by kalkeg | Jan 1, 2026 | Features, Game of the Month
For January, Retro Handhelds is doing something a little different for its GotX program. While this is technically the second year in a row that we’ve done this, we are doing a callback theme; you can play any three past winning Games of the Month or Games of...
by kalkeg | Dec 1, 2025 | Features, Game of the Month
The Wish List theme that always comes through each December is one of my favorite themes we do each year (and one of the only recurring ones). Essentially, GOTM Champions who are eligible to nominate do so by providing a “Wish List”, or a list of three...
by kalkeg | Nov 2, 2025 | Features, Game of the Month
Sometimes in GotM, we see a selection of the same games get nominated over and over each month. Never Nominated November is the theme for GotM this month, and gives us an opportunity to break this cycle for a bit. All games that were nominated (including the three...
by Dan W | Sep 1, 2025 | Features, Game of the Month
Summer is over, and people across the United States are celebrating Labor Day. This must mean it’s time for another set of GotX games. For those who haven’t encountered it before, GotX (Game of the X) is our shorthand way of describing the 5 games that are active at...
by kalkeg | Aug 2, 2025 | Features, Game of the Month
Games are weird, aren’t they? Well, so are the people who play them. GotX is the Retro Handhelds Discord’s version of a book club, though more than one book is available and nobody is happy with any of them. For the month of August, Retro Handhelds is...
by Dan W | Jul 1, 2025 | Features, Game of the Month
“Everything is becoming Science Fiction,” JG Ballard once wrote. “Time is an illusion, and Lunchtime Doubly so,” Douglas Adams added. Proving them both right is GotX, which is back with a new collection of games this month, following a Sci-Fi theme. What is GotX GotX...
