The best retro video game consoles for 2022

Since the hugely successful launch of the Nintendo NES Classic Edition back in 2016, the retro games console has become a lucrative little side hustle for the big console manufacturers and smaller retro hardware companies; so much so that machines such as the SNES Classic Mini and Mega Drive Mini – which are both excellent – are now hard to get hold of without paying vastly inflated prices. Here, though, are six superb alternatives you can buy now without too much of a hunt or the need to take out a second mortgage. You can still grab one of these on Amazon in the UK and it's worth it. If you never owned a PC Engine (or TurboGrafx as it was known in the west) here's your chance to appreciate one of the great 16bit machines, where well-known favourites Castlevania and R-Type rub pixellated shoulders with arcane wonders such as Military Madness and JJ and Jeff. You get a save function, some basic screen display modification options and two joystick ports for multiplayer fun.