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Nintendo Entertainment System

Mister Scary arrives on the NES, brand new 8-bit platformer

2025-10-14
By: Christian Cawley
On: October 14, 2025
In: Retro games news

This is precisely the kind of release that keeps the 8-bit world spinning! A completely new game has landed for the original Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), and it’s perfect for the spooky season. CALGAMES has just released Mister Scary – Where Are You? in digital ROM form. Meanwhile, backers ofRead More →

NES-ential Celebration

Back The NES-ential Celebration, a tasty looking book on Kickstarter

2025-06-03
By: Christian Cawley
On: June 3, 2025
In: Retro merchandise

If you owned a Nintendo Entertainment System console in the 1980s or early 90s, The NES-ential Celebration might be the tribute book for you. Here’s a fact that regularly baffles Americans: hardly anyone in the UK owned a console until the SEGA Mega Drive came out. While a few outliersRead More →

Echoes of the Unread

Echoes of the Unread 8-bit adventure Kickstarter hits target!

2025-05-22
By: Christian Cawley
On: May 22, 2025
In: Retro games news

Mega Cat Studios and Clever Cat Games are producing a non-feline 8-bit adventure, Echoes of the Unread. The Kickstarter has launched, and already hit its £11,173 target in just 24 hours since launch. But while those 185 backers should feel pretty pleased about the prospect of a digital copy orRead More →

Bases Loaded

My friend’s glory days revisited: Bases Loaded comes to PC!

2025-04-16
By: Gaming Retro Writer
On: April 16, 2025
In: Retro games news

Get ready to dig out your virtual mitts, retro gaming fans! Publisher Rock It™ Games, in collaboration with City Connection, has just announced the digital release of the beloved baseball titles Bases Loaded and Super Bases Loaded on PC via Steam and GOG. For those of us who spent countlessRead More →

Sensible Soccer NES version

Sensible Soccer NES found: A 32-year secret goal!

2025-03-22
By: Christian Cawley
On: March 22, 2025
In: Analysis

Video game archival site Games That Weren’t (GTW) has unearthed a near-complete version of Sensible Soccer for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), a find that’s been lost for 32 years! In fact, it is so near-complete, that it is now playable. If you’re like me and you lived and breathedRead More →

Remember Maniac Mansion? Cronela’s Mansion is bringing back that magic

2025-02-17
By: Christian Cawley
On: February 17, 2025
In: Retro games news

Remember that feeling? Slipping a cartridge into your NES, SNES, or Game Boy, and being instantly transported to another world? A world of pixelated puzzles, quirky characters, and unforgettable adventures? Well, if you’re like me, that feeling never really goes away. And that’s why I’m so excited about Cronela’s Mansion.Read More →

Mega Man review: Blast from the past, still a classic

2025-02-06
By: Anthony Yates
On: February 6, 2025
In: Retro games and gear reviewed

Capcom’s Mega Man is the stuff of gaming legend. Few other titles have a legacy quite like it, and even fewer can boast so many games of such phenomenal quality. Let’s check out where the series began through a modern lens. The hallmarks of an exemplary platformer As you’re thrownRead More →

Flea 2 for NES Dreamcast and PC

Flea 2: Retro Platforming Bliss on NES, Dreamcast, and More!

2025-02-04
By: Christian Cawley
On: February 4, 2025
In: Retro games news

Indie developers are increasingly blurring the lines between retro nostalgia and modern game design, and LowTek Games’ Flea 2 is a prime example. Following a successful Kickstarter campaign, the sequel to Flea! is set to bring its pun-filled platforming action to NES, PC, and even Dreamcast! In the original Flea!Read More →

Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit

The Angry Video Game Nerd Gets His Own 8-bit Game

2025-01-24
By: Christian Cawley
On: January 24, 2025
In: Retro games news

Retroware and Mega Cat Studios have announced “The Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit,” a side-scrolling action game inspired by classic titles like Mega Man, coming to NES and all major platforms in Q2 2025. Developed by Mega Cat Studios, “The Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit” will challenge players to battleRead More →

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