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There are plenty of spin-offs in gaming, but just like film and television, not all are instant hits. For every “Daxter,” there’s an “Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer.” Although it does a solid job of recreating the cute and charming world of the original series, the gameplay is lather, rinse, repeat and does nothing to…
Yipee Ki-Ay. This year marks the anniversaries of several classic Namco games, including Galaga (45th), The Adventures of Valkyrie (40th), Genpei Touma Den (40th), Family Stadium (40th), and Time Crisis (30th), so to celebrate, Namco has just revealed a new initiative which it is calling NAMCO LEGENDARY 2026. NAMCO LEGENDARY 2026, according to the announcement,…
“I want fans who remember Utopia to feel like we’ve done it justice”. 33 Games is a new boutique publisher which aims to create physical collector’s editions of classic games – and it has already announced its first project, a re-release of Zool on the Mega Drive / Genesis. We can now exclusively reveal the…
“You were the driving force behind the formation of IDSA and the E3 Show.”. Those of you who grew up in the ’80s and ’90s will likely remember the heated marketing wars that took place between Nintendo and Sega, with both companies vying publicly for control of the video game market while trading barbs in…
“This might be a daft idea”. Super Play was one of the greatest SNES-focused magazines to come out of the 1990s, and its main artist has just reimagined what the debut issue’s cover might have looked like had it been published today. Published by Future and spanning 47 issues (plus a special one-off 48th edition…
It’s really real! Blaze Entertainment has shown the Evercade Nexus handheld in the flesh for the first time in a new YouTube video. Head of Communications Sean Cleaver puts the new system through its paces in the latest trailer, showing off key improvements over the existing EXP variant, such as a larger display, analogue controls,…
Anbernic Rotate! Yuji Naka! Lenovo G02! 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 Anbernic Rotate! Yuji Naka! Lenovo G02! Welcome to Retro Recap, a…
On Friday May 29th, Clear River Games confirmed that they would be rereleasing the classic CAVE shooters Pink Sweets: Ibara Sorekara and Muchi Muchi Pork! on modern consoles. The developer City Connection is responsible for bringing the games to the PlayStation 5 and the Nintendo Switch. The shooters originally came out in 2006 and…
“The only good Sonic game they had in a very long time was a fan-made game”. Former Sega executive Mike Fischer recently spoke to Sega-16 about his career, and he was quite candid about his feelings about Yuji Naka, calling him “a horrible human being.” Fischer also reveals that Naka wanted to call Billy Hatcher…
More great news this week as looking through the itch io website, we’ve found out that LC-Games has released the latest game of RandomPac for the Commodore 64. A game that isn’t just a tribute to Pac-Man, an arcade game released by Namco in 1980. But this version of the game has procedurally generated mazes and…