🥋 Street Fighter Alpha: Warriors’ Dreams and a Mega Drive Port in the Making

The Original Street Fighter Alpha Street Fighter Alpha: Warriors’ Dreams (known as Street Fighter Zero in Japan and other territories) is a pivotal 2D fighting game developed and published by Capcom, first appearing in arcades in 1995. It was the first all-new entry in the Street Fighter series since the launch of Street Fighter II […]

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SNES SHOCKER: The Unauthorized Port of Cadillacs and Dinosaurs is Reportedly Underway!

Shocking news in the Super Nintendo/Famicom world! The legendary Capcom arcade beat ’em up, Cadillacs and Dinosaurs, long considered one of the best brawlers, is reportedly receiving an unauthorized port in the scene. This development is one that can’t be missed, especially considering that unauthorized ports are almost nonexistent for the SNES. The original arcade […]

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Final Fight MD: An Arcade Masterpiece on Mega Drive, Complete with 3-Player Co-op, Achievements, and ‘Best Version Ever’ Polish

Final Fight MD: An Arcade Masterpiece on Genesis, Complete with 3-Player Co-op, Achievements, and ‘Best Version Ever’ Polish The fan-made project Final Fight MD for the SEGA Mega Drive/Genesis is rapidly approaching completion, with the developer, Mauro Xavier, also known as MXRetroDev, recently rolling out the feature-rich version 0.90b. Praised by fans and reviewers, including […]

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Unreleased Famicom Horror RPG Splatter World Finally Found

After more than three decades, Splatter World, a lost Famicom horror RPG based on Namco’s Splatterhouse series, has finally surfaced online. The game appeared anonymously on 4chan’s retro gaming board around Halloween and was quickly confirmed to be fully playable in emulators such as FCEUX. Originally thought to be a canceled spin-off of Splatterhouse: Wanpaku […]

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The Legend of Zelda: Mirror of Worlds Pushes the NES to Its Limit

After claiming Perils of Darkness would be his final Zelda 1 hack, creator The3Dude has returned with one last surprise. The Legend of Zelda: Mirror of Worlds is a massive NES overhaul created through advanced ASM hacking, merging both quests into a single, expanded adventure. The Recorder has been transformed into the new Mirror of […]

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Super Mario World Redone: 40 Years of Mario Edition

A brand new version of Super Mario World Redone has been released to celebrate four decades of Mario adventures, bringing a major round of updates and polish to Nintendo’s 16-bit classic. Version 2.6 introduces several enhancements, including upgraded visuals that take full advantage of the Super Nintendo’s color palette, new playable characters with unique abilities, […]

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Castlevania: Symphony of the Night Gets Enhanced Saturn Patch

The Sega Saturn version of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, originally released in Japan as Akumajou Dracula X: Gekka no Yasoukyoku on June 25, 1998, has received a major enhancement thanks to a new translation and optimization patch from the Meduza Team, led by Rafael Silva. Based on their previous “Ultimate” release, this version delivers […]

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Bang Bang Busters 2 – A Brand New NEO-GEO Sequel (demo available)

Pixel Heart is bringing back the arcade platforming action of the Neo Geo era with a full-fledged sequel to the cult classic Bang Bang Busters, aiming to update the niche favourite for both modern systems and dedicated retro collectors. Developer Pixel Heart has officially announced a crowdfunding campaign for Bang Bang Busters 2, a follow-up to the single-screen […]

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Analogue Pocket NES Core Has ALL the MiSTer Mappers

We’ve been talking a lot about how good the recent updates to the MiSTer FPGA’s NES core have been. The changes were added to the Analogue Pocket core courtesy of Terminator2K2 (a tweak of agg23‘s port), but there were some compromises in the form of missing mappers. The good news now is that the latest […]

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