New Book Tells The True Story Of Nintendo's Legal Fight To Establish Who Invented The Video Game

nintendo · 2026-06-04 15:35:00

"...and the secret, never-before-revealed settlement that profoundly shaped today’s industry".

Renowned video game journalist and award-winning author Simon Parkin has just announced his latest book, which focuses on a significant moment in video game history.

Trail of the Space Invaders: The Case that Changed Video Games follows Parkin's previous best-selling works, which include A Game Of Birds And Wolves, The Forbidden Garden of Leningrad and The Island of Extraordinary Captives.

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"A Small Tribute To One Of My Favorite Games" - Game Boy Tetris Is Being Ported To Sega Genesis

nintendo · 2026-06-03 15:00:00

Tetris DMG-01 goes from small screen to big screen.

Homebrew developer >>>AAR<<< is currently working on a Sega Genesis port of the Game Boy version of Tetris.

Released in 1989, this is considered by many to be one of the most influential ports of Alexey Pajitnov's legendary falling-block puzzler. A rights battle famously preceded its release, and it was bundled with Nintendo's handheld console in the West, helping the console become an overnight success.

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"A Bold Mechanical Timepiece" - This Limited Edition Missile Command Watch Could Be Yours, If You Have £455 To Burn

atari · 2026-06-03 09:00:00

Nubeo & Atari have teamed up again.

Nubeo and Atari are partnering up for another limited-edition watch based on one of its classic games, and it can be yours, provided you have £455 sitting around somewhere to burn through.

The Ventana Automatic Atari Missile Command Limited Edition, as the name suggests, is designed to celebrate Atari's 1980 arcade shoot 'em up classic, Missile Command (which was also memorably released on the Atari 2600, among other systems).

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N64-To-PC Porting Team 'Harbour Masters' Is Expanding Its Scope To Include GameCube Titles

nintendo · 2026-06-02 12:00:00

And it's already announced its first project.

Harbour Masters 64, the group of creators renowned for their incredible PC ports of Nintendo 64 games, has announced it is upgrading the technology it uses to work with Nintendo GameCube games, as spotted by SteamDeckHQ. This means we could eventually see more Nintendo GameCube-to-PC ports in the future.

The announcement was made on the group's Discord channel on May 31st, 2026, where it was revealed that the "organisation" will soon be dropping "64" from its name and upgrading "the Libultraship (LUS) translation layer to support GameCube era games."

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Epilogue's Retrace App Now Lets You Check If Your SNES Carts Are Legit

snes · 2026-06-02 11:35:00

iOS and Android app gets a host of other improvements, too.

Epilogue's Retrace app allows you to check the authenticity of your Game Boy cartridges when used in conjunction with the GB Operator, and it has now been updated to support the company's new SN Operator device.

"Retrace works with SN Operator now," says the company. "Plug it in over USB-C, drop in a SNES cartridge, and you get the same identification, pricing and authenticity flow you already had on the Game Boy side. SNES detection still carries a beta tag. The database is getting better with every release as we gather data from real cartridges, and a small number of less common titles won’t have a confident match yet. If yours is one of them, the unrecognised-cartridge form in the result panel goes straight to us."

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Exclusive: "It's Not About Putting An Old Game In A Nice Box For The Sake Of It" - Utopia Is Getting A New Physical Release On SNES

snes · 2026-06-01 11:05:00

"I want fans who remember Utopia to feel like we’ve done it justice".

33 Games is a new boutique publisher which aims to create physical collector's editions of classic games – and it has already announced its first project, a re-release of Zool on the Mega Drive / Genesis.

We can now exclusively reveal the company's next project – and it's another cult classic from legendary UK studio Gremlin.

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"I Was Saddened To Learn That You Are Leaving Sega" - Here's The Letter That Brought An End To The 16-Bit Console Wars

nintendo · 2026-06-01 10:30:00

"You were the driving force behind the formation of IDSA and the E3 Show.".

Those of you who grew up in the '80s and '90s will likely remember the heated marketing wars that took place between Nintendo and Sega, with both companies vying publicly for control of the video game market while trading barbs in the press.

It's a chapter of video game history that's been pretty well-documented in the past, not only serving as the inspiration for a 2014 book but also a documentary film released in 2020, co-directed by Jonah Tulis and the book's original author, Blake J. Harris.

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"Thought I'd Give It Another Go" - Super Play Artist Wil Overton Reimagines The Debut Issue's Cover

snes · 2026-05-31 19:05:00

"This might be a daft idea".

Super Play was one of the greatest SNES-focused magazines to come out of the 1990s, and its main artist has just reimagined what the debut issue's cover might have looked like had it been published today.

