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Securing residency in Portugal has become an attractive option for many, owing to its vibrant culture, favorable climate, and substantial tax benefits. The Portugal Golden Visa program offers a pathway to residency for non-EU citizens through investment, with over 9,200 investors benefiting since its introduction in 2012. This program has not only enhanced Portugal’s economic…
“GameBoy Link Cable without a cable?”. The 8BitMods VMU Pro is one of the most impressive aftermarket memory cards we’ve seen in a while. Not only does it offer almost unlimited storage for your game data, it also boasts a colour display, MP3 playback and support for a host of emulators, one of which allows…
Prepare to pay more. We have some bad news for people hoping to pick up the Retroid Pocket 6. Yesterday, Retroid announced on social media that significant changes are on the way to the handheld’s pricing and availability, citing “ongoing shortages and sharply rising costs for both RAM and storage.” This includes a price rise…
Tak Fujii can’t quite fathom it. Released on 3DS back in 2011, Alpha Unit’s Frogger 3D didn’t exactly cause shockwaves when it first launched – but it has since become something of a cult classic, and that has driven up its price on the secondary market. This fact has surprised the game’s producer, Takayuki “Tak”…
An easier way has been found to unlock the game’s hidden teams. You’d think, after being around for almost three decades, we’d have already unlocked all the mysteries associated with the 1996 SNES game Ken Griffey, Jr.’s Winning Run. But recently, thanks to The Cutting Room Floor and one of their contributors, TakuikaNinja, a collection…
“The game IS the writing”. Late last week, Sega fans got a welcome surprise thanks to the release of the English language patch for Segagaga, a Dreamcast RPG which had remained untranslated for decades. The work was undertaken by a team led by Exxistance, and finally gave fans the chance to play the game in…
Arcade Card Duo Case If you were around for the 16-bit console wars, you probably remember the unspoken rule: Neo Geo fighting games were not supposed to be portable to “normal” home hardware without compromises. The Neo Geo MVS/AES was basically the arcade in a box, and it wore that identity like a leather jacket…
One of the most popular books of the Boss Fight series, The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask is finally back in print. It’s easy enough to see why. Despite its odd place in the canon, with the game being a rushed project designed to make use of the Zelda assets already developed for the…
What makes a villain so great? Is it their demeanor? Their strength? Their disregard for the world? Or is it something else entirely? In no particular order, Old School Gamer Senior Writer Patrick Hickey Jr. breaks down five amazing villains that all possess something memorable. Jeremy Roenick (NHLPA 93): He’s the fastest player in the…
Banjo-Kazooie! Mortal Kombat! Ridge Racer Type 4! 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 Banjo-Kazooie! Mortal Kombat! Ridge Racer Type 4! Welcome to Retro…