BionicDodo

A new Parodius Collection for Switch would be nice.

@WaveBoy Each to their own. I can't stand fuzzyvision and used RGB scart cables with my Sega consoles even back then. I get not liking the look of razor sharp pixels on an HD TV, but composite never looked good and RF was even worse. For me I love nice blocky pixel art and can't stand softening filters. I do get that choice is king though, so options that suit everybody are the way to go.

This one looks interesting. I've long hoped Analogue would produce an all in one Mega Drive, Mega CD & 32X and this looks the closest to that we've come so far.

Not sure why anyone wants composite video out though. That was crap even back in the day. RGB or component I get.

Is the Amico going to be the first console to already be old enough to be classed as retro on its day of release?

They're certainly no Data Discs!

The Mega Drive port of Fatal Fury 2 was really good. Super rare these days though, especially the PAL version.

This guy is very talented and I'm interested to see what all of these turn out like if he finishes any of them. I can't complain about his starting another game without finishing the first one - I do the same thing with playing games!

Book looks lovely, but why are they so determined that Game Boy is one word? They seem to write GameBoy everywhere. The machine itself clearly had a space between the words Game and Boy, the packaging had a space and even adverts for it at the time had a space. Odd.

Data Discs recently released a new version of the Revenge of Shinobi soundtrack taken from Yuzo Koshiro's original PC-88 files (recorded by Yuzo Koshiro himself). Be cool if they could use that audio in this release. There was also an unused bonus track that they could maybe work in.

I love the Shinobi series (including X/Legions). Interested to hear how they've done the soundtrack, as Yuzo Koshiro's original is an all time classic.

This looks cool! The original is a great little game.

I love Rastan. Had the Master System version as a kid. I say 'had', but I've still got it and still play it every once in a while. I wonder if this means it will be on the next Taito collection though...

Being at a mate's house for some multiplayer gaming used to be like lining up to pick football teams in the playground: no one wanted to be the last pick, or in this case the one who got last pick of the controllers and was lumbered with the third party controller that felt like it had toffee in the controls from day 1.

I miss those sheets with loads of game screens. I used to spend so many hours staring at every tiny Master System screenshot on the sheet that came with my MS. I was really happy when I found a similar sheet inside my Evercade EXP LE package.

@tepidsnake Gaming Hell is a truly wonderful site! Gaming news and reviews have become ever more bite size and I love the deeper dives you provide. New updates always brighten my day.

Sadly it sounds like this book is very rough around the edges. Reviews suggest issues with amateurish formatting, poor quality images and grammar and spelling mistakes. Hard to justify a premium price for that kind of product. Also pretty poor show that the writer has posted his own 5* review on the Amazon listing!

I seem to remember this one being the best in the series by a pretty long way. Good to see it getting a new release.

If I'm not mistaken, Hunter's Moon Remastered was actually released just a few years ago as a C64 rom on itch and as a limited release physical C64 game. It's an improved version of the original C64 game.

After a childhood of SEGA - Master System and then Mega Drive - I joined team PlayStation for the next generation, before going back to SEGA with the wonderful Dreamcast. I discovered the Saturn years later and it hasn't been disconnected from my TV ever since. Thanks for the heads up, I will be buying this ASAP.

This one is great! I recommend the Gaming Hell feature on the game of you're interested.

https://gaminghell.co.uk/NumanAthleticsMachBreakers.html

Hah, I bought a 3D printed TATE grip from Etsy some time ago that is basically identical to the official one! Look forward to the TATE mode firmware for the VS though.

I'm hoping they produce an FPGA GBA at some point, like their lovely FPGBC.

Stone cold classic.

Yeah, the word 'Classic' seems to be used to basically mean 'Old' these days. This game was a pretty much a cd-rom tech demo. The PC version wowed me at a friend's house for about half an hour before I realised that the gameplay was terrible!

@TheWingedAvenger Ah yes, not sure where that 3DS came from! Edit made, thanks.

@Sketcz It is indeed very nice, I have the lovely boxed edition in my collection! It's great because you see so few books on PCE/TGFX.

Alex Kidd in Shinobi World! I jest, but I do love that game. Shinobi III is my favourite though.

Not sure why the GBA game The Revenge of Shinobi is on here. Pretty sure that game has nothing to do with the series!

