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Retro Gaming News Roundup (May 6–13, 2025)
The biggest retro gaming stories between 6 and 13 May 2025 were not conventional re-releases or loosely retro-styled modern games. The week was dominated by new hardware for original consoles,...
Retro Gaming News Roundup (May 6–13, 2025)
The biggest retro gaming stories between 6 and 13 May 2025 were not conventional re-releases or loosely retro-styled modern games. The week was dominated by new hardware for original consoles,...
Retro Gaming News Roundup (June 10–17, 2025)
Retro gaming news between 10 and 17 June 2025 covered considerably more than discounted remasters and modern games borrowing familiar visual styles. Retroid opened pre-orders for a second-screen accessory designed...
Retro Gaming News Roundup (June 10–17, 2025)
Retro gaming news between 10 and 17 June 2025 covered considerably more than discounted remasters and modern games borrowing familiar visual styles. Retroid opened pre-orders for a second-screen accessory designed...
Super Nintendo: How Nintendo Engineered a 16-Bi...
The Super Nintendo was not driven by one dominant processor. Its 5A22 CPU worked with specialised graphics, audio and DMA hardware, while expandable cartridges added new capabilities throughout the console’s...
Super Nintendo: How Nintendo Engineered a 16-Bi...
The Super Nintendo was not driven by one dominant processor. Its 5A22 CPU worked with specialised graphics, audio and DMA hardware, while expandable cartridges added new capabilities throughout the console’s...
Sega Saturn: Retro Gaming's Ambitious Pioneer
Sega Saturn is often introduced through a contradiction. One version of the story calls it a mighty machine packed with processors; another says it was so complicated that developers could...
Sega Saturn: Retro Gaming's Ambitious Pioneer
Sega Saturn is often introduced through a contradiction. One version of the story calls it a mighty machine packed with processors; another says it was so complicated that developers could...
RetroScaler BlueRetro Wireless Receiver for Nin...
The BlueRetro Nintendo 64 Wireless Receiver connects modern Bluetooth controllers to original N64 hardware without internal modification. We examine pairing, controller mapping, analogue response, rumble, Controller Pak storage, web configuration,...
RetroScaler BlueRetro Wireless Receiver for Nin...
The BlueRetro Nintendo 64 Wireless Receiver connects modern Bluetooth controllers to original N64 hardware without internal modification. We examine pairing, controller mapping, analogue response, rumble, Controller Pak storage, web configuration,...
Sega Mega Drive: How Sega Built Its 16-Bit Powe...
The Sega Mega Drive combined a fast Motorola 68000, Z80 sound processor, tile-and-sprite VDP, FM synthesis and expandable cartridge bus. This fact-checked guide explains how Sega’s 16-bit console really worked.
Sega Mega Drive: How Sega Built Its 16-Bit Powe...
The Sega Mega Drive combined a fast Motorola 68000, Z80 sound processor, tile-and-sprite VDP, FM synthesis and expandable cartridge bus. This fact-checked guide explains how Sega’s 16-bit console really worked.
Retro Gaming News This Week: Physical Media, Pr...
This week’s retro gaming news looks at physical media, digital store closures, game preservation, budget handhelds, strange hardware projects, recompilation, archive failures and why keeping old games playable is becoming...
Retro Gaming News This Week: Physical Media, Pr...
This week’s retro gaming news looks at physical media, digital store closures, game preservation, budget handhelds, strange hardware projects, recompilation, archive failures and why keeping old games playable is becoming...
Which Retro Gaming Emulation Handheld is Right ...
Choosing the right retro gaming handheld should be simple. But with so many handheld emulator consoles now available, it is easy to get buried in screen sizes, processors, operating systems,...
Which Retro Gaming Emulation Handheld is Right ...
Choosing the right retro gaming handheld should be simple. But with so many handheld emulator consoles now available, it is easy to get buried in screen sizes, processors, operating systems,...
Retro Consoles With 10,000 Games Included: The ...
Thinking of buying a retro console with 10,000, 20,000 or 50,000 games included? Huge game counts can sound impressive, but many oversized libraries are padded with duplicates, regional variants, hacks,...
Retro Consoles With 10,000 Games Included: The ...
Thinking of buying a retro console with 10,000, 20,000 or 50,000 games included? Huge game counts can sound impressive, but many oversized libraries are padded with duplicates, regional variants, hacks,...
