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“The fright is now”. Clothing firm Kumagumi has announced that it is releasing two new Metal Slug shirts in time for Halloween. Both are inspired by Metal Slug 3‘s second stage, which is packed with zombies that, if they come into contact with the player character, turn them into a zombie, too. Read the full…
“I’m proud that we have got some of their tales down in print for posterity”. The Arcade 1971–1999: The Stories Behind Classic Coin-Ops, Told by Their Creators is the latest coffee-table tome from Bitmap Books and is penned by veteran video game journalist Paul Drury. Boasting a foreword by Atari founder and industry legend Nolan…
Rave from the Grave. The ’90s horror output of controversial Japanese developer FairyTale is headed to PC, translated into English (officially) for the very first time. Published by FAKKU, the first release in FairyTale’s “Nightmare Collection” will be the PC-98 title Dead Of The Brain, which gooed up the Japanese market back in 1992. Dead…
Got 5,000 hours to spare? The rare and rubbish PS1 RPG Spectral Tower has been translated into English, and is now ready and raring to go for all players looking to have a tedious, endless adventure. The patch, crafted by a team of homebrewers, arrives just in time for the dubious title’s 30th anniversary. Released…
Going Deeper Underground. Thalamus Digital has revealed the artwork for the upcoming physical release of its 2025 old-school platformer, Cave Dave. The colourful image was painted by Wil Overton, the veteran artist known for their work with developer Rare as well as their legendary, anime-infused covers for ’90s magazine Super Play. Released digitally for Game…
Super Fighting Robot tribute title now live. Capcom’s veteran superstar/superguy Mega Man is back (in a fashion), courtesy of a brand-new unofficial fan game now available on the PICO-8 platform. Kiloman, developed by homebrewer Trianull, sees The Blue Bomber return for a mini adventure on the byte-sized game creation platform. Four challenging stages await, capped…
Runs on PS1 and PS2, as well. Taki Udon has released a memory card to complement his SuperStation One MiSTer FPGA system – and it also works on original PS1 and PS2 consoles. The SuperStation Memory Card (or SSMC to its friends) has a built-in display for Game ID support and works with FreePSXBoot, FCMB,…
Grab your plastic overlays. Milton Bradley’s tabletop all-in-one console, Vectrex, can now be inked in as another platform that can “run” seminal 1993 release DOOM. New footage surfaced yesterday that showed the granddaddy of the shooter genre “running” on the long-obsolete vector-based system. Even given the Vectrex display’s rudimentary visuals, id Software’s legendary FPS title…
“In North America, Japanese art styles like that just won’t be accepted”. Given the insane global popularity of Japanese animation and pop culture today, it’s hard to believe that, once upon a time, Western marketers did everything they could to hide the fact that something came from The Land of the Rising Sun. There’s no…