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Xcavator 2025

Lost NES game Xcavator finally coming to cartridge in 2026

2025-12-11
By: Christian Cawley
On: December 11, 2025
In: Retro games news

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 →

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