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Why Classic Game Design Still Works One of the defining features of early video games was their simplicity. Developers working in the late 1970s and 1980s faced strict technical limitations. Hardware could only support limited memory, graphics, and processing power. As a result, developers focused on creating clear objectives and tightly balanced gameplay mechanics. This…
“The best Evercade handheld experience that is available”. Evercade maker Blaze has just lifted the lid on its latest system, the Evercade Nexus. The Nexus joins the EXP, VS, Alpha and Super Pocket as part of the growing Evercade ecosystem, which is based around retro games running under emulation and distributed on physical cartridges. Read…
Genius! We don’t really pay much attention to them these days because they’re now hidden away inside your gaming system, but once upon a time, cartridge labels were on full display whenever you were playing a game. With the exception of the NES, pretty much every classic system had the cartridge protruding out of the…
As the “father of videogame history,” I’m often asked about what I consider the most influential of all videogames. Without any hesitation, I’ll always respond with the simplest game imaginable. Although it consisted of only three spots, no sound, and no scoring, Table Tennis was the game that kick-started the entire video game industry, and…
It looks like the Pocket Fit 8 Elite’s days might be numbered. AYANEO has suggested it could soon discontinue another of its handhelds due to the recent “increase in storage component prices.” In an IndieGoGo update for the Android-based KONKR Pocket Fit, published last Friday (h/t: GSM Arena), AYANEO revealed that the Pocket Fit Elite…
Do You Like?/ offers “limitless branching scenarios”. Shoppers in Akihabara have spotted a new Game Boy Color game on store shelves which appears to bridge the gap between retro gaming and modern technology in a manner which might not find favour with everyone. Developed by Nanu, Do You Like?/ is described as a “mystery adventure…
The service gets switched off today. Today – March 31st, 2026 – marks the official end of an era with the decommissioning of Japan’s 3G FOMA antennas. The decline of the i-mode was a slow burn: NTT DoCoMo stopped accepting new subscribers (users had to pay a monthly subscription to access the service) from September…
40 Winks’ Game Boy Color port has finally been preserved. In 2019, Piko Interactive resurrected a lost N64 port of Eurocom’s PlayStation platformer 40 Winks almost twenty years after it had been abandoned. It was a bizarre turn of events, but stranger still is that it apparently wasn’t the only version of the game that…
“Advanced Library detection for variable game headers”. Analogue has issued another firmware update for its Analogue 3D system, and this one brings with it a huge improvement for those of you using flash carts to play your games, like the EverDrive or SummerCart 64. As detailed in the patch notes for update 1.2.4, the Analogue…
Konami’s ‘Road Fighter’ is now available on Sega’s 8-bit system. One of Konami’s classic arcade racing games has just been given a new lease of life, thanks to the homebrew developer BadComputer and the Sega Master System. Road Fighter is a top-down racing game that originally hit the arcades in 1984, letting players get behind…