Items tagged with retro gaming
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Alan Velasco - Thu, Jul 24, 2025
Nostalgia is big in the gaming space lately, with numerous companies revisiting back catalogs to remake classic titles or cook up impossibly thin devices for retro gaming on the go. Nintendo is looking to cash in on its own storied...
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Paul Lilly - Wed, Jul 23, 2025
Kids these days will never know what it was like living through the early days of home PCs, when floppy disks, sharp edges, and beige colorways ruled the landscape. They're about to get a history lesson of sorts, though, and from none...
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Paul Lilly - Mon, Jul 21, 2025
Atari is teaming up with Plaion and Bandai Namco to release a stunning redesign of the iconic Atari 2600 console in celebration of the 45th anniversary of Pac-Man, one of the most popular gaming characters and IP of all time. And yes, I...
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Aaron Leong - Thu, Jul 17, 2025
Italian retro-gaming YouTuber Francesco Salicini of Once Were Nerd fame is facing serious legal trouble after authorities from the Guardia di Finanza raided his home and seized over 30 handheld gaming consoles, including particularly...
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Alan Velasco - Fri, Jul 11, 2025
There’s a new, tiny Raspberry Pi powered handheld on the scene, dubbed the GamerCard, designed for retro gaming. The GamerCard is the brainchild of Grant Sinclair, nephew of the man behind the legendary ZX Spectrum, Clive Sinclair. It’s...
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Aaron Leong - Thu, Jun 26, 2025
The Helegaly Action Pi, a highly anticipated retro gaming handheld, finally has a release date—July 5, to be precise. This little handheld-that-could aims to capture the hearts of gamers longing for the golden age of consoles, all packed...
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Alan Velasco - Fri, Apr 11, 2025
The gaming world is buzzing with the upcoming release of the Nintendo Switch 2, thanks to a big upgrade in graphics performance alongside some solid third-party exclusives. However, the Kyoto-based gaming giant doesn’t plan to stop...
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Alan Velasco - Wed, Mar 19, 2025
Retro gamers are eating good these days: classic games are getting remakes that make them more accessible to 2025 gamers, and older hardware is being brought back to life with FPGA-based machines. However, the effort by the retro gaming...
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Alan Velasco - Mon, Jan 27, 2025
The original PlayStation is a beloved retro console that got its flowers last year with the gorgeous 30th anniversary collection. For fans who were unable to partake in the celebration due to its limited supply, there’s now another...
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Alan Velasco - Thu, Dec 05, 2024
GOG continues to work towards more consumer friendly options in the gaming space by expanding its Game Preservation Program that it launched earlier this year. This program “ensures classic games remain playable on modern systems, even...
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Ryan Whitwam - Mon, Oct 28, 2024
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) is a weight around the neck of retro game enthusiasts. There was hope that a Copyright Office decision this year would loosen restrictions and make it easier for people to experience the games of yesteryear, but that won't happen after all...
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Alan Velasco - Mon, Oct 21, 2024
It appears as if the Nintendo Wii U is a hardware failure waiting to happen, which is less than ideal now that Nintendo no longer repairs the console for customers. According to information posted on X by the Retro Blast account, the...
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Alan Velasco - Thu, Oct 17, 2024
The retro gaming experts at Analogue are at it again, this time bringing the Nintendo 64 into the modern age with the Analogue 3D console it teased last year. The company already has a strong track record of bringing back older consoles in...
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Tim Sweezy - Thu, Aug 29, 2024
GameStop continues to look for news ways to evolve and stay afloat as it announces it is turning select locations into retro stores. The old take on new stores will focus on retro console classics such as the Sega Dreamcast, and Xbox...
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Tim Sweezy - Wed, Jul 31, 2024
ColecoVision has launched a full-size arcade cabinet over 40 years after it revolutionized home gaming. The first ColecoVision console was released in 1982, introducing classic arcade games like Donkey Kong, Zaxxon, and Venture.
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Paul Lilly - Wed, Jun 26, 2024
This November will mark two years since Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration released to PC and console, bringing with it a bevy of retro games, videos, and enlightening interviews. The developer behind that collection, Digital Eclipse...
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Paul Lilly - Thu, Jun 06, 2024
Some four decades ago, developers of the game Tarzan for the ColeVision console were ready to release a version for the Atari 2600, but it never saw the light of day. Why? Crummy timing, for the most part—the infamous video game crash of...
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Paul Lilly - Fri, May 24, 2024
Today the console wars are largely fought between Microsoft (Xbox One X|S) and Sony (PlayStation 5), and you can throw Nintendo (Switch) in there as well. But arguably the first console skirmish of real significance took place several...
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Tim Sweezy - Fri, Mar 15, 2024
An incredibly rare prototype of the Atari Cosmos from the collection of Pong creator Allan Alcorn is up for auction. Also up for auction is a handful of other iconic Atari video games, such as a Pong arcade game, and a Space Race arcade...
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Zak Killian - Thu, Jan 18, 2024
We've reported on handheld gaming systems quite a bit recently thanks to the boom in the market spurred by the success of the Steam Deck. Products from pre-existing vendors like Ayaneo, GPD, and OneNotebook have been battling with newer...
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Zak Killian - Mon, Jan 15, 2024
AYANEO Retro Mini PC AM01: Starting at $149 Ayaneo's first-ever mini-PCs sport a cute retro aesthetic and good-enough performance for desktop use or casual and retro gaming. Cute Macintosh Throwback Aesthetics Efficient & Nearly...
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Zak Killian - Mon, Dec 11, 2023
The original Doom and Doom II games have a rich and thriving mod community that continues to this day. The title just celebrated its 30th anniversary yesterday, and to commemorate the occasion, one of the very best "megawads" of all...
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