Retro Recap: All The Classic Gaming News From The Past Week (May 24th 2026)
DSpico! RetroTink! Resident Evil! Sega Rally!Welcome to Retro Recap, a regular feature we run each and every weekend which rounds up all of the best retro gaming news and content of the past week in one place.Read the full article on timeextension.com
"We Are Deeply Sorry" - M2 Has Canned Ikaruga Successor Ubusuna
Hiroshi Iuchi has also left the company.M2 has revealed that Hiroshi Iuchi's Ikaruga spiritual successor, Ubusuna, has been cancelled.First announced all the way back in 2014, very little has been shown about the game.Read the full article on timeextension.com
Random Game Saturday: Shining The Holy Ark (Sega Saturn)
Holy smokes.I've already written about the amazing impact Shining in the Darkness had on me as a young gamer; a Japanese fusion of Dungeon Master and Dragon Quest, it really opened up my eyes to the allure of the first-person turn-based JRPG – so I was actually somewhat dismayed when the…
Castlevania: SotN And Animal Crossing Get Miniaturised For Game Boy Color
Demake delight.In a brilliant act of 'demake' skill, homebrew coder Richter Wilker has taken Animal Crossing and Castlevania: Symphony of the Night and turned them into Game Boy Color games.Animal Forest GB Folk features villages you can befriend, time-based events, festivals and mini-games,…
The Team Behind This Motion-Sensing Box Think It Can Match The Sales Of The Nintendo Wii
"Our ambitions are as big as the Wii".You might have heard of the Nex Playground if you have your ear to the ground on recent gaming hardware developments. Aimed at a family audience, this tiny device is all about controller-free motion-based gaming, and it has already sold over a million units…
New Atari Trademark Application Hints At Hardware Refresh For Mr T's Favourite Home Computer
We pity the fool who isn't excited about this news.The modern-day Atari has done a commendable job of ensuring the company's legacy remains relevant through a series of revived games and hardware releases, with the latter coming courtesy of partnerships with Retro Games Ltd and My Arcade.So far,…
Check Out Castlevania: Rondo Of Blood Running On The Sega Genesis / Mega Drive
Update: New footage shown with CD-DA audio.Not a week seems to pass without a new porting project for the Genesis / Mega Drive – R-Type, RoboCop, Final Fight, Symphony of the Night, Super Castlevania IV... the list is pretty incredible now.Another notable Castlevania also seems to be coming to…
Necro Pop Is A New Game "Built From The Ground Up" For Neo Geo
"An all-new action platformer with dungeon exploration elements".Nalua Studio is releasing a new Neo Geo game called Necro Pop, which has been "built from the ground up" for SNK's classic system.Available for both the home (AES) and arcade (MVS) formats, Necro Pop is the second game from the studio…
Not One But Two AYANEO Handhelds Have Apparently Leaked Ahead Of Today's Announcement
Along with some odd AI-generated promotional images...Earlier this week, a new AYANEO handheld leaked called the Pocket Block.A Game Boy-shaped device powered by Google's Android OS, it appears to be the company's first attempt at creating a small-format vertical handheld, presumably aimed at the…
Lenovo Confirms The G02 Emulation Handheld Is Legit
"A regional brand licensing agreement meant for the China market only".A short while ago, eyebrows were raised when an $63 emulation handheld pre-loaded with ROMs appeared on AliExpress bearing Lenovo branding.The Hong Kong-based Lenovo is best known today as one of the world's largest personal…
McDonald's Japan Is Teasing A New Mega Man Crossover, With The Help Of A Classic Internet Meme
'Air Man ga Taosenai' was originally released in 2007.McDonald's Japan is teasing a new video game-related collaboration coming to its stores, and this time it seems to be based on Capcom's Mega Man series (h/t: Rockman Corner).Last year, as you may remember, Capcom teamed up with McDonald's Japan…
Gallery: "Fatal Fury Is My Street Fighter II" - Leafing Through Bitmap Books' Ultimate Guide To SNK's One-On-One Slugfest
Are you ok?I'll never forget the first time I saw the original Fatal Fury in the flesh. My dad used to own a chain of video rental stores, and one of them had a bunch of arcade cabinets installed, presumably to keep kids busy while their parents picked out a movie. These were a mixture of standard…
Feature: This Mega Man Hand-Drawn Game Guide Is A Delightful Human-Made Antidote To AI-Generated Slop
God bless Philip Summers.Artist Philip Summers has been creating his Hand-Drawn Game Guides for a while now, and, in this age of GenAI gobbling up all human art to spit out slop, they're become a refreshing antidote.The only issue was the lack of an official license, which caused some problems. A…
Three Years Later, And This 'Metal & Lace' Patch Finally Reaches Version 1.0
The FM Towns 'eroge' fighter now has more English text.Three years ago, Derek Pascarella released the first version of his English patch for the FM Towns eroge fighting game Ningyou Tsukai, better known in the West as Metal & Lace: The Battle of the Robo Babes.Pascarella has just announced that he…
A Groundbreaking Wrestling Game From The Developer Of 'Double Dragon' Is This Week's Arcade Archives Release
Technōs Japan's 'Tag Team Wrestling' is coming to modern consoles.A 1983 tag team wrestling game from Technōs Japan and Data East is making its way to consoles later this week, courtesy of Hamster's Arcade Archives series.Tag Team Wrestling (also known as The Big Pro Wrestling! in Japan) hit the…
KAZe's "Legendary" Sega Saturn Pinball Game 'Last Gladiators' Is Set To Make A Comeback
With online rankings!The Japanese independent developer BeXide today announced plans to port KAZe Co., Ltd.'s 1995 pinball classic, Digital Pinball: Last Gladiators, to Nintendo Switch, Switch 2, PC, and Mac later this year, with a new online ranking feature (h/t: 4Gamer/@denfaminicogame).Digital…
This PS2 Emulator Unlocks A SoulCalibur II Mode "For The First Time Outside Of Real Arcade Hardware"
The soul still burns.One of the developers behind a forked version of the PS2 emulator PCSX2 has revealed that it will soon be possible to play SoulCalibur II's arcade-only 'Conquest Mode' at home.The first public alpha build of PCSX2x6 will allow you to experience this mode for the first time…
'FPGA PlayStation' SuperStation One's Memory Card Just Got An Upgrade
That's a D-pad!If you've been following events in the wild and wacky world of FPGA gaming, then you'll be aware of the SuperStation One, a MiSTer FPGA-based creation of Sony's 32-bit PlayStation console.While it's compatible with a wide range of FPGA cores covering consoles, handhelds, computers…
"We All Know How This Will End" - Kirby's Dream Land 2 & 3 Are Getting Unofficially Ported To PC, But Will Nintendo Step In?
"Experience the legendary Game Boy tale with a brand-new coat of paint".We've already seen Kirby's early Game Boy adventures get a fresh look thanks to the homebrew community, but now the pink menace is getting the enhancement treatment via a new PC port by Grape Garden Games and Team…
"Very Few Franchises Of This Era Have Stayed Relevant" - After More Than A Decade Of Rumours, Broken Sword Could Finally Be Coming To The Big Screen
"Story Kitchen came to this project with a deep passion for the IP".A film based on the classic adventure game series Broken Sword is currently in development from Revolution Software, Story Kitchen, and the screenwriter behind Disney’s live-action Beauty and the Beast, Evan Spiliotopoulos,…