What Happened to the NeoGeo AES+ Launch? + More Retro News!

The NeoGeo AES+ was shaping up to be one of the most exciting new pieces of retro hardware this year — but now fans are going to be waiting a whole lot longer. The hardware-accurate NeoGeo revival has been pushed all the way into September 2027, and we’re digging into what caused the major delay.

Plus, GOG takes game preservation beyond the games themselves with printable classic PC big-box extras, Super Smash Bros. Melee reaches a huge decompilation milestone after years of work, and the new Metal Slug Ultimate Collection packs ten games together with online co-op.

We’ve also got a major RPCS3 breakthrough that makes physical PS3 discs much more useful on PC, another surprising development in the never-ending Amico saga, a modern reimagining of Lara Croft’s original Tomb Raider adventure, and a compact 4:3 retro gaming monitor built with classic consoles in mind.

It’s eight bits of retro gaming news, all packed into this week’s Bit By Bit!

#NeoGeo #RetroGaming #SNK #GamePreservation #MetalSlug #TombRaider #ClassicGaming #BitByBit

– LINKS
NeoGeo AES+ Delayed – tinyurl.com/498wbpxe
GOG Big-Box Preservation Extras – tinyurl.com/yc29phfs
Super Smash Bros. Melee – tinyurl.com/2r6z6a2s
Metal Slug Ultimate Collection – tinyurl.com/sutan55b
RPCS3 – tinyurl.com/bde5v35x
Amico CEO Statement – tinyurl.com/3s4dfxfz
Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis – tinyurl.com/ymwayu5b
Unico Traveller – tinyurl.com/ydb24tdm

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– CHAPTERS
00:00 – Intro
00:22 NeoGeo AES+ Delayed
05:01 GOG Big-Box Preservation Extras
07:16 Super Smash Bros. Melee
08:58 Metal Slug Ultimate Collection
10:19 RPCS3
11:56 Amico CEO Statement
15:24 Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis
16:22 Unico Traveller