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Breathing new life into old games. Retro gaming news, reviews and features from the lovely people behind @nintendolife.com
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Best Of 2025: The Making Of Ape Escape, Sony's Groundbreaking Platformer That Unlocked The DualShock's Potential.
Best Of 2025: The Making Of Ape Escape, Sony's Groundbreaking Platformer That Unlocked The DualShock's Potential
"Most of the CG designers were college students doing part-time work"
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December 29, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Best Of 2025: The Making Of Ape Escape, Sony's Groundbreaking Platformer That Unlocked The DualShock's Potential.
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Please share if you can. Nick was such a huge part of the mag.
Nik’s funeral is taking place on 30th December at 1pm GMT. For those that can’t attend, the funeral will be live-streamed. We have tried to contact as many of Nik’s friends as we could, but we may have missed some. The link is watch.obitus.com username: cuma6886 pin:962499
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December 29, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Please share if you can. Nick was such a huge part of the mag.
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look we're all making a big bet on AI! and if it pays off as big as we hope, well, it's going to make a handful of people super rich and you're going to lose your job but get to watch mickey mouse fuck geralt from the witcher. if it doesn't pay off well then you get to pay for the bailouts
December 29, 2025 at 2:25 AM
look we're all making a big bet on AI! and if it pays off as big as we hope, well, it's going to make a handful of people super rich and you're going to lose your job but get to watch mickey mouse fuck geralt from the witcher. if it doesn't pay off well then you get to pay for the bailouts
How The NES "Defined The Home Video Game Industry As We Know It".
How The NES "Defined The Home Video Game Industry As We Know It"
VGHF's latest video celebrates 40 years of the NES
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December 29, 2025 at 10:00 AM
How The NES "Defined The Home Video Game Industry As We Know It".
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Back in 2018, I was lucky enough to work with former Nintendo World Champion Jeff Hansen on this mini-documentary, which remains one of the most fun things I've ever done in my professional career
youtu.be/WI3ykxUr5es?...
youtu.be/WI3ykxUr5es?...
The Real Wizard: A Nintendo World Champion's Tale - Jeff Hansen
YouTube video by Nintendo Life
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December 28, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Back in 2018, I was lucky enough to work with former Nintendo World Champion Jeff Hansen on this mini-documentary, which remains one of the most fun things I've ever done in my professional career
youtu.be/WI3ykxUr5es?...
youtu.be/WI3ykxUr5es?...
Best Of 2025: Barcode Battler, The Early '90s Classic That's So Crap, It's Almost Cool.
Best Of 2025: Barcode Battler, The Early '90s Classic That's So Crap, It's Almost Cool
Get ready for some Commerce Conflict
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December 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Best Of 2025: Barcode Battler, The Early '90s Classic That's So Crap, It's Almost Cool.
Best Of 2025: Tomohiro Nishikado On Making 'Space Invaders' And What Makes Games Fun. (Image: @TAITO)
Best Of 2025: Tomohiro Nishikado On Making 'Space Invaders' And What Makes Games Fun
"Younger people who want to make games should play really old games"
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December 28, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Best Of 2025: Tomohiro Nishikado On Making 'Space Invaders' And What Makes Games Fun. (Image: @TAITO)
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Like, what do you even do with this?? (Besides have fun replying)
December 27, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Like, what do you even do with this?? (Besides have fun replying)
The Analogue 3D Is The Best Retro Hardware Of 2025. (Repost)
The Analogue 3D Is The Best Retro Hardware Of 2025
The N64 got an upgrade this year
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December 28, 2025 at 4:20 AM
The Analogue 3D Is The Best Retro Hardware Of 2025. (Repost)
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Really spectacular writing
If you feel a little underwhelmed by the big reveal being Space Invaders, it's worth remembering just how vital that game is to... well, all of this.
December 26, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Really spectacular writing
The Analogue 3D Is The Best Retro Hardware Of 2025.
The Analogue 3D Is The Best Retro Hardware Of 2025
The N64 got an upgrade this year
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December 27, 2025 at 8:30 PM
The Analogue 3D Is The Best Retro Hardware Of 2025.
Best Of 2025: "Music Is Pretty Much All I Think About" - PaRappa The Rapper's Creator On His Journey From Pop Star To Game Dev.
Best Of 2025: "Music Is Pretty Much All I Think About" - PaRappa The Rapper's Creator On His Journey From Pop Star To Game Dev
"I didn't know anything about what other people in the gaming industry were doing"
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December 27, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Best Of 2025: "Music Is Pretty Much All I Think About" - PaRappa The Rapper's Creator On His Journey From Pop Star To Game Dev.
Best Of 2025: "It Was Unlike Any Other Game I'd Played" - Meet The Donkey Kong Prodigy Who Became Nintendo's Original "Gamesmaster".
Best Of 2025: "It Was Unlike Any Other Game I'd Played" - Meet The Donkey Kong Prodigy Who Became Nintendo's Original "Gamesmaster"
Jerry Momoda on his journey from expert gamer to industry veteran
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December 27, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Best Of 2025: "It Was Unlike Any Other Game I'd Played" - Meet The Donkey Kong Prodigy Who Became Nintendo's Original "Gamesmaster".
