Bomb Jack is back – again – and this time it’s the 1993 arcade follow-up Bomb Jack Twin, arriving on modern consoles as part of Hamster’s Arcade Archives series. If you only know the original Bomb Jack, this one might surprise you. Bomb Jack Twin takes the same basic ideaRead More →
Sonic Mania has officially gone where no modern Sonic has gone before: the SEGA Dreamcast. A fan-made port of the 2017 hit has been in development for some time, but the latest milestone is a big one — the game’s audio now works, making the build far closer to aRead More →
GoldenEye 007 refuses to retire quietly. Nearly 30 years after it turned living rooms into split-screen battlegrounds, the N64 classic has just picked up a fresh new coat of paint thanks to a new 4K texture pack for PC emulation. This visual upgrade of Rare’s original game keeps the lookRead More →
Every so often, a retro project turns up that makes you stop and say: hang on, that machine can do that? That’s exactly the case with a brand new, fan-made arcade-style version of Ghosts ’n Goblins for the Commodore Plus/4. Yes, the Plus/4. The often-forgotten sibling in Commodore’s 8-bit family.Read More →
Retro and indie gaming fans have a new reason to check out the quirky Playdate handheld: the first game from Little Bot Games, called Oblings, is officially launching on the Playdate Catalog on 6 January 2026. Oblings is a creature creation sandbox inspired by Spore, letting players design, evolve, andRead More →
Two very different bits of Quake news have landed almost at the same time – one confirmed and practical, the other speculative but exciting. On the solid side, classic Quake is now officially Steam Deck Verified. On the rumour mill, there’s fresh talk that id Software could be heading backRead More →
New releases for the SEGA Saturn are still a rare sight, particularly when they aim beyond short technical experiments. Vigilant Paradise is one such exception: a fully original first-person shooter developed specifically for Sega’s 32-bit console, and now available digitally. Created by indie developer Playnautic, the game embraces the lookRead More →
Nintendo has added Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance to its Nintendo GameCube – Nintendo Classics line-up, making the long-requested tactical RPG playable via Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack. Originally released on the GameCube in 2005, Path of Radiance is best known for introducing Ike, who later became one ofRead More →
Some games earn their place in history through design, innovation, or sheer popularity. Zero Wing did it by accident. New footage doing the rounds online shows Zero Wing running as part of an unofficial Neo Geo port, and while the shoot ’em up itself remains firmly rooted in late-80s arcadeRead More →
