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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
1+ hour, 8+ min ago (561+ words) "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…...
Here's The Evercade Nexus In The Flesh
22+ hour, 38+ min ago (256+ words) Blaze Entertainment has shown the Evercade Nexus handheld in the flesh for the first time in a new You Tube video. Head of Communications Sean Cleaver puts the new system through its paces in the latest trailer, showing off key…...
Retro Recap: All The Classic Gaming News From The Past Week (May 31st 2026)
1+ day, 33+ min ago (754+ words) Anbernic Rotate! Yuji Naka! Lenovo G02! Welcome to Retro Recap, a regular feature we run each and every weekend which rounds up all of the best retro gaming news and content of the past week in one place. On this page:…...
"That Was My Favourite Sonic Game" - Former Sega Exec Says 'Sonic CD' Is Getting A Remake
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (529+ words) "The only good Sonic game they had in a very long time was a fan-made game" Former Sega executive Mike Fischer recently spoke to Sega-16 about his career, and he was quite candid about his feelings about Yuji Naka, calling…...
"We Were Hoping To Have A Better Update Than This" - Hyperkin's Portable Genesis, The Mega95, Has Been Delayed Again
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (1100+ words) "Delays like this are frustrating" Update [Sat 30th May 2026, 1: 15pm]: Hyperkin has issued another statement about its much-delayed Mega95 handheld. Unfortunately, it's not good news; the system has been delayed again as the company discovered that the tooled samples it received from the…...
Random Game Saturday: Jaki Crush (Super Famicom)
2+ day, 33+ min ago (410+ words) 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…...
"I Am Not Making Up This Story" - You Won't Believe What Yuji Naka Wanted To Call Billy Hatcher And The Giant Egg
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (338+ words) "I know another name for the boy wearing a rooster suit" Sega-16 recently sat down with former Sega marketing executive Mike Fischer, and the resulting interview covers a big chunk of his amazing career in video games, which includes two…...
"Over 300 Illustrations Drawn By Hand" - Vanillaware Vet's 'Veritas Tales' Is A Lavish Fantasy Book You Play
3+ day, 22+ hour ago (517+ words) "No generative AI was used at any stage" A Vanillaware veteran is about to release a new game on Steam featuring over 300 hand-drawn illustrations created over the course of six years (thanks, @STGshmups). Yoshio Nishimura has enjoyed a 30-year career…...
"It's Been A Labour Of Love" - 81-Year-Old Developer Colin Porch On The 'Head Over Heels' Sequel That Took 37 Years To Arrive
4+ day, 38+ min ago (410+ words) "It's my wits against the person who's going to be playing it" We've recently witnessed the arrival of the excellent Head Over Heels sequel Return to Blacktooth, a title which has taken its developer, Colin Porch, 37 years to complete. Porch…...
Thanks To AI, The Steam Deck Now Costs As Much As $300 More
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (386+ words) Thanks to the increased demand for memory driven by the seemingly insatiable hunger for AI-focused data centres, we've seen a series of hardware price hikes in the gaming industry " and Valve is the latest company to raise the cost of…...