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Fri, Oct 97

Interview: "It Was A Match Made In Heaven" - Ghostbusters: Special Edition ROM Hacker On Giving The Sega Mega Drive / Genesis Title A Better Afterlife

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"It is still wild to think that we made all of this together across different continents". If you've been reading Time Extension for a while, you've probably seen us cover some of BillyTime!Games' ROM hacks before. Over the last decade, the self-described "retro gaming mad scientist" has lent his hacking skills to a number of fascinating projects: everything from providing optional ways to play some of your favourite (and least favourite) classic games to even creating an offline recreation of Sega Channel (Sega, TCI, and Time Warner's discontinued cable video game service). Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Japan-Only Famicom Adventure Ripple Island Brings Fairy Tale Whimsy To The Console Archives

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Already available elsewhere in English. The Console Archives is an excellent idea, and no doubt Hamster deserves its success for consistent vintage releases, week-on-week, year-on-year. But sometimes you have to wonder what's going on with the decision-makers - given the increasingly unappealing releases. Submitted for your approval: Sunsoft's picture-book adventure title Ripple Island, first released for the Famicom in 1988. This icon-driven adventure sees a brave young adventurer, Kyle, embark on a quest to rescue the proverbial beautiful Princess Nasarell from a foreboding castle, where she is held by the tyrant Emperor Groaker. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Team17 Announces Little Prince Tyger, A Low-Res Platformer With 1,000 Levels And A Sideline In Visceral Violence

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Tyger, Tyger, Bleeding Bright. Team17 has lifted the lid on a retro-infused roguelike which will offer up both highly challenging platformer gameplay and bucketfuls of (surprisingly unnerving) gore. Little Prince Tyger, currently in development at French studio Saltitude Games, is expected to launch on PC in 2027. Inspired by William Blake's 1794 poem "The Tyger", Little Prince Tyger tells the grim tale of a royal hunter - tasked by the Queen to locate her lost son, Prince Galaad - picking their way through a frightening dark fantasy environment, populated by nightmarish creatures and even scarier memories. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Anbernic Is Cloning the Nintendo 3DS Next, Minus the 3D

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Powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon G2 Gen 2. Anbernic has just revealed another dual-screen handheld, this time inspired by the Nintendo 3DS. The RG DDS ("Dream Dual-Screen") boasts "custom" IPS screens with a "perfect aspect ratio", and is powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon G2 Gen 2 chipset. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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'Get Them Now or Never' - Leisure Suit Larry's Last Releases To Be Delisted From Steam And GoG This Month

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Hang up the Polyester. Assemble Entertainment has announced that the final two titles in the Leisure Suit Larry series, Leisure Suit Larry: Wet Dreams Don’t Dry (2018) and Leisure Suit Larry: Wet Dreams Dry Twice (2020), will be delisted later this month from Steam and GoG. As reported by VGC, the publisher announced on Steam that the two cheesecake point-'n'-click sequels will be removed from the digital storefronts on October 23 - seemingly never to return: Read the full article on timeextension.com

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New SuperStation AV Cable Features Multi-Connectivity Options Inc. S-VIDEO, RGB, & CVBS

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Free with SuperStation purchases. Hardware developer RetroRemake, currently mired in one helluva busy week, has opened pre-orders for its new SuperStation AV Cable, for use with its SuperStation One emulation console. The 1.8 meter cable features a 10-pin DIN connector for the SuperStation One, and a hybrid connector that facilitates numerous display outputs - including RGB, CVBS, S-Video, and Composite. Additional RCA leads output stereo audio. All leads sport copper-spiral shielding and are housed in a black PVC jacket. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Antstream Is Creating An AI-Powered Brain Rot Gaming Platform, And 'Mr Antichrist' Peter Thiel Is A Backer

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"Prompt. Play. Proft". Antstream made its name with a cloud streaming service that lets you play classic games, but the company has recently hit the headlines for its involvement with The James Pond Legacy, which was pulled for its egregious use of GenAI assets. It seems that the company is very much focused on AI in the future, as a new service has just been launched that promises to turn "everyone" into a game creator. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Thu, Oct 88

Poll: Have You Ever Imported A Video Game?

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It's an import-ant question. Social media is, for me, an utterly fascinating tool because it not only brings like-minded people together to share their passion for certain topics, but also exposes you to individuals who, for one reason or another, seem to have lived a very different reality from your own. The topic I found myself embroiled in this week was importing video games, something that has been a huge part of my own experience with interactive entertainment. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Times Square Decked Out With 'Life-Size Street Fighter Arcade' To Promote Upcoming Movie

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Ryu and crew hit the big screen October 16. We are one week away from the release of the energetic, highly stylised, and somewhat dubious-looking movie Street Fighter, adapted from Capcom's legendary fighting game franchise. To promote the film's October 16 release, producers Paramount and Legendary outfitted New York's Times Square with a life-size "Street Fighter Arcade", complete with its own World Warriors. In video captured by entertained/bewildered onlookers, we can see two performers - portraying SF poster boys Ryu and Ken - throwing down "on-screen", surrounded by an enormous cabinet mockup complete with a giant-sized control panel. Imagine the bill from Sanwa on that one. The Times Square cabinet only supports two buttons, as opposed to Street Fighter's six - so good luck pianoing your Hundred Hand Slap. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Review: Evercade Nexus - a Commendable Upgrade, but Bundling Banjo-Kazooie Is the True Masterstroke

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Evercade's next evolution is here. While the Evercade family has seen several hardware revisions and evolutions over the years – including a bartop arcade unit, a home console, and even a scaled-down Super Pocket sibling – the Evercade Nexus feels like the most significant step forward the brand has taken since its inception six years ago. And it's easy to see why: the introduction of dual analogue sticks opens up a whole world of possibilities, not just within the existing Evercade catalogue (many games already support such an interface thanks to the fact that you can plug in third-party pads on the Evercade VS) but also in the future. There's a wealth of 'Dual Shock'-enabled PS1 games which could potentially be licensed for the platform, for example. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Atari's 800XL Is The Next Hardware Revival From The Company Behind The Neo Geo AES+

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Has a a full-sized mechanical keyboard and working cartridge slot. Plaion, the company behind the upcoming Neo Geo AES+, has announced that it is working with Retro Games Ltd. to resurrect Atari's best-selling 800XL 8-bit computer, first released all the way back in 1983. THE 800XL is billed as a "faithful recreation" with a full-sized mechanical keyboard, working cartridge slot, built-in Atari BASIC and 25 built-in games. The system features modern HDMI connectivity. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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1990 Bubble Bobble Clone Snow Bros. Is Getting a New Physical Famicom Release

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Let's spin to SNOWBALL! 50 stages DEATH MATCH! Columbus Circle, continuing to proudly wave the Famicom flag, has announced that Soft House's 1991 Famicom title Snow Bros. is getting a brand new physical re-release, expected to hit the Japanese market next month. Columbus Circle's rerelease will include a boxed Famicom cartridge, sporting cute new artwork reminiscent of the golden era of arcade gaming and around 1000% less cursed than that used for the 2024 Nintendo Switch release, Snow Bros. Wonderland. In addition, Columbus Circle will be releasing a Limited Edition Snow Bros. variant of its handheld Famicom console, the 8-bit Pocket V2. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Here's Your Chance To Have The Konami Legend & Suikoden Composer Miki Higashino Work On Your Game

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The artist is officially unretired & available to work on new projects. Miki Higashino is rightly regarded as a legend in the video game music space, having been deeply involved in the creation of plenty of unforgettable soundtracks over the years. At Konami, for instance, she was responsible for providing music for a number of the company's classic arcade games like Yie Ar Kung-Fu, Gradius, and Salamander (otherwise known as Life Force in North America), as well as the PlayStation RPGs Suikoden and Suikoden II, for which she is arguably best known today. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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SuperStation Creator Taki Udon Just Teased An FPGA SNES Console

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'Don't worry, we have all regions covered'. RetroRemake, the developer behind the popular SuperStation line, are teasing what appears to be a new product: an FPGA Super Nintendo/SNES console, currently codenamed "SSNT/SuperFPGA" This morning, RetroRemake (R2) co-founder Taki Udon posted a less-than-cryptic image of the ungainly NTSC SNES' Reset button, along with the simple sentence "It's time to run it back". Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Wed, Oct 77

Feature: "It's Insulting & Hurtful" - Beetle Adventure Racing Decomp Dev Kicks Back Against The Rise Of AI Recomps

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"Any ethical hacker would recognise, 'Oh, this is some guy's project'". One of the most exciting developments in the retro gaming scene over the last few years is the rise of recompilation projects, offering players a new way to experience some of their favourite games on modern PC platforms. However, as the number of AI recompilations of classic games grows daily, many in the gaming community have been pushing back against this controversial technology and the promotion of projects that rely heavily on GenAI code, arguing that it is "hurting the scene". Dariosamo, for instance, one of the developers of Banjo Kazooie Recompiled (an unofficial PC port of Banjo Kazooie), recently took to social media to criticise the YouTuber VideoGameEsoterica for featuring news about an AI recomp of Banjo Tooie on his YouTube channel. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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"Sony Wasn't Quite Allowing It, But We Made It Happen" - Vib-Ribbon Creative Team Reflect On Their Sublime Musical Marvel

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Design Room presents an oral history on a true uniquity. The team behind the curious, ethereal, and one-of-a-kind PlayStation release Vib-Ribbon have spoken of the story behind the game's creation; the uphill battle to get such an abstract project greenlit, produced, and released; and the enduring legacy of not only the game itself, but the impact on the lives of the folks who crafted it. This and other topics are discussed in a new, 8,000+ word Design Room feature Vib-Ribbon: An Oral History. The Subscribers-Only feature sees the site sit down with various members of developer NanaOn-Sha, including founder and PaRappa the Rapper creator Masaya Matsuura, coders John Belmonte and Anthony Carrico, along with Sony Project Manager Hidehito Kojima, Laugh & Peace vocalist Yoko Fujita, and then-Sony Computer Entertainment of America VP Shawn Layden. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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"You Bastards" - Ex-PlayStation Exec Shawn Layden Reveals What A Nintendo Counterpart Thought About PSP

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"I said, 'Hey, bro, you know, it's all fun and games!". One of my favourite anecdotes about the Game Boy (and one I sincerely hope is actually true) is that when a senior Sony executive spotted it, they berated their engineers and claimed it should have been a Sony product, given the company's success with the Walkman and Discman. Former PlayStation Executive Shawn Layden has revealed that the tables were turned somewhat when Sony announced the PSP, which some described as the Walkman of the 21st century. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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New Footage From Xbox's Cancelled Perfect Dark Reboot Surfaces Online

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Taking The Initiative. Gameplay footage from the cancelled reboot of Rare's N64 icon Perfect Dark has surfaced online, offering the world a teasing glimpse at the further adventures of the Carrington Institute and its finest agent, Joanna Dark. Perfect Dark was in development at Xbox subsidiary studio The Initiative, a "super studio" of sorts that featured a team of veteran developers with lineage from Crystal Dynamics, Rockstar Games, BioWare, and Naughty Dog. Perfect Dark, first revealed at The Game Awards in 2020, was expected to be the studio's first release, but was unceremoniously cancelled in 2025, (along with The Initiative's closure), as one of innumerable casualties in Xbox's round of layoffs that continues to this day. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Space Pizza, An Intergalactic Tale Of Planets And Pepperoni, Is Preparing To Blast Off On ZX Spectrum Next

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The clock's tickin', dude. Indie outfit Atomic Windmill is pushing toward the completion of a brand new ZX Spectrum game that takes the hazardous and hyper-punctual world of food delivery and transposes it to the outer regions of the galaxy. Space Pizza puts players in the unenviable role of "the galaxy’s fastest, possibly only, interstellar pizza courier", who is tasked with delivering a mammoth order of stuffed crust specials to a clandestine government complex, built deep within the recesses of a far-flung asteroid. The miners, technicians, and sinister suits - working on a scheme so secret that even they may be unsure of its true purpose - require food, and you are about to take a life-changing, possibly life-ending, order. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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The Golf Game That Spawned One Of The Simpsons' Best Video Game Parodies Is Coming To Modern Consoles

