The inaugural Video Game Esoterica "High Lifeie" #gaming awards are live! The best and worst moments in #retrogaming from 2025! Filled with surprises, jokes and beer references youtu.be/wuDoltOgBzw #gaming #gamingnews #gaming_news

Ive been getting a lot of requests to test #Analogue3D with #N64 rom hacks and fan games to see if they run...so that's exactly what this is! A lot of people got an #Analogue 3D under the tree this year after all youtu.be/6JcPJ6rDI0g #gaming #gamingnews #gaming_news #Nintendo

One last emulation video in 2025 and it’s Dolphin bringing the #nintendo heat before 2026! youtu.be/siIxrgoY5Gs?...

Another translation to close out 2025! Metalgun Slinger on the #Nintendo #GameBoyAdvance and it's legit! A Metal Slug style run and gun with a pretty deep story...now 100% in English youtu.be/JTgPHJ04Ed0 #gaming #gamingnews #gaming_news

A dozen #SonicTheHedgehog prototypes dumped for Xmas? Thanks @hiddenpalace.org for some #Sonic fun this holiday season...even if it involves Shadow the Hedgehog! youtu.be/lCN9ggr8Edg #Sega #gaming #gamingnews #gaming_news

Gotta love a new Ninja Gaiden game, especially when @marcrobledo.com takes a #Nintendo Game Boy classic and gives it the GBC treatment! youtu.be/OZMwlff-Tig #gaming #gamingnews #gaming_news

Merry Christmas from video game esoterica! youtu.be/mixK7kfVnSc

Looks like @sonicdcer.bsky.social was busy this Christmas as a NEW #Starfox #N64 recomp (not Starship, the PC port) is out now! Like three minutes ago haha! And the best part is...he made the port AND the recomp! Which has a lot of differences youtu.be/nmJX458H1PU #Nintendo #gaming #GamingNews

Airs Adventure on #sega Saturn wasn’t the 2025 Xmas gift I expected but it’s the gift we needed haha! Fully translated to English (vid in reply) #gaming #GamingNews youtu.be/7bG7F9AxGy0?...

A new Dr #Mario recomp is out! More #n64 fun before the end of the year for #nintendo fans youtu.be/1em2OY-i4JY

A very fun #Dreamcast adjacent treat for everyone! #Shenmue Dreams of Saturn 3.0 is out and cannot be beaten when it comes to a Shenmue vibe! #Sega fans get one more gift this Xmas youtu.be/OebQ3pfBJCk #gaming #gamingnews #gaming_news

I am not just a retro gaming YouTube monkey…I am also a professional gift wrapper! Mrs Esoterica is going to be IMPRESSED 🤣

That was fast! #TwilightPrincess decomp has hit 100%! One of the biggest decomp projects to hit the finish line has been finished; now we wait to see if #TheLegendofZelda gets a recomp or pc port as #GameCube is not the same as #N64 youtu.be/w8UEbvjNQLg #gaming #gamingnews #nintendo

Now that Demul can play Planet Harriers from start to finish with no freezing and near to perfect graphics its time to talk about the best #Sega #Arcade hidden gem ever made...imo! youtu.be/31UdttASwkM #gaming #gamingnews #gaming_news

Why not make the #3DS look damn near current gen with Azahar! #emulation just does wild things these days and #Nintendo 3DS gets a huge benefit from it all youtu.be/TqMpNDFJ2Sg

Now that Demul got updated with better #Sega Hikaru #arcade emulation it seems most people forgot how Demul works since the last public update was seven years ago! So here is a Demu Guide and tutorial youtu.be/FPkX2-04fa4 #gaming #gamingnews #gaming_news

It's #MarioKart time for the holidays as @litronom.bsky.social has given us Mario Kart Amped Up 3.2 for all your holiday kart racing needs! Works on #Analogue3D #MiSTerFPGA and of course OG #N64 hardware as well as emulation youtu.be/yNip9nWkQ3M #gaming #gamingnews #gaming_news

SuperStation One #MiSTerFPGA launch is this close… youtu.be/Ld-3-524_fA

Who wouldn't want a basically finished #ResidentEvil for Game Boy Color as an early Christmas gift? @fgasking has released the 95% (ish) complete build and its wildly impressive stuff youtu.be/WTTp8rf8TlA #capcom #nintendo #gameboy #gamingnews #gaming_news

