{"id":785620,"date":"2026-07-26T14:50:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T14:50:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/785620\/"},"modified":"2026-07-26T14:50:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T14:50:22","slug":"all-the-classic-gaming-news-from-the-past-week-july-26th-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/785620\/","title":{"rendered":"All The Classic Gaming News From The Past Week (July 26th 2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Atari Signs Deal To Turn 10 Of Its Classic Games Into Movies, And It&#8217;s Got Some People Scratching Their Heads<\/p>\n<p>Following the success of movies like <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2026\/05\/sonic-the-hedgehog-4-movie-officially-wraps-filming\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sonic the Hedgehog<\/a> and <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2023\/04\/movie-review-the-super-mario-bros-movie-a-fun-ride-that-substitutes-story-for-spectacle\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Super Mario Bros.<\/a> at the box office, it seems like pretty much everyone in Hollywood at the moment is looking at video games as a potential source for film ideas.<\/p>\n<p>A new report from Deadline has just been published suggesting <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2026\/07\/atari-universal-deal-10-game-ip-script-matt-reilly-carl-hampe-entertainment-360-1237001656\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">some of Atari&#8217;s iconic games could one day make<\/a> <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2026\/07\/atari-universal-deal-10-game-ip-script-matt-reilly-carl-hampe-entertainment-360-1237001656\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">their way to the big screen<\/a>. As outlined by Deadline&#8217;s Mike Fleming Jr., Atari, together with Entertainment 360, has put pen to paper on a deal with Universal Pictures, which would see 10 of its classic games get the movie treatment, with the titles listed including: <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.timeextension.com\/games\/arcade\/asteroids\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Asteroids<\/a>, <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.timeextension.com\/games\/atari2600\/adventure\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Adventure<\/a>, <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.timeextension.com\/games\/arcade\/berzerk\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Berzerk<\/a>, Breakout, Centipede, Crystal Castles, Millipede, Missile Command, Pong, and <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.timeextension.com\/games\/atari2600\/yars_revenge\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Yars\u2019 Revenge<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Meet The RG SP, Anbernic&#8217;s Latest GBA SP-Inspired Handheld<\/p>\n<p>Anbernic has revealed the next in its line of GBA SP-inspired emulation handhelds.<\/p>\n<p>Back in 2024, Anbernic released the RG35XX SP, a Linux-based handheld we described at the time as a &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeextension.com\/reviews\/anbernic-rg35xx-sp-superb-gba-sp-clone-thats-worth-every-penny-at-usd70\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">superb GBA SP clone that&#8217;s worth every penny at $70<\/a>.&#8221; This was then followed up a year later by the RG34XX SP, a very similar handheld, featuring the same performance, albeit with the addition of sunken dual joysticks.<\/p>\n<p>And now, in 2026, it&#8217;s back yet again, with another handheld, inspired once again by Nintendo&#8217;s clamshell device: The Anbernic RG SP.<\/p>\n<p>Suit Up With Virtual-On, Sega&#8217;s Mecha Masterpiece<\/p>\n<p>While <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeextension.com\/guides\/welcome-to-armored-core-a-chronological-breakdown-of-fromsoftwares-legendary-mecha-series\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Armored Core<\/a> is the analog side of mecha gaming, <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/virtual-on.sega.jp\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Virtual-On<\/a> has always been its <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mechadamashii.com\/features\/features-virtual-ontaku\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">digital opposite<\/a>. To explain why, it\u2019s worth looking at its arcade heritage and how the games evolved over the years. We run down the series in this feature.<\/p>\n<p>Dungeon Lurker&#8217;s Dev On Making A Game For A 32-Bit Console That Never Existed<\/p>\n<p>This article was published on June 4th, but we&#8217;ve now updated it with an exclusive interview with Alex Rushdy, the creative director on the project.<\/p>\n<p>Super Mario Bros. Writer On Giving Nintendo&#8217;s Most Famous Characters A Voice<\/p>\n<p>While the Super Mario Brothers had certainly appeared in animated projects prior to the launch of <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0096707\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!<\/a>, for many people growing up in the West, the latter proved to be the first time they ever saw the game&#8217;s cast of characters represented outside of the games.<\/p>\n<p>Jack has spoken to writer Phil Harnage, who helped develop the Super Mario Bros. Super Show! show bible.<\/p>\n<p>Wizardry, The Landmark RPG That Inspired Dragon Quest &amp; Final Fantasy<\/p>\n<p>One of Jack&#8217;s big regrets in writing this piece about Wizardry was that he was unable to tell Andrew Greenberg&#8217;s side of the story. However, since this feature originally went live in 2024, he has been able to contact members of Greenberg&#8217;s friends who helped test the original game and gave us some insight into the early years of Wizardry. As a result, he&#8217;s done an extensive rewrite of the article below to include their memories.<\/p>\n<p>The Real Story Behind Wizardry&#8217;s Iconic Enemy, Murphy&#8217;s Ghost<\/p>\n<p>This article was originally published on June 12th this year, but it has now been updated to include an exclusive interview to the piece, with Paul Murphy himself.<\/p>\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1783893190_330_avatar.jpg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Damien McFerran\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Damien has been writing professionally about tech and video games since 2007 and oversees all of Hookshot Media&#8217;s sites from an editorial perspective. He&#8217;s also the editor of <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.timeextension.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Time Extension<\/a>, the network&#8217;s newest site, which \u2013 paradoxically \u2013 is all about gaming&#8217;s past glories.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Atari Signs Deal To Turn 10 Of Its Classic Games Into Movies, And It&#8217;s Got Some People Scratching&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":785621,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[3378,258884,74],"class_list":["post-785620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-features","tag-retro-recap","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/785620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=785620"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/785620\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/785621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=785620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=785620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=785620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}