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Also checked out EARTHION finally and yeah it's a fun time, very Darius-y? I am learning that I will always pick the squiggly laser power up over any other options
I cant decide if EARTHION is a terrible name or perfectly on point for an 80s shmup?
I cant decide if EARTHION is a terrible name or perfectly on point for an 80s shmup?
December 26, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Also checked out EARTHION finally and yeah it's a fun time, very Darius-y? I am learning that I will always pick the squiggly laser power up over any other options
I cant decide if EARTHION is a terrible name or perfectly on point for an 80s shmup?
I cant decide if EARTHION is a terrible name or perfectly on point for an 80s shmup?
Best Of 2025: "I Have All The Freedom & No Power" - Astro Boy & Segagaga Director Tez Okano On His Greatest Hits & Going Indie.
Best Of 2025: "I Have All The Freedom & No Power" - Astro Boy & Segagaga Director Tez Okano On His Greatest Hits & Going Indie
"A number of overseas developers have said, 'We want you to make a [Segagaga] sequel'"
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December 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Best Of 2025: "I Have All The Freedom & No Power" - Astro Boy & Segagaga Director Tez Okano On His Greatest Hits & Going Indie.
Best Of 2025: "We Were Actually In Line To Be Sega's Mascot Character" - ToeJam & Earl Co-Creator On The Origins Of Gaming's Funkiest Duo.
Best Of 2025: "We Were Actually In Line To Be Sega's Mascot Character" - ToeJam & Earl Co-Creator On The Origins Of Gaming's Funkiest Duo
I thought, 'Damn, I think this is why ToeJam and Earl sprang into my brain 10 years later.'
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December 26, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Best Of 2025: "We Were Actually In Line To Be Sega's Mascot Character" - ToeJam & Earl Co-Creator On The Origins Of Gaming's Funkiest Duo.
Best Of 2025: "They Were Pretty Sure It Was Not Going To Do Well" - How Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Was Brought To The West.
Best Of 2025: "They Were Pretty Sure It Was Not Going To Do Well" - How Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Was Brought To The West
And how it almost didn't happen...
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December 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Best Of 2025: "They Were Pretty Sure It Was Not Going To Do Well" - How Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Was Brought To The West.
Best Of 2025: "Localization's Come A Long Way In The Last 25 Years" - The Incredible Story Behind Final Fantasy IX's Epic Translation.
Best Of 2025: "Localization's Come A Long Way In The Last 25 Years" - The Incredible Story Behind Final Fantasy IX's Epic Translation
"Our whole goal was to capture the sheer variety and texture that was in the Japanese script"
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December 25, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Best Of 2025: "Localization's Come A Long Way In The Last 25 Years" - The Incredible Story Behind Final Fantasy IX's Epic Translation.
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35 years ago today, I got my Mega Drive and these games. Things wouldn't be the same again...
December 25, 2025 at 10:06 AM
35 years ago today, I got my Mega Drive and these games. Things wouldn't be the same again...
Star Fox 64 Gets Another PC Recompilation Just In Time For Christmas.
Star Fox 64 Gets Another PC Recompilation Just In Time For Christmas
I CAN let you do that, Star Fox!
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December 25, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Star Fox 64 Gets Another PC Recompilation Just In Time For Christmas.
Guide: Best Tactical RPGs
- 20 Turn-Based Strategy Classics You Should Play. (Repost)
Guide: Best Tactical RPGs
- 20 Turn-Based Strategy Classics You Should Play
One good turn deserves 19 more
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December 24, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Guide: Best Tactical RPGs
- 20 Turn-Based Strategy Classics You Should Play. (Repost)
Guide: Best Tactical RPGs
- 20 Turn-Based Classics You Should Play.
Guide: Best Tactical RPGs
- 20 Turn-Based Classics You Should Play
One good turn deserves 19 more
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December 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Guide: Best Tactical RPGs
- 20 Turn-Based Classics You Should Play.
Best Of 2025: How A Cult Comic About A Samurai Rabbit Became A Classic Commodore 64 Game.
Best Of 2025: How A Cult Comic About A Samurai Rabbit Became A Classic Commodore 64 Game
"Stan's vision of people running at each other is fun but 'unique!'"
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December 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Best Of 2025: How A Cult Comic About A Samurai Rabbit Became A Classic Commodore 64 Game.
Best Of 2025: The Making Of The Operative - No One Lives Forever, Monolith's Classic Spy-Themed FPS Trapped In Licensing Hell.
Best Of 2025: The Making Of The Operative - No One Lives Forever, Monolith's Classic Spy-Themed FPS Trapped In Licensing Hell
"Austin Powers...completely changed the perception of our game"
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December 24, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Best Of 2025: The Making Of The Operative - No One Lives Forever, Monolith's Classic Spy-Themed FPS Trapped In Licensing Hell.
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In war, there is often no winner.
December 23, 2025 at 2:36 PM
In war, there is often no winner.