I own far more of their wonderful books than I don't own. The Mega Drive cancellation was a real shame, although part of me feels like a Master System book without any mention of Wonder Boy is perhaps worse than no book at all.

Would love a PC Engine Visual Compendium, for someone to write a book about the Acorn Archimedes series (and the fabulous output of the Fourth Dimension) and maybe an in-depth book about Falcom and their wonderful action RPG series like Ys and Dragon Slayer.

Anyway, happy 10th birthday Bitmap Books! Keep up the wonderful work and don't let any legal issues or cancellations get you down too much. You deliver beautiful work that I am proud to own most of.

Revenge of Shinobi (aka The Super Shinobi) also initially featured Sonny Chiba's likeness on the title screen until it was edited in a later revision.

It's Mappy Kong!

My original Steam Deck doesn't creak but the B button does get momentarily stuck at times. It's rarely an issue in 3D games - where I use the shoulder and rear buttons more than the four face ones - but in things like fighting games it can be a pain. I should have reported it when the machine was new but I was having so much fun with the thing that I didn't want to send it back off for repair. May take it apart and see if I can fix it myself at some point. Otherwise my only complaint is that it isn't the OLED model!

@Steel76 Yeah, I had the exact same thought when I saw this thing. A clicky NEOGEO Pocket style stick and proper d-pad would be great but an analogue stick and a four button d-pad?! Nuts!

@MARl0 Thanks, that's done it. I copied them over without ever opening the folder and looking inside! Model 2 all working now. Still not seeing Model 3 games in Rom Manager though, which is weird as I saw them there at first.

@MARl0 I'm having the same issue with Model 2. Can't get that working at all. Oddly Steam Rom Manager recognised my Model 3 games at first and I added them but now it can't see them anymore. The Model 3 games are all running fine in EmulationStation in gaming mode though. Model 2 I've had no luck at all with.

Haven't had much time to play around yet but I ran the update and updated all emulators and now EmulationStation doesn't seem to want to launch from Gaming Mode. Will investigate later.

Pretty cool, but the Dreamcast was always such a lovely compact console that mine still fits just nicely on my TV stand as it is.

And now I will have the Mysterious Cities of Gold TV series theme stuck in my head for the rest of the day!

I would love an 'all-in-one' Analogue console that takes Mega Drive and 32X cartridges as well as having a CD drive for Mega CD games too.

I love my Saturn. This is a pretty nice list. Some of my favourites that didn't make their Top 10 are... Saturn Bomberman, Bubble Symphony, Die Hard Arcade/Dynamite Deka, Shining Wisdom, Shining the Holy Ark and Dark Savior.

Loved SWIV on the Acorn Archimedes and even have the GBC version. Always been interested to try this game, so might just pick it up.

The Amiibo of the 90s!

This looks great. Wonder if they'd do a port to the Master System itself...

I find it amazing that anyone would describe RoboCop Versus The Terminator as risible. I also remember the MD version getting good reviews here in the UK when it came out. Mean Machines and CVG both scored it over 90%. I have the game for both Mega Drive and Master System and enjoy both versions. Even if you find it a bit generic or dislike the level design or whatever, I can't see what would make it risible.

This game looks like good fun and I will definitely give it a try at some point.

I'm going to try and look past this and enjoy the fact that we will soon be able to play Bubble Bobble, Rainbow Islands and Parasol Stars on Switch. We also have various Puzzle Bobbles.

Not to sound greedy, but can we have Bubble Symphony and Bubble Memories next please? Pretty please?

That opening text crawl is amazing!

@Futureshark I'm with you on Rastan! I wonder if there will be a third Milestones collection too.

Looks stunning. Great effort.

Yes! This is a brilliant addition! Day 1 buy. Really looking forward to this one.

Brilliant update! I've been wanting turbo fire for shmups for an age, but especially since the EXP came along with TATE mode. Anyone who can comfortably hold that thing by one end and rapidly hit the fire button cannot have human hands!

Thanks for the heads up. As I own Aero Fighters 2 and 3 on Switch already I should probably pick this one up too!

I'm going to be honest, I read the opening paragraph of this article, stopped reading and ordered the book!

They had one of these in a small independent games shop in the place where I grew up. I always wanted to try it but I think it was something like £5 a go back then, which seemed like madness to a school kid like me. Look forward to reading the chapter in the book.