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Friday7th Jun 2024
News Nihon Falcom's Legendary Action-RPG Sorcerian Is Coming To Switch
Coming June 13th
- News
- Nihon Falcom
- PC-88
- Switch eShop
News After 27 Years, This Tamagotchi Mystery Has Been Solved In "Absolutely Brutal" Fashion
Japan-only Mothra Tamagotchi gives up its final secret
- Tamagotchi
News Action Epic 'Black Jewel Reborn' Is Coming To Classic Sega And Nintendo Consoles
Update: SNES demo now available
- Sega
- Kickstarter
- Mega Drive
- SNES
Feature Taito's Chairman Was Almost Kidnapped By His Own Employees
It happened in Brazil, circa 1985...
- Features
- Taito
- Crime
News Here's The Moment When The Teen Who Beat Tetris Met Its Creator, Alexey Pajitnov
Willis "Blue Scuti" Gibson was the first to see the game's "kill screen"
- Tetris
- Alexey Pajitnov
- Henk Rogers
News Early GBA Build Of The Nintendo DS RPG Black Sigil Released Online
All thanks to Codebound!
- News
- GBA
- DS
- Game Preservation
News This Incredibly Rare Hulk Xbox Could Fetch Up To $11,000
One of only fifty ever made
- Xbox
- UK
- eBay
News Alien Abduction! Is A New Atari 2600 Cart From Activision Legends
Pre-orders open on June 15th
- News
- Atari 2600
- Activision
News ZOOM Pack II Featuring Lagoon & Genocide 2 Announced For X68000 Z
Pre-orders start on June 8th
- News
- ZUIKI
- X68000
News Devil Blade And Aleste Devs Share Fan Art Of Each Other's Games
30-year-old art shown off by developer Shigatake
- Aleste
- Steam
Thursday6th Jun 2024
News One Of The Web's Oldest ROM Sites Removes Games By Nintendo, Sega And Lego
"These games are now gone for good"
- Game Preservation
- Emulation
Feature Meet The Man Who Supplies Netflix, Disney And EA With Vintage Arcade Cabinets
"I suppose I became a bit of a celebrity of arcade machines"
- Features
- Arcades
News Insanely Rare Sonic Arcade Game Crops Up On Japanese Resale Site
Complete with service manual and other assets
- Sonic
- Sega
- Arcades
- Japan
News "A Ton Of Money" Has Been Spent On ModRetro's Chromatic Screen To Ensure Accuracy
"We used custom color filters to mimic the GBC LCD"
- Chromatic
- ModRetro
- Game Boy
- FPGA
News Nightdive Studios Teases 'The Thing' & 'Killing Time' Remasters
To be unveiled at Guerrilla Collective and IGN Live
- News
- Nightdive Studios
- Remasters
Wednesday5th Jun 2024
News One Of The Most Underrated SNES JRPGs Just Got A Fan-Made Upgrade
"Seal of Rimsala is a labour of love"
- Nintendo
- SNES
- Fan Translations
- Patches
News Limited Run's New "PC Micro Edition" Hasn't Gone Down Well With Some Fans
"I’ve legit seen that USB stick on AliExpress for like 25c if you buy 100 of them"
- Limited Run Games
- PC
News Modern Vintage Gamer Digs Into The PS2's Much-Hyped "Emotion Engine"
Was it worth the fuss?
- PlayStation
- PS2
News We Helped Unite A GTA Developer With His Missing BAFTA After 25 Years
"I should probably go purchase a bottle of Champagne"
- News
- BAFTA
- Grand Theft Auto
News This Tribute To Quake Is Just 13 Kilobytes In Size
Q1K3 was created for js13kGames back in 2021
- Quake
- Homebrews
News Former Rare Artist Shares Early Concept Art For Perfect Dark Zero
The many faces of Joanna Dark
- Rare
- Perfect Dark
- Kev Bayliss
- Xbox
News Check Out Capcom's Bizarre Unreleased Vulgus Sequel, Titan Warriors
Was supposed to launch in 1988, but was canned
- Nintendo
- NES
- Capcom
Random Never Seen Yoshi Pop A Cap? Then You've Clearly Not Played Game & Watch Gallery
He's packing heat
- Random
- Game Boy
- Yoshi
- Nintendo
News Nichibutsu's Dig Dug-Esque 'Wiping' Heading To Switch & PS4 This Week
Distribution begins June 6th
- News
- Arcade Archives
- PS4
- Nintendo Switch
Tuesday4th Jun 2024
Review Anbernic RG35XX SP - Superb GBA SP Clone That's Worth Every Penny At $70
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery
- Reviews
- Emulation
- Anbernic
- Nintendo
News Remember When PS2 And Dreamcast Had Cross-Play In 2001?
