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Games DatabaseNARCThe Reagan-era war on drugs, playable for a quarter.1988

Games DatabaseDouble DragonThe beat-em-up blueprint, set in a gang-ruled America built in Japan.1987

Games Database1943: The Battle of MidwayThey built the game where you beat them, and sold it back to us.1987

Games DatabaseBad Dudes vs. DragonNinjaAre you a bad enough dude to rescue the President?1988

Games DatabaseMike Tyson’s Punch-Out!!Pattern-reading boxing that turns a single player and a backseat coach into a tag team.1987

Games DatabaseContraThe Reagan-era action movie, boiled down to two guys and a Spread Gun.1987

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NewsAug 11, 2026Hyperkin refreshes the SupaBoy and brings its cartridge SNES handheld to Europe for the first timeThe SupaBoy returns this fall in translucent Crimson and Prime versions at $129.99, with official UK and Europe distribution for the first time in the line's history.→

NewsAug 6, 2026Sunsoft has revived a 1981 arcade maze game nobody was asking about, and I mean that as praiseROUTE16R is out on Steam at $19.99, a modern sequel to Sun Electronics' 1981 arcade maze game Route-16, from before Sunsoft was even called Sunsoft.→

NewsJul 21, 2026SNES save states arrive on Analogue Pocket via experimental coreAnalogue Pocket owners can now test an experimental SNES core with save state support, a feature long missing from FPGA platforms.→

NewsJul 17, 2026Cathedral: Crow’s Curse, a Prequel to the NES-Style Metroidvania, Gets a New Trailer and DemoCathedral: Crow's Curse, a standalone prequel to Decemberborn's NES-inspired Metroidvania, showed a new trailer at the Convergence Showcase, with a demo on Steam now.→

NewsJul 16, 2026Konami Put 13 Goemon Games in One Collection, and It’s Staying in JapanKonami and M2's 40th-anniversary Ganbare Goemon Daishuugo! bundles 13 Famicom-to-Game Boy games. It's Japan-only, with no English and no Western release.→

NewsJul 15, 2026Hercules no Eikou II: Taitan no Metsubou arrives on PS5 and Switch 2 via Console ArchivesThe 1989 Data East RPG Hercules no Eikou II: Taitan no Metsubou hits PS5 and Switch 2 via Hamster's Console Archives line, with English UI but Japanese text.→

NewsJul 14, 2026Super Bomberman Collection adds Japan-exclusive Panic Bomber W as free update on August 20, 2026Panic Bomber W, a Super Famicom puzzle game, joins the Super Bomberman Collection as a free update on August 20, bringing another Japan-exclusive Bomberman to the West.→

NewsJul 12, 2026RetroTINK 4K Firmware Update Brings Preliminary Lumacode SupportExperimental firmware for the RetroTINK 4K adds preliminary Lumacode support, enabling pristine digital video from modded NES consoles.→

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