"They did it. They somehow did it. They made Big Rigs even worse than it already was."
- Steam
- PC
News Konami's 1988 Top-Down Shooter 'Gangbusters' Is Coming To Nintendo Switch & PS4
Otherwise known as 'Crazy Cop' in Japan
- News
- Arcade Archives
- Konami
News Last Year's Little Big Adventure Remake Is Getting A Follow-up
The new remake will be based on 1997's 'Little Big Adventure 2'
- News
- PC
- Steam
- Remakes
News Magician's Apprentice Is A Forgotten Game For A Console That Never Existed
And it's now playable!
- Game Preservation
- Konix Multisystem
News PSRetroX Creator Clarifies PS2 Decompilation Project Not In "Active Development"
"I want to clarify that this project has been paused for several months."
- News
- PS2
- PC
News Polymega's New System Update Adds Support For "Future Hardware"
The Light Gun, or something else?
- Polymega
News A Treasure Trove Of Amazing Shenmue Artwork Has Just Been Preserved
Includes "400 original sketches, illustrations, 3D renders, and more"
- News
- Shenmue
- Sega
- Game Preservation
"It's not as good"
- Henk Rogers
- Nintendo
- Dr. Mario
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TodayWed, 9th Apr 2025
"They did it. They somehow did it. They made Big Rigs even worse than it already was."
- Steam
- PC
News Konami's 1988 Top-Down Shooter 'Gangbusters' Is Coming To Nintendo Switch & PS4
Otherwise known as 'Crazy Cop' in Japan
- News
- Arcade Archives
- Konami
News Last Year's Little Big Adventure Remake Is Getting A Follow-up
The new remake will be based on 1997's 'Little Big Adventure 2'
- News
- PC
- Steam
- Remakes
YesterdayTue, 8th Apr 2025
News PSRetroX Creator Clarifies PS2 Decompilation Project Not In "Active Development"
"I want to clarify that this project has been paused for several months."
- News
- PS2
- PC
"It's not as good"
- Henk Rogers
- Nintendo
- Dr. Mario
News Magician's Apprentice Is A Forgotten Game For A Console That Never Existed
And it's now playable!
- Game Preservation
- Konix Multisystem
News Broke Studio Has Just Teased Physical Reissues Of Three Japan-Exclusive Jaleco Games
Get your guesses in now!
- News
- NES
- Game Boy
- Jaleco
News Polymega's New System Update Adds Support For "Future Hardware"
The Light Gun, or something else?
- Polymega
News A Treasure Trove Of Amazing Shenmue Artwork Has Just Been Preserved
Includes "400 original sketches, illustrations, 3D renders, and more"
- News
- Shenmue
- Sega
- Game Preservation
Monday7th Apr 2025
News The Genesis / Mega Drive Gets Its Own Operating System
A port of Fusix is in development
- Sega
- Homebrews
- Mega Drive
- Genesis
News "The Best Version Of WipEout To Date" Is Now Available On Sega Dreamcast
Update: Now available to download
- WipEout
- Dreamcast
- Homebrews
News Final Fantasy 9 Remake 'Tease' Has Fans Losing Their Minds
Push Square Square Enix, please
- Square Enix
- Final Fantasy
News 28 Years After It Launched In Japan, Princess Crown's English Translation Is Almost Complete
"Release candidate" patches are here
- Sega
- Princess Crown
- Fan Translations
- SEGA Saturn
News New Ridge Racer & Unreleased Retro Studios Project Crop Up In Leaked Switch Dev Kit
Nintendo Life Plus LEGO, dev builds and more
- News
- Nintendo Switch
- Leaks
News We Have Shigeru Miyamoto To Thank For One Of The Best Versions Of Tetris
"Your secretaries and accountants are all playing at lunchtime and after work"
- Tetris
- Shigeru Miyamoto
"I'll be 50 before we can do that here in the States"
- RetroTink
- Hardware
News Microsoft Created A Demo Of Quake II Using AI, And It's Gone About As Well As You'd Expect
"What a fundamental misunderstanding of not only this tech but how games WORK"
- News
- Quake
- Microsoft
- AI
News Yuzo Koshiro Explains What Inspired Him When Creating Streets Of Rage's Iconic Soundtrack
"The music itself was a message"
- Yuzo Koshiro
- Streets of Rage
- Music
- Mega Drive
News Tower of Druaga's Japan-Exclusive SNES Sequel Has Just Got A Fan Translation
'The Blue Crystal Rod' is the fourth and final mainline entry in the 'Babylonian Castle Saga'
- News
- Namco
- SNES
- Fan Translations
News Tomb Raider Just Got A Brilliant New Proof-Of-Concept Demo For The Commodore Amiga
The Saturn & PlayStation classic comes to Amiga... kind of
- News
- Tomb Raider
- Amiga
- Fan Projects
Friday4th Apr 2025
News AYANEO's "Small, Yet Mighty" Pocket ACE Breaks Cover
Update: Video footage revealed
- AYANEO
- Emulation
News An Obscure Taiwanese Fighting Game For DOS Is Being Reborn On Sega Mega Drive / Genesis
Panda Entertainment's 1995 title gets a new 16-bit lease on life
- News
- Bleem
- Mega Drive
"Of course SNK found some way to f**k that up"
- SNK
- Fatal Fury
"The culprit was definitely that French person"
- Sega
- Atari
- Virtua Fighter
- Jaguar
News 23 Konami Mobile Games Have Just Been Saved, Including Gradius, Castlevania and Parodius Titles
Another huge win for keitai preservation!
