My Arcade has announced a new officially licensed Atari Gamestation gamepad, designed to work with both the Atari Gamestation Go and Gamestation Mega, as well as connected TVs via HDMI. It’s set to make its public debut at CES 2026, with a retail price of $59.99. On paper, this isRead More →
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Wow. This is one of those projects that immediately raises the question: why would anyone do this? A YouTuber has built an enormous LEGO-style Game Boy, complete with a full-size screen, oversized buttons, and just enough engineering madness to make it genuinely interesting rather than just daft. It’s a bitRead More →
For the past year or so, it’s been hard to ignore the growing unease around Arcade1Up. Once the go-to name for home arcade cabinets, the brand has felt… quieter. Fewer releases, mixed signals about support, and a lot of unanswered questions from fans who’ve invested serious money (and living roomRead More →
The Abxylute M4 snap-on mobile controller has officially completed its Kickstarter campaign, and it’s shaping up to be one of the more interesting mobile gaming accessories to emerge in recent years — particularly for players who want something compact, pocketable, and low-commitment. Rather than turning your phone into a full-onRead More →
There’s something oddly festive about this announcement, even if it arrives with a raised eyebrow. Space Invaders has finally landed on Arcade Archives, and the overriding feeling isn’t amazement — it’s “hang on, wasn’t this missing?” Apparently, yes. Until now. I’m very much not short on Space Invaders in myRead More →
My son just sent me this on Instagram, and I immediately went looking for the full video on YouTube. In a single video, creator SunPro Bricks sets out to build five classic video games entirely out of LEGO bricks — and somehow manages to make every one of them genuinelyRead More →
Games That Weren’t has closed out the year with its annual GTW64 Christmas Update, and it’s another cracking reminder of just how much Commodore 64 history is still being uncovered. The 2025 update brings a generous mix of fully playable recoveries, rare prototypes, and significant updates to existing archive entriesRead More →
A long-lost Thomas the Tank Engine game for the Commodore 64 has finally surfaced, more than three decades after it quietly vanished during development. Back in the early 1990s, Thomas the Tank Engine 2 appeared repeatedly in Commodore Format magazine’s Early Warning Scanner, but never progressed beyond brief mentions. WithRead More →
