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Watch yourself! A rare three-screen arcade variant of Namco’s iconic Ridge Racer could be supported by MAME soon. As noted by @yoshinokentarou, one of these rare examples is currently being dumped so it can be made playable under emulation. Read the full article on timeextension.com Watch yourself! A rare three-screen arcade variant of Namco’s iconic…
A more adventured had forgone the“first”Atari in 2600 video is honored game history.to have It is the first adventure-type game on a console, and it is also considered the first action-adventure game (inspired by the text-only adventure game Colossal Cave Adventure). It introduced several new concepts to console gaming, such as enemies that continued to…
“They couldn’t make it too obvious they were supporting Xbox”. Ed Fries played a big role in securing the long-term stability of the Xbox brand, and served as vice president of game publishing during the first Xbox era. He’s the ideal person, then, to talk about Microsoft’s efforts to court Japanese developers in the very…
A fool and his money… Do you remember Alejandro Martín? How could you forget him, right? He was the driving force behind the SuperSega project, one of the most depressingly fascinating FPGA ventures of recent times. Read the full article on timeextension.com A fool and his money… Do you remember Alejandro Martín? How could you…
‘Mega Man 2: The LCD Game’ has been given a brand new lease on life. Have you ever thought, ‘I wish someone would port Mega Man 2: The LCD Game to the Nintendo Game Boy?’ No? Well, you’re probably not alone. But, nevertheless, it’s happened anyway, with the fan developer Zeichi recently revealing their new…
“A story about acceptance, love, and finding your true self”. Nitroplus’ 2006 visual novel Kishin Hishou Demonbane has been translated into English by the Starry Wisdom Translation Team. The sequel to Deus Machina Demonbane, which was released on PC and PS2 (with the latter removing the erotic elements), Kishin Hishou Demonbane is described by one…
“Absolute accuracy won’t be achievable”. Sergiy “srg320” Dvodnenko, creator of the MiSTer’s amazing Sega Saturn core, has admitted that his in-development 3DO core for the platform may never achieve 100% accuracy. Speaking to Read Only Memo, Dvodnenko explains that while the core itself is “not complex and does not consume a lot of FPGA resources,”…
PLAION is listed on now-deleted rating. A now-deleted ESRB rating has triggered hopes that we could be getting a new piece of Neo Geo hardware. The rating was posted by PLAION, the company which produces devices like The Spectrum, Intellivision Sprint, A500 Mini, Atari 7800+ and The C64 Mini systems. These are reproductions of the…
Retro enthusiasts and Amiga fans have a new reason to dust off their hardware. The Mainake Project has officially released Arkamiga, a brand-new Arkanoid-style action game developed specifically for the classic Commodore Amiga system. In fact rather than a WHDLOAD, the game has been released as a bootable ADF disk image, allowing players to jump…
“You can understand everything and start playing immediately”. We recently got the chance to sit down and chat with M2 Co., Ltd. CEO Naoki Horii to talk about the history of this company and the amazing work it does celebrating vintage titles. During the conversation, Horii touched upon the games he’d love to work on,…