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Well, the arcade version, at least! It's time to grab your clubs (the virtual kind anyway), as SNK's Fighting Golf has just been announced for Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S, as part of Arcade Archives 1 & 2. Known as Lee Trevino's Fighting Golf outside of Japan, Fighting Golf hit arcades back in 1988, a couple of years prior to the release of SNK's Neo Geo arcade system, and allows players to choose one of four characters to play as, each with their own special stats. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Limited Edition SuperStation One Transparent Collection Is Now Available To Pre-Order, But Move Fast

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'When these are gone, they are gone'. RetroRemake has opened pre-orders on a limited range of transparent SuperStation One units. The frosted FPGA consoles are already selling fast, with RetroRemake noting that once all pre-orders are filled, no more of these variant shells will be made available. Currently, the Smoke (black) and Watermelon (pink) editions are already sold out, but Emerald (green), Frost (clear) and Atomic Purple variants are still available. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Tue, Oct 69

Kumagumi Is Releasing Halloween-Themed Metal Slug T-Shirts

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"The fright is now". Clothing firm Kumagumi has announced that it is releasing two new Metal Slug shirts in time for Halloween. Both are inspired by Metal Slug 3's second stage, which is packed with zombies that, if they come into contact with the player character, turn them into a zombie, too. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Interview: "In Ten Years' Time, Half the People in the Book May No Longer Be Alive" - Paul Drury on Why 'The Arcade 1971-1999' Is So Important

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"I’m proud that we have got some of their tales down in print for posterity". The Arcade 1971–1999: The Stories Behind Classic Coin-Ops, Told by Their Creators is the latest coffee-table tome from Bitmap Books and is penned by veteran video game journalist Paul Drury. Boasting a foreword by Atari founder and industry legend Nolan Bushnell and featuring seminal games such as After Burner, Space Invaders, Asteroids, Final Fight, Metal Slug, Street Fighter II and many more, The Arcade 1971–1999 aims to tell the chart the history of coin-op gaming – and we were lucky enough to sit down with Drury to discuss the book in detail. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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1992's Ultra Gory PC-98 Horror Title Dead Of The Brain Is (Be)Heading To Steam

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Rave from the Grave. The '90s horror output of controversial Japanese developer FairyTale is headed to PC, translated into English (officially) for the very first time. Published by FAKKU, the first release in FairyTale's "Nightmare Collection" will be the PC-98 title Dead Of The Brain, which gooed up the Japanese market back in 1992. Dead of the Brain: Day of the Living Dead spearheaded FairyTale's forced genre shift from erotic games (or "Eroge") to horror titles. In a story that seems almost quaint today, a high-school student stole a copy of the studio's 1991 release Saori: The House of Beautiful Girls from Japanese store shelves. You wouldn't steal an Eroge. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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PS1 Obscurity Spectral Tower, Perhaps The Longest "Kusoge" Ever Made, Is Now Playable In English

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Got 5,000 hours to spare? The rare and rubbish PS1 RPG Spectral Tower has been translated into English, and is now ready and raring to go for all players looking to have a tedious, endless adventure. The patch, crafted by a team of homebrewers, arrives just in time for the dubious title's 30th anniversary. Released in 1996, Spectral Tower is an RPG with roguelike sensibilities, following a party of adventurers as they attempt to climb the titular 'spectral tower' - an isolated skyreacher that, legend tells, absolves sinners of their transgressions as they climb. The higher you go, the more purified your soul becomes. There are five successively difficult towers to conquer, ranging from 10 floors to 10,000. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Thalamus Reveals Cave Dave Physical Edition Artwork, Drawn By Veteran Rare Artist Wil Overton

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Going Deeper Underground. Thalamus Digital has revealed the artwork for the upcoming physical release of its 2025 old-school platformer, Cave Dave. The colourful image was painted by Wil Overton, the veteran artist known for their work with developer Rare as well as their legendary, anime-infused covers for '90s magazine Super Play. Released digitally for Game Boy Color (playable via emulators and flash carts), Cave Dave is a tricky platformer in the vein of titles such as Spelunker (1983) and, by default, Spelunky (2008). Players guide Dave through a series of subterranean caverns, avoiding pitfalls and enemies while strategically using limited supplies of ropes and bombs to navigate the hazardous terrain. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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The Blue Bomber Blasts Onto PICO-8 With New Mega Man Fan Game Kiloman

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Super Fighting Robot tribute title now live. Capcom's veteran superstar/superguy Mega Man is back (in a fashion), courtesy of a brand-new unofficial fan game now available on the PICO-8 platform. Kiloman, developed by homebrewer Trianull, sees The Blue Bomber return for a mini adventure on the byte-sized game creation platform. Four challenging stages await, capped off with an encounter with the nefarious Dr. Wily. Kiloman authentically replicates Mega Man's formative NES adventures, with challenging, screen-to-screen platforming action culminating in a one-on-one scrap with one of four Robot Masters. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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SuperStation One's $20 Memory Card Goes on Sale Today, and Yes, It Plays DOOM

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Runs on PS1 and PS2, as well. Taki Udon has released a memory card to complement his SuperStation One MiSTer FPGA system – and it also works on original PS1 and PS2 consoles. The SuperStation Memory Card (or SSMC to its friends) has a built-in display for Game ID support and works with FreePSXBoot, FCMB, OPL MMCE and more. You can also use it to load ISOs from a MicroSD card in the same way the 8BitMods MemCard Pro 2 does. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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DOOM On Vectrex Brings An Eerie Vector Beauty To The Legendary DOS Shooter

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Grab your plastic overlays. Milton Bradley's tabletop all-in-one console, Vectrex, can now be inked in as another platform that can "run" seminal 1993 release DOOM. New footage surfaced yesterday that showed the granddaddy of the shooter genre "running" on the long-obsolete vector-based system. Even given the Vectrex display's rudimentary visuals, id Software's legendary FPS title is instantly recognisable, with its sci-fi futurist depiction of Hell on Earth beautifully transformed into smooth vector visuals. Vectrex DOOM is at once delightful and creepy, and depicts a future of gaming that might've happened, had the vector stylings of titles such as Tempest (1981), Star Wars (1983), and Battlezone (1980) become an industry norm. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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"I Know That Was a Half-Baked Take" - Street Fighter II Artist Is Still Annoyed He Didn't Do the Cover Art for the West

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"In North America, Japanese art styles like that just won't be accepted". Given the insane global popularity of Japanese animation and pop culture today, it's hard to believe that, once upon a time, Western marketers did everything they could to hide the fact that something came from The Land of the Rising Sun. There's no better example of this than video games; in the '80s and early '90s, it was common to see Japanese games localised in North America and Europe with new box artwork, penned by regional artists in an attempt to cater for the (supposed) needs of players in that part of the world. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Mon, Oct 59

RetroAchievements Come To Original Hardware Thanks To This PS2 Software Plug-In

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xeRAbora brings RetroAchievements to modded hardware for the first time. New homebrew software allows for RetroAchievements to be tracked and recorded from games played on original PS2 hardware, rather than through an emulator. Developed by modder "hacan 359", the xeRAbora program works in collaboration with another homebrew utility, Open PS2 Loader, to track player progress on natively played PS2 games. As noted by RetroDodo, xeRAbora, downloadable right here, plugs into the Open PS2 Loader program and essentially tracks your PS2 gameplay from your PC as you play, reading the console's memory and watching for flags that denote achievements being hit. The player's Retro Achievement account is then notified and updated accordingly. It also works in line with standard PS2 emulation, for those who prefer the One Box method. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Feature: "If I Didn't Have These Powerful Tools, I Wouldn't Do It at All" - The Oliver Twins Explain Why They're Dizzy About GenAI

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"This is an incredible time to be alive for a creator". Over the weekend of 3-4 October 2026, I attended the Play Expo in Blackpool. It was a 5-and-a-half-hour drive with Paul Drury; we attended to mark the launch of Drury's new book, The Arcade 1979-2000, and fellow book contributors Martyn Carroll and Frank Gasking also attended. The expo featured a large market room (with even larger prices), a gargantuan gaming hall filled with arcade machines, networked computers, consoles of every sort, a row of pinball machines, and a stage for performances. There were also high-score tournaments throughout. These aspects alone would have made it worth attending, and organiser Andy Brown said they'd enjoyed their best footfall in the history of Play Expo. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Dev Behind AI-Assisted Daytona USA PC Port Says They Didn't Intend To Hide Claude's Involvement

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Update: "It is a very useful tool". More news for fans of Sega's legendary arcade racers, as homebrewer alphanu1 has coded a PC port of crowd-pleasing IndyCar title Daytona USA, originally released in 1994. If alphanu1's name rings a bell, then that's probably because they were featured recently on Time Extension for creating a new FPGA Model 1 core - best utilised in another classic Sega arcade, Virtua Racing. The new port works by recompiling the code of the Daytona USA Deluxe '93 ROM into C++, allowing the game to run natively on Windows without the need for an emulator. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Castlevania's Fanmade Sega Master System Port Just Keeps Getting Better and Better

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Sega fans, be fang-ful. Castlevania is a series many fans will associate with the Nintendo Entertainment System. Konami's franchise made quite an impact when it launched on the console in 1987 (1986 for the Japanese Famicom Disc System version) and would be followed by two 8-bit sequels. Titles like Super Castlevania IV, Belmont's Revenge, Aria of Sorrow and Dawn of Sorrow further cemented the connection between Nintendo and Castlevania over the years. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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This AI-Assisted Super Mario Kart ROM Hack Removes the Game's Annoying Single-Player Shortcoming

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"Transforms the 1-player race view into a true fullscreen experience". Super Mario Kart was clearly designed with multiplayer in mind, and rightfully so – with two players, it's one of the most compelling experiences on the SNES. The focus on two human players competing with one another shows in the fact that, even when playing solo, you never get the full-screen experience; the lower section is reserved for the map. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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This Super Mario Kart ROM Hack Removes the Game's Annoying Single-Player Shortcoming

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"Transforms the 1-player race view into a true fullscreen experience". Super Mario Kart was clearly designed with multiplayer in mind, and rightfully so – with two players, it's one of the most compelling experiences on the SNES. The focus on two human players competing with one another shows in the fact that, even when playing solo, you never get the full-screen experience; the upper section is reserved for the map. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Essencelord, A Brand New RPG For Game Boy Color, Is Now Crowdfunding On Kickstarter

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You're a wizard, Marty Butterblatt Jr. A brand-new Game Boy Color game has launched on Kickstarter, Essencelord is a top-down, loot-driven adventure set in a world of sword, sorcery, magic, and monsters - and the work of single developer Tyler Lombard. As an apprentice adventurer, having just graduated from "Marty Butterblatt's School of Sword & Sorcery", players will choose whether to forge ahead as a Warrior or a Wizard before exploring the kingdom of Oren - dungeon-crawling, loot-bagging, and monster-mashing while trying to stay two steps ahead of your nepotistic rival, Marty Butterblatt Jr. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Psikyo Memories Shmup Collection Jets Off February 2027, Physical Editions Coming For PS5 And Nintendo Switch 2

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Gunbird, Samurai Aces, Strikers, and more. Tokyo Game Show 2026 is underway at the city's Makuhari Messe, bringing with it a variety of news, updates, and reveals pertaining to the world of gaming. Publisher Edia, via its show-floor catalogue, has revealed early details of a new shmup collection, Psikyo Memories, currently in development for PS5 and Nintendo Switch 2. From the catalogue, as translated by Gematsu: Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Sun, Oct 45

