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"We’ve been grinding on this for months" - Hyperkin just provided an update on its Sega Genesis handheld
By Phil Hayton published
News Hyperkin just provided an update on its Mega95 Sega Genesis handheld, saying it would "rather be late than ship something that isn’t worthy of your collection."
Almost 10 years after launch, Capcom's NES Disney compilation could finally come to Switch as ESRB rating emerges
By Scott McCrae published
News Hopefully Goof Troop makes it in this time

"That's not OK" - Commodore just responded to my biggest C64 Ultimate issue
By Phil Hayton published
News Commodore has addressed C64 Ultimate Starlight Edition keyboard buckling issues, signalling that it will fix the issues for affected customers.

A bunch of new Sega mini arcade machines are inbound
By Phil Hayton published
News My Arcade is showing off new Sega mini arcade machines at CES 2026, including a tiny Outrun cab with a thumbsized steering wheel.

I'm hyped for 8Bitdo's mobile controller, but Gamesir has already Game Boy-ified my phone
By Phil Hayton published
Retro 8Bitdo just revealed a new FlipPad that transforms your Android or Apple phone into a Game Boy, but GameSir is already on the ground with a rival.

The Arcade Classics Atari Centipede machine is a great tribute to trackball gaming, but I wish it had more tricks up its sleeve
By Phil Hayton published
Review The Arcade Classics Atari Centipede makes for a nice way to play some of Atari's trackball classics, but it doesn't quite beat its mean arcade machine rivals.

I stand by the Commodore 64 Ultimate being the better remake, but its mini predecessor is still a cheaper gateway to '80s microcomputing
By Phil Hayton published
Features The Commodore 64 Ultimate is undoubtedly the best remake of the microcomputer yet, but the C64 Mini is still worth considering as a starting point.

Former Rockstar technical director " didn’t like GTA 4 that much" at launch because "we had to sacrifice so much"
By Scott McCrae published
News Not enough bowling

We'll probably never see a Grand Theft Auto set in a futuristic city like GTA 2 because the team "hated it"
By Scott McCrae published
News "You’ve now obviously got the cultural impact which is way more important than it was then."

I tried to make my own Analogue 3D using a $35 N64 HDMI mod, and it's not as terrible as you'd think
By Phil Hayton published
Features Here's how you can make a cheap alternative to the Analogue 3D by HDMI modding your original N64, including how to install the mod and how it compares visually.
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