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Evercade retro console handheld

Evercade review: "Classic gaming on a new handheld console reignites the retro romance"

By Brendan Griffiths

Review

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Best retro game consoles 2021

By Benjamin Abbott, Alan Bradley

Buying guide We've gathered the best retro game consoles to relive your childhood or educate yourself about the history of gaming

Check out this ridiculously cool Limited Edition Marvel Super Heroes arcade cabinet

Check out this ridiculously cool Limited Edition Marvel Super Heroes arcade cabinet

By Benjamin Abbott

Retro Arcade1Up are making another retro cabinet, and it’s a doozy

The new Call of Duty may have revived the WW2 shooter... but here's the fascinating story of how Medal of Honor defined it

By James Hoyle

Retrospective It's all thanks to Steven Spielberg, a harsh military advisor, and Nazis posing with snowmen

The 18 most secret video game secrets

By Justin Towell

SHHH… IT'S A SECRET

Sega is making 20 years of retro games free on mobile! Here's what to expect

By Justin Towell

Feature Games from every era of Sega console coming free to your phone

10 games with outstanding Start screens

By Justin Towell

Looking back at Fallout's first foray into the wasteland

By GamesMaster Staff

Game History

Gaming facts that will make you feel old

By Henry Gilbert

Feature Old man yells at cloud...

A history of Batman games

By GamesRadar Staff, GamesRadarShanePatterson

He is vengeance, he is the night, he is Batman, and he's the star of a whole slew of video games of varying levels of quality...

The highs and lows of being a real Sonic fan

By Justin Towell

Suffice to say it hasn't been easy...

How Kickstarter is giving retro gaming a future

By Richard Murphy

RadarPlays - X-Men

By GamesRadar Staff

X-Men Arcade is a classic. We dive in during this week's RadarPlays Retro...

RadarPlays - Bushido Blade

By Henry Gilbert

Shine up your katana for this week's blast from the past, Bushido Blade...

More games need interactive loading screens

By Henry Gilbert

These games made us look forward to waiting...

What all devs should learn from the Castle of Illusion remake

By Justin Towell

Sega Studios Australia aren't taking the Mickey

Weirdest console redesigns in gaming history

By Henry Gilbert

The oddest console redesigns in gaming history...

RadarPlays - Sonic Spinball

By Henry Gilbert

We're not very good at this one

Let's Talk: Classic games that need a full remake

By GamesRadar Staff

Here are our picks. Tell us about yours

RadarPlays - Mega Man X

By Henry Gilbert

Join three GR editors as they attempt to hunt Mavericks in the original Mega Man X...