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Developed by former Atari staffer, Jeff Milhorn. The unreleased Atari 8-bit game Psyclotron has been made available for download almost 40 years after it was abandoned. Developed by Jeff Milhorn, Psyclotron is heavily inspired by Robotron: 2084 and is unique in that it offers a simultaneous two-player mode – something that wasn’t all that common…
“Eventually, a good Bubsy game needs to be made”. Atari’s been splashing the cash recently, acquiring not just Nightdive Studios but also Moby Games and AtariAge. As part of this process of hoovering up assets, the company has also picked up the rights to hundreds of games from Micropose, Infogrames and Accolade – and Bubsy…
“Here it is anyway!”. Dreamcast hacker and translator Derek Pascarella has just released an English language patch for Triangle Service’s shmup, Trizeal. Published on the Dreamcast in 2005, Trizeal is one of the last games to be officially released on the console. It was also published on the PlayStation 2 in 2006. Trizeal Remix was…
Any guesses? Hardware manufacturer Analogue has just teased something for next week. The maker of the Super Nt, Mega Sg and Analogue Pocket has posted on Twitter that it plans to make an announcement on Monday, October 16th. Read the full article on timeextension.com Any guesses? Hardware manufacturer Analogue has just teased something for next…
Works on Saturn and other systems. Retro-Bit has just revealed its Saturn Pro Controller, a new wireless pad which aims to be the only Saturn interface you’ll ever need. Boasting 2.4GHz wireless connectivity for low-latency input, the Saturn Pro Controller has dual analogue sticks which use Hall Effect technology to avoid drift. Read the full…
More than 30 years after release. Back in 1992, Game Freak – now most famous for developing the insanely popular Pokémon series of video games – produced an adaptation of Tatsuya Egawa’s million-selling manga Magical Taruruto for the Sega Mega Drive in Japan. Released exclusively in Japan in April of 1992, Magical Taruruto-kun was directed…
Could we be seeing something new soon? Konami just successfully filed a trademark for Hudson Soft and Red Company’s adventure game series Galaxy Fräulein Yuna at the Japanese patent office, causing some Japanese fans to speculate whether something new might be on the horizon (thanks Gosokkyu!). Originally making its debut on the PC Engine Super…
VIC-20 owners we hear your cry, you want something more for your system. Well have we found the best thing for you! As of this moment you can try out the latest release of Super Monza GP 2. A new release by AJ Layden as an expanded racing game for the 32K expanded Commodore VIC 20!…
“I was able to worship something amazing!”. The Nintendo 64DD was a bold move by the Japanese giant to offer something a little different to its customers. The add-on unit connected to the base Nintendo 64 console, allowing the owner to use its 64MB magnetic disks to open up new creative possibilities. Several of the…
There’s more to this add-on than Sonic CD… Gamers of a certain vintage will keenly recall the days when the words ‘Compact Disc’ could generate the kind of excitement that’s usually reserved for birthdays or three-day weekends. Once upon a time, these shiny pieces of plastic offered a whole new world of promise; they could…