The Making Of: The Elder Scrolls II - Daggerfall - "The Next Thing I Know, I'm Building One Of The Largest Procedurally Generated Games Ever"

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We take a look at the history of Bethesda's groundbreaking, yet flawed, RPG classic. The Elder Scrolls is arguably one of the most successful and recognisable video game franchises of all time, sitting alongside other industry juggernauts such as Grand Theft Auto, Fallout, and Red Dead Redemption. But it wasn't always this way. Back when the series first began with The Elder Scrolls: Arena, there were some within the industry (including friends of the studio at the Wizardry developer Sir-Tech) who saw the concept of Bethesda making an RPG as a huge potential risk, doubting that the Maryland-based developer (whose previous credits at the time included Wayne Gretzky Hockey and various Terminator games for PC) had the necessary skills and experience to pull it off. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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The Making Of: The Elders Scroll II - Daggerfall - "The Next Thing I Know, I'm Building One Of The Largest Procedurally Generated Games Ever"

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We take a look at the history of Bethesda's groundbreaking, yet flawed, RPG classic. The Elder Scrolls is arguably one of the most successful and recognisable video game franchises of all time, sitting alongside other industry juggernauts such as Grand Theft Auto, Fallout, and Red Dead Redemption. But it wasn't always this way. Back when the series first began with The Elder Scrolls: Arena, there were some within the industry (including friends of the studio at the Wizardry developer Sir-Tech) who saw the concept of Bethesda making an RPG as a huge potential risk, doubting that the Maryland-based developer (whose previous credits at the time included Wayne Gretzky Hockey and various Terminator games for PC) had the necessary skills and experience to pull it off. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Double Dragons Is An Unhinged Mashup of Kunio-kun, IK+, and... WWF Superstars

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Hacksaw Jim Thuggin'. Now here's an unhealthy dose of cursed, unhinged mayhem to kick off your weekend. A homebrewer has created an alternate second sequel to Technos' iconic scrolling brawler Double Dragon (1987) in the form of Double Dragons - a 100% unofficial fan game that throws as much against the wall as it does barrels at thugs. Double Dragons posits itself as an "unreleased" variant of Double Dragon III: The Sacred Stones (1989), an alternate universe where Technos apparently went Batshit Insane. The free-to-play scrapper mashes together stages from Double Dragon and its 1988 sequel Double Dragon II: The Revenge. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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"I Needed Someone Legendary With A True Passion For It" - Remembering Robin Williams' Iconic Legend Of Zelda Ocarina Of Time Ads

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"It’s still one of my favourite career moments to this day". Following the publication of our interview with Julien Seri on Tuesday 15th September, 2026, we were also able to get in touch with Gabriel Moszkowski, the person at Nintendo of Europe who came up with the concept for the ad campaign. We've, therefore, updated the following article with Moszkowski's comments. Since the remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time was announced for Nintendo Switch 2, I've found myself occasionally drifting back to the ads for the 2011 3DS remake, featuring Robin Williams and his daughter Zelda. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Sat, Oct 35

Gallery: Unboxing Shinyuden's Vixen 357 - The Japanese SRPG Finally Comes To The West

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Mech'in a right fuss. Back in 2019, we reported that Super Fighter Team planned to localise the excellent tactical RPG Vixen 357 for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, ending decades of Japanese exclusivity for the title. Developed by Career Soft – the same team behind Langrisser, Elthlead, Gaia no Monshou and Gaiflame – Vixen 357 originally launched in 1992, and is a Fire Emblem-style turn-based tactical role-playing game which, instead of featuring knights and wizards, is focused on massive mechs. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Game Changer: Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge - Where My Love For Konami's Legendary Series Began

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You've got to start somewhere. A couple of years ago, I penned a feature for this very site which explored the idea that playing video games – like any other formative memory – can be linked to physical locations. For example, you might fondly remember a certain town because it's where you bought a favourite game; that's happened to me many times in my life. In the case of Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge, this memory is even more potent because the game also represented my first exposure to a series which is now my all-time favourite in the pantheon of interactive entertainment. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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The Master System's Popularity In The UK Is Still Surprising Some People

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Sega's 8-bit system outsold some pretty big names in the United Kingdom. In North America and Japan, the Sega Master System is little more than a footnote. Those two significant markets were dominated by the NES / Famicom, with Nintendo effectively locking out competition via some rather nefarious business practices – and its own library of genre-defining first-party releases, of course. Over in the United Kingdom, however, it was a very different story. Home computers like the ZX Spectrum, C64, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, and Commodore Amiga were the main way to play games for most of the 1980s, and Nintendo didn't put much effort into distributing the NES in the region. Instead, it seemed quite happy to allow Sega – via its distribution partner, Virgin – to steal a march. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Review: Grant Sinclair's GamerCard – Shares Some Of Sir Clive's DNA, But This Is No ZX Spectrum-Style Triumph

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Thin as a deck of cards, but more like the Joker than the Ace. I’m not going to bury the lede in this review. Playing games on the GamerCard (£149) is mostly a miserable experience. That’s a pity, because for quite a few old farts, the Sinclair name remains synonymous with gaming. Fortunately, they’ve in recent years been blessed with ambitious, successful projects like the ZX Next that have pulled the Sinclair legacy into the present. The GamerCard? Well, it’s at least ambitious. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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New Old Pixels Signs Deal With Microids To Bring 1989 Arcade Toki To Classic Platforms

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Go Ape! Spit! Classic gaming purveyor New Old Pixels announced that it has signed a deal with publisher Microids to bring everyone's favourite video game gorilla to a variety of dormant home computer platforms. No, not that one; they mean Toki . “Toki is exactly the kind of project we created New Old Pixels for: giving retro machines the conversions of great arcade games they never got back in the day.” - Benjamin Yoris. New Old Pixels Founder. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Fri, Oct 29

Interview: "It Is Our Gift To Game Boy & Donkey Kong Fans" - Meet The ROM Hacker Who's Spent The Past Four Years Remastering Donkey Kong '94

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"I knew I wouldn't be capable of doing it without tackling other smaller games first". Undoubtedly, one of our most-anticipated retro projects at the moment is marc_max, Kensu, and Jorge's upcoming colourisation ROM hack of Donkey Kong '94 (the underrated remake/sequel of the 1981 arcade game, which was completely overshadowed back in the '90s by the arrival of the groundbreaking SNES title, Donkey Kong Country ) One of the more notable Game Boy colourisation hacks in recent memory, it has been in development for almost four years now, with the project's lead hacker, marc_max, previously describing it as his "most ambitious project ever". Read the full article on timeextension.com

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"Proudly Made With Human Hands" - MediEvil Recomp Is (Un)Alive, Bringing The Spooky PS1 Adventure To PC

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Dead Man Dan returns when we need him most. It's time to Rise From Your Grave ( Altered Beast -style), as PlayStation recomp community BlackLabelHQ has released its first beta for the tremendously scary and tremendously silly MediEvil , now available for PC. As noted by the dedicated MediEvil community, Gallowpedia , BlackLabelHQ's port reconstructs the cult 1998 adventure natively for PC, with a host of useful modern features including widescreen support, a draw distance regulator, FPS control, and various visual enhancements including improved terrain and frame interpolation. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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The Gaelco Sports Collection Featuring The Scandalous 'Squash' Launches October 22

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Conduct Warning. QUByte Interactive has announced the Galeco Sports Collection , a compendium of five arcade titles from the former arcade developer's coin-op catalogue. As the name suggests, all five games feature a different variation of sportsball, including vehicular sportsball. The first two titles are perhaps Gaelco's best-remembered arcades: World Rally Championship (1993) and its sequel, World Rally 2 (1995). These ruthless isometric racers pit players' reactions against blistering, high-speed racing action and brutally unforgiving time limits. In the arcade scene, the World Rally games gobbled up many a credit, with map recognition a key element of success. Despite the difficulty, players kept coming back, thanks to the attractive visual design, iconic nighttime effects, and super-smooth steering. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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English Translation Released For SNES Anime Adaptation Ghost Sweeper Mikami: The Exorcist With A Nice Body

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Demon Slay-er. If there's something strange in the neigh-bour-hood and the Ghostbusters are already engaged , who you gonna call? Ghost Sweeper Mikami: The Exorcist With A Nice Body , that's who. The demon-mashing, hyper-capitalist fashionista has already more than proven her worth when it comes to expunging ghosts and ghoulies, having appeared in a wealth of films, OVAs, and manga series since debuting in 1991. The sexy shaman even made her presence felt in a small line of video game releases, all of which never left Japan's shores. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Taito's Nonsense Platformer Chack'n Pop Stretches Its Legs On The Console Archives

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Long Fellow. How's the weather up there? Hamster's Console Archives develops a head for heights this week, adding the Famicom port of Taito's bizarrely titled (and even more bizarrely executed) platformer, Chack'n Pop . Chack'n Pop arrived in arcades in 1984 and was ported to a variety of Japanese platforms, including the MSX, FM-7, and NEC line, not to mention consoles Famicom and SG-1000. Taito's early platform is a mixed bag of ideas, as though the developer knew they were making "A Game", and were putting the pieces together, hoping it would eventually take form and then tell them how to play it. Players guide the titular "Chack'n", a yellow... guy with extendable legs, through a series of mazes, dodging hazards and attempting to free caged hearts (yeah, why not?) scattered within each maze. Doing so unleashes an army of (suspiciously familiar) monsters, who Chack'n must dodge on their way to the exit at the top of the screen. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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"We Bear Full Responsibility For Where We're At" - After $1.8 Million Raised & Months Of Silence, EGM Updates Backers On Book Delays

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"Our belief that this would be like publishing an issue of a magazine was quite simply wrong.". EGM Media, the creator of the Electronic Gaming Monthly Compendium , has issued an update after growing concern from backers over the delivery of the physical book. If you cast your mind back to 2024, you may remember hearing about The Electronic Gaming Monthly Compendium. Heck, you may have even heard about it from this very site . Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Croc 2: Kingdom Of The Gobbos Remaster Hang-Glides Onto PC and Consoles This Month

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Tipping the Scales. Developer Argonaut Games has announced a release date for the upcoming sequel remaster Croc 2: Kingdom of the Gobbos . The savvy scaly will be making his grand return on PC and console platforms October 29. Originally released on PlayStation in 1999, Croc 2 sees the returning hero on a quest to reunite with his long-lost family, led by a mysterious note that washed up on the shores of Gobbo Valley. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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New Book Celebrating 45 Years Of The ZX Spectrum Smashes Its Kickstarter Goal Day One

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The Rubber-Keyed Wonder. Publisher Golden Slumbers Ltd. has announced an upcoming Kickstarter campaign for a new book celebrating 45 years of the home computing icon: the Sinclair ZX Spectrum. The crowdfunding campaign launches next month, on October 1. Titled "The Rubber-Keyed Wonder", the new book is a companion piece to the 2024 documentary of the same name, produced by Gracious Films and directed by Anthony and Nicola Caulfield. The book, which will launch in time to celebrate the ZX Spectrum's 45th anniversary, is written by author and gaming historian Kim Justice, who previously penned Arcade Decades - '80s Edition for Numskull Publishing. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Thu, Oct 19

Review: Anbernic RG DS Plus - My New Favourite Way To Play Nintendo DS Games

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And for under $100, too. I know there's a running gag about emulation handhelds dropping almost weekly, but the Anbernic RG DS Plus ($95) feels like it's launching uncomfortably close the its predecessor, the RG DS , which only arrived in December of last year. Nonetheless, this dual-screen device has reconnected me with a wealth of Nintendo DS classics in a way which is refreshingly delightful – and offers some genuine improvements (and drawbacks) when contrasted with original hardware. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Hell to Pay: Grim And Gothic Gangster Drama The Darkness Has Been Recompiled For PC

