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“Way better than the AI slop people were trying to push before”. Remember the craze for AI-generated pixel-based RPG scenes not so long ago? AI Bros gleefully circulated these short clips online whilst trying to maintain that they’d “created a new genre” in gaming – clearly they weren’t around in the ’90s, when most first-person…

You can play Wasp Rider: Royal Delivery’s 1/2 demo right now! A new demo has just been released for the upcoming Game Boy Color platformer Wasp Rider: Royal Delivery — a promising title that puts players in control of a grumpy, chain-smoking ant who enjoys swinging his pickaxe and beating up pesky mushrooms. Developed by…

Delisoba Deluxe was never sold in retail stores back in the day. The Saturn is no stranger to expensive games; many of the console’s best titles were only distributed in Japan, and those that did get a Western release were often subject to tiny print runs, which has driven up their value in recent years….

We recently dug up some new artwork from the unrealized project. Earlier this year, Ziggurat Interactive rereleased the 2003 mech-based shooter Battle Engine Aquila across PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5. Originally developed by Lost Toys, a studio created by a group of former Bullfrog developers, the game was only one of two titles the company…

“We will only issue this warning once”. PS2 emulation on Android is in a pretty good place these days, with NetherSX2 providing great performance on phones, handhelds and tablets. However, given the popularity of Sony’s console, there’s always interest in new emulators, and it seems that a rather shady individual is taking advantage of this…

Courtesy of QuByte Interactive. In the aftermath of Super Mario Kart‘s release in 1992, there were a lot of game released that tried to capitalize on the success of the first-party Nintendo title. Chief among them was the 1994 kart racer Street Racer from the UK developer Vivid Image and French publisher Ubisoft — a…

Tiny Toons: Bab’s Big Break. Konami was on fire during the early years of the Game Boy, and produced a string of hits such as Operation C / Contra, Nemesis, Castlevania II: Belmont’s Revenge, TMNT: Fall of the Foot Clan and Tiny Toon Adventures: Babs’ Big Break. The latter title is currently being redeveloped as…

Robots, plushes, vinyl and Japanese video games. As you may (or may not) be aware, Time Extension parent company Hookshot Media is based in the English East Midlands, close to the histroric city of Leicester – famous for The Elephant Man, Daniel Lambert, Showaddywaddy, Kasabian, 5000-to-1 Premier League winners Leicester City and – last but…