One of the sad realities of collecting consoles is that they can often lose some of their most interesting or valuable features over time. This includes features like being able to access official storefronts and servers, or simply being able to connect effortlessly to the internet.
Fortunately for players, though, there is a fairly expansive community online of modders and developers for various retro machines — many of whom continue to pump out unofficial fixes and solutions to restore some of those missing features and continue where the original developers left off.
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]]>A popular Nintendo DS emulator for Android Devices has disappeared from the Google Play Store, as spotted by the publication RetroHandhelds.
DraStic is an emulator developed by Exophase and has been available on the Google Play Store for over a decade. Recently, though, it appears that it has been pulled from the storefront with very little warning, with attempts to reach it now simply returning a white screen with the message "We're sorry, the requested URL was not found on this server".
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]]>Earlier this month, the Tokyo-based developer and publisher Mebius announced a new series of MSX reissues for the Nintendo Switch, in Japan, with the first of these scheduled to be a rerelease of the MSX2 version of the RPG BURAI Joukan (thanks Famitsu!)
BURAI Joukan, in case you've never heard of it, is a title that focuses on the story of eight warriors spread across the world who are suddenly entrusted with the task of saving the land from the followers of an evil god named Daar. It was initially released for the PC-88 and PC-98 in 1989 and was later ported in 1990 to the MSX2.
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]]>A new translation patch was released earlier this month for the Like A Dragon samurai spin-off, Like A Dragon: Ishin! (otherwise known as Ryū ga Gotoku: Ishin!).
Like A Dragon: Ishin! was originally released exclusively in Japan for the PS3 and PS4, and primarily focuses on the character Sakamoto Ryōma, a lowly samurai who must set out to take revenge on those who killed his stepfather.
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]]>Skies Of Arcadia has been in the news recently thanks to Sega's decision to renew the trademark for the iconic Dreamcast (and GameCube) JRPG.
We're still not entirely sure a remaster is on the cards, but if you can't wait for more news, it might be worth taking a look at Horizons Of Achaea, a new indie RPG which is heavily inspired by Sega's game.
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]]>Earlier this week, GoRetroid began teasing that it had an announcement to make on Valentine's Day and it has now pulled back the curtain a little, sharing a new image featuring not one but two new retro-style handhelds.
The first of these appears to be a new take on the Retroid Pocket Flip and features a clamshell design with a stylish GameCube-controller-inspired colour scheme; that's in addition to some notable differences in the layout from its predecessor.
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]]>The topic of preservation in the video game industry is one that repeatedly gets raised. While interactive entertainment generates millions of dollars each year, there doesn't seem to be a lot of joined-up thinking when it comes to properly preserving and cataloguing both games and items of historical interest—such as physical media, such as magazines.
As highlighted by BlueSky user transparency, one of the world's most famous video game reviews isn't readily available anywhere online.
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]]>Hamster, the company behind Arcade Archives, has revealed that it will be releasing Dead Connection as a standalone title on Nintendo Switch and PS4 later this month.
The news was shared during the company's livestream yesterday for the Konami video game Kitten Kaboodle (otherwise known as Nyan Nyan Panic).
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]]>Software engineer Eli Lipsitz has just revealed their next project: an open-source FPGA-based handheld which plays Game Boy, Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance cartridges, as well as ROMs loaded via an SD card.
The 'Game Bub' also supports the Game Boy link cable, has a built-in rumble, real-time clock and and the ability to expand it with other features in the future. It also has an optional dock which offers HDMI-out.
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]]>If you're looking to pick up a classic disc-based retro gaming system these days, then it's worth investigating the world of Optical Disc Emulators—ODEs, for short—as these devices allow you to load game files without having to purchase expensive copies on the secondary market.
One of the most popular ODE options for PS1 is xStation, but it seems as if a new low-cost alternative is now available.
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]]>After years in the wilderness, Capcom's Onimusha franchise has really kicked into life again recently, what with a new instalment (Onimusha: Way of the Sword) and a remaster (Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny) on the way.