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Vengeance is Timeless. A modder has successfully recompiled a native PC port of 2K Games' grim first-person adventure, The Darkness . Porting Pete's recompilation uses the source code from the Xbox 360 edition, first released alongside its PS3 counterpart in 2007. The Windows port, which sees the Xbox 360 code translated into C++, supports 4K resolutions and ultrawide monitors, and has options for adjusting V-sync, FPS, and FOV, along with game save support. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Sega's Classic Arcade Daytona USA Comes To PC In AI-Assisted Non-Emulator Fan Port

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Update: Developer has tried to hide the use of Claude in this project. More news for fans of Sega's legendary arcade racers, as homebrewer alphanu1 has coded a PC port of crowd-pleasing IndyCar title Daytona USA , originally released in 1994. If alphanu1's name rings a bell, then that's probably because they were featured recently on Time Extension for creating a new FPGA Model 1 core - best utilised in another classic Sega arcade, Virtua Racing . The new port works by recompiling the code of the Daytona USA Deluxe '93 ROM into C++, allowing the game to run natively on Windows without the need for an emulator. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Sega's Ghostbusters Gets Another Huge Fan Update, Including The Real Ghostbusters, New Cheat Codes, & More

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Raise your spirits with this unofficial ROM hack! Released on the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive in 1990 and jointly developed by Sega and Compile, Ghostbusters was a unique release. Rather than attempt to follow the plot of the movies – released in 1984 and 1989 – it presented an entirely new storyline complete with cute, 'super deformed' representations of Peter Venkman, Ray Stantz and Egon Spengler. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Bubble Bobble 4 Friends: The Baron Is Back! Is Getting A Physical Edition On Nintendo Switch 2

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Let's make a return to the Cave of Monsters. Taito's colourful 2019 platformer Bubble Bobble 4 Friends will be receiving a physical release on Nintendo Switch 2, as announced by publisher Clear River Games. Pre-orders are open right now , with shipping expected to commence in Spring 2027. Bubble Bobble 4 Friends stays true to the gameplay of the legendary 1986 arcade game but adds a new twist to its classic bubble-busting action in the form of four-player co-op support. Now, two more cutesy dragons, Peb and Pab, join Bub and Bob on their magical journey to the Cave of Monsters, popping baddies, bagging treasures, and staying one step ahead of the sinister Baron von Blubba. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Rattle Your Maracas! Sega Samba de Amigo Merch Now Live At The Yetee

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Shake, shake, shake, Señora. Apparel merchandiser The Yetee has opened pre-orders for a cute line of products celebrating Sega's maraca-shaking rhythm-action game Samba de Amigo . As spotted by Go Nintendo , The Yetee's modest collection includes an adorable shirt, emblazoned with the visage of the shake-happy Amigo and his superstar sister, Amiga, as well as butterfly dancer Linda and cat fashionista Rio. In addition to the shirt, an acrylic standee and keychain are also available. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Summon Night Swordcraft Story 3 for Game Boy Advance Fan-Translated After 10+ Years Of Work

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'I had a blast working on this project'. A dedicated team of coders and translators has finally completed a 10-year-plus project to translate Atlus' RPG sequel Summon Night Swordcraft Story: Stone of Beginnings , originally released on the Game Boy Advance back in 2005, into English. The third title in the epic, anime-infused adventure series, Stone of Beginnings was the only game in Banpresto's Summon Night Swordcraft Story sub-series not to receive a Western localisation - a fact that understandably frustrated the fans of this admittedly niche, but still loved franchise. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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RetroSync's GBA-to-Switch Wireless Pokémon Trading Adapter Launches In Early December

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No Pokemon left behind. Homebrew developer RetroSync has announced that its GBA-to-Switch trade adapter is nearing completion . The wireless device, once connected to Game Boy Advance hardware, will allow for the trading of Pokémon from the GBA to the Nintendo Switch. Earlier this month, RetroSync posted video of a rudimentary version of the hardware in operation, with the clip showing open communication between the two Nintendo platforms. The adapter is reportedly compatible with the wireless features found in releases Pokémon FireRed (2004), Pokémon LeafGreen (2004), and Pokémon Emerald (2005). Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Sega Is Resurrecting 'House Of The Dead' In Arcades Using VR

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Guns at the ready. Sega's arcade division has teased a new entry in the House of the Dead series. As spotted by Arcade Heroes , Sega Amusements posted a 30-second teaser for a new game to be announced at the upcoming IAAPA 2026, which takes place in November. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Wed, Sep 307

"I'm Very Serious About Doing This The Legal Way" - The Creator Of Mega Drive / Genesis Fan Port 'Mega Splatterhouse' Wants To Make Things Official

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"Ending up on Ali Express after all the work I've put into this port would f***ing suck!". It's been over two years now since we last gave an update on Mega Splatterhouse , the fanmade Mega Drive / Genesis port of Namco's horror-themed arcade beat 'em up Splatterhouse , but it appears its developer, Monster Bath Games, has just issued an exciting update on the eagerly awaited project. Writing on social media, the developer of the unofficial project has issued a statement saying that as of this week, the fan game will officially be "feature complete," with the developer having just two remaining levels to finish off. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Balloon Bomber (Not The Kirby Villain) Drifts Sloooowly Onto The Arcade Archives This Week

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'Hey, where'd Major Kong go?'. A more modest addition to Hamster's Arcade Archive s range this week, with the gentle, wafting arrival of Taito's highly explosive Balloon Bomber , landing on console platforms tomorrow, October 1. Released in 1980, Balloon Bomber is among the earliest of Taito's arcade output, as the developer ventured into the burgeoning world of what they're calling "Video. Games." Balloon Bomber tasks the player with halting an antagonistic force approaching from the top of the screen, a genre which was basically the Dark Souls of '75-'83. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Queen's Domain Will Unleash Its Punishing Fantasy Adventure On PC And Consoles In October

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Inspired by classic FromSoft series King's Field. It's been just shy of a year since we last wrote about Queen's Domain , the "retro-fantasy" adventure from independent Irish studio Freshly Baked Games. Well, the time to take up your sword, your axe, or your pointed stick is nigh, as Queen's Domain will launch October 30 on PC and consoles. Set on the mythic isle of Neasied, Queen's Domain follows the exploits of a stranded adventurer who washes up on the shore of the strange enclave, populated by weird, otherworldly, and typically aggro creatures. The ensuing journey will see our hero explore the island and tackle its denizens while searching for their missing father. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Retro Song Bird Is A New Device That Unlocks The Music Of Your Game Boy Cartridges

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"I built it to add a little joy and whimsy to the world". A new device is on the way which allows you to listen to the music from your Game Boy and Game Boy Color carts. To use Retro Song Bird , you simply plug in the cartridge (over 1,900 are supported) and it plays back the music – as well as the sound effects. The unit will allow you to skip forwards and backwards through the track listing, and control the volume, but beyond that, it keeps things simple as far as the interface goes. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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'Genre Veterans Are In For A Treat' - Sturmjager Is A Brand New Shmup Jetting Onto PC And Consoles in 2027

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Battle Beyond the Stars. German studio Byteproduct has announced the coming of a stylish new shmup , blasting off on PC and console platforms in early 2027. Sturmjäger captures the essence of its old-school predecessors while offering a modern, highly futuristic visual style. Sturmjäger promises 10 stages of adrenalised, bullet-dodging action, with the horizontally-scrolling action taking the player from the farthest reaches of the galaxy to the deepest regions of its oceans. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Ultra Street Fighter IV Mods Bring Rollback Netcode To The Classic Capcom Scrapper

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Indestructible? Modders are in the process of overhauling the online component of Capcom's legendary fighter Street Fighter IV - or, more specifically, its final iteration, Ultra Street Fighter IV , which launched back in 2014. The mods are looking to bring rollback netcode to the Steam edition of the one-on-one fighter, along with overhauled lobbies and additional updates in efforts to bring new life to a retired classic. Currently, two mods are nearing completion: " SF4Enhanced " from coder Faabi , (built on the "SFE" mod by Anthony Danducci), and " SFEmbers ", from coder Kabiefox . Both projects are looking at the same goal: delivering fast, modernised, and consistent rollback netcode, without the need for port forwarding and replacing the native delay-based system. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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After Years Of Hard Work, One Of The Most Ambitious Super Mario Kart SNES Hacks Of All Time Finally Has A Release Date

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Super Mario Kart Deluxe arrives this Christmas! SMKDX (also known as Super Mario Kart Deluxe ) is undoubtedly one of our most eagerly awaited SNES ROM hacks. Initially announced back in 2021, the ambitious ROM hack is being designed as a new "Deluxe" version of the original Super Mario Kart , and is set to introduce a whole host of new features to the classic kart race: everything from new characters, tracks, and cups to weapons, items, music, and even a story mode (complete with bosses). Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Tue, Sep 2910

System 3 Explains Why Evercade Is Getting The Last Ninja Before PlayStation And Xbox - And Why The Antstream Deal Has Gone Sour

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"We began discussions with Blaze Entertainment about an alternative route". We've already reported on System 3 boss Mark Cale's mammoth Kickstarter update and how it relates to the ongoing GenAI controversy surrounding James Pond, but Cale also touches on issues with The Last Ninja Collection , which was crowdfunded some time ago and remains only partially delivered. As Cale explains, the PS4, PS5 and Xbox versions remain unreleased, two years after the campaign ended. Antstream, the developer behind the collection, has told System 3 it will no longer work on those versions "under the existing arrangements" and cited "changing market conditions" as one reason for the move. "That left us needing to find a way forward for the backers who had supported those editions," says Cale. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Game Boy Classic Tennis Comes To Sega Master System In Full Colour (Including Ref Mario)

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Game, Set, Colourmatch. Nintendo's Tennis - one of the first releases for the NES and a U.S. launch title for the Game Boy - has made its way to Sega's 8-bit baby, the Master System. The unofficial port comes courtesy of the suitably monikered homebrewer "OldSchool is Cool" . The Master System conversion is built on the Game Boy edition, first released in 1989. "Master Tennis" translates the Game Boy code, line-by-line, to be compatible with the Master System's Z80 processor. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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New LEGO Racers Fan Recreation Released, With New Courses, Restored Shortcuts, Online Multiplayer, & More

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Step on it! Here's something slightly unexpected — a new fan recreation of High Voltage Software and LEGO Media's cult classic '90s racing game, LEGO Racers , has just been released, giving players a chance to play through the game on PC (Windows, Linux, Mac), mobile (Android), and in-browser, with cut content from the original. The recreation, titled Step On It: LEGO Racers , was released on itch.io a few days ago and sees the nostalgic racer being rebuilt in a brand-new engine with online multiplayer, 4-player split-screen, new tracks ("ported from an old Rocket Racers LEGO Arcade game from LEGOLAND Windsor "), and restored shortcuts previously left on the cutting room floor. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Half-Life Dreamcast Has Been Decompiled, Freeing Source Code And Adding Online Multiplayer

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'Rise and Shine, Mr. Freeman'. A modder has successfully decompiled the Dreamcast edition of legendary first-person adventure, Half-Life (1998). The project, executed by modder "maximqad" and reported by Sega Dreamcast Info , sees Valve's cancelled Sega port reverse-engineered, freeing up its source code for the homebrew community. But that's not all. Given access to Half-Life's infrastructure, maximqad has been able to integrate online multiplayer support. This is an especially impressive feat, as while Half-Life DC has been accessible ever since it was first leaked in the early '00s, the multiplayer component has remained buried deep within its source code, lacking key elements that would have made it playable (even if the title had reached the market) Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Daytona USA Sega 32X Fan Port Is Being Built On The Virtua Racing Deluxe Engine