FINALLY The Outfoxies has been ported home! One of the biggest #arcade gems ever made and the precursor to #SmashBros was locked to the #arcade for three decades...until now! youtu.be/eSdSBKoc34g #theoutfoxies #Namco #Switch2 #gaming #gamingnews #gaming_news

Today System Shock Remake launches on #Switch2 so let's check it out! @nightdivestudios.bsky.social and @atari.com have been on a hot streak lately and happy to say that streak will make it to 2026 youtu.be/cpivCpUStI8 #gaming #gamingnews #gaming_news #NintendoSwitch2 #Nintendo

Now that we have #Analogue3D vs #MiSTerFPGA out of the way...it's time to look at overclocking mode results...because you asked for it! Some interesting wins seemingly for both cores youtu.be/4rH7o-ldycg #gaming #analogue #nintendo #N63 #gamingnews #gaming_news

Sure Contra Force isn't the best game in the franchise but the #NES original has its charms...but pretty bad performance! So Infidelity decided he could improve it on #SNES so that's what he did youtu.be/FHLZ1aoYSZc #gaming #gamingnews #gaming_news

Everyone loves a good #N64 decomp but lets talk about #Nintendo decomps in general...because there are four more in the works! Big ones too! So let's see whats new youtu.be/fF5t3snkdek #gaming #gamingnews #gaming_news

What's better than a lost game dump? Over a hundred! @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social dumped a massive #Sega Channel archive including lost games, games with differences, prototypes and more! and that is amazing youtu.be/1JVnladkl4c #gaming #gamingnews #gaming_news

Looks like FPGAZumSpass had some free time to update the #MiSTerFPGA #N64 FPGA core for even better accuracy...because why not! #Nintendo fun for all youtu.be/d9-e6FUfggI #gaming #gamingnews #gaming_news

Looks like @walaber.com has a LOT more Parking Garage Rally Circuit for everyone as DX is out today and brings eight new tracks to the #Sega Saturn inspired arcade racing drift game! And damn its good youtu.be/3alwzqQ5eUw #gaming #gamingnews #gaming_news

Since I last took a look at #SuperMarioBros Remastered its seen some serious updates and a ton of community levels making it feel like a #MarioMaker 3 from #Nintendo...except totally NOT from Nintendo. Love it! youtu.be/XNCFzruASe8 #gaming #gamingnews #gaming_news

If you don't know, Power Bomberman is a massive fan game that does EVERYTHING right with Bomberman...and it just got a pretty big update! So go check it out youtu.be/P0WM2B3rGKA #gaming #gamingnews #gaming_news

Who doesn't want new #emulation improvements especially on the PC Engine / TurboGrafx front! Can't go wrong with that youtu.be/ogfoJ7-wGXY #gaming #gamingnews #gaming_news

The Video Game Trap House is back! To say goodbye! #SuperSEGA FPGA is no more (duh)...goodnight sweet prince...may tomorrow bring more shrimp, potatoes and smokes! youtu.be/zmXX90d1CFU #gaming #gamingnews #gaming_news #Sega #Dreamcast

Looks like @bitmapbureau.com nailed the brief for #Terminator2DNoFate because it’s another amazing love letter to #arcade retro gaming in 2025 #gaming #GamingNews youtu.be/nirhtoU2ZP8

After FOREVER... Demul the #Dreamcast , NAOMI and Hikaru Emulator got an update! Seven years after the last version...and we get MUCH better #arcade Hikaru emulation! Nice because it's on of the rarest #Sega boards and the most delicate youtu.be/3Ui-KKgXX_M #gaming #gamingnews

An early #SonicTheHedgehog Christmas gift is here! Sonic Robo Blast 32x V. 0.20 is out! More levels, more 3D Sonic on the #Sega 32X....in the Doom engine?? Yes! youtu.be/37CCupRSLAw #gaming #gamingnews #gaming_news

Let's look at all the #FPGAgaming fun that is coming soon...and what JUST made the cutoff into 2025 and will improve next year! Because FPGA gaming is just getting started youtu.be/skjYI6nAJzY #gaming #gamingnews #gaming_news