Retro Gaming in 2026 So Far: The Year Nostalgia...
As of May 2026, retro gaming’s biggest story is not simply that more old games are playable. It is that the whole ecosystem around old games is becoming more professional,...
Retro Gaming in 2026 So Far: The Year Nostalgia...
As of May 2026, retro gaming’s biggest story is not simply that more old games are playable. It is that the whole ecosystem around old games is becoming more professional,...
Nintendo Virtual Boy: A Technical Deep-Dive int...
The Virtual Boy is neither a handheld nor a wearable headset. It is a self-contained tabletop console viewed through a fixed eyepiece. Photo: Evan-Amos, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Nintendo’s...
Nintendo Virtual Boy: A Technical Deep-Dive int...
The Virtual Boy is neither a handheld nor a wearable headset. It is a self-contained tabletop console viewed through a fixed eyepiece. Photo: Evan-Amos, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Nintendo’s...
Analogue 3D: a modern N64 built on FPGA
Analogue 3D rebuilds the Nintendo 64 experience around original cartridges, FPGA hardware and HDMI output rather than replacing the library with downloads. Promotional image © Analogue. Analogue 3D makes an...
Analogue 3D: a modern N64 built on FPGA
Analogue 3D rebuilds the Nintendo 64 experience around original cartridges, FPGA hardware and HDMI output rather than replacing the library with downloads. Promotional image © Analogue. Analogue 3D makes an...
SummerCart64: Plug-and-Play Power, FPGA Precisi...
SummerCart64 is easy to misunderstand because it does several different jobs at once. To a player, it is a flash cartridge: choose compatible software from a microSD card and run...
SummerCart64: Plug-and-Play Power, FPGA Precisi...
SummerCart64 is easy to misunderstand because it does several different jobs at once. To a player, it is a flash cartridge: choose compatible software from a microSD card and run...
SuperStation One Review: A PS1-Inspired FPGA Co...
SuperStation One combines MiSTer FPGA hardware with original PlayStation controller support, extensive video outputs and an optional optical dock. We examine what the console can do today, where it excels...
SuperStation One Review: A PS1-Inspired FPGA Co...
SuperStation One combines MiSTer FPGA hardware with original PlayStation controller support, extensive video outputs and an optional optical dock. We examine what the console can do today, where it excels...
CGB A to E: Uncovering the Evolution and Fixes ...
This early Grape Game Boy Color was assembled in 1998 and contains the original unlettered CPU CGB chip. Photo and hardware record: Game Boy Hardware Database, CC BY-SA 4.0. The...
CGB A to E: Uncovering the Evolution and Fixes ...
This early Grape Game Boy Color was assembled in 1998 and contains the original unlettered CPU CGB chip. Photo and hardware record: Game Boy Hardware Database, CC BY-SA 4.0. The...
Forged In Silicon: The Complete History Of Nint...
From fixed-circuit television games to modern hybrid consoles, this complete history traces Nintendo’s major hardware generations, the companies behind its silicon, its changing game formats and the design ideas that...
Forged In Silicon: The Complete History Of Nint...
From fixed-circuit television games to modern hybrid consoles, this complete history traces Nintendo’s major hardware generations, the companies behind its silicon, its changing game formats and the design ideas that...
Retro Gaming News Roundup (27th June – 11th Jul...
Retro gaming news between 27 June and 11 July 2025 brought together original cartridge hardware, officially emulated computer games, modern handhelds, fan-led business acquisitions and the continuing restoration of games...
Retro Gaming News Roundup (27th June – 11th Jul...
Retro gaming news between 27 June and 11 July 2025 brought together original cartridge hardware, officially emulated computer games, modern handhelds, fan-led business acquisitions and the continuing restoration of games...
Anbernic RG34XX SP: The Perfect Blend of Classi...
🎮 First Impressions & Build Quality From the moment you flip it open, the RG34XX SP nails that satisfying clamshell snap reminiscent of the original Game Boy Advance SP, but with...
Anbernic RG34XX SP: The Perfect Blend of Classi...
🎮 First Impressions & Build Quality From the moment you flip it open, the RG34XX SP nails that satisfying clamshell snap reminiscent of the original Game Boy Advance SP, but with...