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Daytonaaaaa! Let's Go Away! An interesting technical mash-up has surfaced on the Sega homebrew scene: a 32X port of smash arcade racer Daytona USA (1994) that is basing its build on the engine of 32X release Virtua Racing Deluxe (1994) A short test clip was uploaded to YouTube earlier today by "CamTrack", while a dump for the build is featured on the GitHub of modder "MatiasZanolli" . The clip shows the Daytona USA "Hornet", instantly recognisable even without its "Gallop" branding, tearing down an IndyCar circuit resembling the famous Three Seven Speedway from the original Daytona USA arcade. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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A New Sonic 35th Anniversary Exhibition Kicks Off Next Month, Featuring Never-Before-Seen Dev Documents

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And fresh artwork from 16 contemporary artists. Sonic the Hedgehog may have celebrated its 35th anniversary earlier this year, but it appears the festivities aren't over yet. That's because next month, a new 35th anniversary exhibition is kicking off at Ikebukuro PARCO in Tokyo, Japan, to take a look back at the series' history through a variety of exhibits (h/t: TokyoGameLife ). The event, which is called SONIC the Exhibition -ACROSS GENERATIONS- , is being organised as a collaboration between Ikebukuro PARCO, R11R Inc., kanon Inc., and the Sega Corporation, and is said to feature gaming titles across the series, in addition to rare development materials, a special exhibition containing artwork from 16 contemporary artists with "a deep affection" for the iconic blue hedgehog (and his cast of friends), and exclusive merch. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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After Three Decades, Toaplan's Zero Wing Is Getting An Official Release For The Neo Geo, Here's Why

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"I love digging into old arcade hardware and learning how it ticks". One of the more unusual reveals at this year's Tokyo Game Show was that Toaplan's shoot 'em up Zero Wing was making the jump to SNK's Neo Geo hardware . The news emerged after Plaion_JPN shared a now-deleted photo of its stand at the event (where the Neo Geo AES+ was being demoed to the public), leading fans to notice a box for a previously unreleased Neo Geo version of the game. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Blaze's C64 And ZX Spectrum Handhelds Have Been Delayed To April 2027

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R Tape Loading Error. Following its tease yesterday , Evercade maker Blaze has confirmed that it is teaming up with Retro Games Ltd to produce two new clamshell handhelds based on the ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64 . Entitled THEC64 Handheld and The Spectrum Handheld , each unit boasts 25 preloaded games, a 4.3-inch IPS display, simplified controls to compensate for the lack of a keyboard, and the ability to load your own games via MicroSD. You can also connect a USB keyboard using a USB-A I/O port. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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James Pond Legacy GenAI Controversy "Has Damaged Confidence In System 3" Admits Studio Boss

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"Whatever direction the wider industry takes, I have heard that message". The James Pond Legacy saga rumbles on. Not long ago, we revealed that the company behind the game's GenAI-infused trailer (and its core development) was Antstream , and now System 3 boss Mark Cale has told GameSpot that the studio misled him. Cale explains that System 3's initial assertion that no GenAI assets were present in the game was based on assurances from Antstream. "That was the statement that we were given at the time by Antstream,” says Cale. "We weren’t involved in the process. They supplied all of the artwork and they supplied, in the process, the illustration. All of that was given to us." Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Newly Discovered Metal Gear Solid 2 Boss Skip Commits The Cardinal Sin Of Avoiding Olga

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It's the pits. Exciting news for all of the MGS speedrunning community, as a new skip has been found within 2001 release and speedrunning favourite Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty. Discovered by MGS and Tomb Raider runner " apel ", the new exploit lets players glitch through the corridor of explosives in the game's "Tanker" section - forgoing the need to battle mercenary Olga Gurlurkovich and obtain the USP, which enables Snake to manually destroy the explosives. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Mon, Sep 2811

Feature: Where's My Robot Jox Video Game, Dammit?

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Crash and burn. My long-suffering son Noah has had his interests shaped by my own over the full 18 years of his life (as is the duty of all fathers, in my opinion), including toys, video games, cartoons, and movies. Pacific Rim is one of my favourite films, and I made sure Noah watched it as soon as I had the DVD. It may not have been entirely suitable for him back in 2014 (he was six), but he appreciated the spectacle of massive mechs beating the seven shades out of equally huge Kaiju, and has shared my unhealthy fixation with robots ever since. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Street Fighter III: Third Strike Mod Finally Restores Missing 2nd Impact / New Gen Stages

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Woah, I got the picture! A dedicated Capcom modder has completed a long-awaited, much-requested project to restore several missing stages to one of the finest fighting games ever released, Street Fighter III: Third Strike - Fight for the Future (3S). Launched in arcades in 1999 and ported to Dreamcast in 2000, 3S was the third and final iteration of Capcom's superb Street Fighter III series, preceded by Street Fighter III: New Generation (1997) and Street Fighter III: 2nd Impact (1997). Read the full article on timeextension.com

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AYANEO's "AI-Powered" Pocket Block Goes Up For Pre-Order, Pricing Starts At $79

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Update: "Atoms White" variant revealed. Earlier this week, a new AYANEO handheld leaked called the Pocket Block. A Game Boy-shaped device powered by Google's Android OS, it appears to be the company's first attempt at creating a small-format vertical handheld, presumably aimed at the lower end of the market. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Donkey Kong '94's Game Boy Color Fan Remaster Just Hit A Major Milestone, But Don't Go Bananas Just Yet

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marc_max has offered an update on the long-awaited hack. The Game Boy title Donkey Kong – also known as Donkey Kong '94 – was released in the same year as Donkey Kong Country and has been somewhat overshadowed by that fact – which is a shame, because it's one of the best entries in the entire series. Loosely based on the original 1981 arcade game and its sequel, Donkey Kong Jr. , it was co-developed by Nintendo EAD and Pax Softnica and benefitted from improved visuals when played on a Super Game Boy accessory. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Random: Warning! This Paw Patrol Toy Might Inadvertently Trigger Nostalgic Feelings About The Dreamcast

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Dreamkey massive, rejoice. The Sega Dreamcast may not have had the longest lifespan of a mainstream game console, but it punched well above its weight in influence, and it still sparks nostalgic mutterings today from those lucky enough to have experienced it in its prime. If you happen to be based in Europe and have a younger member of the family who is a fan of the animated TV series and multimedia IP Paw Patrol , then you should be prepared to hear some very familiar sounds filling your household. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Resistance 2 For PS3 Is The Latest Defunct Shooter To Be Given A Multiplayer Resurrection

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Karma Chimerian. Continuing the recent trend of bringing previously popular multiplayer shooters back to life, Modder VGFury is currently in the process of restoring the online PvP and co-op features of Insomniac Games' explosive release Resistance 2 , which launched on PS3 back in 2008. A new video from FPS enthusiast Bitter Roman shows an early Alpha test of VGFury's build, no doubt triggering a wealth of memories for those locked into Resistance 2's fast-paced fracas. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Castlevania 40th Anniversary Orchestral Concerts To Take Place Next Year Across Three Major Cities

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"Celebrating 40 years of vampire hunting, monster slaying, and musical excellence". Last week, Konami revealed a string of announcements to celebrate the 40th anniversary of its legendary vampire-slaying series, Castlevania , which included plans for a series of live concerts featuring music from across the series. Now, more information has been released about exactly where and when these gigs will take place, and more importantly, how Castlevania fans can get their hands on tickets. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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This Super Mario 64 SNES Port Is Looking To Push The Super FX Chip To Its Limits

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Textures? in this economy? In the mid-'90s, with the Nintendo 64 looming, Nintendo was still looking for exciting new titles that would placate its enormous army of SNES owners. Donkey Kong Country , Killer Instinct , and Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island are all examples of games that squeezed every last drop of juice out of the 16-bit platform, with savvy coders pushing the console to its limits. Today, some 30 years after the fact, these limits are still being explored as inquisitive homebrewers look to expand upon the known capabilities of these humble platforms of yore. Case in point: modder Game of Tobi , who is currently attempting a minor miracle in porting the N64 launch title Super Mario 64 to the Super Nintendo. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Wonder Boy Community Calls Out Suspect Wonder Boy In Monster Land Steam Listing

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Wonder Boy will never be ballin'. Wonder Boy Universe, a fan community dedicated to all things Skateboarding Caveman Shape-Shifting Swordsman, has called out a weird listing on Steam that seems to be selling unofficial copies of the 1987 arcade release Wonder Boy in Monster Land , famously ported to the Sega Master System in 1988. The bizarre listing, credited to publisher "Retro Maniac", went live on the Steam Store today, purportedly selling the classic action RPG for $5.00 USD (with an introductory offer of 20% off). Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' Fanmade Master System Project Still Alive, With A Demo Potentially On The Way

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Can I get a "Shell Yeah"? If you were an arcade-going youngster at the start of the '90s, chances are you will have put more than a few coins into Konami's superb Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles coin-op. One of the most popular arcade cabinets of the period, this side-scrolling fighter continues to attract fans, even today – hence the recent popularity of both the TNMT Cowabunga Collection and the 'spiritual successor', Shredder's Revenge . The original arcade machine only got ported to the NES and home computers back in the day, with Turtles in Time and The Hyperstone Heist scratching the Turtles itch for SNES and Genesis / Mega Drive owners, respectively. Poor old Master System owners didn't get any Turtles love whatsoever – but that's all set to change, many decades on from the release of Konami's classic. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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"May She Rest In Peace" - Fan Translator Eien ni Hen Has Passed Away

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"Thank you for all your work. It won't be forgotten". Highly respected fan translator Eien ni Hen has passed away, we're sad to report. The news was broken by fellow fan translator Garrett Greenwalt . The translator created patches for games such as Romancing SaGa, Fire Emblem, Sakura Wars, Tear Ring Saga, Dragon Force II and Beyond Oasis . Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Sun, Sep 272

"This Is What Happens When You Rely On AI Slop" - Fans Aren't Impressed With Vibe-Coded Knuckles' Chaotix Recomp

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"I'm getting pretty fed up with all these "ports" made with AI". We've seen a flood of AI-assisted retro gaming projects lately, from translations to decompilation and recompilation efforts. Opinion is sharply divided on the merit of such projects; AI tools help speed things up for sure, but they often come with unwelcome side effects – as the recent recomp of the 1995 Sega 32X title Knuckles' Chaotix proves. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Guide: The Best Castlevania Games, Ranked By You

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Konami's series turns 40... Since its inception in 1986, Konami's Castlevania has become one of gaming's most recognisable and popular franchises. Many of its instalments are considered amongst the best games of all time, and its impact has been felt well beyond the realm of interactive entertainment – it has recently been turned into a hit animated Netflix series, for example. However, if you're approaching Castlevania with a fresh pair of eyes, it can be quite daunting; where do you even begin? Which game should you play first? Which should you avoid entirely? Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Fri, Sep 2511

SGDK Fan Project Ports Capcom's 1987 Fantasy Arcade Actioner Black Tiger to Sega Mega Drive

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When is a Tiger not a Tiger? Another unrealised arcade port is one step closer to reality, as Capcom's challenging 1987 arcade actioner Black Tiger is currently being converted to the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis platform, courtesy of homebrewer Rester159. Black Tiger (known in Japan as the more sensible Black Dragon ) is a typically fantastical tale of sword and sorcery, with a brave barbarian venturing through his homeland on a quest to slay not one, but three dragons - currently bringing death and chaos to the local townsfolk. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Thunder Hoop Collection Brings Two Explicit, Obscure, And Unhinged '90s Arcades To Consoles

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(Not Dragon Ball, Please Don't Sue). QuByte Interactive has announced Thunder Hoop Collection , bringing together two of the 1990s' weirdest and most obscure run 'n' gun arcade release: Thunder Hoop (1992) and TH Strikes Back (1994). This bizarre and ballistic compendium will launch on PC and consoles October 8. Developed by Spanish troublemakers Gaelco, Thunder Hoop follows the explosive exploits of the titular hero: a bio-engineered soldier capable of incredible feats of strength, such as channelling fireballs from the palms of his hands (while also bearing more than a passing resemblance to Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball hero, Goku). Thunder Hoop is unleashed on the world after a nefarious bio-terrorist, Professor Genbreak, attempts to conquer the planet with his army of genetically engineered mutants. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Turns Out The Chipset Inside The Retroid Duo Can Handle Two Screens Natively

