Retro Gaming News
New year, new you! 2025 has come and gone, and we’re now already several days into a brand-new year: 2026. So, with that, it’s the perfect time for people to take stock and think about the year ahead and what they want to change. But rather than your typical New Year’s resolutions of drinking less,…
When the Nintendo Switch was released in early 2017, it was billed as a console that would appeal to both casual and hardcore gamers. And while that’s certainly true, there’s no denying that the Switch has also been a haven for fans of classic gaming. From classic racing games suited for fans of Formula 1,…
DIP switches, AES mode and more. The Evercade family of systems has received its first firmware update of 2026, with the Neo Geo and Atari 2600 collections benefiting from a host of new features. First up are Neo Geo DIP switch settings, which allow players to change options such as time limit, lives, difficulty level,…
“Build bonkers beings!”. It’s been a while since we last covered the Playdate, Panic’s crank-operated handheld that has empowered a new generation of creators to make adorable retro-style games for a dedicated community. But that doesn’t mean that we’ve stopped taking an interest in the tiny yellow machine. We’re always on the lookout for fun,…
Have you got ‘Touchdown Fever’? Following the one-two punch of Space Invaders and Space Invaders Part II over the Christmas period, Hamster has announced that the next arcade title it will bring to modern consoles will be SNK’s 1987 sports game, Touchdown Fever. It will be released across Nintendo Switch and Xbox Series X|S on…
Dream on. Ridge Racer used to be the series that officially kicked off each successive console generation, but Bandai Namco has put the franchise out to pasture in recent years – the last mainline entry was Ridge Racer Unbounded, released back in 2012. Fans have been waiting patiently for a new game in the series,…
Here we are with another shout out for this classic game called Castlevania, as I have been informed through Facebook, that Thelen is still working on a pretty stunning looking Castlevania game for the Atari XL/XE VBXE called Catslevania. A new version of the game, that looks graphically superior since its first tease way back…
You got the Demon? Right, I’m not playing. I realise I’ve come to it very late in life, but I’m currently exploring the world of Magic: The Gathering, the massively popular card-based RPG which has been doing the rounds since the early ’90s and has enjoyed an explosion in popularity in recent years (in 2022,…
Super Mario 64 ‘Coopware’ is available now. Super Mario 64 may have been released all the way back in 1996 (make that 1997 if you were based in Europe), but there has been no shortage of fans who have been busy finding new and inventive ways of keeping the game infinitely replayable in the modern…
“Let’s take lots of pictures and videos for memory lane”. A Brooklyn-based arcade has announced that it is closing its doors for the final time this year. Brooklyn Games And Arcade, located on 6120 4th Avenue, has said that it will be closing down in either March or April, but no precise date has been…