Homebrew Is Winning Again + More Retro News!

Homebrew is absolutely on a roll in 2026 ?? Mega Cat Studios is kicking off the year with a triple physical-cart drop for classic Nintendo hardware—Super Fanger (SNES) plus Plyuk and Old Towers (NES). Three new reasons to dust off the old consoles? Yes please. ??

Plus, Nintendo fans get a surprising “free” win: Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance (a pricey GameCube gem) is essentially available via Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack—but there’s a catch you’ll want to hear about.

And because we’re living our best retro timeline, we take a quick nostalgia detour into forgotten ‘70s hits like Shark Jaws, Sea Wolf, Combat, Space Wars, and Galaxian—games that were huge once… and then poof. ???

? Drop a comment: are you buying modern homebrew on real carts, or sticking to emulation?

#RetroGaming #NES #SNES #Homebrew #MegaCatStudios #NintendoSwitchOnline #Switch2 #FireEmblem #GameCube #ArcadeGames #ClassicGaming #BitByBit

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Mega Cat Studios New Releases – tinyurl.com/4nzajdsz
Floppy Charger – tinyurl.com/3ausvmhr
NSO – Fire Emblem – tinyurl.com/3zjmzewe
Doom Crockpot – tinyurl.com/ya3uwvuk
5 Video Games That No One Remembers – tinyurl.com/mr335dwa

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– CHAPTERS
0:33 – Mega Cat Studios New Releases
2:30 – Floppy Charger
4:19 – NSO – Fire Emblem
5:53 – Doom Crockpot
7:03 – 5 Video Games That No One Remembers

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Jon Jon Reddick is a well-credentialed nerd of the 80s, classic game fan, and technology geek. He merged those interests into the creation of GenXGrownUp: a weekly podcast and YouTube channel which explores and celebrates media, games, tech, toys, comics, and pop culture of yesterday and today through the eyes of Generation X'ers.

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