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Update: The chip has shortcomings elsewhere, it seems. Retroid caused a bit of a kerfuffle recently when it announced the Pocket Duo Lite Plus shortly after opening pre-orders for the Pocket Duo and Pocket Duo Lite . While it offered an upgrade system for people who had already ordered the original Pocket Duo Lite, that has now expired – and those who stuck with the first variant are reporting a disappointing experience from a performance perspective. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Poignant Survival Horror Adventure Heartworm Creeps Onto Consoles In October

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Bleeding Hearts. With the Fall season creeping in, there's no better way to spend the dark, early evenings than with a dose of Survival Horror, and DreadXP has console players covered: spooky indie adventure Heartworm is coming to consoles next month, following on from its PC release in 2025 . Developed by Vincent Adinolfi, Heartworm is a psychological survival horror title that captures the pacing, atmosphere, and aesthetic of some of the genre's earliest examples, such as Resident Evil and Silent Hill . It tells the story of Sam, a bereaved young woman who finds herself quite literally drawn into an online world of unrequited promise. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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After Years Of Searching, This Long-Lost Xevious Arcade Commercial Has Finally Been Found

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'Are you devious enough to beat Xevious?'. Here's something a little out of the ordinary for you: a member of the preservationist group Gaming Alexandria , called Jumpman, has just discovered a long-lost TV commercial for Atari's North American arcade release of Xevious , hidden in an old recording of a Phillies vs Mets baseball game from April 5th, 1983 (h/t: F_T_B ). Until recently, the most complete recording anyone had was an audio recording uploaded to YouTube in 2017 by YouTube user Tony Roy . Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Binky: Frozen In Time Is A Brand New C64 Platformer From Thalamus, And It's Available Right Now

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From the makers of Bounder and Rick Dangerous. It's a great day to be a C64 fan, as legendary publisher Thalamus Digital has released a brand-new title for the world's greatest bread bin. Binky: Frozen in Time is a single-screen platformer recalling the halcyon days of Commodore's classic arcade efforts and, better still, is available to purchase right now. Binky: Frozen in Time puts players in the frozen feet of the titular ice dragon, tasked with bringing his frosty footfall to every platform in the cavern. Once the entire level is frozen, an exit portal opens, and Binky can make his escape to the next stage. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Following Alien Breed Success And James Pond Criticism, Antstream's Studio Head Is Leaving The Company

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"I’m wrapping up my time at Antstream at the end of the year". Subscription-based streaming service Antstream has made headlines recently for both good and bad reasons. On the positive side of things, the company brought the excellent Alien Breed 35th Anniversary to modern-day systems, while on the negative side , it has become embroiled in a messy public spat with System 3 over its apparent misuse of GenAI in The James Pond Legacy . Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Super Bomberman Collection Physical Edition Available Now on PS5, Xbox, and Nintendo Switch

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Nintendo Switch 2 Game Card Coming Soon. Red Art Games, in collaboration with Konami, has released physical editions of Super Bomberman Collection , which launched digitally on PC and console platforms back in February of this year. Super Bomberman Collection features eight games from the frantic multiplayer blaster, pulled from the franchise's Nintendo years. The set includes SNES releases Super Bomberman (1993), Super Bomberman 2 (1994), Super Bomberman 3 (1995), Super Bomberman 4 (1996), and Super Bomberman 5 (1997), along with spin-off puzzler Super Bomberman: Panic Bomber W . Read the full article on timeextension.com

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A New Castlevania 40th Anniversary Video Has Released, & Fans Think They Have Spotted A Tease For A 3D Collection

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Fangs for the memories. Castlevania turns 40 this month, and to celebrate, Konami unveiled its plans to mark the milestone, including a potential tease for a 3D collection (according to fans, at least). In terms of official news first, Konami has revealed it is now offering Castlevania: 40th Anniversary Edition , the original NES Castlevania, for free on iOS and Android . This can be claimed until October 24, 2026, with those who grab it during this period able to download it again and again, even after the promotional window has closed. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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"Of All The GenAI Slops You've Ever Seen, This Is The Sloppiest Of Them All" - The Oliver Twins Tarnish Their Legacy Further With 'Wizard Of Oz' Board Game

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"Something I absolutely did not need today". Once upon a time, the Oliver Twins were respected as creative forces in the UK 'bedroom' coding scene. The siblings created Dizzy , one of the most instantly recognisable characters of the home computer era, and would later found studios such as Interactive Studios / Blitz Games Studios and Radiant Worlds. Sadly, the pair have fully embraced Generative AI in more recent times, pumping out a host of 'interactive experiences' via their RichCast platform. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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"Really Disappointed" - The Chipset Inside The Retroid Duo Lite Simply Isn't Up To The Job

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"The Duo Lite is using a chip that does not support dual screens". Retroid caused a bit of a kerfuffle recently when it announced the Pocket Duo Lite Plus shortly after opening pre-orders for the Pocket Duo and Pocket Duo Lite . While it offered an upgrade system for people who had already ordered the original Pocket Duo Lite, that has now expired – and those who stuck with the first variant are reporting a disappointing experience from a performance perspective. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Thu, Sep 2413

Modder Successfully Creates Atari Jaguar OS, Envisioning The Unreleased 'Atari Painter' Home Computer

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RISCy Business. A modder has given new life to a project left on Atari's cutting room floor some 35 years ago. Using the Atari Jaguar hardware as its base, Homebrewer Clint Thomson has constructed an OS that envisions the Atari Painter - an unreleased home computer scheduled to launch in the mid-'90s. The Atari Painter was pitched as a CD-based home computer that would serve as a possible successor to Atari's ST and Falcon line. The original design concept , sketched out in the early '90s by Richard Miller's R&D team, would marry the Falcon's home computer design and architecture with the Atari Jaguar's contemporary RISC circuitry. Eventually, the project was scrapped, with the entire team shifting its focus exclusively to the Jaguar itself. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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"I Can Make What's Inside Your Head Live Forever" - New Trailer For Nicolas Cage's Madden Biopic Shows The Genesis Of EA's Million-Selling Series

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Arrives this November. Amazon MGM's upcoming movie on the life of NFL legend John Madden will also cover the creation of the best-selling series of Madden video games. Directed by David O. Russell—who is a somewhat troubling figure in Hollywood these days —the movie stars Nicolas Cage as John Madden, the American professional football coach and sports commentator who lent his name to Electronic Arts' long-running and million-selling Madden NFL game series (initially known as John Madden Football ). Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Prep Your Crane Stance: NES Karate Champ Joins The Console Archives Today

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Cue Bananarama. All Moyses know two things: Fish and Karate. Well, three things: Fish, Karate, and Hamster Archives. Except without the Karate. Or the Fishing. What I'm essentially saying is that the NES port of Data East classic Karate Champ is coming to Hamster's Console Archives today. Released in 1986 and adapted from the phenomenally popular 1984 arcade game of the same name, Karate Champ is one of the earliest examples of the one-on-one fighter, as two experts in the way of the exploding fist face each other in a battle for The Glory of Love (Peter Cetera). Read the full article on timeextension.com

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This Cute Coin Cube Lets You Use Real Quarters To Add Credits To Arcade Emulators

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No more need to call 'The Guy' over. Chronic Concepts has opened orders for a delightful-looking device that replicates the coin-operated slot of classic arcade cabinets, allowing players to use real coins to activate credits in an array of arcade emulators. The TinyBrights Insert Coin Cube Gen 2 is a slick and stylish box that uses USB-A connectivity to hook up to PC, Mac, smartphones, and other devices via adapted wiring. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Tetris Effect: Mixed Realities Announced For Quest 3 And New Meta VR Glasses

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There's more than one way to Brick Meta Glasses. As part of its "Meta Connect" event, Meta revealed its new Meta VR Glasses : a lightweight take on virtual reality that seems frankly magical compared to the classic Virtuality units of yore, or even PlayStation VR2 . The new hardware features micro OLED screens, motion capture support, and a battery and processor unit that clips onto the wearer's belt. In line with the new tech's announcement, several games have been revealed to kick off the sales drive. We've already covered Capcom's Ace Attorney: Dual Destinies VR , but publisher Enhance Games also revealed a new Tetris title , which will utilise the width and breadth of Meta VR technology. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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The Long Wait For Ace Attorney 7 Continues, As 'Ace Attorney: Dual Destinies VR' Announced

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Fans inevitably shout, "OBJECTION!". It's just been announced that we're getting a new Ace Attorney game next year. Rather than a brand new entry, however, it appears this new game will instead be a VR recreation of the existing title Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Dual Destinies for Meta platforms (Meta VR Glasses, Meta Quest 3/3S, Quest Pro, and Quest 2). Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Voxel-Themed Puzzler Namco Legendary Mountains Arrives On iOS and Android Today

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Cubic Curation. Japanese developer BeXide revealed that its Voxel-based puzzler, Namco Legendary Mountains , will be released on iOS and Android today, following on from its PC and Nintendo Switch release back in June. The colourful, "physics-stacker" tasks players with filling a shallow bowl with "capsule" spheres, each containing a voxel model of an iconic character from Namco's classic coin-op era. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Want To Know More About The Origins Of Vault Boy? This New Video From Fallout's Creator Gets A Thumbs Up From Us

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Tim Cain reflects on the famous piece of Fallout iconography. The post-apocalyptic RPG Fallout has a lot of famous iconography, but I'd argue none more so than Vault Boy. Debuting in the original Fallout in 1997, the blonde-haired, jumpsuit-wearing character has become the series's de facto mascot as it has grown to include sequels, spin-offs, and TV shows, and has also inevitably appeared across mountains of merchandise: from bobbleheads to lunchboxes, board games, and pretty much anything else Bethesda has released since it acquired the franchise almost 20 years ago. It's possible, though, that despite all that, you may still be unclear exactly how the character came to be in the first place, but luckily for you, Fallout creator Tim Cain has a new YouTube video that delves into exactly that. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Kid Icarus DX Brings Colour To The World Of Everyone's Favourite Game Boy Cherub

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Get in the Pit. When the Game Boy Color hit the scene back in 1998, one of Nintendo's first duties was crafting new, full-colour editions of some of the platform's trademark titles. Tetris , The Legend of Zelda , Bomberman , R-Type , Wario Land and, of course, Super Mario were among the franchises that received a rainbow-washed facelift. But no such rerelease was waiting in the wings (pun fully intended) for Pit: the angelic star of one of the most loudly-requested "bring back that franchise" series in gaming, Kid Icarus . That is all set to change, however, thanks to homebrewer Astronaut_Majestic, who is currently working on Kid Icarus DX, an unofficial Game Boy Color port of Pit's 1991 release Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters . Read the full article on timeextension.com

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GameStop Is Getting An Exclusive $130 Capcom Super Pocket Bundle Containing 37 Games

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Comes with three Evercade carts. Blaze has announced a special Capcom Super Pocket bundle which is exclusive to GameStop in the US. The pack includes the Super Pocket console – which comes pre-loaded with 12 Capcom arcade titles – as well as Atari Arcade 2 , Interplay Collection 1 and Taito Arcade 2 Evercade cartridges. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Pre-Orders For Evercade Last Ninja / International Karate And James Pond Collections Are Now Live

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Update: Blaze confirms the previous leak. A reported retail leak suggests that Evercade's December releases will include compilations of two classic series: The Last Ninja and James Pond. The listing was spotted by outlet Total Video Games , which noticed a gun-jumping placeholder on retailer The Game Collection . According to the listing, The Last Ninja & IK Collection will include 14 games pulled from the high-kicking Last Ninja and International Karate series, including The Last Ninja trilogy, Ninja Remix ( 1990), International Karate (1985), and the pants-dropping classic IK + (1987) Read the full article on timeextension.com

