Sega announced last week that it was making a new mini console based on the Genesis, also known as the Mega Drive. It’s called the Mega Drive Mini — why someone passed on the chance to call it the ...

Independent video game publisher The Retro Room Games is releasing the old classic puzzle game Chip's Challenge on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Genesis/Mega Drive consoles! Preorders ...

A handheld SNES (Super Nintendo Entertainment System) could be on the way after peripheral manufacturer Blaze said it plans to release more portable retro devices. The firm said it is keen to add to ...

Nintendo didn't start the trend of micro-consoles catering to nostalgic tastes, but with the launch of 2016's NES Classic, it set the standard. Yet while Nintendo followed up with the SNES Classic in ...

No doubt buoyed by the success of Nintendo's own NES Classic and SNES Classic, Sega used its FES event to announce the Mega Drive Mini, a modern take on its classic 16-bit Mega Drive console (named ...

Retrode has been announced for PC and Mac. The USB device features slots for SNES and Mega Drive cartridges, allowing games to be played through any standard emulator. The Retrode plugs in via USB ...

As Sega tries to revive its classic franchises, a reader imagines a world where the Dreamcast was not a flop and the Mega Drive beat the SNES. With Xbox going multiformat and PlayStation also ...

I have to hand it to 8BitDo. At first I thought they were just opportunistically hawking cheap hunks of plastic in an era of unparalleled nostalgia for retro games, but… well, who am I kidding? That’s ...

The retro console craze kicked off by Nintendo's NES and SNES classic systems, with Sony's miniature PS1 inbound, has proven bountiful for nostalgic gamers keen to relive their 8- to 32-bit glory days ...