“Some of my colleagues called me the ‘dark lord of perverts'”.
Irem should be known to every Time Extension reader – we’ve certainly covered the company enough. Dating back to the 1970s it has an important legacy, most prominent of which is probably R-Type. If anything, this landmark hori-shmup overshadows the developer’s portfolio, since it also gave us arcade classics Moon Patrol, Ninja Spirit, and In the Hunt, among so many others, plus console titles like Gekisha Boy through to Disaster Report. Not to mention Irem inadvertently led to the formation of Nazca Corporation, which developed Metal Slug and became an integral part of SNK and the Neo Geo.
Irem is unequivocally a glorious and significant part of Japan’s videogame heritage. So when ININ Games, Tozai Games, and Irem jointly announced the multi-part Irem Collection, we were very excited. For several games in the collection, this is the first time they’ve been officially available for home use, while for others, it’s the first time in physical form.
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“Some of my colleagues called me the ‘dark lord of perverts'”.
Irem should be known to every Time Extension reader – we’ve certainly covered the company enough. Dating back to the 1970s it has an important legacy, most prominent of which is probably R-Type. If anything, this landmark hori-shmup overshadows the developer’s portfolio, since it also gave us arcade classics Moon Patrol, Ninja Spirit, and In the Hunt, among so many others, plus console titles like Gekisha Boy through to Disaster Report. Not to mention Irem inadvertently led to the formation of Nazca Corporation, which developed Metal Slug and became an integral part of SNK and the Neo Geo.
Irem is unequivocally a glorious and significant part of Japan’s videogame heritage. So when ININ Games, Tozai Games, and Irem jointly announced the multi-part Irem Collection, we were very excited. For several games in the collection, this is the first time they’ve been officially available for home use, while for others, it’s the first time in physical form.
Read the full article on timeextension.com
