After a long, dormant period, handheld consoles are on the rise again. A retro handheld is an excellent way to experience nostalgic games on the go.

It quickly emerges that people have very different tastes, with some favouring the brutalist retro sci-fi look, while others prefer the shiny Y2K CD player look of the Panasonic Q and others like the 1970s living room aesthetic of the Atari 2600 (see our Atari 2600+ review ).

Around 12,000 consoles on which more than 47 million pirated video games were illegally stored were seized, for an estimated value of more than €47.5 million (US$52.5 million),” Alessandro Langella, head of the economic crime unit for Turin’s financial police,

Italy's Guardia di Finanza (GdF) law enforcement agency recently announced the results of its "Coin-Up 80" investigation. The Turin division of the GdF successfully dismantled a

With games like Xenocrisis , Driving Strikers, and many more. Given that not that many Dreamcasts were sold, and that the number of functional units is dropping by the day, I can't help but salute these plucky indie and hobbyist developers.

Authorities in Italy have busted a lucrative retro game trafficking ring which is said to have been suppling fake vintage consoles and games worth almost €50m ($55.5m).

A police action results in a seizure of thousands of fake retro consoles and millions of pirated games with an estimated combined worth of over $50m.

Italian police have smashed a gang trafficking fake retro video games from China, seizing a haul that they claimed was worth £40 million.