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"One Of The Finest Coders I'd Worked With" - Tributes Pour In For Star Citizen, Wetrix & Project Gotham Racing Dev, David Bone Gill

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Gill passed away this past weekend from cancer, aged 51. Former Software Creations and Cloud Imperium developer David Bone Gill has passed away from cancer, aged 51, his friends and family have announced. Gill got his start in gaming as a tester at Software Creations, where he also built SNES DevKits and cartridges and ran the company's BBS, according to his LinkedIn . His first games were the cancelled 16-bit Barbie title, Barbie: Vacation Adventure , which is scheduled to receive its first commercial release later this year (something Gill seemed excited about when we covered the announcement back in June), and the 1994 Nintendo-published rail shooter Tin Star . Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Wed, Sep 2311

Hands On: Kraken Spinner For Octopus Arcade Stick - Arkanoid Fans, Rejoice

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(Just be prepared for a lot of install time). TR Fight Stick's Octopus Arcade Stick might not be the cheapest control option on the market, but it's certainly one of the best, as it not only offers high-quality arcade-style input but also compatibility with a wide range of systems, including Dreamcast, MiSTer, PC and more. One of the big selling points of the Octopus was the fact that it could be upgraded or enhanced easily, and TR Fight Stick has released the first optional extra in the form of the $170 Kraken Spinner module – and the company was kind enough to send one out to me for testing. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Bitmap Books Reprinting Some Excellent Tomes In October, Including Go Straight & Artcade

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You're gonna need a bigger bookshelf... Bitmap Books, purveyors of fine, papered publications , has announced that some of its best-selling, out-of-print titles will be returning to the store next month , following a new wave of much-requested reprints. The four titles will be available to pre-order directly from the site October 1, with expectations to ship these orders the following week. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Fanmade Mega Drive Port of SNES Shooter Super Pang Polishes Off World 2 Development

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Forever blowing bubbles. A new fanmade Mega Drive port of the SNES shooter Super Pang is currently in development, with its developer @RCampeador recently sharing an update on the project's progress on Twitter / X . Super Pang, in case you've never heard of it, is the second game in Mitchell Corp and Capcom's Pang series, which started with the 1989 title Pang (otherwise known in Japan as Pomping World , and in North America under the title Buster Bros ). It is a single-screen puzzle shooter that tasks players with popping a bunch of balloons that bounce around the screen, using a harpoon gun. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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"A Piece Of N64 History, No Longer Lost" - Unreleased Title 'Kaminari no Gotoku: Choukousoku Igo' Found & Preserved

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Will you give it "Igo"? Here's something you don't see every day: a previously unreleased Nintendo 64 title has just been found and preserved. Right out of the gate, I should probably mention that it's not Mother 3 or the N64 build of Project Dream that's been preserved, but a little-known Go game, which was in development at the Japanese company SETA Corporation, called Kaminari no Gotoku: Choukousoku Igo . So, it's probably best that you temper your expectations a little if you don't happen to love obscure Japanese video games based on board games. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Rayman Legends Retold Trailer Highlights Stunning Recreation Of The Glade of Dreams

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(and its four particularly dopey heroes). Publisher Ubisoft has released a new "overview" trailer for its upcoming remaster Rayman Legends Retold . The six-minute video reintroduces players to Rayman and his brick-thick pals, as well as shining a spotlight on the vibrant, colourful world known as The Glade of Dreams. The trailer follows Rayman, Globox, Barbara the Barbarian, and Grand Minimus as the quartet journey through the glade, using both independent and cooperative actions to navigate the terrain and lay waste to the minions of the returning villain "The Magician", who has now separated themselves into the form of five "Dark Teensies". Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Secret Base Video Shows Battletoads x Double Dragon Gaiden Crossover That Never Happened

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A little Rash. Developer Secret Base has released a short clip created as a pitch for Battletoads content, presumably planned as potential DLC for the studio's 2023 release, Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise of the Dragons . The clip sees shades-sporting Battletoad Rash kicking ass within a stripped-down version of the Double Dragon Gaiden engine, beating up punks with the Battletoad trademark super limbs, while using his tongue to pull the enemies closer, and even taking advantage of his iconic Turbo Bike - a vehicle sure to give fans of a certain age cold sweats to this day. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Hands On: Aliens: The Video Games Is Every Xenomorph Lover's Dream Book

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Game over? Not quite. I never actually realised quite how many video games there are based on the Alien media property until Mike Diver's superb Aliens: The Video Games - An Unofficial Guide dropped onto my doormat. And I say this as a fan of many of those games; Alien 3 on the Mega Drive remains a firm favourite, and Capcom's Alien vs Predator coin-op is a regular play for me whenever I'm near a PC with MAME installed. I also have fond memories of playing Alien Trilogy on my PlayStation back in the '90s, one of the first video games I remember that truly translated the look and feel of the movies into something interactive. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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"I'm Interested" - Yuzo Koshiro Is Keen On Bringing Earthion To Neo Geo

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Could it join Zero Wing on SNK's system? The Tokyo Game Show gave us the very welcome news that Toaplan's Zero Wing is being ported to the Neo Geo, and this has clearly inspired some people to consider other potential conversation candidates. One of these is Earthion , a game made with the Mega Drive hardware in mind that launched on modern systems in 2025. Created by Yuzo Koshiro's Ancient studio, this 2D shooter would be the perfect option for a Neo Geo port; after all, it's already available on the exA-Arcadia platform in an enhanced format. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Take To The Skies In Xevious's Divisive 3D Arcade Revival, Coming To Switch 2, Xbox, & PS5 This Week

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"The classic masterpiece Xevious reborn in polygons!". Over 30 years after its original release in the arcades, Hamster is bringing Xevious 3D/G , Namco's divisive 3D revival of its 1983 shoot 'em up classic Xevious , to modern consoles this week, as part of Arcade Archives 2. Developed for Namco's System 11 arcade board, Xevious 3D/G featured 3D graphics, new weapons and enemies, and a soundtrack from Namco legends Shinji Hosoe and Ayako Saso, and was released to capitalise on the re-emergence of the shoot 'em up genre in the mid-'90s. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Game Boy Dev Commemorates His Late Grandma With A Limited Edition Metal Cartridge

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Update: Physical release coming to Kickstarter this week. Losing a loved one is a hard experience and an event that everyone deals with in a different way. For developer Zhou Yichen, the best way to deal with that grief was to create a Game Boy title which pays tribute to his grandmother, who recently passed away. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Amazing GoldenEye 007 Third-Person Mod Brings A New View (To A Kill) To Rare's N64 Classic

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For Their Eyes Only. A new video showcases Rare's seminal first-person shooter GoldenEye 007 in an equally rare third-person form , courtesy of a new mod from homebrewer Josh_7774. The "GoldenEye 007 Plus" mod, seen here running on Analogue 3D software, has our boy Bond, James Bond, battling an army of Russian badniks in third-person, over-the-shoulder fashion. Three stages from the 1997 N64 classic feature in the clip, including the interiors Silo and Bunker I, as well as the frosty exteriors of Surface I. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Tue, Sep 2211

'Game Boy Museum' Curator Squeezes Entire Exhibition Onto Game Boy Cartridge

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'Contains the entire museum and plays nothing at all'. The curator of the unofficial " Game Boy Museum " has finished work on the its newest attraction, a database of the exhibition's entire itinerary, squeezed down to the size of a Game Boy cart itself. The project is the work of Dr. Marcel Pflug, who has been curating the Game Boy Museum over the past 25 years. The site is dedicated to the enduring legacy of Nintendo's best-selling handheld , first released in the spring of 1989. Dr. Pflug's collection currently contains over 360 catalogued items, including iterations of the original DMG-001 console itself, as well as games, accessories, print media, and other assorted curios. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Anbernic Updates NNDDSS Emulator Software To 1.0.2, Bringing 'Smoother Gameplay' And Other Features

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DDownnloaddable nnow. Classic gaming purveyor Anbernic has released Version 1.0.2 of its NNDDSS emulation software. The new update promises a wealth of new features for better optimisation of all of your favourite En Dee Ess games, typically found running on Anbernic's RG DS Plus handheld . According to Anbernic, Version 1.0.2 will offer users smoother gameplay, reduced audio crackling and general "experience improvements" across the board. Additionally, the update includes three new shader options as well as language support via the emulator's firmware, allowing users to choose from seven in-game language option (provided the game supports multiple languages) Read the full article on timeextension.com

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"I Built 1Retro So We Would Stop Losing Save Files" - This Cloud Sync For Retro Players Could Be A Game-Changer

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"You're not locked into one emulator or one platform". If you're anything like me, then you do your retro gaming across a wide range of platforms. I've got the MiSTer FPGA hooked up to my TV, and a SuperStation One in the office. I also emulate retro games on my AYANEO 3 , KONKR Pocket Advance and AYANEO Pocket DS . Whenever I get a new emulation handheld to review, there's a good chance I'll spend some time playing my favourite classic games on that, too. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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'I Feel Very Strongly About AI Use In Most Cases' - English Patch Released For Obscure Saturn Cyberpunk RPG Cyber Doll

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No, not that IMAX. A homebrew team has released a patch for the obscure Sega Saturn exclusive Cyber Doll , allowing the 1996 cyberpunk RPG to be played in English for the very first time. Developed by studio Betop and published by I'MAX, Cyber Doll is a dystopian adventure set in the year 2039 in the aftermath of a terrible pandemic that stripped humanity of physiological evolution. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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"We Have A Strong Commitment To What Black Finger JET Should Be" - Kohachi Studios' CEO Gives Update On Metal Slug Spiritual Successor

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'Releasing a compromised or half-finished version would be worse than not releasing it at all'. It's been a while since we last heard any news about Black Finger Jet , the Metal Slug -like run 'n' gun being created by a group of Irem and SNK veterans. With Kohachi Studios, the company behind it, now focusing on the promotion of Navinosuke: The Yo-Kai Buster , it's been left a bit unclear over the past couple of years what exactly is happening with the project, and whether it has been abandoned for good or simply put to one side. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Legacy of Kain: Defiance Remastered Gets A Physical Release In November

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*Nintendo experience debatable. Crystal Dynamics, in association with distributor PLAION, has announced a physical release for Legacy of Kain: Defiance Remastered , bringing the classic grimdark adventures to store shelves on PS5, Xbox Series, and Nintendo Switch this November. Released digitally to PC and consoles back in March of this year, Legacy of Kain: Defiance Remastered is an enhanced edition of the original 2003 release, available on PS2 and Xbox. Defiance is the fifth and final entry in the Legacy of Kain timeline , and it thrusts the titular antihero back into the past as he attempts to correct the course of history and save the increasingly desolate realm of Nosgoth. A blood-sucking Dr. Sam Beckett, if you will. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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"I Feel Very Fortunate" - Castlevania's Kinuyo Yamashita Celebrates 40 Years Of The Vampire-Slaying Classic

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In another fang-tastic interview from Dongled. Given its legacy in gaming, you'd be forgiven for thinking we know pretty much all there is to know about the Making Of the original NES Castlevania (known as Akumajō Dracula in Japan) by now. However, due to some fairly shoddy crediting and the general elusiveness of Konami staff from the period ( trust me, I've tried to contact pretty much everyone I could for Wireframe several years back! ), there are still some pretty large holes in our knowledge of its development, with much of the information we have learned about the game coming from secondhand accounts from those who didn't even work on the title. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Four More Neo Geo AES+ Games Have Been Confirmed

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Karnov’s Revenge! Magical Drop! Street Hoop! Spinmaster! While the disappointment of knowing the Neo Geo AES+ won't arrive until late next year still stings, the system got plenty of coverage at this year's Tokyo Game Show, along with the welcome announcement that Zero Wing is coming to the platform. We now know four other releases are planned, and they will join the ten carts confirmed when the platform was initially announced earlier this year. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Retroid Reveals New Pocket Duo Lite+ Just Weeks After Opening Pre-Orders On Original Model

