“I wanted to make something for them”. There are loads of amazing games on Playdate, but Lucas Pope’s recently released Mars After Midnight almost feels like the killer app the tiny yellow handheld has been crying out for. Amusing, compelling and an experience which makes good use of the console’s signature crank, it’s a wonderful…
“A JRPG set in 15th century Slovakia”. Jozef Pavelka (AKA Brozef) has just released his JRPG Felvidek, and it’s one of the most unique-looking games we’ve seen in quite some time. “In Felvidek, a JRPG set in 15th century Slovakia, you embrace the role of an alcoholic knight Pavol,” says the game’s Steam page. “Meet…
I’ll never forget the first time I played Maximo: Ghosts to Glory, a Ghosts ‘n Goblins spinoff developed by the US-based Capcom Digital Studios and released for the PS2 in February of 2002 (December of 2001 in Japan). It was the summer of 2002, and I booted it up in our game room, with my…
“He chopped the floppies up into little pieces”. 1993’s Star Wars: X-Wing is arguably one of the best adaptions of George Lucas’ famous sci-fi series. Using what were then considered to be cutting-edge 3D visuals, it placed the player in the cockpit of the iconic T-65B space fighter and tasked them with taking down the…
“I believe I still have a lot to learn”. On Sunday, 31 March 2024, the legendary Tomohiro Nishikado celebrates his 80th birthday, and to honour this occasion, the Japanese Game Preservation Society is inducting him as an honorary member. Every single person reading this page has been touched by the legacy of Nishikado-sensei. While his…
Karate Champ beta also released. FPGA developer Jotego has resumed the development of his Namco System 1 core and has added support for the 1987 title Galaga ’88. “On the core development side, the focus is on closing the open betas,” he says on his latest Patreon update. “JTSHOUSE is one of them. We have…
“Our games were treated like first-party games”. As co-founder of Factor 5, Julian Eggebrecht had a front-row seat to all of the studio’s biggest moments, from its earliest days, through the N64 era and beyond. His time with the studio put him at the centre of development efforts that would produce some of the Nintendo…
“Take THAT, VRC2!”. ROM hacker @infidelity_nes has ported the Famicom version of Contra to the SNES. The talented hacker has already performed the same trick with Mega Man and Metroid. Read the full article on timeextension.com “Take THAT, VRC2!”. ROM hacker @infidelity_nes has ported the Famicom version of Contra to the SNES. The talented hacker…
While many of you are still waiting for Neeso Games Arcade platformer of ‘Super Delivery Boy’: A game which is due for release at some point in the near future. There’s another game you should be keep an eye on as developments progress, and that’s Vigilante: A game that was released sometime back as a…
“Another well placed Jim Ryan lie”. PlayStation CEO Jim Ryan is parting company with Sony, and he’s leaving on a commercial high – PS5 is selling like cakes that are exceedingly hot, after all. However, Ryan dropped a bombshell during one of his last interviews as CEO, claiming that PS2 has sold 160 million units…