Interview: “I Won’t Claim It’s A Perfect Game” – This Japanese Cult Classic Worth Hundreds Of Dollars Is Getting A Second Chance

“We used every card we had”. In the realm of retro gaming news in 2026, the announcement that 70’s Robot Anime Geppy-X is getting a re-release certainly ranks pretty high on the ‘shock-o-meter’, not least because the game is considered to be a cult classic even in Japan, but also because it’s getting a Western…

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“Let’s See How This Goes” – Mega Man 2 Could Soon Be Getting The Proper SNES Upgrade We’ve All Been Waiting For

With a new 16-bit makeover & a “true, SPC700 soundtrack”. A new fan-made NES-to-SNES port of Mega Man 2 is currently in development, courtesy of the homebrew developer Infidelity. Infidelity revealed the news on social media this past weekend, announcing that he is aiming to implement proper 16-bit graphics and a “true, SPC700 soundtrack” to…

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“This Is A Regret In My Life” – Sonic X-treme Designer On The “Fork In The Road” That Killed Saturn’s Most Famous Unreleased Game

“The energy was so negative”. Much has been written about Sonic X-treme over the decades, and with good reason – it was billed by some as the game which could have reversed Saturn’s fortunes in the West, but it ended up becoming one of the most famous unreleased projects in Sega’s history. Sega Retro had…

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The Nintendo Famicom Controller

Before the NES (Nintendo Entertainment System) hit the states, Nintendo had a console in Japan that would start a revolution of gaming. It was called the Famicom, or the full name, Family Computer. In 1983, the console hit the homes of gamers in Japan and test the waters of this new generation of console gaming. …

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Retro Review: Fort Apocalypse for the C64

Fort Apocalypse Title Screen Early in my video gaming life, one of the first computer games I ever played was Dan Gorlin’s classic Choplifter on my cousin’s Apple II. The simple presentation, on that glowing monochrome green CRT, was instantly addictive. When we got our Commodore 64 some time later, it was one of the…

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