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Tekken 8 Eddy Gordo Trailer Reveals The Capoeira Fighter Arriving Next Week: In an intense match, the Lone Wolves came out victorious. Read all about the big night here // LEGOLAND Malaysia Brings Raya Theme To The Park & The World’s First LEGO Friends 4D Movie Premiere: In an intense match, the Lone Wolves came out victorious. Read all about the big night here // New Visions Of Mana Trailer Showcases Elemental Combat & Characters: In an intense match, the Lone Wolves came out victorious. Read all about the big night here
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What The Hell Is A Ys? A Quick FAQ

With Ys IX finally out in English and for the masses willing to fork over a bit of extra money for a niche RPG game, it's high time we made a quick feature about the long-running Falcom series a sliver of people know about. So let's break it down into a buttload of questions people would ask about this seemingly alien series. We won't go into fu...

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Ocean’s Heart Wears Its 2D Zelda Sleeve Loud & Proud

Platform: PC Genre: 2D Zelda Clone If you need an early 2021 retro gaming fix, you should give the indie title Ocean's Heart a go. This action-adventure title plays like you would a 2D Legend of Zelda title: you explore the islands and continents you're in, solve puzzles, kill bad guys, and gain power-ups that make you progress through dunge...

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The Haunting Jams of Akira Yamaoka (SoundScape)

Happy Halloween 2020, everyone! To pay tribute to this lovely haunting week, here's a mixtape and retrospective of Silent Hill's music maker & ambience/rock/industrial video game music king Akira Yamaoka. https://youtu.be/Orus_-QwH28 Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 1:37 - The 90s (16-bit era with the SNES and Sega Megadrive) 11:52 - Late 90s...

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All The Castlevania Games Ranked From Worst To Best

Originally published in 1st November 2019.  It's the week of Halloween, everybody! So it's only inevitable that we have to bring up the video game that was inspired by the festive spooky season and Universal Monster movies: Castlevania. Before Konami became "#F*** Konami", the company was publishing and developing sequels, spin-offs, and w...

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Battletoads (2020) Guide: How To Conquer This 90s Throwback

Rare and Dlala Studio's Battletoads sequel/remake for the PC and Xbox One may not be for everyone, but it definitely delivers on the thrills of a 2D multi-genre action game. And also will curb-stomp your hopes and dreams. We've prepared this "no commentary" walkthrough for most of the tough segments in the game, as well as how to get all the art...

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Is 2020’s Battletoads The Retro Callback We Deserve?

Platform(s): PC, Xbox One Genre: 2D beat-em-up with a LOT of racing and minigame bits spliced in Throwbacks to 90s games can be tricky to design. You don't want to alienate your fanbase with your recreation of a wayback title, yet you kinda want to accommodate newbies who are curious at best. Some titles do it well like this year's Streets of Rag...

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The Original Shantae Game Boy Color Game Is Getting A Re-Release

If you want to play the original Shantae game on Game Boy Color, you may need to fork out US$4,000 for a boxed copy. Assuming you still have a working Game Boy Color, of course. Short of using emulators, there isn't much else you can do if you want a physical copy of the first-ever WayForward genie Metroidvania series. That is until now, thanks to...

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Sega Astro City Mini Console Lets You Play The Best Golden Axe

Sega recently announced its latest mini retro console: the Astro City Mini. It's obviously based after one of the best arcade cabinets that support ST-V and Naomi JAMMA boards, but in mini form. if you've played an awesome Sega arcade game or fighting game in the late 90s and early 2000s, it's definitely on an Astro City. The Astro City Mini a mor...

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Steel Assault Brings Back Vibes Of Bionic Commando Platforming Action This Year

Studio Zenovia will release their tribute to early 90s 16-bit platforming and Bionic Commando-esque action in the form of Steel Assault. The PC Steam retro-tailored title will be out in 2020. It features the following: Fast-paced 2D platforming where your main character Taro Takahashi punches, whips, and ziplines his way through a ton of linear ...

