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Version 0.8 is available now. Princess Crown is arguably one of the Sega Saturn’s best games, but it sadly never got released outside of Japan, meaning that very few people actually got to play it. Directed by George Kamitani, who would later found Vanillaware, this 1997 action RPG has had unofficial translation projects attached to…
PRE-ORDER HERE P-47 II MD is based on the 1988 arcade shooting game ‘P-47’, released by Jaleco. The game was secretly developed in 1990 under the title ‘P-47Ⅱ FREEDOM STAR’ as Jaleco’s first entry into the MD platform. Although completed, its release was canceled due to the circumstances of the time. Now, 35 years later,…
About This Episode Forty-five years ago, a southern action-adventure comedy set in rural Georgia hit the small screen. For seven seasons in the early ’80s, we followed the adventures of Bo & Luke Duke and their ’69 Dodge Charger. In this Backtrack, we look back on the wildly successful CBS television series, The Dukes of…
“I think they’ll be waiting a while for inflation to catch up”. Final Fantasy Mystic Quest hold a somewhat infamous position in the history of the JRPG franchise. Intended to introduce Western audiences to the genre, it offered a watered-down take on the series and, as a result, has become something of a black sheep…
The new season will premiere on Netflix on January 16th. Netflix has released another trailer for the eagerly anticipated second season of Castlevania: Nocturne, ahead of its release on the streaming platform later this week on January 16th. The eight new episodes will follow on from the events of season one, which took place in…
“Wherever the company is [in five years], I hope I’m having fun”. Taki Udon is one of the leading figures in the world of FPGA gaming, and he’s achieved that position in a surprisingly rapid time. The reason? His MiSTer Pi project has shaken up the FPGA world by offering a truly affordable entry point…
From the 1989 original through to Streetwise. A new book is currently being crowdfunded on Kickstarter that aims to chart the history of Capcom’s iconic Final Fight series. Beat ‘Em Up Volume 1: The Unofficial History of Final Fight is the work of the writer Darren Hupke, who was previously behind the 32 Bit Library…
“The writers and the folks at Story Kitchen have brought so much humor and heart”. Back in December 2022, it was announced via The Hollywood Reporter that Amazon Studios was developing an adaptation of the Sega Mega Drive / Genesis classic ToeJam & Earl, in collaboration with Story Kitchen and Unanimous Media. However, since then,…
100% unofficial, of course. Fan-made games have come a long way in recent years thanks to the introduction of powerful game engines and the growing talent of homebrew coders and artists, but even so, every now and then a game comes along which genuinely surprises you with its polish and playability. Built using the Mugen…
…after removing him from a forthcoming book. Sega has filed trademarks for ‘Ecco’ and ‘Ecco the Dolphin’ in Japan, triggering rumours that the time-travelling aquatic mammal might be making a comeback 25 years after his last outing. The trademarks were spotted by Gematsu, and were filed in Japan on 27th December. The filing was subsequently…