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Out of this World, man. Mention the name Delphine Software to gamers of a certain age, and you’ll almost certainly get some excited chatter about titles like Another World and Flashback, two of the finest cinematic platformers ever made. However, while those two games are unquestionably the most notable in the French developer’s back catalogue,…
1.23% of the games are also categorised as ‘Perfect’. When it comes to emulating PS2 games, PCSX2 is one of the best options currently available to players. The popular PlayStation 2 emulator has been around since 2002 and has grown to support a huge selection of titles for the Sony machine in the time between…
Straight from the mouth of the Cyberdemon. Out of all the Doom ports published over the last three decades, Doom 3DO has perhaps the wildest development story. The game, published by Art Data Interactive and developed by Logicware employee Rebecca Heineman, was mired in production issues. The reason for this was that Art Data’s CEO…
Founded in 1972, Atari® changed the way we approached gaming – from the way games were designed to the way they were played. Atari’s iconic games, including Asteroids®, Centipede® and Missile Command® have been played by many millions. Half a century later, Atari® ’s legacy endures. The Gamestation Pro has over 200 games, including Atari®…
Fate/Extra CCC was released in Japan in 2013. Iwakura Productions announced last week in a blog that it has released its English fan translation patch for Type-Moon and Imageepoch’s Fate/Extra CCC after several years of development. Fate/Extra CCC was originally released back in 2013 for the PSP and is an RPG dungeon crawler and companion…
FPGA-powered Emotion Engine. While Sega and Nintendo dominate the accepted narrative of the 1990s console war, that wasn’t the case in every part of the world. In Japan, Sega’s Mega Drive / Genesis was pushed into third place by NEC’s PC Engine line of systems, which launched when the NES / Famicom was the dominant…
Starting at $149. Handheld manufacturer GoRetroid has just revealed the Retroid Pocket 4 And 4 Pro, as spotted by Retro Dodo. The two systems boast the same basic design, with the key difference being processing power. The Retroid Pocket 4 uses the MediaTek Dimensity 990 chipset, while the Pro model is powered by the MediaTek…
The game was originally released in 1999 for personal computers. Last week, the publisher eastasiasoft released Xuan Yuan Sword: Mists Beyond the Mountains on the Nintendo Switch — Domo Studio and Softstar’s enhanced remake of the epic Chinese role-playing game for PC. It is available to buy now on the Nintendo Switch eShop for £12.99/$14.99…
Pre-orders open now! The London-based record label Data Discs announced over the weekend that it is releasing the soundtrack for Sonic Team’s 1996 Sega Saturn classic NiGHTS into Dreams for the first time ever on vinyl. This physical release is newly remastered and resequenced, features a glow-in-the-dark outer sleeve, and will come with liner notes…
Coming 2024. If you watched The Game Awards, you’ll know that Skull & Bones, Ubisoft’s epic, pirate adventure game is now scheduled to set sail in February 2024. But it is by no means the only promising game about piracy on the horizon. If you prefer your seafaring to be a little more on the…