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The Origins of SNK’s Hardest Run ‘n Gun
Run 'n gun arcade games were a staple of the 90s arcade scene, offering players a combination of challenging gameplay, explosive visuals, and satisfying combat. Similar to side-scrolling shoot 'em ups, but a bit slower paced by comparison, this genre was ideal for...
Versions of a Burial: The Atari Landfill Excavation in Museums, Part 1
There is something quietly vertiginous about walking through an exhibition and finding yourself already inside it. Not a self you remember putting there, but a self distributed across objects, images, words; a self that arrived in the museum before you did, and which...
Dragon Warrior – by Jeremy Parish
If you’re old enough to remember the NES launch in America, you’re likely old enough to remember residual hand wringing in Washington, D.C. about the so-called Cold War “missile gap.” In the 1950s and ’60s, that doctrine stated that the Soviet Union had a numeric...
HOT NEWS as Ghosts’n Goblins has arrived as a Commodore Amiga AGA edition via JOTD!
If you played ' Ghosts'n Goblins ' the first game in the Ghosts 'n Goblins franchise on systems such as the Amstrad, Amiga, Atari, C64 and ZX Spectrum, or the more recent arcade overhaul that was released for the Plus/4. You'll be interested to know that as of just...
Sonic Spectrum Next – Sonic The Hedgehog comes over to the Spectrum NEXT via dave18
Sonic the Hedgehog has made its way onto the ZX Spectrum Next in an exciting new release titled Sonic Spectrum Next, developed by prominent retro community creator dave18. The game is a direct conversion of the classic Sega Master System (SMS) version. This ambitious...
Retro Interview: Zack Johnson Talks ‘West of Loathing’
Old School Gamer's Patrick Hickey Jr. brings out a classic out of his archive and chats with "West of Loathing" developer Zack Johnson to get the skinny on the nifty western RPG that actually plays a bit like "Skyrim." Old School Gamer: What inspired this game? Zack...
Review – Wee Ninja for the Atari Lynx
It is impossible to deny the impact Super Mario Bros had on the gaming landscape when it was released on the original NES, especially on scrolling platform games. For gamers, it set a standard to expect from new platforming games released afterward. For gaming...
The Untapped Market of Japanese Nintendo Game Boy Titles
Let’s give thanks to uncompensated fan translators. As a fan of video games developed in Japan, I am keenly aware of the sheer volume of excellent titles that have yet to be localized in English. Thankfully, when a publisher decides not to translate a certain game,...
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