The Arcade Attic Blog

Why the SNES still feels timeless three decades on - design, library and the cartridge feel that defined a generation of UK gamers.

Boxed retro games can run wild on the secondary market - here is how to build a meaningful collection without remortgaging the spare room.

From hardware-imposed sprite limits to today's deliberate revival - how pixel art became a permanent language of video games.

Game Boys, GBAs and DS units keep selling out at retro fairs. We unpack why the handheld format is having a sustained revival across the UK.

What actually makes a chiptune track sound like a chiptune - the chips, the constraints and the modern composers keeping the form alive.

Decades of dust, oxidised pins and warped boxes - a practical guide to bringing old cartridges back to working order and keeping them that way.