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The 1993 Famicom cartridge version previously got a patch back in 2018. A fan translation for the original Famicom Disk System version of Moero TwinBee: Cinnamon-hakase o Sukue! has just been released. Originally released in 1986, Moero TwinBee: Cinnamon-hakase o Sukue! is the second game in Konami’s popular cute ’em up series, TwinBee, which started…
Mini and marvelous. Back in 2022, I reviewed the dinky Miyoo Mini, a truly pocket-friendly handheld emulation device that could run pretty much everything up to the PS1 era, yet was small enough to fit into your daily life with ease. Four years later, Miyoo has revisited the same base hardware, but with a twist…
Putting to bed decades of information. Rare footage of a promotional crossover between Sega’s Dreamcast classic Space Channel 5 and the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards has appeared online, definitively bringing an end to decades of misinformation. Back in 2000, several outlets, including IGN and Gamespot, reported that Ulala, the pink-haired reporter and protagonist of…
“Suitable for a wide range of occasions”. It feels like only five minutes ago we were celebrating Sega’s 60th, and now its 65th is upon us. June 3rd is the date to mark in your calendar, and if you’re keen to commemorate this momentous occasion in style, the company’s collaboration with watchmaker Seiko might be…
Rave Racer! Nobuo Uematsu! Top Speed! Space Station Silicon Valley! 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 Rave Racer! Nobuo Uematsu! Top Speed! Space…
You can finally understand what’s happening in ‘Nekketsu Nikki’ mode. When Capcom’s Project Justice: Rival Schools 2 was released in Japan as Moero! Justice Gakuen, it came with a bonus board game – called ‘Nekketsu Nikki’ – which allowed you to create bespoke characters. This was similar to the ‘School Life’ mode found in the…
“We’ve been playing Daytona USA a lot lately”. @RealSunlitSpace‘s Star Fox CD is one of the most interesting upcoming adaptations of Nintendo’s space combat classic, and adds in CD-quality music via MSU-1 chip support, as well as other neat additions to augment and enhance the experience. The developer has now revealed that the game will…
“I view Fang almost like a fan myself. I think I might be his biggest fan.”. Arguably, no one is a bigger fan of the Sonic character Fang the Sniper than its creator, Shinichi “Touma” Higashi. Despite leaving Sega in 2001 and embarking on a successful career as a toy designer (where he’s continued to…
Stephen Cakebread’s Geometry Wars originally started as a Project Gotham Racing Easter egg, but from then on turned into a fully fledged eye candy neon top-down multi-directional shooter, with appearances on the DS all the way up to Steam. Well it’s time for the Amiga to enjoy this game, as NovaCoder has released ‘G-WARS’. A Geometry…
Can you master this tough-as-nails NES classic? Last week’s Ridge Racer PS1 Community Challenge proved to be a bit more complicated to set up than initially anticipated, but we did get some great submissions by the end. That includes this frankly amazing time (2’59″070) from regular commenter Bulk Slash on the NTSC version on an…