Retro Recap All The Classic Gaming News From The Past Week (February 1st 2026)
Sonic R! Banjo: Recompiled! Beavis and Butt-Head!
- Retro Recap
- Features
Community Challenge How Fast Are You On Ridge Racer's Most Difficult Course?
"SOMEBODY'S RIGHT ON YOUR TAIL"
- Features
- Community Challenge
- Ridge Racer
Fatal Fury: King of Fighters, Fatal Fury 2, and Fatal Fury Special
- News
- Fatal Fury
- X68000
News The 32X Version Of Virtua Racing Has Been Decompiled
"A complete, buildable disassembly of Virtua Racing Deluxe for the Sega 32X"
- Sega
- 32X
- Decompilation
- Virtua Racing
"I'd rather quit the industry than use Generative AI"
- AI
News New MiSTer FPGA N64 'Turbo' Core Delivers 17.5 Percent Performance Boost
Overclocks from 80MHz to 94MHz!
- FPGA
- N64
- MiSTer FPGA
Promises "totally dynamic worlds" and extensive modding possibilities
- News
- Steam
- Diablo
Review Abxylute E1 - A $70 Dual-OS Handheld That Sadly Fails To Impress
Abxylute-ly underwhelming
- Reviews
- Emulation Handhelds
- Abxylute
- Hardware Reviews
Latest News
TodaySun, 1st Feb 2026
Retro Recap All The Classic Gaming News From The Past Week (February 1st 2026)
Sonic R! Banjo: Recompiled! Beavis and Butt-Head!
- Retro Recap
- Features
Poll Box Art Brawl: Duel - Red Alarm (Virtual Boy)
Nintendo Life Took something perfect and painted it red
- Features
- Polls
- Box Art Brawl
- Virtual Boy
YesterdaySat, 31st Jan 2026
Community Challenge How Fast Are You On Ridge Racer's Most Difficult Course?
"SOMEBODY'S RIGHT ON YOUR TAIL"
- Features
- Community Challenge
- Ridge Racer
Friday30th Jan 2026
"I'd rather quit the industry than use Generative AI"
- AI
Ice to see you!
- News
- Toaplan
- Nintendo Switch
- PS5
Review Abxylute E1 - A $70 Dual-OS Handheld That Sadly Fails To Impress
Abxylute-ly underwhelming
- Reviews
- Emulation Handhelds
- Abxylute
- Hardware Reviews
Fatal Fury: King of Fighters, Fatal Fury 2, and Fatal Fury Special
- News
- Fatal Fury
- X68000
News The 32X Version Of Virtua Racing Has Been Decompiled
"A complete, buildable disassembly of Virtua Racing Deluxe for the Sega 32X"
- Sega
- 32X
- Decompilation
- Virtua Racing
News Here's Why Official Dreamcast Magazine Never Got A Proper Final Issue
"The loss of the demo disc was the killing blow"
- Sega
- Dreamcast
- Magazines
News New MiSTer FPGA N64 'Turbo' Core Delivers 17.5 Percent Performance Boost
Overclocks from 80MHz to 94MHz!
- FPGA
- N64
- MiSTer FPGA
News Final Fantasy VII Is Getting A New Steam Version "To Provide An Improved Gameplay Experience"
Existing owners will get the new version for free
- Final Fantasy
- PC
- Steam
Promises "totally dynamic worlds" and extensive modding possibilities
- News
- Steam
- Diablo
News Strong Museum Of Play Acquires "Comprehensive Collection Of Atari Materials"
The Curt Vendel Collection now has a brand, new home
- News
- Atari
- Game Preservation
Thursday29th Jan 2026
"Because it was for Nintendo, we made everyone have water pistols"
- News
- Splatoon
- N64
- 64DD
News Keiji Inafune's Mighty No. 9 Studio Comcept Is Finished
Nintendo Life It was officially dissolved earlier this month
- Industry
- Level-5
- Keiji Infune
- Japan
Localization legend Richard Honeywood talks us through his incredible game dev origin story
- Features
- Interviews
- Seibu Kaihatsu
- Satoru Iwata
News The Massively Controversial Barbarian Is Getting A New Fan-Made Port For Atari Computers
Will Maria Whittaker come out of retirement for the cover photo, though?
