This is very much a fan-made product, in case you needed telling. We’ve seen a flood of modern-day mini versions of popular home computers, including the C64, ZX Spectrum, Amiga and Atari 400, but one platform which has thus far remained untapped is the Atari ST. Released in 1985, the ST was one of the…
Despite the fact that AMD’s next-gen desktop CPU architecture, Zen 6, isn’t expected to appear until towards the end of this year, we were expecting at least two new desktop chips to arrive at CES this month. But no, all we got was a single Ryzen 7 9850X3D announcement and no mention whatsoever of the…
Regale us with your ideas. So, the third entry in the Final Fantasy VII Remake trilogy officially has a final title (or subtitle, as is more likely), according to an interview with director Naoki Hamaguchi over at GameSpot. It’s a pretty significant milestone, and as stated by Hamaguchi-san, the team had it down to two…
Gundam VS Fighting Spirits Plus has been resurrected. A rare Japanese fighting game based on the Mobile Suit Gundam series is finally playable again, thanks to the efforts of the feature phone preservation community. Gundam VS Fighting Spirits Plus is a one-on-one fighting game that was released for i-Mode compatible phones in 2009 and sees…
A Saturn masterpiece. Treasure’s iconic side-scrolling fighting Guardian Heroes is 30 years old today, it pains me to reveal. Released in Japan on January 26th, 1996, Guardian Heroes mixes belt-scrolling action with RPG elements such as experience points, NPC conversations and branching pathways. Read the full article on timeextension.com A Saturn masterpiece. Treasure’s iconic side-scrolling…
Not bad! Koei Tecmo has confirmed that Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment has now surpassed 1 million copies sold. This comes via key financial data (thanks, RPG Site) in which Age of Imprisonment is listed with a note stating ‘Over 1 million copies sold worldwide’ when translated. Seems pretty clear to us! Read the full…
Highguard, the new PvP raid shooter by the minds behind Titanfall 2 and Apex Legends, has been embroiled in controversy since it was announced at The Game Awards. Some even want to see it fail on principle alone, which is a bit harsh if you ask me. With limited marketing (non-existent, really), we’ll need to…
Nook, don’t touch. If you needed bonus proof that there’s still an appetite for big ol’ ports on Nintendo Switch 2, this week’s UK charts show exactly that. Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade has burst onto the scene at number two this week as the only non-Nintendo title to make the top five. While it…
A new native port. Rare’s classic N64 title, Banjo-Kazooie, has been recompiled for a new native PC port which brings a host of improvements to the game. Banjo: Recompiled makes use of the N64: Recompiled project to statically recompile the beloved 1998 title into a native PC port. Read the full article on timeextension.com A…
There is a particular kind of magic to an excellent arcade conversion on the Commodore 64. It is not just the thrill of seeing an arcade hit appear on your home computer, though that was absolutely part of the draw. A faithful conversion has to reproduce the arcade game’s personality: the timing, the way the…