by Jim Gray | Jan 5, 2026 | News
Back when every toy, movie, and half-remembered mascot had a cart on the shelf, it is sort of surprising the massively popular Bop-It never made it to a cartridge. Maybe it was because the Bop-It was already relatively portable. Maybe it was because translating such a...
by Jim Gray | Jan 5, 2026 | News
Kex is the kind of homebrew that feels like it always should have existed on the PC Engine. It is a brand‑new, totally free marble board game for NEC’s underrated 8‑bit console, from developers Newsdee and VodSound. The pitch is simple: you and your opponent each...
by Jim Gray | Jan 5, 2026 | News
Tecmo Super Bowl: NCAA 2K26 Edition is out and once again enhancing replayability of an old classic. Instead of pro teams, you get a full slate of 32 Division I programs slotted into Tecmo’s existing structure, with rosters, uniforms, and playbooks tuned around the...
by Jim Gray | Jan 5, 2026 | Features
In 1993, Pioneer noticed that CD-based systems were becoming popular, and concluded that the real future of entertainment was not cartridges or CDs but LaserDiscs the size of manhole covers. That meant the LaserActive, which tried to combine premium quality home...
by Jim Gray | Jan 4, 2026 | News
8BitDo just dropped a surprise announcement ahead of CES 2026: the FlipPad, a flip-style mobile controller specifically designed for portrait-mode gaming. While the company had previously teased a new “Pro” controller for the upcoming tech event, the...
