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“AI translation can still get things wrong”. Just like the Babel Fish of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, AI translation tools have brought down the barriers of communication online, with social media sites like Twitter even automatically translating tweets into your native tongue. It’s little wonder, then, that sections of the fan translation community…
It is impossible to deny the impact Super Mario Bros had on the gaming landscape when it was released on the original NES, especially on scrolling platform games. For gamers, it set a standard to expect from new platforming games released afterward. For gaming companies, it gave them something to aspire to, to be the…
The MSX Japanese home computer system is largely unfamiliar to US audiences, and mayeven fly under the radar of many retro gaming enthusiasts. Elsewhere, it’s a different story. While unsurprisingly commonplace in its native country and in its neighbor South Korea, the MSX also found footing in South American and European territories. Of the MSX’s…
“Bongo shotto!”. Just in case you weren’t paying attention, the World Cup started this week. The globe’s biggest sporting event is the perfect excuse to play football-based video games, which is why I’ve dusted off my copy of what I consider to be one of the best representations of the sport ever seen – Konami’s…
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“We intend to expose Tim Langdell for what he is”. Langdell once managed to scare Future Publishing back in the day over the use of the word ‘Edge’ for its multiformat magazine Tim Langdell – the notable copyright troll who was once a thorn in the sides of Namco, Future Publishing and Electronic Arts over…
I’m an evil alien. One of the coolest things about the Vectrex community is how many homebrew games have been made. There were 28 retail titles released during its lifetime; as of now, a conservative estimate would put aftermarket titles at around 150; it might even be over 200. We honestly do not know, because…
We got the kick. As the globe gets stuck into yet another thrilling World Cup, I’m pulling out a relevant title for this week’s Random Game Saturday – the pint-sized masterpiece that is Neo Geo Cup ’98. Originally released for the monochrome Neo Geo Pocket back in 1999, this is a very loose adaptation of…
“A year or two too late to ride the Vampire Survivors trend”. The latest Metal Slug title has just been revealed, and it’s fair to say that it hasn’t found a lot of favour with hardware fans of the series, which turns 30 this year. Metal Slug Rush is a mobile game developed by Ring…
Enix’s Dragon Quest is one of the most important Japanese RPGs, as it establishes many of the genre conventions that are used to this day. But it certainly wasn’t the first of its type, as Japanese gamers had been experimenting with their own ideas on computers. Before getting into its history, it’s important to define…