Published by Future and spanning 47 issues (plus a special one-off 48th edition that was given away with Retro Gamer in 2017), Super Play was famous for its import focus, and this love of Japanese gaming would extend to the look and feel of the mag – right down to an extensive anime section and Overton's unmistakable artwork.

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Random Game Saturday: Jaki Crush (Super Famicom)

snes · 2026-05-30 11:05:00

A crushing disappointment?

Like many other import-savvy Mega Drive owners back in the early '90s, I was completely addicted to Devil Crash MD (also known as Devil's Crush and Dragon's Fury).

A gloriously demonic take on pinball, it became so influential that it would inspire the equally wonderful Demon's Tilt in more recent times, while Alien Crush, its sci-fi forerunner, would prove to be the inspiration for Demon's Tilt's sequel, XENOTILT.

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Sacré Bleu! Atari Is No Longer A French Company

atari · 2026-05-28 14:00:00

Shareholders vote for 're-domiciliation' from France to Luxembourg.

Atari Group CEO Wade Rosen and original founder Nolan Bushnell

Atari's shareholders have approved to redomicile the company from France to Luxembourg.

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"You Don't Need To Commit Piracy" - It's Now Possible To Dump N64 Carts Using Your Flash Cart

nintendo · 2026-05-27 12:30:00

"Dump saves, ROM, or both".

Modder mntorankusu has created a software tool which allows you to dump the content of N64 carts using nothing but a flash cart.

N64 SwapDumper is "inspired by and based on sharksaver64 by @Jhynjhiruu, @ppcasm and @Modman" and allows you to dump saves, ROM data, or both.

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Castlevania: SotN And Animal Crossing Get Miniaturised For Game Boy Color

nintendo · 2026-05-22 13:00:00

Demake delight.

In a brilliant act of 'demake' skill, homebrew coder Richter Wilker has taken Animal Crossing and Castlevania: Symphony of the Night and turned them into Game Boy Color games.

Animal Forest GB Folk features villages you can befriend, time-based events, festivals and mini-games, closely mimicking the gameplay of the full-fat series. You can also collect fruit, dig for treasure and fish in water.

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New Atari Trademark Application Hints At Hardware Refresh For Mr T's Favourite Home Computer

atari · 2026-05-22 09:30:00

We pity the fool who isn't excited about this news.

The modern-day Atari has done a commendable job of ensuring the company's legacy remains relevant through a series of revived games and hardware releases, with the latter coming courtesy of partnerships with Retro Games Ltd and My Arcade.

So far, we've seen systems like the GameStation Go and the 400 Mini, and it seems another revival is on the horizon.

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Feature: This Mega Man Hand-Drawn Game Guide Is A Delightful Human-Made Antidote To AI-Generated Slop

nes · 2026-05-20 16:00:00

God bless Philip Summers.

Artist Philip Summers has been creating his Hand-Drawn Game Guides for a while now, and, in this age of GenAI gobbling up all human art to spit out slop, they're become a refreshing antidote.

The only issue was the lack of an official license, which caused some problems. A while back, Summers took to Kickstarter to support his work, raising more than $320,000 from almost 5,000 backers – only for the campaign to be cancelled just as it was about to end.

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A Sega Rally Nintendo DS Prototype Has Been Discovered

nintendo · 2026-05-20 09:00:00

Created by DC Studios as a pitch demo.

A game preservation group has published footage of a Sega Rally prototype.

Developed by DC Studios, the game was apparently created to pitch to Sega. Alongside the footage, Prototopia (formerly known as Obscure Gamers) has also shared footage of another pitch demo from the same studio which is focused on street racing.

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"It Was Honestly Not That Hard" - This Nintendo 64 Emulator Lets You Play Online With Rollback Netcode

nintendo · 2026-05-19 16:00:00

Roll with it.

RMG-K, a fork of the RMG Nintendo 64 emulator, has been updated to support rollback netcode (thanks, PC Gamer and Kotaku).

In case you're wondering what the fuss is about, rollback netcode is transformative for online play, as it predicts which inputs are likely to come next and "rolls back" should the expected input not materialise.

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Review: DSpico - This Insanely Cheap Open-Source Nintendo DS Flash Cart Is Utterly Essential

nintendo · 2026-05-18 15:00:00

A next-gen flash cart for your dependable dual-screen device.

Even during its active years, the Nintendo DS was home to a range of flash carts which allowed users to play ROMs they'd downloaded from the internet rather than actually buying them with their hard-earned cash. The proliferation of these devices – usually called 'R4' carts – became somewhat astonishing, and it was something of a lottery as to whether the card you purchased would actually work as described.

I recall being gifted an R4 derivative (these things were cloned and copied to high heaven) and spending days trying to locate the correct firmware, only to give up and buy a pre-flashed unit a few years ago – one which would routinely wipe the MicroSD card when you least expected it. Even worse, some R4 carts are designed to self-destruct after a certain period unless you know which firmware to use.

