Retro Gaming News
Ahead of the November launch. Plaion Replai has teamed up with SNK to create a new Neo Geo system, called the Neo Geo+ Advanced Entertainment System / AES. Launching on 12th November 2026, the Neo Geo+ AES (£179.99 / €199.99 / $249.99 / ¥32,800) will be accompanied by ten games and a selection of accessories….
Donkey Kong not only started a trend with platform games back then, but it also created a vast universe of games based on the two main characters from the game (Donkey Kong and Mario, then known as Jumpman). I remember seeing this game for the very first time in the arcade in my hometown in…
‘Wild Gunman’ was originally released in Japan back in 1974. We have some remarkable news for fans of Nintendo’s early arcade history. A retro collector has recently come into possession of rare 16mm film reels of Nintendo’s early arcade coin-op Wild Gunman (not to be confused with the NES black box title of the same…
“The value proposition is absolutely UNREAL!!”. Yesterday, Plaion and SNK announced the Neo Geo+ AES, a revival of the original 1990 home console that cost an absolute fortune back in the day. In fact, many existing AES games have ballooned in value since the system launched in the ’90s, with prices often hitting thousands of…
“Supported on both Base Unit and App”. The Polymega modular retro gaming system has seen its fair share of teething troubles with distribution and delays, but it feels like it may have turned a corner in 2026, with manufacturer Playmaji confirming a power upgrade and the launch of the Polymega Remix and Polymega App this…
“We had to take immediate action”. One of the internet’s largest catalogues of video game hardware has been forced into read-only mode thanks to hackers. Established in 2018, Consolevariations.com aims to be the “ultimate console database” and lists over 12,000 variants and more than 100,000 photos, many of which are uploaded by the community. Read…
“For the first time on AES”. Yesterday, we were given the very welcome news that Plaion and SNK are teaming up to create the Neo Geo+ AES, a modern-day recreation of the iconic super-console that everybody wanted but nobody could afford back in 1990. As part of this release, Plaion is reissuing 10 classic Neo…
The three games were announced during a G-Mode Archives 6th-anniversary stream. In a G-Mode Archives 6th-anniversary stream that went live earlier today, G-Mode, the company known for its revivals of classic Japanese mobile games, revealed three new titles for Nintendo Switch (in Japan) & PC (via Steam). This includes a reissue of the 2006 Atlus-developed…
“Powered by newly manufactured chips based on the originals”. Well, it turns out the rumours of Plaion Replai creating a new Neo Geo system were bang on the money, as the company has just announced the Neo Geo+ Advanced Entertainment System / AES. Launching on 12th November 2026, the Neo Geo+ AES (£179.99 / €199.99…
“It was a nightmare”. It’s fair to say that Capcom’s Final Fight Revenge isn’t the franchise’s finest hour. Developed for Sega’s Titan arcade board and Saturn home console at the tail-end of the 1990s, it was created not in Japan but in the US by Capcom Digital Studios, an outfit that would later work on…