The Nintendo Switch 2 Is About to Get More Expensive — And the PS5 Already Has
Two pieces of hardware news landed this week that are worth taking together. Nintendo has confirmed that the Switch 2 will…
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The White ZX Spectrum Was a Legend. Now You Can Buy One.
The story goes like this. In December 1983, the ZX Spectrum hit one million units sold. To mark the occasion, Sinclair…
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Re:Wired — The Middlesbrough Museum Where You Can Actually Play the Games
Most museums that feature old technology put it behind glass. Re:Wired, which opened earlier this month in Middlesbrough, takes the opposite…
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Twitch Just Legitimised Mogging — And It’s Worth Understanding Why
On Tuesday, Twitch updated its community guidelines to permit the use of Omoggle, a third-party app that uses facial recognition to…
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A Fan Is Putting Punch-Out!!’s Lost Characters Into a Game Boy Color Remake — And It Looks the Part
Punch-Out!! on the NES is one of the most complete-feeling games of the 8-bit era — a tight, precisely designed boxing…
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Someone Spent Two Years Building a Game Boy Color You Can Wear on Your Wrist
Chris Hackmann — better known online as LeggoMyFroggo — has been making increasingly unhinged Game Boy Color projects for a few…
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Ecco the Dolphin Is Coming Back — And the Original Team Is Making It
On April 22, A&R Atelier — the studio led by original Ecco creator Ed Annunziata — announced Ecco the Dolphin: Complete….
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Atari Just Quietly Assembled the Most Formidable Retro Emulation Operation in Gaming
On April 23, Atari announced the acquisition of Implicit Conversions, an emulation studio founded in 2019 by Robin Lavallée and Jake…
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The Neo Geo AES+ Has Already Broken Its Own Forecast — And It Hasn’t Launched Yet
When we covered the announcement of the Neo Geo AES+ a few weeks ago, the question hanging over the whole thing…
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Manchester: The City That Invented Modern Computing (And Some of the Best Games You Ever Played)
Before we begin — Manchester, Rochdale, Salford, and most of what we’re about to discuss were, until 1974, part of Lancashire….
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Sega Universe — “No Old, Stay Gold”: Sega Is Reviving Its Classic IPs and It’s About Time
On April 24, 2026, Sega announced a project called Sega Universe. The slogan is “No Old, Stay Gold.” The mission statement,…
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Return to Blacktooth — The Head Over Heels Sequel That’s Been in Development for 36 Years
Updated 7 May 2026: Return to Blacktooth is now available! In 1987, Jon Ritman and Bernie Drummond released Head Over Heels….
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Vintage Computer Festival GB 2026 — Aintree Racecourse, Liverpool, September 11
Vintage Computer Festival GB 2026 — Put This in Your Diary (or get AI to do it) Updated June 2026: The…
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R-Type DX Is Coming to Modern Platforms — And It’s Long Overdue
R-Type DX is coming to modern platforms later this month. If you know what that means, you’re already interested. If you…
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SNK, Saudi Arabia, and Whether It Matters When You Buy a Neo Geo Game
It’s worth having this conversation plainly, because it’s going to come up every time someone mentions buying a Neo Geo product…