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You may not be familiar with the name Mitsuhiro Yoshida, but you should know the work he has done: the River City Ransom series of games, or the Nekketsu titles in Japan. Mitsuhiro Yoshida passed away on 30 August. He was the president of Miracle Kidz, but he was remembered more for creating the Kunio-Kun games like River City Ransom and Super D...
The recent announcement of Dotemu and Tribute Games' Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge is another addition to the awesome wave of new-yet-kinda-old beat-em-ups we've been seeing since 2019's River City Girls. It's also a stark reminder that the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles had been a merchandise juggernaut since the 90s, video games ...
Sega will be releasing its second 16-bit mini console, the Sega Genesis Mini 2 and Sega Megadrive Mini 2, later this 27 October. With that classic mini console comes a ton of Japanese and North American titles that made the system what it was back in the roaring 90s. And there's a plethora of them for each console region. Here's the full list, a...
Sunsoft are known not just for their awesome 90s NES titles, but also arcade games like Ikki, where you play a farmer fighting off the daimyo and his army of ninjas in pixel art shooting glory. It wasn't that good, but Japan seems very fond of the classic. Which is why Sunsoft is bringing it back as a "roguelike" called Ikki Unite. Instead of on...
We previously talked about the classic fighting game The Rumble Fish 2 being ported to current platforms, but didn't mention which ones. Now we know where and when we can get our fix. Publisher 3goo and developer Dimps will be releasing The Rumble Fish 2 digitally for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC (...
Some games age like fine wine. Others may not be the hot title when it first came out, but end up becoming better in retrospect, arguably being a title ahead of its time. At Kakuchopurei, we may cover a lot of new games, but we always fall back to the classics, be it the incredibly old ones or recent titles from a few years past. There are a bun...
Rumble Fish and Rumble Fish 2 were a pair of 2D arcade fighting games back in 2004 onward that featured smooth animation (marketed as Smooth Model Animation) that was tough to pull off on arcade machines. You can now experience this classic fighting game when it's getting a home port for this generation. According to publisher 3goo and developer...
Platform(s): PC (version reviewed), Xbox One, PS4, Nintendo Switch Genre: 2D Run-And-Gun Shoot-em-Up; basically Contra If it weren't for Konami who has a tight rein on its Contra brand, you can mistaken WayForward's "new" 2D run-and-gun shooter game Spidersaurs as the next Contra entry. After all, the Shantae developer did make Contra 4 back in...
We haven't had much fun with a 6-player Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtlles arcade game since, well, forever. We're glad that TMNT: Shredder's Revenge scratches that proverbial itch, as well as being a multiplayer darling of a 2D action game with awesome controls and hectic-but-fun gameplay, complete with lovingly-crafted aesthetics. But what goes beh...
Looks like we might be able to play some Game Boy Advance classics soon enough on Nintendo Switch's subscription service. A Twitter user by the name of Trash_Bandicoot has leaked pictures and proof of Nintendo's official Game Boy Advance emulator for its Nintendo Switch Online service. It's an emulator called Sloop and it seems to play some game...
Capcom will be releasing the second arcade compilation called Capcom Arcade 2nd Stadium later this year. Capcom Arcade 2nd Stadium will be out for PC and consoles this 22nd July. Here's the official press release for the upcoming compilation: "Capcom Arcade 2nd Stadium is bringing another 32 arcade classics to Switch, PS4, XB1, and PC. SonSo...
Good video game sequels are hard to come by, at least in the past few generations. In films, you have a Godfather 2 to balance out the numerous Friday The 13th sequel churns that span more than a trilogy. In games, it's arguably rare to find a sequel that completely trumps over its predecessor. Back in the late 80s and 90s of 8-bit and 16-bit ga...
The surprise hit roguelike game Vampire Survivors, which knocked our socks off, just received new content. The Early Access title received a new 0.4.2 patch, which includes seven new achievements to unlock, a new weapon, a new weapon evolution, and a new stage. Here's a quick list: 1 new stage, including new enemies and events. 1 new cha...
Publisher Daewon Media Game Lab and developer CRT Games will be bringing the 90s arcade duo Snow Bros. back to life. The two game makers have announced Snow Bros. Special, a revival of the Toaplan-made arcade platformer back in 1990. The game will be out on Nintendo Switch in 2022. Snow Bros. put you in the shoes of either Nick or Tom as they...
The creators of Shovel Knight are making a new game, and it's as 8-bit as it can get. Yacht Club Games has announced Mina The Hollower, a new 2D top-down action-adventure game slated for PC (Steam), Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series. There's no release date for the game, but a Kickstarter page for it is in effect. So far, the ...
Platform(s): PC (version reviewed), Xbox One, PS4, Nintendo Switch Genre: 1v1 2D sports game that's secretly a fighting game The 90s era of arcade gaming was really packed with underrated gems, especially on the Neo Geo arcade hardware. If there's one game that really, REALLY needs to make a comeback from the SNK and Neo Geo 90s arcade 1v1 d...
Missed classic ninja titles like Ninja Jaja Maru, Legend of Kage, and the Sega Shinobi series? Well, this new title from Studio PICO and Esquadra might pique your interest. Publisher Flyhigh Works and the aforementioned developers has announced a new PC side-scrolling title called Shinobi non Grata. It'll be out on Steam in Summer 2022 and featu...
Old-school shooters, retro shooters, boomer shooters. Whatever you call them, first-person shooters inspired by the 90s have been making a comeback in the last few years. Some of these are revivals of classics like Doom and Wolfenstein with fancy graphics and a modernized feel, while many others like Dusk, Amid Evil, and Project Warlock emulate the...
Article originally published in October 2020. Brought forward to 2021 since the film Dune is out now in theatres. To celebrate the reveal of the latest film adaptation of Frank Herbert's Dune directed by Denis Villeneuve and starring that one kid in Call Me By Your Name, as well as the film's release, I'd like to bring up Dune's video game adapt...
Ever wanted to speedrun a game but earn daily money out of it? Want to be the person handing out money to whoever can complete your legitimate gaming challenges online without the need to lug around a retro setup to a location? Well, there's a website like that aims to make speedrun bounties and challenges easy to track and set up. The site is c...
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