Retro

A homebrew Switch emulator is now available to test on jailbroken PlayStation 5 consoles. The project is based on Eden, the open-source Switch emulator, and is called ProsperoEden, which allows gamers to play Switch titles on Sony's current-generation home console.

Konami is marking Castlevania’s 40th anniversary with a limited-time free mobile release of the original game and discounts on several series titles across Steam and PlayStation. An anniversary trailer also hints at a possible collection of classic 3D entries, while a demo for Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse arrives October 1.

Three decades after Nintendo pulled the plug, a fan just finished the job DMA Design never got to. The game is playable on PC and free to download.

Sonic Team veteran Takashi Iizuka says Sega nearly retired Sonic the Hedgehog before Paramount’s hit 2020 film revived the franchise and fueled major growth in licensing revenue. Despite Sonic’s renewed popularity and a fourth movie planned for 2027, Sega has yet to announce a new mainline game.

Hidden Palace has released a rare custom Mega CD BIOS created for Sonic Team creative director Kazuyuki Hoshino in 1991, featuring a personalized Sonic boot screen and modified revision text. The dumped EPROM offers a glimpse into Sega’s early CD development culture, though how the one-off gift left the company and resurfaced decades later remains unknown.

Sixteen years after its browser debut, Happy Wheels amassed 750,000 Steam wishlists in two weeks - 150 times creator Jim Bonacci’s expectation - before launching to strong early sales and positive reviews. The Steam edition combines more than five million user-created levels with modern features.

A developer claims to have ported GoldenEye 007 to an emulated SNES equipped with a 2MB Super FX2 chip, using AI models to build and debug much of the renderer. With no public ROM or independent testing available, doubts persist over whether the technically ambitious footage is authentic.

Twenty years, sharper numbers. Asus ROG’s 20th anniversary at Computex 2026 marked two decades of gaming innovation across motherboards, laptops, graphics cards, handhelds, and high-refresh-rate displays. The company also detailed its rapid expansion in India, where broader retail reach, community engagement, local production, and simultaneous global launches have helped lift its share among the country's gaming audience.

The Nintendo 64 classic GoldenEye 007 has received an unofficial native PC port with 60 FPS support. More features are also planned down the line by the porter, including multiplayer.

Yoniq has revealed global pricing information for its new dual screen handheld. Rivalling the Retroid Pocket Duo Lite and the Anbernic RG DS range, the Yoniq Duo hopes to distinguish itself from rivals with dual joysticks and stylus support.

An unofficial native PC version of Spider-Man: Edge of Time surfaced only days ago, giving the 2011 console game something it had never officially received. Its GitHub repository briefly became unavailable, but has since returned and is once again publicly accessible.

Arduview is a 50-gram handheld featuring a transparent casing, circuit board, and OLED display, with 400 preloaded 8-bit games and USB-C connectivity. The device is expected to launch via Kickstarter ahead of a planned 2027 release.

Anbernic has released a new budget retro handheld globally. A surprise release, the Anbernic RG 35 features dual joysticks in a Game Boy form factor with a choice of classic grey and two translucent finishes.

Shigeru Miyamoto viewed the Rubik’s Cube, not Sony or Sega, as Nintendo’s “eternal rival,” measuring games against products capable of surprising and attracting non-gamers. Recently translated interviews from 1996 and 1999 show how his industrial design background shaped Nintendo’s emphasis on accessibility and innovation, even as the company relied heavily on sequels.

Commodore has unveiled the $377 Commodore 77, a Cyberpunk 2077-themed C64 Ultimate featuring a more powerful FPGA chip, extensive compatibility with classic games and peripherals, and exclusive design elements.

Marshall’s limited-edition Jimi Hendrix collection brings psychedelic purple, black and silver styling to its JMH Studio amplifier, Emberton III speaker and Major V headphones. But the hand-built amp has a steep price tag, while the prices of the speaker and headphones remain unchanged.

CD collectors are facing a strange new threat: some discs have begun cracking or even shattering because of chemical damage and fumes released by certain storage materials. The problem adds another risk to the long-term preservation of optical media.

After launching the Konkr Pocket Advance in five colors, Ayaneo has released the handheld in a sixth color option. However, unlike the other colors, this is a special edition made for developers, and it will not be sold.

QuakeCon 2026 marked the first gathering of id Software founders John Carmack, John Romero, Adrian Carmack, and Tom Hall since 1993, blending nostalgia with candid reflections on Doom and Quake. Carmack’s rusty Doom playthrough and acknowledgment of Quake’s troubled development underscored both the studio’s lasting influence and the apparent healing of old tensions.

Former Fallout 3 artist Nate Purkeypile says technical and memory limitations prevented Bethesda from fully realizing its vision for the 2008 RPG. He hopes the confirmed remaster will meaningfully rebuild the Capital Wasteland rather than merely upgrade textures and apply superficial visual enhancements.

Anbernic has finally revealed how much its new handheld, the RG SP, will cost. The new Game Boy Advance SP-inspired device has also gotten a release date and will be available with a limited-time launch discount.

Shigeru Miyamoto says the GameCube’s limited appeal to established gamers and lack of mainstream features contributed to its disappointing 21.7 million sales, prompting Nintendo to rethink what its next-generation consoles would look like.

(Update: Item sold fast for ~$10,950) An eBay seller has listed a Nintendo DS development cartridge for €7,999 that preservationists believe may be connected to the long-lost 2005 mini-game PokéPark Fishing Rally DS. However, translated boot-screen text suggests the cartridge could contain only leaderboard communication software rather than the playable game itself.

Ayaneo has provided more details of its upcoming handheld, the Konkr Pocket Advance during an hours-long product sharing livestream. The handheld is also shown emulating games for different retro consoles including the Game Boy Advance it is modelled after.

