Retro gaming news, tutorials and cool stuff
Could a 15-year-old iMac still be a good gaming machine in 2026? Ours has been running Ubuntu for a while, and instead of getting rid of it we turned the whole thing into a dedicated retro gaming console with Batocera. We erased the hard drive, installed Batocera as the operating…
Batocera 43, also known as Glasswing, is about more than emulator updates. It brings quality-of-life improvements, better handheld support, controller changes, new systems, light gun improvements and some important changes you need to know about before updating. If you’re new here, Batocera is a free, open-source retro gaming operating system…
Sega never released a Dreamcast Mini, and that still feels strange. The Dreamcast is iconic and seems like the perfect console for a Mini version. So instead of waiting for something that may never happen, we built our own, keeping the look, feel and experience as close to the original…
We turned a pawn shop mini PC, a Beelink SEi8, into a full living room gaming system using Batocera Linux. We paid around $80, and it plays everything up to PlayStation 2. The hardware The SEi8 has an Intel Core i5-8279U, 16GB of RAM, a 500GB drive and Intel Iris…
Would you like an all-in-one retro emulation USB drive you can take anywhere? This guide shows how to make a USB gaming drive with Batocera Linux, a portable retro solution that works on any compatible PC. Batocera is a free, open-source operating system for retro gaming. It turns a PC,…