woah, I got the picture!A dedicated Capcom modder has completed a long-awaited, much-requested project to restore several missing stages to one of the finest fighting games ever released, Street Fight...
Update: "Atoms White" variant revealed.Earlier this week, a new AYANEO handheld leaked called the Pocket Block.A Game Boy-shaped device powered by Google's Android OS, it appears to be the company's f...
marc_max has offered an update on the long-awaited hack.The Game Boy title Donkey Kong – also known as Donkey Kong '94 – was released in the same year as Donkey Kong Country and has been somewhat over...
Dreamkey massive, rejoice.The Sega Dreamcast may not have had the longest lifespan of a mainstream game console, but it punched well above its weight in influence, and it still sparks nostalgic mutter...
Karma Chimerian.Continuing the recent trend of bringing previously popular multiplayer shooters back to life, Modder VGFury is currently in the process of restoring the online PvP and co-op features o...
"Celebrating 40 years of vampire hunting, monster slaying, and musical excellence".Last week, Konami revealed a string of announcements to celebrate the 40th anniversary of its legendary vampire-slayi...
Textures? in this economy?In the mid-'90s, with the Nintendo 64 looming, Nintendo was still looking for exciting new titles that would placate its enormous army of SNES owners. Donkey Kong Country, Ki...
Wonder Boy will never be ballin'.Wonder Boy Universe, a fan community dedicated to all things Skateboarding Caveman Shape-Shifting Swordsman, has called out a weird listing on Steam that seems to be s...
Can I get a "Shell Yeah"?If you were an arcade-going youngster at the start of the '90s, chances are you will have put more than a few coins into Konami's superb Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles coin-op....
"Thank you for all your work. It won't be forgotten".Highly respected fan translator Eien ni Hen has passed away, we're sad to report. The news was broken by fellow fan translator Garrett Greenwalt.Th...
"I'm getting pretty fed up with all these "ports" made with AI".We've seen a flood of AI-assisted retro gaming projects lately, from translations to decompilation and recompilation efforts.Opinion is...
Konami's series turns 40...Since its inception in 1986, Konami's Castlevania has become one of gaming's most recognisable and popular franchises. Many of its instalments are considered amongst the bes...
When is a Tiger not a Tiger?Another unrealised arcade port is one step closer to reality, as Capcom's challenging 1987 arcade actioner Black Tiger is currently being converted to the Sega Mega Drive/G...
(Not Dragon Ball, Please Don't Sue).QuByte Interactive has announced Thunder Hoop Collection, bringing together two of the 1990s' weirdest and most obscure run 'n' gun arcade release: Thunder Hoop (19...
Update: The chip has shortcomings elsewhere, it seems.Retroid caused a bit of a kerfuffle recently when it announced the Pocket Duo Lite Plus shortly after opening pre-orders for the Pocket Duo and Po...
Bleeding Hearts.With the Fall season creeping in, there's no better way to spend the dark, early evenings than with a dose of Survival Horror, and DreadXP has console players covered: spooky indie adv...
'Are you devious enough to beat Xevious?'.Here's something a little out of the ordinary for you: a member of the preservationist group Gaming Alexandria, called Jumpman, has just discovered a long-los...
From the makers of Bounder and Rick Dangerous.It's a great day to be a C64 fan, as legendary publisher Thalamus Digital has released a brand-new title for the world's greatest bread bin. Binky: Frozen...
"I’m wrapping up my time at Antstream at the end of the year".Subscription-based streaming service Antstream has made headlines recently for both good and bad reasons.On the positive side of things, t...
Nintendo Switch 2 Game Card Coming Soon.Red Art Games, in collaboration with Konami, has released physical editions of Super Bomberman Collection, which launched digitally on PC and console platforms...
Fangs for the memories.Castlevania turns 40 this month, and to celebrate, Konami unveiled its plans to mark the milestone, including a potential tease for a 3D collection (according to fans, at least)...
"Something I absolutely did not need today".Once upon a time, the Oliver Twins were respected as creative forces in the UK 'bedroom' coding scene. The siblings created Dizzy, one of the most instantly...
RISCy Business.A modder has given new life to a project left on Atari's cutting room floor some 35 years ago. Using the Atari Jaguar hardware as its base, Homebrewer Clint Thomson has constructed an O...
Arrives this November.Amazon MGM's upcoming movie on the life of NFL legend John Madden will also cover the creation of the best-selling series of Madden video games.Directed by David O. Russell—who i...