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It took 490 days, but the Super Mario Bros speedrun world record is now 4 frames better – and just 18 frames away from literal perfection
By Dustin Bailey published
News Niftski assures concerned viewers that he is "completely healthy and [does] not have any heart condition"

New Super Mario Bros Wii speedrunner gets AGDQ's standing ovation by playing the entire soundtrack on piano while beating the game with controllers strapped to his body
By Dustin Bailey published
News Never change, speedrunners

After 12 years making custom Super Mario 64 levels, dev helps build an N64-style platformer whose demo sold me in seconds
By Dustin Bailey published
News Kero Quest 64 crushed its Kickstarter goal, and it's easy to see why

Mario's iconic pipes only exist because Shigeru Miyamoto happened to see "a plastic pipe sticking out of a wall" while wandering the streets of Kyoto
By Catherine Lewis published
News The pipes offered a way to transport enemies back to the top of the screen

After Astro Bot paid tribute to dormant classics, PlayStation's CEO is "looking at opportunities to leverage past IP"
By Kaan Serin published
News Herman Hulst might have some ideas for the forgotten games featured in Astro Bot

"We were honouring Sonic's holistic history which includes both designs": 13 years on, Takashi Iizuka reveals why Sonic Generations need twice the 'hogs
By Nick Thorpe published
Interview Feature | The Making of Sonic Generations – Retro Gamer talk with Sonic Team creative director Takashi Iizuka about the game's original 20th anniversary release

Team Asobi's gigantic 2024 proves it's time to free Astro Bot from PlayStation's past
By Hayes Madsen published
Year in Review Year in Review | PlayStation’s best exclusive in years could be so much more on its own

With Sonic, Persona, and Yakuza under its belt, Sega thinks making a subscription service like Xbox Game Pass would be "very interesting"
By Kaan Serin published
News How many subscriptions is too much?
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