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Remember Command & Conquer’s Industrial Music? Here’s A Video About Its Composer

Originally posted on 31st July 2019. This feature is brought forward to celebrate the release of Command & Conquer Remastered.  Check out this special SoundScape discography video on Frank Klepacki, the composer responsible for the kick-ass sounds of the Command & Conquer franchise. Find out about his old and recent sound works here. h...

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Go Retro With Streets of Rage 4’s Bonus Unlockable Characters & Music

Hell yeah, THIS is what I'm talking about. Dotemu just announced that in the upcoming fourth game, you can unlock and play as characters in past Streets of Rage games in their 16-bit pixelated glory. These include SOR1's Axel, Blaze, and Adam, SOR2's Axel, Blaze, Skate, and Max, and SOR 3's Dr. Zan, Skate, Axel, and Blaze. Yes, it's going to look ...

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Streets Of Rage 4’s Music: We Have Words

Dotemu recently published a few tracks from its upcoming beat-em-up Streets of Rage 4. Here's a video where we talk a bit about it, followed by some comparisons with the old games. You don't want to miss this, retro gamers! https://youtu.be/dGenJ4JgCCk Like what you saw & heard? Subscribe to us on our YouTube channel, or follow us on Facebook...

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Streets Of Rage 4 PlayStation Trophies Revealed

Whenever a new game's trophies are revealed, it means we might be getting the game within a month or so. I'm guessing that's the case with Dotemu, Lizardcube, and Guard Crush Games' sequel to Streets of Rage (or Bare Knuckle for you Japanese Megadrive gamers out there), because we have trophies! Website Exophase just listed down the PlayStation tr...

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The Greatest Versus Game You’ve Never Heard Of

Here's a video about an SNK 1996 gem that didn't get the recognition it deserved. It's time to change that. It's called Twinkle Star Sprites; we've talked about it before, but this is the first time we've done a video on it. Enjoy! https://youtu.be/lWVbV-xcIKE...

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The Best Part About The Mega Man Zero/ZX Legacy Collection? Save Points!

Back in 2002, Inti Creates cemented their reputation as the go-to 2D platformer-with-a-challenge creators with the Mega Man Zero series. For so many years, they've created arguably the best Mega Man successors on the Game Boy Advance and the Nintendo DS with four Mega Man Zero titles and two Mega Man ZX entries. Each of these entries significantly...

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RIP The Man Behind The Konami Code

The name Kazuhisa Hashimoto may be lost to some folks, but a majority of old-school gamers may know of his landmark contribution: the Konami Code. The person behind the world's most famous cheat code has passed away recently. He was 79. This announcement was made by his friend Yuji Takenouchi, a veteran sound designer for games. https://twitter.c...

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The Most Influential Games Of The Decade From 2010 To 2019

10 years. A ton of games. You know where we're going with this. To celebrate our long-standing hobby and because it's been a decade, let's celebrate and feature all the noteworthy games that have cropped up throughout the years from 2010 to 2019. https://youtu.be/FnGKEqmi8Hc That's awesome. But what about the most influential games of all time? We...

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The Best & Worst Sonic Clones Out There

The Sonic The Hedgehog movie is out this week. Seeing the blue furball in action did trigger some unpleasant memories. No, we're not talking about the first draft Sonic we saw with the human teeth. This turn of events reminded me of the number of video game clones made to cash in on the success of Sega's first-ever Sonic The Hedgehog game. Yes,...

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One Of This Decade’s Finest Retro Platformers Is Going Open Source

Remember VVVVVV? The 2D gravity-flipping platformer made by one Terry Cavanagh with the awesome soundtrack? Here's a quick reminder. Keep in mind: you can't jump in this game. You have to rely on flipping gravity whenever. Fun! And brutally difficult on your first few tries. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJvwxb7KuGk To celebrate this awesome p...

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Remember The Awesome Pixel Art Of The PlayStation 1 Era?

In case you couldn't tell byour recent Facebook cover page updates, we REALLY dig the pixel artwork of the PS1. It's funny: despite the console having limited capabilities in doing 2D sprites when compared to the Sega Saturn in the same era, somehow or other it came out as the better console in the long-run when it comes to overall graphics. Simp...

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