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“‘Well, we could be selling so much more if we were cross console’”. Most people today will largely associate Ed Fries with his role as an Xbox co-founder and Microsoft’s vice president of gaming in the late ’90s and early 2000s, but his career in games actually dates back a lot further than that. Before…
Better late than never. Langrisser III occupies a very unusual place in my personal gaming history. Warsong / Langrisser is one of my favourite games of all time, and I recently managed to play the sequel, which sadly never got an English release back in the day, and I loved it. Back in the mid-’90s,…
Thanks to the fan translators Chapu & Etokapa. A brand-new fan translation patch has just been released for the Japanese-exclusive PS1 game, Tiny Bullets, giving players the opportunity to experience the rare PlayStation-exclusive in English for the very first time (h/t: GameVecanti). Tiny Bullets is the work of the developers, Kuusoukagaku Corp and Contrail, and…
Showcases the ‘Super Enhancement Engine’. Legendary SNES emulator ZSNES is back in active development, with two of the original developers involved. As revealed by Zophar, zxKnight and _Demo_ are working on Super ZSNES, a GPU-powered successor to the original emulator. Read the full article on timeextension.com Showcases the ‘Super Enhancement Engine’. Legendary SNES emulator ZSNES…
It didn’t just revolutionize a franchise – it reshaped the entire video game industry, much like Super Mario Bros. had done more than a decade earlier. Just as the 1985 NES classic defined the blueprint for side-scrolling platformers, Super Mario 64 established the foundation for 3D game design. Before Mario’s leap into 3D, few developers…
R-Type! Punch-Out!! Sega! Nintendo in Brazil! Welcome to Retro Recap, a regular feature we run each and every weekend which rounds up all of the best retro gaming news and content of the past week in one place. Read the full article on timeextension.com R-Type! Punch-Out!! Sega! Nintendo in Brazil! Welcome to Retro Recap, a…
Part of that discrepancy stems from the fact that the American console crash derailed Xevious’s journey. Atari Inc. manufactured and distributed the arcade machine here, but the company’s dissolution prevented the game from reaching eager audiences at home until well after it had ceased to be relevant. Xevious is a timeless classic, but it would…
Amiga: Classic Game Insights Vol 2 is on Kickstarter now. Nicola and Anthony Caulfield – the filmmaking duo behind From Bedrooms to Billions, The Amiga Years, The PlayStation Revolution and The Rubber Keyed Wonder – have another documentary project on Kickstarter at the moment. Amiga: Classic Game Insights Vol 2 is a series of short…
A little while back, I decided to make some shorts that show parts of a cover, backside and the game and see if you can guess what it is before the reveal at the end. I never thought I would ever do 100 of them. I finally posted the 100th video (see below). It has…
“It’s a Game Boy Color with a less-than-optimal playing experience”. Remember Chris “LeggoMyFroggo” Hackmann? He’s famous for creating the Frog Boy Color and Tad Boy Color, but his next project is perhaps the most ambitious (and unhinged) yet – he’s created a Game Boy Color you can wear on your wrist. As spotted by Hackster,…