You might not, as it was only in Japan
- Sega
- Dreamcast
- PS2
- PlayStation
News Evercade Alpha Bartop Arcade System Now Available For Pre-Order
Update: Secure yours now!
- Evercade
- Capcom
- Hardware
News This Handheld Saturn Is Based On Sega's 'Venus' Prototype, And We Want It
Say hello to the Venus S
- Sega
- Modding
- Saturn
News Two Previously-Lost Katamari Damacy Games Have Been Preserved
Katamari Damacy-Kun & Oi Katamari Damacy-Kun were released for Japanese feature phones
- News
- Mobile
- Game Preservation
- Katamari Damacy
News Retro-Bit Is Relaunching Rod Land On NES And Game Boy
A first for North America
- NES
- Game Boy
- Retro-Bit
- Nintendo
News PC-98 Dungeon Crawler Madou Monogatari 123 Gets English Fan Patch
Update: All parts are now available in English!
- News
- Fan Translations
- PC-98
- Compile
News 26 Years Later, Sega Classic Burning Rangers Gets A Two-Player Mode
Was shown in early previews, but removed from the final game
- Sega
- ROM Hacks
- Saturn
News Star Wars And Stellar Assault Dev Is Working On A New 3D Space Shmup
Early days, but it's looking promising so far
- Star Wars
Feature Did You Know Ireland Has A Secret History Of Coin-Ops?
Electro-mechanical games on The Emerald Isle
- Features
- Ireland
- Arcades
Monday3rd Jun 2024
News StreetPass Fans, Take Note - NetPass Resurrects One Of The 3DS' Best Features
Relay replay
- Nintendo
- 3DS
News Chromatic Is A FPGA-Based Game Boy From Palmer Luckey
Runs Game Boy and Game Boy Color carts
- FPGA
- Game Boy
- Nintendo
News Sega Wants You To Know It Isn't Announcing Any New 'Mini' Hardware In 2024
Two years since the Mega Drive Mini II was announced
- Sega
Review Razer Edge - A Little Blunt In 2024, But Still A Solid Emulation Option
Living on the edge
- Reviews
- Hardware Reviews
- Emulation
News iPhone's First Nintendo 3DS Emulator Is Here
Folium also emulates GBA and Nintendo DS
- Emulation
- Nintendo
- 3DS
- iPhone
Feature In 1989, A Teenage Atari ST Dev Made One Award-Winning Game Then Vanished - What Happened?
"We often have two preferred paths, and then we choose... That's life"
- Features
- Atari
- Atari ST
- Game Preservation
News Dreamcast Capcom Vs. SNK 2 Might Be Getting An English Translation
"No promises, but it's not looking too shabby so far"
- Sega
- Fan Translations
- Capcom
- Dreamcast
News Did Masahiro Sakurai Consult On Def Jam: Fight For NY?
His name is in the credits, after all...
- Masahiro Sakurai
News Crash Team Racing Has Been Rebuilt By Fans For Online Play
The mod is playable on PC via Duckstation
- News
- Crash Bandicoot
- PS1
- PC
News Angel Pop Is A Surreal New Bullet Hell Coming To Playdate This Week
Arrives on Catalog on June 4th
- News
- Playdate
- Shmups
Sunday2nd Jun 2024
Retail Therapy Nintendo Stores, Japan (Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto)
We had the good fortune of visiting all three of Japan's Nintendo stores
- Features
- Retail Therapy
- Nintendo
- Japan
