“This May Be One Of The Rarest I-Mode Games Preserved So Far” – A Lost DoDonPachi Game For Japanese Phones Has Just Been Recovered

‘DoDonPachi DaiOuJou DX Reco.ver’ was only available for a day. The Japanese feature phone preservation community have shown themselves to be experts at recovering games that many had believed would be forever lost to time, but its latest achievement could be one of its most impressive finds yet. That’s because, as revealed yesterday by RockmanCosmo…

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Gaming Communities: From Arcades to Apps

Gaming communities once lived in arcades, spaces filled with the steady hum of CRT monitors and the familiar clink of quarters. Players formed rivalries around high score leaderboards and built friendships in the warm glow of cabinet screens. While those neon-lit halls are less common today, the drive to connect has never disappeared. It has…

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BatteryNote Is A Stunning Sci-fi Visual Novel, With Game Boy Color-Style Graphics & A “Shocking” Premise

Talk to robots or conduct cruel experiments with electricity. The Japanese developer 72Studio and its publisher Room6 have announced that it will be releasing a new retro-inspired visual novel called BatteryNote on Steam next month on October 10th (thanks Famitsu!). The short sci-fi themed adventure game sees players step into the role of a mechanic…

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