What makes an effective horror game? Sometimes it may be the thrills and the jump scares, but other times it's the atmosphere and sense of dread that makes your heart pound faster than usual. We went to an expert in horror games, Justin Ng of Gattai Games, since he made a standalone demo and a full-fledged game based

Welcome to yet another entry of Kakuchopurei and Retro DNA's SNK 40th Anniversary retrospective celebration which will end in about 2 week's time. Check out the rest of the features here.  The 13 Most Influential SNK Fighting Game Moves Hail To The King (Of Fighters) The Top 15 SNK Games You Must Play Befor

Not one to be outdone by Nintendo and SNK in their respective quests to weaponize nostalgia and charging people for it, Sony PlayStation announces its PlayStation Classic mini console a few days before Tokyo Game Show 2018. Here's what we're getting: A small PlayStation One mini console with an HDMI output and a USB

Sony PlayStation made a preemptive strike a week before Tokyo Game Show to announce its slew of new titles. Let's highlight the best ones, shall we? Samurai Shodown Slated For 2019 https://www.facebook.com/kakuchopurei/videos/715437335484148/ We wrote about this earlier. Long story short: 2D weapons-based fighting, cl

You heard right, fighting game fans and SNK enthusiasts. The one true weapons-based fighting game (sorry SoulCalibur/Soul Edge & Weaponlord) is making a comeback, baby! Don't believe me? Take a look: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FKoZb1sv64 Let's Break It Down Is it in 2D? Yes! The game is using the Unreal E

Happy belated royal birthday, Yang Dipertuan Agong of Malaysia. To most of us in Malaysia, it's a nice long weekend. But for some of us (sorta) hard at work at Kakuchopurei and definitely, DEFINITELY not distracted by Marvel's Spider-Man on the PS4, it's another opportunity to reminisce about the best kings and queens

Want to buy a Neo Geo Mini and get your retro-gaming groove on, but don't know how? Well, we're here to help you out. But first: the bad news. If you want to buy it old-school via brick and mortar stores, you can only do it in Hong Kong at these addresses: Perfect Denki: Shop M19 ,Sino Centre, Nathan Rd, Mong Kok

While our Neo Geo Mini console is still in the mail and probably still on a jet plane somewhere from Japan, we figured it's our duty to inform you about SNK's latest retro item in some way or form. Thank goodness for YouTube and hobbyists around the world who manage to snag a console before we did, eh? ETA Prime got a

The old school and new school of SNK joined forces during Malaysia's first-ever SNK-sanctioned Neo Geo World Tour Malaysia tournament, which happened during the weekend of 23 and 24 June. Here are some highlights: Two Malaysians took top honours in the Metal Slug Score Attack challenge. First up was Terry Kok with 1

Let us go back to the way-back-when machine, during the early and late 2000s. Before From Software became synonymous with Dark Souls, Bloodborne, and "goddamn tough-but-fair JRPGs with so much goth & despair", they used to make a ton of action games. https://youtu.be/MfPmRnheQKY?t=14m31s Action games with mythica

From lead protagonist to vigilante and convict, Cody Travers is one of the last to consider a political role, let alone the Mayor's Office for Metro City. However, that is the role he is in right now in his official debut to the Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition roster. Interestingly, the hot seat of Metro City is no

It's good to be an SNK fan in Malaysia, especially if you're into The King of Fighters and Metal Slug. And wouldn't you know it: there's a Neo Geo-themed tournament on the horizon next month. According to a post from Mohd Aliffa of FV Esports, the Neo Geo World Tour 2018: Malaysia Stop tournament will be held at Be

Dogs: man's best friend in the real world. Fluffy, loyal, and/or able to fetch frisbees and other things for you if they weren't distracted by pointer lights. Humps anything on sight if you don't keep them in check. In the digital realm of video games, dogs are useful. They can fetch items for you, become assists when

Nintendo surprised a number of us this early morning with a Nintendo Direct video. Only instead of a 30-minute tour de force, we got bite-sized announcements regarding ports and not-so-big exclusives. Take a look to see what we mean: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_u7g5BlfiY In a nutshell: -Nintendo Switch is get