Pokémon made its breakthrough with 2D games, but Nintendo has never quite succeeded with 3D so far. A fan remake of the first two Pokémon games now transforms the classics Pokémon Red and Blue into 3D games with charming voxel graphics that run natively on Windows PCs and Android smartphones.

Anbernic has released a new video for its upcoming handheld, the RG SP. The video gives us our best look at the clamshell foldable and also reveals all its features and technical specifications.

A fan-made recompilation brings the 1999 PlayStation cult classic Pepsiman to modern browsers, running natively at 60 FPS through WebAssembly for users with legally obtained game files. The release adds widescreen support, visual fixes, browser saves, offline play, and leaderboards, though compatibility issues remain on some browsers and mobile devices.

Anbernic has released a video showing the RG SP clamshell handheld in action. The video shows the Game Boy Advance SP-inspired handheld is capable of emulating games for several retro platforms as well as ports of modern games.

Mangmi has released a video showing its Air Y vertical handheld running a handful of retro games. Based on the video, the Snapdragon 662-powered device is capable of emulating games made for the PS1, PSP, and Dreamcast.

New images of the Ayaneo Konkr Pocket Advance reveal the handheld will be available in a second color. The images also provide additional details of the Game Boy Advance-inspired handheld.

Retro gamers welcomed 4 OG Xbox selections accessible in Microsoft’s PC app. Dataminers have exposed this unique approach to backward compatibility. Using an Xbox 360 emulator to achieve the feat, players are anticipating titles previously locked to the console.

A solo modder has released Gears of War 2: Hollow, an unofficial native PC port offering the full campaign, co-op, Horde, multiplayer, DLC, uncapped frame rates, and resolutions up to 4K. Built from a leaked 2008 developer version, the community project can exceed 200 FPS but retains some lighting glitches and untested online features.

Anbernic has unveiled a retro handheld globally. Featuring a slimmer top bezel than the RG34XX SP, the RG SP is also thinner than past Game Boy Advance SP lookalikes. Anbernic claims to have improved other areas for the release of the RG SP too.

DreamSTer brings experimental Sega Dreamcast support to MiSTer by splitting emulation workloads between the DE10-Nano’s ARM processor and an FPGA-based PowerVR2 graphics implementation. Although compatibility, performance, and HDMI output remain limited, rapid community development is moving the project beyond its proof-of-concept stage.

Marshall has unveiled a limited-edition Acton III speaker celebrating 60 years since Jimi Hendrix first used one of its amplifiers, featuring purple velvet, psychedelic artwork and silver accents. It retains the standard model’s hardware, Bluetooth 5.2 and Auracast support, but lacks Wi-Fi and a microphone.

Mangmi has published the full spec sheet of its new vertical handhelds. Both devices share a handful of features but the pro model has more RAM and storage and a more powerful powerful processor among other features.

The launch of Game Kiddy's next gaming handheld is on the horizon. Featuring 2 GB of RAM and a 5,000 mAh battery in a CNC aluminium housing, the GKD 350H Ultra also features a comparatively high-resolution display despite its compact size.

Ayaneo has finally revealed what its Game Boy Advance-inspired handheld looks like. Called the Konkr Pocket Advance, its design is a nod to the classic handheld in many ways, but it also incorporates modern features.

MagicX has announced a new retro handheld. Returning to its pocketable roots, the new handheld is its first to adopt an OLED panel. The unnamed OLED handheld will output at 768p too, despite only having a 3.3-inch display.

Ayaneo has now revealed the design of its Game Boy Advance lookalike. Also, the company has confirmed when it will be revealing the Konkr Pocket Advance, which appears set to rival the Anbernic RG34XX.

Retroid has already released the Pocket Nova globally. To help inform potential buyers, the company has now published dozens of hands-on photos showcasing the retro gaming handheld in its seven colour options.

Former PlayStation executive Shawn Layden argued that soaring AAA development costs have pushed studios toward sequels, remakes, and familiar themes, leaving modern games increasingly homogeneous. He contrasted this risk-averse market with the PS1 and PS2 eras, when lower budgets allowed publishers to back experimental titles such as PaRappa the Rapper and Katamari Damacy.

Modder Brendan “Game of Tobi” Tobias has demonstrated an early native Nintendo 3DS port of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, with basic exploration already functional but significant optimization and bug fixes still required.

Ayaneo has confirmed that its Pocket Micro 2 is returning to sale after all. With an unchanged price, the retro handheld has received a new version that reduces the price of its Nintendo GameCube-inspired finish.

TrimUI has released its latest Game Boy-style retro handheld following its short pre-order period. Available globally, the TrimUI Brick Pro features a larger display and better battery life than the TrimUI Brick or the TrimUI Brick Hammer. TrimUI has added a pair of Hall effect joysticks too, all for under $100.

A new community-developed mod expands the original PlayStation’s RAM from 2MB to 16MB, reviving unused hardware support originally tied to Sony’s arcade systems. While compatibility with commercial games remains mixed, the upgrade opens significant potential for homebrew projects, ports, and visual enhancements on the 30-year-old console.

Ayaneo has officially revealed the name of its new Konkr handheld. The upcoming device is expected to arrive as a modern reimagination of Nintendo's Game Boy Advance.

Retroid has announced that the 8GB RAM variants of the Pocket 5 and Pocket Flip 2 are now out of stock, and will be replaced with a new 12GB RAM version. However, the new configuration will cost a bit more.

MagicX has announced the discontinuation of the Mini Zero28 Android handheld, citing memory prices as the reason. However, it has also announced a potential successor that will have a larger display but ship with Linux out of the box.