Just when you thought the Dreamcast homebrew scene had finally reached the limits of what can be squeezed out of a 200MHz processor, someone goes and rewrites the rulebook, in a language that really shouldn't work here.
A new review reveals Osaka's famed Super Potato store is shifting focus, with its legendary stock of rare retro titles for platforms like the Famicom and Sega Saturn thinning in favour of tourist-friendly Pokémon and Super Mario games.
US video game hardware revenue has plummeted to a 30-year low, with November 2025 figures showing a dramatic 30% year-on-year decline.
Coming to you live from Malaysia, welcome to issue 181. My retro gaming finds have been somewhat limited in Malaysia thus far, and Laos is
ESP Soft has released a brand new adventure game, 'Casimiro en la Casa Encantada', for the classic Amstrad CPC platform just in time for Christmas. Players guide Casimiro through a haunted house basement filled with puzzles, featuring colourful 8-bit graphics and traditional gameplay.
Two lost Commodore 64 prototypes, 'Thomas the Tank Engine 2' and 'Sooty and Sweep 2', have been preserved and released as playable ROMs by Games That Weren’t. This discovery offers a glimpse into the UK's late-era 8-bit development, allowing retro enthusiasts to experience these 'what if' games.
A technical teardown of Analogue's FPGA-based Nintendo 64 console, the Analogue 3D, has revealed it uses the open-source NimBLE Bluetooth stack. This discovery signals enhanced controller compatibility and modifiability for the retro hardware community.
The cult PlayStation puzzle classic Intelligent Qube is making a surprise return after nearly 30 years. A new PlayStation Store listing confirms the 1995 title will launch on PS5 and PS4 on 17th April, complete with modern quality-of-life features like save states and rewind functionality.
A definitive new romhack for Final Fantasy V on Super Nintendo merges Japanese hacker Inu's legendary bug fixes with the RPGe English translation. This comprehensive patch addresses decades-old glitches and interface issues in the 1992 RPG, offering retro gamers the most polished version available.
The SNES romhack 'Boxguy Adventure 3: Super Boxguy World' has received a major festive 'Christmas Update', bringing new winter-themed content to this custom Super Mario World modification. Created by PoyoPoyo1985, the hack features completely original graphics, music.