- News
- Konami
- Game Preservation
News Ubisoft Leamington Has Officially Closed Its Doors, Ending Its 22-Year History
The studio was originally formed in 2002 as FreeStyleGames
- News
- Ubisoft
News Polymega Gives An Update On Its Much-Delayed Light Gun
Final production units are apparently almost ready
- Polymega
- Emulation
News New Book Pays Tribute To The Designer Of Some Of The Coolest Video Game Boxes Ever Seen
"A rare blend of art and mechanics"
- Books
Thursday3rd Apr 2025
News Nintendo Just Broke The Hearts Of GameCube Scalpers Everywhere With Switch 2
"It will no longer cost $500 to play Path of Radiance!"
- Nintendo
- Nintendo Switch 2
- GameCube
News PlayStation Is Using A "Cold Storage" Vault & Mineshafts To Save Its 30-Year History
200 million files and 650 TB have been preserved so far
- News
- Game Preservation
- PlayStation
News Katamari Damacy Game Has Got Its First All-New Entry In 8 Years, But There's A Catch
Katamari Rolling LIVE is an Apple Arcade exclusive
- News
- Katamari Damacy
- Namco
- Apple Arcade
News Konami Is Reviving A Long Forgotten DS & Game Boy Series For The Switch 2
'Survival Kids' debuted in 1999 on the Game Boy Color
- News
- Konami
- Switch 2
News Toaplan's Tiger-Heli Is Getting A New Port For The Atari 2600+ & Atari 7800+
Arriving this July!
- News
- Toaplan
- Atari
News You've "Probably Never Heard Of" BAFTA's Most Influential Video Game Of All Time, Says ITV News
Yu Suzuki's Shenmue takes the top spot
- BAFTA
- Shenmue
- Sega
News Another Legendary Tokyo Arcade Is Closing Its Doors
Nakano TRF will close for good on May 18th
- News
- Arcades
- Japan
Wednesday2nd Apr 2025
News Namco's 'Ridge Racer' Is Coming To Nintendo Switch 2 At Launch
Arrives this June
- News
- Arcade Archives
- Ridge Racer
- Namco
Review Croc: Legend Of The Gobbos (Switch) - A Solid, If Unspectacular Retro Adventure
Nintendo Life The closest we've ever gotten to a 3D Yoshi game
- Reviews
- Switch eShop
News GTA: Vice City Has Been Ported To Sega Dreamcast
Update: Now in beta, alongside GTA III
- Sega
- Dreamcast
- Homebrews
- GTA
News This Gorgeous Remake Of Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge Doesn't Exist
"Needless to say, these aren't real screenshots"
- Castlevania
News Developing Homebrew Games For Sega Saturn Just Got A Lot Easier
Saturn Ring Library goes live
- Sega
- SEGA Saturn
- Homebrews
News Val Kilmer, Acting Legend And One-Time Video Game Voice Artist, Has Died
Nintendo Life Kilmer voiced Walker Sloan in Spider-Man: Edge of Time
- News
- Nintendo
- Nintendo 3DS
- Spider-Man
- Wii
News This Might Be The Only Working 'Galaxian 3: Attack Of The Zolgear' Cabinet In North America
"I’m very proud to have been part of the repair effort"
- Arcades
- Game Preservation
- Galaxian
News iPhone's Delta Emulator Has Just Got Online Play For Nintendo DS Games
You'll be able to play with real DS owners, too
- Nintendo
- Emulation
- iOS
- DS
News Street Fighter Creator Dishes On The Series's Origins In Newly Translated Interview
"I was just zoning out, thinking about random game ideas"
- News
- Street Fighter
- Capcom
- Arcades
Random This Rare Version Of Tetris Stumped The Tetris Company's Co-Founder
Tetris's "Minuet" for Game Boy was only ever released in Japan
- News
- Tetris
- Henk Rogers
News Hamster Is Bringing A Rare Arcade Version Of 'Assault' To Consoles
'Assault Plus' was originally released in 1988
- News
- Namco
- Arcade Archives
- PS4
News XeGrader Is A New MSX2 Game By M2 Staffer And Hydlide Creator Tokihiro Naito
Available to order now
- MSX. Homebrews
Tuesday1st Apr 2025
News Piko Is Using The Bleem Name To Crowdfund "The Ultimate Retro Platform"
Update: Campaign is now live
- Bleem
- Emulation