That begs the question, will we see more Onimusha titles get the remaster treatment in the future?
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]]>Update : Following last night's State of Play, Konami finally uploaded its release date trailer to its YouTube channel following last week's PlayStation leak, officially announcing the grand return of Snake Vs. Monkey.
But as some, including Wario64, have noted, it appears that the mode will only be present in the Steam and PS5 versions of the game, with Konami instead uploading a separate trailer for Xbox Series X|S players that removes all references to the Ape Escape series. This is undoubtedly down to Sony being the company that owns the Ape Escape IP.
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]]>The toy company Jada Toys has just opened pre-orders for two new 1:12 scale figures based on the Street Fighter characters Sagat and Blanka.
The figures are the latest in an ongoing line from the American manufacturer based on the famous Capcom fighting series, with the company having previously released other collectible figures based on DeeJay, Cammy, Guile, M. Bison, Ryu, Ken, Dhalsim, Chun-Li, and Fei Long.
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]]>Ah, the Dreamcast. Sega's hardware swansong remains a classic piece of gaming technology, even if it didn't sell enough units to prevent the company from exiting the hardware market.
Home to amazing games, forward-thinking technology and the iconic VMU, the 128-bit platform is worthy of your attention in 2025—but did you know it has a secret menu system?
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]]>Famed composer and game designer Yuzo Koshiro is currently hard at work putting the finishing touches to Earthion, his new shmup for the Mega Drive / Genesis, which is also coming to other platforms.
Despite being on the final stretch, Koshiro—who created the soundtracks to games like Streets of Rage, Revenge of Shinobi and ActRaiser—has still found time to think about his next project.
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]]>A patch adding comprehensive rumble support to Wario Land 4 has just hit 1.0, bringing with it a bunch of further improvements and bug fixes.
The Wario fan djedditt initially released the patch for the game back in August 2023 to coincide with the 22nd anniversary of the Game Boy Advance in Japan, with the project aiming to be the first homebrew solution to introduce the fun and tactile feature to the classic platformer.
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]]>Lunar Remastered Collection is coming to all major formats this April, and publisher GungHo has released a new FAQ which attempts to answer some of the burning questions surrounding the releases. "Attempts" is the operative word here, as it has predictably failed to answer some of the more contentious issues surrounding the double-pack of JRPGs.
While the FAQ states that (disappointingly) that there's going to be no collector's edition of the game, it does at least mention that the physical version won't be a limited release, and that "there will be plenty of copies available for everyone interested."
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]]>Update #2 : h0ffman's fanmade port of Golden Axe to Neo Geo is now complete and available to download for free from itch.io.
The port of the game works with MVS / AES and Neo Geo CD set-ups and includes the original arcade difficulty settings, alongside a bunch of other features. This includes game region selectable, a special Neo Geo CD-specific soundtrack (courtesy of Richard Douglas), MVS multi-slot game switching and credits, SoftDIP settings for AES and Neo Geo CD available from the title menu, and support for "most flash cart solutions, real hardware, and emulators"
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]]>A new gaming handheld is paying tribute to the classic Nokia N97. Created by Sugar Cubes, the N97 Elite features a sliding mechanism inspired by the classic mobile phone, and comes in special Gundam and Dragon Ball designs.
According to Notebook Check, the N97 Elite isn't all that exciting when it comes to specs, however. It's rocking 2019's Snapdragon 855+ system-on-a-chip, along with 12GB of RAM and 512GB of storage.
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]]>Former Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick has been speaking about his time in the video game industry recently, and while he's quick to recall that GoldenEye on Wii almost didn't have guns in it, he struggles to recall the name of one of the UK's most respected (and now defunct) game studios (thanks, VGC).
Discussing the topic of acquisitions, Kotick appeared to offer the example of Bizarre Creations, the Liverpool-based studio—responsible for Sony's F1 games, Metropolis Street Racer, Project Gotham Racing, Blur and Geometry Wars—that Activision snapped up in 2007 for $67.4 million.
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