- Atari
- Homebrews
"We've had part of the previously unreleased VB game for years"
- Virtual Boy
- F-Zero
"They wouldn't release it under the Seibu Kaihatsu name"
- Raiden
- PS1
News Gunbird And Rival Turf Are Coming To Polymega, Along With This Rare Arcade-Only Fighter
The Fallen Angels / Daraku Tenshi has never been ported previously
- Polymega
"It was him wanting our help to deal with whatever he was going through"
- Satoru Iwata
Anniversary "Hail To The King, Baby" - Duke Nukem 3D Has Officially Turned 30 Years Old
The shareware version, that is
- News
- Anniversaries
- Duke Nukem
- 3D Realms
Nebulus originally launched for the Commodore 64 & ZX Spectrum
- News
- GBA
News The MSX2 Titles 'Wonderland Of Carbuncle' & 'Super Tritorn' Are Making Their Way To Switch
Courtesy of D4 Enterprise's 'EGGCONSOLE' series
- News
- MSX2
- EGGCONSOLE
- Nintendo Switch
Wednesday28th Jan 2026
News Ren & Stimpy Are Getting A 7-Game Retro Collection, Courtesy Of Limited Run
Nintendo Life Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy
- News
- Nintendo Switch
- Upcoming Releases
Wide open space
- Modding
- Banjo-Kazooie
- Random
News Castlevania: Circle Of The Moon Is Being Unofficially Ported To Genesis / Mega Drive
Fang-tastic news for Sega fans
- Sega
- Homebrews
- Mega Drive
- Castlevania
"That's born from cherishing the artform, not a desire to be contrarian"
- Magazines
- Features
- Interviews
News 'Leaps + Bounds', A Visual Journey Through Nine Console Generations, Launches Next Month
"Perfect for gaming obsessives, retro collectors, tech historians, and product design obsessives"
- Books
- Bitmap Books
News City Connection & Granzella's 'Formation Z' Remake Finally Has A Release Date
Coming this May!
- News
- Granzella
- City Connection
News Metal Slug Artist Shares Old Doodle For A "Sci-Fi Comedy Game" Based On Samurai Shodown
The game would have been inspired by Star Wars, Akira Kurosawa films, and Lone Wolf and Cub
- News
- Metal Slug
- Samurai Shodown
- SNK
The brick breaker originally landed in arcades back in 1987
- News
- Arcade Archives
- Namco
Tuesday27th Jan 2026
News Two Cancelled Virtual Boy Games Coming To NSO In 2026, Including F-Zero Spin-Off
Nintendo Life An Intelligent Systems top-down adventure also on the way
- Nintendo Switch 2
- Nintendo Switch
- Upcoming Releases
- Nintendo Switch Online
- F-Zero
Anniversary 'The Last Story' Helped The Wii Go Out On A Real-Time High 15 Years Ago
Nintendo Life Zael-ous advocates
- Anniversaries
- Features
- Wii
- Retro
News Native PC Ports Of PS2 Games Could Be On The Way Thanks To New Recompilation "Experiment"
Say hello to 'PS2Recomp'
- News
- PS2
- Decompilation
News Apparently, The PSP Counts As A Failure To Some People Now
82 million units sold and you still can't catch a break
- PSP
- PlayStation
News Ever Wanted To Play Sonic R Like A Platformer? You Should Try Out This New Saturn Mod
"Can you feel the sunshine?"
- News
- Sonic
- Sega
- SEGA Saturn
News The Popular Arcade Hack 'Bubble Bobble: Lost Cave' Is Now Available For Your C64
Thanks to the team behind Bubble Bobble Remastered
- News
- C64
- Taito
News "Part Of Me Looked Down On America" - Sakura Wars Creator On Japanese Gaming's Rise And Fall
"The typical trend became to immediately churn out sequels"
- Oji Hiroi
- Japan
- Sakura Wars
Considered the first game to use the 'Visual Novel' name
- Fan Translations
- PC-98
- NSFW
News 3D Pioneer Graeme Baird Has Passed Away
Baird worked on the likes of Starglider, Carrier Command and 3D Tank Duel
- ZX Spectrum
- Amiga
Monday26th Jan 2026
News A Remake Of The Legendary Sonic Hack 'Sonic Megamix' Is Being Released Next Month
A new release trailer has been released
- News
- Sonic
- ROM Hacks
News Bananas! Super Monkey Ball Is Now Playable in Your Web Browser
Push Square Goodbye, productivity
- Super Monkey Ball
- Weirdness
There's still no remake announcement in sight, sadly
- News
- Final Fantasy
- Square Enix
- VGM
"Artists should have fun and AI is a great tool for that"
- Earthworm Jim
- AI
News FPGA-Based Atari ST Mini Is Here, But The Initial Production Run Is A Mere Five Units
This is very much a fan-made product, in case you needed telling
- Atari
- Atari ST
- FPGA
A new native port
- Nintendo
- N64
- Recompilation
- Banjo-Kazooie
News This Shinobi Hack Gives The Master System Port A Shot In The Arm
Three versions, one patch!
- Master System
- Sega
- Shinobi
- ROM Hacks
News "They Did Not Seem Like A Very Happy Bunch" - Lost Beavis And Butt-Head Title Resurfaces On PS1
Beavis and Butt-Head Do Hollywood was supposed to launch at the end of the '90s
- Cancelled
- PS1
News Battle for Asciion Is A New Gradius & R-Type-Style Shooter, Created Entirely Out Of ASCII Text
"No sprites, no textures, no PNGs hidden behind the scenes"
- News
- Indies
- Steam
- ASCII
