Fighting Fantasy is coming to Nintendo Switch next month, and if that sentence made you feel about 30 years younger, you’re not alone. Tin Man Games has announced that Fighting Fantasy Classics Volume 1 launches on Switch on February 5, bringing four of the most famous gamebooks by Steve JacksonRead More →
The retro hardware scene isn’t short on handheld emulators, clone systems, or FPGA recreations — but the GameTank, now gearing up for launch on Crowd Supply, is something genuinely different. UPDATE 15/1/26: The GameTank crowdfunder is now live on CrowdSupply. It’s a clean-sheet 8-bit games console, built around real 6502-familyRead More →
Resolution Games is launching a new retro arcade experience called Retrocade on February 5 for Apple Arcade, arriving on Apple Vision Pro, iPhone, and iPad. It’s a virtual arcade hub that wraps a selection of classic coin-op games inside a neon-lit, stylised arcade space. You don’t just pick a gameRead More →
There’s a fresh release on the Commodore 64 scene that’s already turning heads: Sherwood, a new action-adventure platformer from Psytronik Software and developer Griffonsoft. Sherwood casts you as Robin Hood after a disastrous archery contest leaves you exposed to Prince John’s wrath. From that moment, it’s a dash for freedomRead More →
The NewZealand Story: Untold Adventure is heading to Steam in February 2026, reviving the 1988 arcade favourite with modern visuals, new mechanics, and a full re-imagining of Tiki the kiwi’s platforming adventure. It looks bright, busy, and unapologetically retro-minded — exactly the sort of thing that usually goes down wellRead More →
GOG is independent again, and its new owner isn’t short on opinions. Michał Kiciński, one of the original founders of both CD Projekt and Good Old Games, has been talking about what comes next after buying GOG back from CD Projekt RED — and he’s very clear about what heRead More →
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 →
Viva Piñata wasn’t just about growing flowers and attracting strange candy animals. For a lot of people, the music did a lot of the heavy lifting. In my house, that was definitely the case — my wife played it as much for the soundtrack as for the oddly soothing garden-building.Read 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 →