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Thanks For The Memories! Analogue 3D Just Got Its Most Significant Update Yet

nintendo · 2026-05-16 16:00:00

"Our signature save-state system".

Fresh on the heels of last week's firmware update, Analogue has now updated its Analogue 3D console with perhaps the most important feature yet: save states.

The 'Memories' feature was first introduced on the Analogue Pocket and adds support for save states across the N64's 900+ game library. It allows you to "capture and reload gameplay at any moment without the need to reach a save point or rely on original Controller Paks."

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Oh, Snap! Classic N64 Pokémon Title Gets Unofficially Ported To Nintendo 3DS

nintendo · 2026-05-14 10:00:00

New routes, more Pokémon and stereoscopic 3D!

A team led by modder Manurocker95 has unofficially ported Pokémon Snap to the Nintendo 3DS.

The port fully recreates the original game using Unity, and even makes use of the console's stereoscopic 3D display and gyroscope controls. You can also use touch controls and amiibo.

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Analogue 3D's Latest Update Makes Your Carts Look Colourful In More Ways Than One

nintendo · 2026-05-13 16:05:00

Cart colours and clarification on Advance HDR ahoy!

If you consider yourself to be a seasoned collector of N64 games, then you'll be aware that not all of them came on the same grey plastic cartridges.

Donkey Kong 64, for example, came on a yellow cartridge in the West, while Zelda: Majora's Mask came on a gold one.

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"My Goal Was To Create Something I Wanted For Myself, But Did Not Exist Yet" - The Nintendo 3DS Family Is Getting The Clear Shell Treatment

nintendo · 2026-05-12 11:05:00

"Clear 3DS shells are something so many people in the community have asked for".

KendyLabs and Raretro Consoles have joined forces to create KLRR, a venture which is bringing '90s-style clear shells to the Nintendo 3DS family of handheld systems.

The duo consider these to be the world’s first "functional, publicly available clear shell kits for the Nintendo 3DS line", and it's starting things off with transparent case kits for the 3DS XL and New 3DS.

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Review: Epilogue SN Operator - This $60 Device Unlocks Legal SNES Emulation Via Your Own Personal Collection

snes · 2026-05-11 15:05:00

A successful operation.

Romanian company Epilogue has already scored a hit with its GB Operator, which allows you to play and dump original Game Boy cartridges on your computer, as well as back up save data from your collection.

Epilogue's next product is perhaps even more exciting, as it focuses on the SNES/Super Famicom – arguably one of Nintendo's most beloved home consoles. The $60 SN Operator is an adapter which connects to your computer via a USB-C lead and enables cartridges to be played under emulation.

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Review: Epilogue SN Operator - This $70 Device Unlocks Legal SNES Emulation Via Your Own Personal Collection

snes · 2026-05-11 15:05:00

A successful operation.

Romanian company Epilogue has already scored a hit with its GB Operator, which allows you to play and dump original Game Boy cartridges on your computer, as well as back up save data from your collection.

Epilogue's next product is perhaps even more exciting, as it focuses on the SNES/Super Famicom – arguably one of Nintendo's most beloved home consoles. The $70 SN Operator is an adapter which connects to your computer via a USB-C lead and enables cartridges to be played under emulation.

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Lost Rampage Atari Lynx Predecessor 'Monster Demolition' Discovered In Recent Preservation Haul

atari · 2026-05-11 13:30:00

'Monster Demolition' was one of the titles teased before the Lynx's release.

A large haul of Atari Lynx prototypes has recently been recovered and shared online, as reported by Games That Weren't, the popular video game website dedicated to cancelled and unreleased games.

The haul was preserved thanks to the efforts of Marty Goldberg, Mike Lee, Tempest, and Dutchman2000 over on the Atari Age Forums, and includes, among other things, Monster Demolition. This is a game that seems to have originally been intended as "a new spin" on the arcade title Rampage, but that was eventually cancelled in favour of an actual port.

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Random Game Saturday: Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting! (GBA)

nintendo · 2026-05-09 11:05:00

Box clever.

From the moment I played Gunstar Heroes on the Genesis / Mega Drive, I was a Treasure fan. I lapped up the company's subsequent games with glee, and I consider the likes of Radiant Silvergun, Gradius V and Sin & Punishment to be some of the finest pieces of interactive entertainment ever made.

However, even Treasure wasn't immune to the ebb and flow of the video game industry in its glory years, and right from the start the studio worked in the realm of media licences via titles such as McDonald's Treasure Land Adventure, Dragon Drive: D-Masters Shot, Bleach: The Blade of Fate and 2014's Gaist Crusher God, the latter of which is, to date, the last game released by the company.

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