Make way for his Badgesty. There are less than two weeks to go until we finally get our hands on the first original 2D Mario adventure in 11 years. It’s an exciting time, especially for those who weren’t fully sold on the presentation style of the New Super Mario Bros. series when it launched on…
New York City is the largest city in the United States. Its culture is far reaching and iconic, and as a result, it has been used as a setting in numerous videogames. The skyline was often used to represent the great city, as it was easily identifiable by the Statue of Liberty and the World…
Could this be the best way to experience the classic arcade simulator? Next year, a large transport museum called Yumenova is opening in the Japanese theme park of Hirosawa City in the Ibaraki prefecture, and among its many attractions looks to be something truly unique: the opportunity to play the 1996 arcade train simulator Densha…
The appeal of soulslike games is one I’d somehow avoided. Then the other morning I was mindlessly scrolling TikTok instead of falling asleep and came across a short video. I watched a small crab get fed up with dodging, blocking, and occasionally getting a hit in against a big boss crab, give up, and pop…
Leveling in WoW Classic hardcore might be exhilarating, but when any enemy has the potential to end your life prematurely and send you crying back to character creation, it makes sense to be cautious. A friendly duel seems like a safe way to let off some steam without worrying about your character’s mortality, but sadly,…
Forerunner to the infamous ‘Knights of Xentar’. ELF Corporation’s erotic dungeon-crawling JRPG Dragon Knight II has been translated into English, 33 years after it launched exclusively in Japan. A sequel to the 1989 original, Dragon Knight II places you in the role of Takeru, a warrior who battles a series of girls who have been…
Who could it be? Legendary game designer Masahiro Sakurai has teased an upcoming “special crossover” with an apparently well-known YouTube channel. In a post on Twitter, Sakurai confirmed that he will soon be playing “other” games via the planned collaboration (thanks, VGC), though details are scarce at the time of writing. Presumably, the word “other”…
The port was developed by Infinity Co. Ltd. Looking Glass Technologies’ first-person action-adventure game System Shock is considered one of the most influential science-fiction games ever released in the West. But what you might know is that it also has a couple of compatible versions for Japanese computers. As far as we can tell from…
Long-time rumour debunked. Suppose you’re even remotely familiar with the work of Satoru Iwata, Nintendo’s beloved President who sadly passed away in 2015. In that case, you’ll have no doubt heard the popular rumour surrounding his contribution to 1999’s Pokémon Gold And Silver. The rumour goes that Iwata created a compression code that significantly decreased…
Thanks to Jotego’s Patreon. FPGA developer Jotego has just released a new OpenFPGA core as part of his Patreon. The ‘JTNINJA’ core makes Data East’s legendary Bad Dudes vs Dragon Ninja playable on the Analogue Pocket, alongside fellow Data East arcade title Heavy Barrel. Read the full article on timeextension.com Thanks to Jotego’s Patreon. FPGA…