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Old School Gamer Magazine chats with Heikki Repo, creative director and co-founder of Cornfox & Brothers and the creator behind Oceanhorn to find out what makes this new dungeon explorer a special one. Old School Gamer Magazine: How was this game born? Heikki Repo: Oceanhorn: Chronos Dungeon was born from the idea to have a…

‘Animaniacs: Hollywood Hypnotics’ was in development in the early 2000s. A prototype has just been recovered for a previously-lost Animaniacs game that was being developed for the Game Boy Advance, the preservationist group Hidden Palace has announced. Animaniacs: Hollywood Hypnotics was in development at the UK-studio Full Fat Productions back in the early 2000s and…

Arc System Works and Taito remade the Super Famicom action-RPG in 2006. We’ve just come across some exciting fan translation news, courtesy of the user @SabanganPr16257 on Twitter/X. It appears that a new English fan translation patch is currently in the works for Taito and Arc System Work’s PS2 remake of Ys V: Lost Kefin,…

“Available for the first time as just the hardware”. Evercade maker Blaze has just revealed that it is refreshing its EXP and VS systems. Dubbed the VR-R Solo and EXP-R Solo, these two consoles are now available in hardware-only offerings, a first for the range. Read the full article on timeextension.com “Available for the first…

“My dad could beat you, and he’s dead!”. Legendary Pictures’ upcoming Street Fighter movie has added another character to its roster in the form of Dan Hibiki. Created as a parody of SNK’s Ryo Sakazaki and Robert Garcia (both from Art of Fighting), Hibiki is seen as the Street Fighter franchise’s ‘joke’ character; intentionally weak,…

‘Hero Of Law’ is available now. We’re used to seeing some pretty out-there mods for classic games here at Time Extension, but this next one pretty much takes the cake. Hero of Law is a brand new N64 mod Ocarina of Time that just so happen combine two of our favourite series, bringing together the…

Based on the 1995 arcade title. Hamster has announced that it is bringing Namco’s 1995 arcade title Air Combat 22 to its Arcade Archives series on modern-day platforms this week (July 3rd). Following in the footsteps of the Arcade Archives version of Ridge Racer, Air Combat 22 is based on the System 22 3D flight…

Thanks to Cybermind, TheMajinZenki, and company. Sega’s Japan-exclusive turn-based strategy game The Hybrid Front is finally being translated into English, thanks to TheMajinZenki and the group of fan translators at Nebulous Translations. Originally launched for the Sega Mega Drive in 1994, The Hybrid Front takes place in a sci-fi future where a galactic trading empire…

“If you remember me, then you must also remember what you did”. When people talk about the rarest or most desirable video games of all time, you can be pretty sure that Panzer Dragoon Saga is going to enter the conversation at some point. Released in the three main territories in 1998 on the fading…