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“Stay tuned”. Released in 1991, Konami’s Vendetta / Crime Fighters 2 is one of the company’s most accomplished side-scrolling fighting games. The sequel to 1989’s Crime Fighters, it boasts bold visuals, complex mechanics and a welcome sense of humour – but sadly, it was never ported to any home system at the time of release….
Fallout! Fallout 2! And Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel! Three classic Fallout games are set to be given away for free on the Epic Games Store next week (as spotted by Eurogamer!) So if you want to snatch up two of the best computer role-playing games of all time (Fallout and Fallout 2) and the…
Coming to Switch, PS4 and PS5. Numskull and Bitmap Bureau have teamed up to release Bitmap Bureau Collection, a new three-game pack which includes the UK developer’s entire output so far. Coming this summer, Bitmap Bureau Collection features the Smash TV-style shooter Xeno Crisis, the top-down hack-and-slash epic Battle Axe, and the side-scrolling beat ’em…
Comes with its own “Spider-Man room”. Divisive video game personality Tommy Tallarico has put his house up for sale for a cool $2,999,000, as spotted by Brandon Sheffield. Tallarico’s career spans decades; he started out in the Q&A department at Virgin Interactive in the early ’90s before shifting into composing soundtracks, working on titles such…
Four years after pre-orders went live. Intellivision CEO Phil Adam has issued a Valentine’s Day update on the troubled Amico console, and it makes for pretty depressing reading if you’re one of the many people who pre-ordered the device all those years ago. Rather than give any update on the progress of the Amico, Adam…
Real racing. Since it raced onto our PlayStations in 1997, Gran Turismo has arguably set the bar for console-based racing excellence. Showcasing an unprecedented level of realism for a ’90s racer, the original Gran Turismo would be followed by a raft of sequels, each pushing the envelope further in terms of authenticity, visual splendour and…
The cabinet appears to be a tie-in to the upcoming Disney+ show. Yesterday, Arcade1UP accidentally leaked an upcoming Marvel vs. Capcom 2 arcade cabinet on its website that appears to be a tie-in to the new X-Men 97 animated show (scheduled to start streaming on Disney+ on March 20th). The X-Men 97 Marvel Vs. Capcom…
To celebrate the Capcom Cup X. Capcom has teamed up with Humble Bundle to offer over 70 classic titles for $20. The Fighters & Arcade Classics bundle features the likes of Street Fighter V: Champion Edition, Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection, Ultra Street Fighter IV and Capcom Arcade Stadium 1 and 2, which each feature…
We always try to get the best in retro gaming news for our readers, and as such we’ve just found out through Andy Godoy of The ZX Spectrum Podcast, that Oscar Celestini SHOP recently released a rather awesome looking PC 80’s/90’s tribute game of ‘Robocop Vs Predator’. A game which doesn’t just feature lots of…
Composer Barry Leitch has revisited his 1997 OST. Back in 1997, the original publisher of Grand Theft Auto BMG Interactive released Spider: The Video Game — Boss Game Studios’ bizarre PS1 platformer about a scientist who has accidentally had his mind transplanted into the body of a cybernetic spider. Despite the odd premise, it did…