The Atari VCS came out in early 2021 for most of its crowd-sourced backers; no… I’m not talking about the OG, The Darth Vader, The Heavy 6’er, the 2600, or whatever you call it. I’m talking about the Atari VCS 800 that was originally called AtariBoX. It was first announced in 2017. Initially, with a…
“I will reflect on this for the rest of my life”. Fighters Megamix remains one of Saturn’s most memorable brawlers. It pulled together characters from Virtua Fighter, Fighting Vipers and even Virtua Cop to create an all-star roster and is arguably one of the best examples of the genre released during the 32-bit era. It…
The Sim-ple life. Released in 2007 by EA Redwood Shores, MySims was an attempt to capitalise on the increasing popularity of Animal Crossing (the excellent Wild World had released two years prior). A chibi-styled spin-off from the main Sims franchise, this series skewed towards a younger audience and had players rejuvenate a community with friendship…
It’s an extensive one! Koei Tecmo Europe has released a new update for Romance of the Three Kingdoms 8 Remake for the Nintendo Switch, adding in a whole bunch of additions, improvements, and bug fixes. Bringing the game up to version 1.0.4, perhaps the most significant changes here are to do with difficulty settings. We’ve…
Artist was famous for his car artwork. We’re sad to report that Kazuhiro Ikeda – better known as ‘Bow‘ – has passed away at the age of 78. Ikeda was famous for his illustrations of cars and was, therefore, the ideal choice as cover artist for Sega Rally 2’s Dreamcast port. Read the full article…
Ants in your pants? Sandy White’s Ant Attack was a groundbreaking release back in 1983. Isometric games had already been seen in arcades, but to experience such a title on the humble ZX Spectrum – and one which gave the player the freedom of four-way movement – was revolutionary. Read the full article on timeextension.com…
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A beta of the port was showcased by the Star Fox speedrunner Rakanai. A native port of the Nintendo 64 game Star Fox 64 is currently in development for the PC (as spotted by PC Gamer). The news was revealed over the weekend on the Harbour Masters 64 Discord — an online community of developers…
But it’s likely several years away. We know what you’re thinking, and yes, it certainly feels like rumours of a new PlayStation handheld have been swirling since… well, probably since the launch of the Vita. But now, we have a slightly more credible report from Bloomberg (thanks, VGC), claiming that Sony may well be developing…
Homebrew modder Frogbull does it again. The talented modder who gave Saturn Metal Gear Solid, Final Fantasy VII and Crash Bandicoot has pulled off the same trick with Shenmue to celebrate 30 years of Saturn. Frogbull has put together a facsimile of the Dreamcast classic on Sega’s 32-bit console, which is impressive in itself –…