retro gaming Archives — Distant Arcade

Gaming / PlayStation

f4mi on games and UIs and how they were cooler in the past

Games used to mean something in this town

By Luke Davis

February 7, 2026

Nintendo / Pokémon

Standard Issue Computing's 100 best Nintendo games on Nintendo hardware

Now you’re listing with power!

By Luke Davis

January 26, 2026

the black eyed peas holding copies of final fantasy tactics advance, fire emblem sacred stones, advance wars, and a massive game boy advance. this is photoshopped lol

Gaming / Nintendo

Unlikely Pairings: SRPGs and My Humps

Whatchu gon’ do with all those games? All those games inside those carts?

By Luke Davis

January 7, 2026

ProZD uploaded a hilarious video of him asking Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi what his favourite Final Fantasy was and therefore the best (he answered correctly 🤙 💵)

This Cool Link was published 1 month ago. (#)

Handhelds / Review

REVIEW: Anbernic RG 476H – a solid sub-£200 handheld that's not too flashy

The Larry from Pokémon Scarlet and Violet of handhelds.

By Luke Davis

January 4, 2026

Nintendo

Skawo on what the Ocarina of Time 64DD expansion could have been

Nintendo worked on their 64DD expansion system for the Nintendo 64 for a while before scrapping it and amongst the games that were meant to get some extra content was The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Skawo explored the base game to look for hidden code alluding to what we could have had.

By Luke Davis

January 4, 2026

Emulation / Handhelds

Some quick tips to get the most out of retro handheld gaming

A tiny bit of handheld hand holding goes a long way.

By Luke Davis

January 2, 2026