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An 18-rated ellipsoid classic. Cast your mind back to the video game landscape of the early ’90s, and 2D remains king. Granted, 3D gaming was on the rise thanks to titles such as Star Fox, Alone in the Dark, Virtua Racing and Doom, but with the wave of 32-bit consoles yet to materialise, the industry…
The game is an expanded version of a 2017 iOS title. The explosive shoot ’em up Blast Rush is getting an expanded version for Steam and Nintendo Switch later this year, its developer Bipedal Dog has announced. Originally debuting back in 2017 for iOS devices, the game eventually found its way over to Steam and…
Hiroshi Kawaguchi is now entering the second chapter of his Sega career. Hiroshi Kawaguchi, the composer of classic Sega titles such as Space Harrier, OutRun, and After Burner recently announced he had “retired” from Sega, causing a wave of tributes to be paid to the legendary musician from English-speaking corners of the internet. But it…
Update: A new release date trailer has also been shared. Update : KurkoMods has revealed the release date for his long-awaited Banjo Kazooie mod “Banjo Kazooie: Nostalgia 64” after “much blood, sweat, and tears”. According to the creator, the mod will be available to his Patreon backers on May 7th, before releasing to the wider…
Can also be used to mimic paddle controls for some Atari games. Select Evercade systems now have mouse support, Blaze has revealed. The latest Evercade firmware brings mouse support to the Evercade Alpha, VS and VS-R consoles (basically all of the Evercade systems which aren’t portable). The feature is currently in beta. Read the full…
Who remembers back in January 2009, when 360 owners were given a free game after the Live system succumbed to an overload of new gamers over the Christmas holiday. That free game was “Undertow.” For those who got it for free, there were mixed feelings about the game’s overall charm and playability, while everyone else…
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Steve “Mr. Wright Way” Wright Jr. who is currently displayed on card number 3971, from the Superstars of 2021 Collection. Mr. Wright Way is a Retired United State Navy Veteran who has always had a passion for video games, toys and photography. His YouTube channel currently has over 11,000…
From The Fly II to Jet Li’s ‘The New Legend Of Shaolin’. Psychonauts turned 20 earlier this month. So, to celebrate, Double Fine Productions has been marking the occasion with a bunch of blogs and videos taking a look back on the legacy of the 3D platformer. The latest of these (and to our minds…
“Get ready to Rip and Tear through your favorite games”. If you’ve been keeping tabs on the Sega retro community recently, you’ll be aware of fan-made efforts to produce a console that was announced and then cancelled back in the 1990s: the Sega Neptune. An all-in-one Mega Drive / Genesis and 32X, the Neptune was…
“When you do the maths, we are completely out of cash in September”. “Currently, in our bank account, we have £2100 (around $2800). It’s not even enough to pay the rent for one month,” explains Joseph Redon, head of the Japanese Game Preservation Society. He’s describing the end of the non-profit organisation he set up…