It's time to put #Analogue3D up against a real #N64 with an HDMI mod because it's clearly the de facto way to compare things. An extremely close rare but be warned...there is MATH in the video! #Nintendo vs #Analogue youtu.be/D5Zt1fGi7u8 #gaming #gamingnews #gaming_news

Looks like the #Sega Neptune FPGA console has hit a bit of a delay...but that's not always a bad thing! Let's check back in on the OTHER #FPGAgaming console now slated for 2026 that isn't Analogue 3D, MiSTer FPGA or ModRetro M64 youtu.be/vZ0ccztX9eQ #gaming #gamingnews #gaming_news

The #N64 Dinosaur Planet just saw a big recomp update; mod support, 60p native framerates and you can play the game start to finish! Not bad for a #Rare and #Nintendo game that never actually released on N64 youtu.be/bkiPTtrunPg #gaming #gamingnews #gaming_news

Looks like Exxistance is very close to finishing the Segagaga #Dreamcast translation and it's def the holy grail of #Sega fans translation wish lists! Here is an update! youtu.be/kdaFnaIyYdo #gaming #gamingnews #gaming_news

FOMO dialed up to 11; #Analogue3D still hasn't arrived to a few commenters in Europe...but now #Analogue rewards pre-order customers who waited over a year by...releasing a ton of colors that arrive before Xmas...with no wait. Damn that's cold youtu.be/jVzv5Vf3_sk #gaming #gamingnews

Everyone enjoyed the Battle Tryst #3DOM2 #arcade to console port so...good news! The end goal is to have every #3DO M2 arcade game work on real "console" hardware...and here is how! youtu.be/yP5wf8h2WyU #gaming #gamingnews #gaming_news

Who wouldn't want #StarFox 64 on #Dreamcast ? @falcogirgis.bsky.social lmk that JNMartin finished the #N64 to #Sega conversion...and it's legit great! So come check out the newest N64 decomp to port! youtu.be/iAWRNzYE0EM #gaming #gamingnews #gaming_news

Hot on the heels of Final Fight MD is the demo for Might Final Fight Forever, a full remake of the #NES #Capcom original beat em up with modern 8-bit style graphics! Check it out...looking VERY good youtu.be/TiqxFnQ9N78 #gaming #gamingnews

Its sad when a very artistic, unique game such as Horses randomly gets banned across multiple platforms. Yes its a difficult game but @santaragione.com has made a thoughtful, Italian cinemaesque Salo; or the 120 Days of Sodom...and succeeded masterfully youtu.be/aVUvaveSkJ8 #Horses

Is the leaked #Shenmue4 trailer legit? AI? Well I stabilized the footage and pixel peeped it...so come see what is up with #Shenmue and help me decide (because its not easy).... #Sega time youtu.be/AHFIVtd5vmE #gaming #gamingnews #gaming_news

Is it #HalfLife3 ? No! It's more like #HalfLife 1.boomer shooter; Half Life: Element 64 takes the #Valve original formula and reworks the entire game into a brand new experience that is more action heavy and legit pretty fun! youtu.be/J32LVOnRlEg #gaming #gamingnews #gaming_news

Someone needs to tell @atari and @NightdiveStudio that they can't keep releasing bangers that make me lose all my time! Blood: Refreshed Supply is out today and it's Blood...just better! In all the best ways youtu.be/gZerYyUVo7o #gaming #gamingnews #Blood #BloodRefreshedSupply

Not only was Splatter World dumped...now it's been fully translated into English by @aeongenesis.net ! A lost #NES game in the Splatterhouse franchise...100% playable if you dont read Japanese! youtu.be/Eyvy7KgF0Mw #gaming #gamingnews #Nintendo #gaming_news

What everyone wanted; an #Analogue3D vs #MiSTerFPGA showdown! #N64 in FPGA with different cores. Some very interesting results and some unexpected ones as well youtu.be/pIKT-Zd4G4o #gaming #gamingnews #gaming_news #Nintendo

After last weeks #SuperMario 64 ported to #PS1 video based on the #N64 decomp...tons of people wanted to know the "how does it work" of it all! So let's talk about how #Nintendo and their flagship game...is 32 bit haha youtu.be/4v0f0B_b9Zc #gaming #gamingnews #gaming_news