Mega Cat Studios has announced another impressive slate of new releases for original Nintendo hardware, with three brand-new games arriving for the NES and Super Nintendo on January 29. Launching exclusively via the Mega Cat Studios online store, the trio includes SNES maze chaser Super Fanger, alongside NES titles PlyukRead More →
The NES homebrew scene continues to surprise in 2025 with The Trial of Kharzoid, a new cartridge release that blends genres in a way that feels both weirdly familiar and genuinely innovative. At a glance it might seem like yet another retro passion project, but its “arkanoidvania” identity makes itRead More →
Long-lost and forgotten games getting re-releases is nothing new these days, thanks to sites like GamesThatWeren’t, but this is something very special. iam8bit is teaming up with the Video Game History Foundation, Mega Cat Studios, and Retrotainment Games to resurrect a long-lost NES game: Xcavator, originally developed in 1991 butRead More →
We’re gonna need a bigger shelf! Limited Run Games is ending 2025 with something I absolutely did not expect: a full physical re-release of Jaws, the 1987 NES game based on Spielberg’s iconic shark thriller. Yes — the same Jaws you might have rented repeatedly from a tiny video shopRead More →
Polymega has announced its next pair of physical game collections, and if you grew up on late-90s experimentation or quirky NES-era charm, there’s something for you here. Vol. 15 – Body Harvest and Vol. 16 – A Boy and His Blob are the latest additions to the company’s expanding lineRead More →
Nintendo has dropped four more retro titles onto the Nintendo Switch Online library, spanning both the NES and Game Boy apps. All four games are available now. The newly added games are Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos, Battletoads, Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters, and the GameRead More →
If you’re a fan of classic run-and-gun mayhem, brace yourself: Turrican is coming to Evercade and HyperMegaTech! systems in February 2026, and this might be the definitive physical collection the series has ever received. Blaze Entertainment has revealed a new Turrican cartridge that bundles six versions of Factor 5’s legendaryRead More →
Retro sports fans, get ready — two of the NES and SNES era’s biggest sports franchises are officially back. Publisher Rock It Games has relaunched Bases Loaded and Goal! — complete with their 16-bit sequels — on Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 5. This follows previous releases on PC via GOGRead More →
Prepare yourself for a glorious blast of pixelated profanity — The Angry Video Game Nerd 8-Bit is getting the full Limited Run Games treatment. Physical pre-orders for the retro-inspired action platformer are now live on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, and yes — the original NES. Developed by Programancer (of PrisonRead More →
