You might remember the first time you played Pac-Man, but you almost certainly won’t remember the last time. The ghost-eating, pill munching yellow pizza thing is celebrating his 45th birthday this year, and if you haven’t noticed, Namco’s classic (known originally as “Puck Man” in Japan) is popping up everywhere.Read More →
A collection of Activision classics has been curated and scheduled for release in November 2025, with 15 Atari 2600 titles coming to Evercade. Another cartridge collection has been announced for Evercade handhelds, TV consoles, and bartops. The Activision Collection 1 boasts 15 classics from the world’s first ever third-party videoRead More →
Blaze Entertainment has confirmed the release date and game listing for the upcoming Llamasoft Collection for Evercade and Super Pocket consoles. Featuring an incredible 27 games (I think that might be a record for an Evercade cart) the collection covers the 8-bit and 16-bit eras of Llamasoft, the publishing nameRead More →
A Game Boy Color OutRun clone has been developed, and its developer is happy to talk to SEGA… A few weeks ago, an OutRun clone for the GBC was unveiled by developer Shane McCafferty, titled “What If Outrun.” Early versions were available to play via Itch.io, but these have nowRead More →
Classic studio and publisher Acclaim is being revived as Acclaim Inc., following the purchase of the trademark and some of the original company’s IPs. UPDATE: August 26th Following the teaser campaign (see below), Acclaim has issued the following video. The video is accompanied by a date, September 10th, 2025, onRead More →
MicroProse has listed Deck & Conn on Steam, which is dripping with retro graphics and gameplay, not to mention a heavy dose of Super Star Trek. Revived classic strategy and sim producer MicroProse is lining up the release of another retro-inspired turn-based tactical sim, but this one has a twist.Read More →
As you should know by now, Commodore has been revived, with a team assembled by retro YouTuber Christian Simpson recently signing papers to buy various trademarks. There is news from Commodore this weekend, as the third installment of “Let’s buy Commodore” hits YouTube. In the 37-minute video, Christian “Perifractic” SimpsonRead More →
Classic vertical scroller Chopper 1 brings some aerial combat and bombardment to the Arcade Archives and reminds us of early SNK. Okay, this is a completely new one on me. Never played it, but quite fancy it as I like a bit of helicopter combat. Released as The Legend ofRead More →
1985 8-bit classic Boulder Dash is now available to play on PlayStation, Xbox, PC and Mac, and coming to Nintendo Switch next week. Featuring 60 remastered levels from the original trilogy of games and new fan-created levels, Boulder Dash‘s 40th anniversary upgrade has been designed to pay tribute to theRead More →
