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Nintendo Switch gets more retro games!

2025-06-07
By: Christian Cawley
On: June 7, 2025
In: Retro games news

NAMCO arcade, Nintendo 64, and SEGA Genesis retro games are coming to the Nintendo Switch. Last week’s Nintendo Direct event had news of brand new and retro gaming titles arriving on Nintendo Switch in the next few months. In fact, the number of retro releases has come as a bitRead More →

Ambitious Mario 64 Mod Gives the Classic a Massive Graphical Overhaul

2023-03-12
By: Anthony Yates
On: March 12, 2023
In: Retro games news

Super Mario 64 is arguably one of the best 3D platformers of all time and one of the big reasons to own a Nintendo 64. Unlike a certain Blue Blur, Mario flawlessly transitioned from 2D to 3D and set a standard that few titles can even hope to emulate. EvenRead More →

The Super Mario Bros movie trailer, if it was animated on an N64

2022-12-20
By: Christian Cawley
On: December 20, 2022
In: Miscellaneous retro stuff

We’ve been a bit guilty in ignoring the Super Mario Bros movie, mainly because it’s very much not a classic video game, but also because Chris Pratt. But by ignoring thus far, it means we can get excited when we see this, the N64-style trailer for the Super Mario BrosRead More →

Axed Super Mario 64 Stage Appears in Forgotten 1996 Nintendo Document

2022-09-23
By: Bhav Soor
On: September 23, 2022
In: Retro games news

We’re constantly finding out new things about video games that have been out for decades. Whilst cut content is something we won’t ever be able to experience in a game, it’s always nice to look at what we could have had. Recently uncovered screenshots from a reel in Nintendo 64’sRead More →

You Can Now Launch Super Mario 64 With a Raspberry Pi Pico

2022-06-26
By: Christian Cawley
On: June 26, 2022
In: Retro games news

Like its more fully-formed sibling, the Raspberry Pi Pico has proved adept at handling retro gaming projects. The latest example of the Pico’s versatility is as the controller on a custom Nintendo 64 cartridge, where it can be used to host ROM files. While the examples on Twitter (see below)Read More →

Super Mario 64 Runs 6x Smoother, Programmer Fixes 100,000 Lines of Source Code

2022-04-20
By: Josh A. Bailey
On: April 20, 2022
In: Retro games news

Super Mario 64 tweaked to perform even more smoothlyRead More →

Why Did Super Mario 64 Sell for $1.5m at Auction?

2021-07-16
By: Christian Cawley
On: July 16, 2021
In: Retro games news

An incredible auction of Nintendo memorabilia took place recently, with a pristine Super Mario 64 selling for $1.56 million. The big question is: why? After all, a similarly-pristine copy of the game sold for just $13,200. The Super Mario 64 cartridge was graded Wata with a 9.8 A++ rating. ToRead More →

Retro Titles Among the Most Popular Video Games on TikTok

2021-07-07
By: Christian Cawley
On: July 7, 2021
In: Retro games news

TikTok has been analyzed to find the most popular games on the social network – and happily plenty of retro games can be found high in the list. Top10Casinos.com used Metacritic’s official ranking of the top 100 most played games of all time, then tracked their popularity on TikiTok. GamesRead More →

The World’s Most Popular Retro Video Games, Ranked

2021-05-30
By: Christian Cawley
On: May 30, 2021
In: Retro games news

What is the best retro video game? It’s difficult to tell, at least not without asking a lot of people. Big games tend to have a long-lasting impact. For example, the Animal Crossing franchise celebrated 20 years in April 2021, while Pokémon celebrated 25 years in February. To get aRead More →

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