Retro Gaming

In 2006 a small group of ROM hackers released a much-improved English translation for Phantasy Star, Sega’s…

May 22, 2020 marks the 40th anniversary of a moment that shook the video game industry and profoundly changed the…

This is the Zette System, handcrafted from wood by Swedish artist Love Hultén. In its resting state it resembles a…

Disney is at its best when it abandons pretense. Every great Disney animated film has that moment when the wheels…

There’s no shortage of third-party retro gaming consoles promising all sorts of advantages over their proprietary…

Reddit user Gabbelago likes to play games on their smartphone, so they decided to 3D print a case for it that had…

Hail Kotaku Readers! My name is Peter Tieryas and I’ll be your guest editor today. That means lots of retrogames,…

Known for creating full-sized arcade cabinets packed with emulated arcade games, Dream Arcades is getting into the…

Flat widescreen monitors? Glowing keyboards and mice? Controllers with analog thumbsticks? The late ‘90s PC gamer…

Game of Thrones plus old-school video game sound effects? Suddenly a lot of profoundly heartbreaking scenes are,…

Despite being criticized for being too easy, a typical play-through of any given Pokémon game might take around 8-25…

With my children rapidly approaching gaming age, I want their introduction to my favorite pastime to begin with the…

Are you serious about the Neo Geo? Like, really serious? Then you should check out Analogue Interactive, a company…

Sure, you could debate legislative achievements and spheres of influence to determine who history's greatest leader…

If you're lucky or just old, you can remember the classic stand-up arcade era, where Pac-Man machines stood next…

We live in an age of gaming gorgeousness. Gamers' lives nowadays are filled with fancy normal mapping and…

I've seen many a lovely retro gaming room in my lifetime, but this one from Netherlands resident donkey*kong makes…

It's become something of a tradition ‘round the Tower to observe Easter with, what else, lists of Easter eggs. So…

Reader Adam E. and his co-workers decked the office with 8-bit jolly, dressing up their manager's cube to look like…