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One half of the ‘Metroidvania’ puzzle. Super Metroid, considered by some Nintendo fans to be the best game on the SNES, is 30 years old as of today. It launched in Japan on March 19th 1994 and came to North America on April 18th of the same year. Europe had to wait until July 28th…
Goodbye, sweet prince. Namco’s Katamari Damacy is now 20 years old – it launched in Japan on March 18th, 2004. The brainchild of Keita Takahashi, this puzzle action title tasks the player with rolling a magical ball – known as a Katamari – around each level, picking up objects until the ball reaches the correct…
Ahead of the Miyoo Flip. All eyes on are Miyoo’s upcoming Flip handheld, but that’s not the only thing the company is cooking up at present. As reported by Retro Dodo, the firm has revealed another portable device called the A30. Boasting a design which is similar to the Famicom edition of the Game Boy…
Industry celebrities, veteran writers, an open bar, and a lot of off-the-record conversations. The NEOGEO: A Visual History team, from left to right: Frazer Rhodes (writing & design), Chris Daw (photography), Sam Dyer (designer & publisher), Steve Jarratt (editor) On Friday, March 15th 2024, at Four Quarters Arcade bar in Bristol, Sam Dyer of Bitmap…
Featuring designs based on Sonic the Hedgehog’s original concept art. A group of Sonic fans is working on producing a 32-bit-inspired fanmade prequel to the original Sonic the Hedgehog for the PC. Sonic Overture ’95 features scrapped characters and designs from the original Sonic including an earlier take on Dr. Robotnik, unused enemies seen in…
Talkin’ ’bout my (new) generation. Konami’s 16-bit classic Castlevania: Bloodlines is now 30 years old. The game launched in North America on March 17th 1994, and in Japan a day later, on the 18th. The European release – which would be retitled Castlevania: The New Generation – took place on March 25th. Read the full…
Scanner is needed to preserve video game magazines. The Japanese Game Preservation Society is selling off duplicate items from its inventory in order to raise the money required to purchase the flatbed scanner needed to electronically archive magazines and game packaging. The non-profit organization has already sold a rare sealed copy of Popful Mail on…
Isn’t the future amazing? The relentless march of technology means that it’s now possible to make the Nintendo 3DS portable! Erm, hang on, that doesn’t sound right, does it? But yes, it is. There’s now a mod which allows you to add a second screen to Valve’s Steam Deck and transform it into a much…
She also worked in the fields of manga and anime during her career. Japanese illustrator, animator and character designer Mutsumi Inomata passed away on March 10th, we’re sad to report. Inomata enjoyed a long and fruitful career in the worlds of manga and animation, helping to establish Kaname Productions in 1982. She went freelance in…
Now working together on two unannounced projects. Reef Creative Group, the owners of the Terminator: Resistance publisher Reef Entertainment, has revealed that it has acquired a 70% stake in the UK developer Bitmap Bureau. Just in case you need a quick refresher on who Bitmap Bureau is, it is a Southampton-based company that was founded…