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Cancellation/exchange programme open. Retroid found itself in hot water this weekend as the hardware manufacturer revealed a new, upgraded edition of its Pocket Duo Lite handheld console just weeks after opening pre-orders on its original model . Revealed on Sunday, the Pocket Duo Lite+ features the same dual-screen external build as the Pocket Duo Lite - first revealed earlier in September - but packs a more powerful internal punch thanks to its Dragonwing Q-7790 processor and 8+128GB infrastructure. The new model retails for $199 (€174) and is expected to ship in November. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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"I Was Told That We Should Cancel The Entire Franchise" - Sonic Boss Takashi Iizuka On His "Fight" With Sega Over The Blue Blur's Future

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"I had to fight within the organization to keep the franchise as long as possible". It's fair to say that Sonic has had his ups and downs over the decades. That the character has starred in some legendary games isn't up for debate , but he's also had his low points – so much so that Sega was apparently even considering retiring the franchise at one point. That's what current Sonic Team boss Takashi Iizuka claims, at least. The lead producer for the Sonic the Hedgehog series at Sega has been speaking to the media during Tokyo Game Show (thanks, One More Game ), and reveals how he had to "fight" to keep Sonic going: Read the full article on timeextension.com

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The Neo Geo AES+ Was Almost Cancelled Thanks To The RAMpoclayse

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"'What do you mean you can’t get these chips? Oh, AI'". Plaion and SNK caused a stir earlier this year when they announced the Neo Geo AES+ , a modern remake of the classic 1990 platform that gave us Metal Slug , Fatal Fury , Samurai Shodown , and King of Fighters . Pre-order demand massively surpassed expectations , and it seemed that the AES+ was all set for a successful festive season – until it was confirmed that it would be delayed by almost a year due to component issues. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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1 Vs. 1000: Dynasty Warriors 3 Remastered Demo Coming This Week

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You and what army? Koei Tecmo, in collaboration with developer Omega Force, are prepping the battlefield for the upcoming release Dynasty Warriors 3: Complete Edition Remastered . To whet bloodthirsty appetites, the re-envisioned edition of the PS2 warmonger will be receiving a demo on Thursday, September 24. A fan-favourite entry in the seemingly endless franchise, Dynasty Warriors 3 originally launched in 2001, utilising the PS2's power to bring its war of attrition screaming into the new millennium. Built on an entirely new engine, Dynasty Warriors 3 allowed for more frenetic fights, two-player co-op and improved visual fidelity over its predecessor, Dynasty Warriors 2 - itself a very early release in the PS2's lifetime. All of this was almost undone entirely thanks to the game's notoriously comical English dub. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Evercade December Releases Are Reportedly The Last Ninja and James Pond Collections

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Karate classic IK+ also in the mix. A reported retail leak suggests that Evercade's December releases will include compilations of two classic series: The Last Ninja and James Pond. The listing was spotted by outlet Total Video Games , which noticed a gun-jumping placeholder on retailer The Game Collection . According to the listing, The Last Ninja & IK Collection will include 14 games pulled from the high-kicking Last Ninja and International Karate series, including The Last Ninja trilogy, Ninja Remix ( 1990), International Karate (1985), and the pants-dropping classic IK + (1987) Read the full article on timeextension.com

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New Compilation Celebrates Matthew 'Jet Set Willy' Smith's Indelible ZX Spectrum Legacy

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(And the legacy of gaming's weirdest box art). For video game fans of a certain age, Matthew Smith needs no introduction. The British-born bedroom programmer tore up the early days of the ZX Spectrum with a series of wild, compelling, and somewhat anarchic titles, games which were emboldened with working-class spirit and emblazoned with some of the weirdest, most abstract box art in the medium's history. Receiving the rarely-seen TRS-80 computer as a gift in 1979, Smith took to programming as a prodigy, coding and releasing commercial games for the TRS-80 and the VIC-20 within just a few years. Noticing this burgeoning talent, Smith was afforded a ZX Spectrum by publisher Bug-Byte Software, who contracted the 17-year-old to produce three titles for the platform. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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"My Coworkers Really Looked After Me" - Sonic Team's Creative Director Got His Very Own Sega CD BIOS Back In The Day

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"They even made this awesome version just for me". Sonic Team Creative Director Kazuyuki Hoshino might be most famous for guiding the Blue Blur's trajectory today, but he's been with Sega since 1991, and one of his first projects was working on the Mega CD / Sega CD add-on for the Mega Drive / Genesis . A unique piece of history from Hoshino's early years at the company has been found and preserved, and it proves how well he was looked after as a young artist at Sega. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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After Years Of Development, The Pirate-Themed Zelda-Like 'Draco And The Seven Scales' Has Set Sail On Steam & Itch

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A'vast world awaits you! It's been a long time since we last covered Ice Goat Games' Game Boy-inspired pirate indie game Draco and the Seven Scales — almost three years, in fact. But after a fairly lengthy delay (the game was originally set to release in 2024), it appears its developers have finally hoisted the anchor and set sail, steering the good ship into the uncertain waters of the Steam storefront as of last week. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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You Really Need To Check Out 'The Tower of Zeldaga', A Fan-Made Mash-Up Of Zelda and Tower of Druaga

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It's totally free! It's fair to say that 80's classics The Legend of Zelda and The Tower of Druaga have influenced countless video games over the years. Zelda not only established the template for a series which has sold millions since its inception in 1986, but it has also inspired a host of imitators over the decades. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Lara Croft Is Coming Home: Campaign Raises £30K To Install Tomb Raider Statue In Derby

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City 'thrilled to welcome her home'. A statue of Lara Croft is set to be installed in Derby city centre, following a successful crowdfunding campaign to bring the iconic Tomb Raider hero home to the town that kicked off a global gaming phenomenon. The nine-foot fibreglass statue was originally installed at London's Camden Market, where it was a striking centrepiece for "Tomb Raider: The LIVE Experience". Following the exhibition's closure in 2023, the statue was removed and has remained in storage ever since. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Freight News! We Now Have Our First-Ever Footage Of Railroad Tycoon's Lost SNES/Super Famicom Port

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The port was first rumoured back in 1991 in the pages of Nintendo Power. Thanks to being an official Nintendo-branded magazine, Nintendo Power was well known in the '80s and '90s for featuring coverage of games well in advance of its competition. It's true, a lot of these games would later grace the pages of other magazines on the road to release, but in some cases, there were titles featured within that weren't really covered anywhere else — some of which never saw the light of day. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Star Wars Trilogy Arcade Dreamcast Fan Port Receives Demo Alongside Discl-Ai-mer

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Never tell me the odds... One of the white whales of the emulation world has been Sega's Star Wars Trilogy Arcade , which debuted in 1998 and maintained a presence on the global market for many years, despite an enormous downturn in arcade profitability. Built on Sega's powerful Model 3 hardware, Star Wars Trilogy Arcade featured scenes pulled directly from the phenomenal sci-fi film series. The game allows players to take control of Star Wars' Yavin battle, complete with its climactic Death Star trench run. The Empire Strikes Back was represented by the sub-zero war on the frosted plains of Hoth, while Return of the Jedi contributed Endor's Speeder Bike chase and base capture. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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"It Trivialises The Hobby" - GoldenEye Running On SNES Triggers More Debate Over Vibe-Coded Retro Projects

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"I’ll believe it when I see the ROM". The subject of AI use in the world of retro gaming has already caused plenty of discussion, and another project has emerged over the weekend to add more fuel to the fire. As spotted by @ray_castello on social media, retroports has just released footage of GoldenEye 007 (apparently) running on SNES. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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SNES RPGs Lufia & Lufia II Are Headed to Modern Platforms In 2027

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Questmaxxxim'. Clear River Games, in association with Taito, has announced that two classic 16-bit adventures are set to make a grand return in 2027. Lufia I & II: The Sinistrals Saga will launch on PC and console platforms sometime next year. Originally developed by the long-defunct studio Neverland, Lufia & The Fortress of Doom (1993) and its prequel, Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals , tell a generation-spanning story that follows a succession of heroes, each attempting to stop an ethereal, god-like clan, the Sinistrals, from conquering the planet. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Sun, Sep 202

Nintendo Wii And Kinect Games Could Have A Second Life Thanks To This Cube-Like Console

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"Every major publisher has approached us to review their old Kinect catalogue, Wii catalogue". We've covered the Nex Playground on this site before, and with good reason – this boxy little console has already carved out a small niche in the US and is launching in Germany this year following a successful UK release in March. Given that the Nex Playground uses motion controls, it should come as no great shock to learn that games from the Wii and Kinect era are being eyed up for potential revivals on the new system, which has sold over a million units globally. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Sat, Sep 193

"We Don't Take This Decision Lightly" - Polymega's Prices Are Going Up Thanks To The RAMpocalypse

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Base unit, Remix, Element Modules and controllers all increase in cost. The ongoing RAMpocalypse has claimed another victim in the form of Polymega , the modular retro gaming system developed by Playmaji. In a new statement, the company said prices for nearly every piece of Polymega-related hardware are going up. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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The Making Of: Rare's Amazing Spider-Man - "I Hadn't Seen Or Heard Of A Game Boy Before"

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How Rare's only superhero video game started Chris Sutherland's career. The recent discourse around Marvel's Wolverine on PS5 is something I've personally tried to avoid, but it serves to highlight the fact that superhero video games are some of the biggest commercial projects in the industry, generating millions in revenue and triggering pages and pages of debate online. You could argue that it's always been that way, right back to the late '70s and early 1980s, when the first examples – such as 1979's Superman (Atari 2600) and 1982's Spider-Man (Atari 2600, Odyssey 2) – appeared on the market. Even so, it's remarkable to learn that, even by the time the 1990s arrived, many of these lucrative titles were designed and developed by tiny teams, even within respected and esteemed studios like Rare . Read the full article on timeextension.com

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No Ladders Necessary: Famicom Crazy Climber Joins Hamster's Console Archives

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Going up in the world. If you don't have a head for heights, you might wanna look away for a moment, as classic gaming purveyor Hamster has announced that the Famicom port of Crazy Climber is the newest addition to its Console Archive range. Released for the Famicom in 1986, following a successful coin-op run for the 1980 original, Nichibutsu's Crazy Climber is a simple, vertically-scrolling platformer that pushes player coordination to its limit. Gameplay sees a man attempting to scale the outside of a series of skyscrapers, avoiding falling objects, birds, and murderous residents. Our hero has seemingly no purpose for their ascension, nor the need for a safety net or lifeline. The game is not called "Sane Climber." Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Fri, Sep 1810

Fan Project Offers A New Hope For Sega Star Wars Trilogy Arcade On Dreamcast

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Never tell me the odds... One of the great white whales of the emulation world has long been Sega's Star Wars Trilogy Arcade , which debuted in 1998 and maintained a presence on the global market for many years, despite an enormous downturn in arcade profitability. Built on Sega's powerful Model 3 hardware, Star Wars Trilogy Arcade featured scenes pulled directly from the phenomenal sci-fi film series. The game allows players to take control of Star Wars' Yavin battle, complete with its climactic Death Star trench run. The Empire Strikes Back was represented by the sub-zero war on the frosted plains of Hoth, while Return of the Jedi contributed Endor's Speeder Bike chase and base capture. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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'Dragon Quest' And 'Shining' Legend Kan Naito Is Creating A Famicom RPG With Characters "Left Behind" By The Late Yoshitaka Tamaki

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Update: Crowdfunding for Lady Stalker 2D starts next month. It has been announced that Kan Naito is developing a new NES / Famicom RPG called Lady Stalker 2D , and that it will feature character designs created by the late Yoshitaka Tamaki , who sadly passed away in 2023. Both Naito and Tamaki worked at Climax Entertainment on titles such as Shining in the Darkness (1991), Landstalker (1992) and Lady Stalker (1995), the latter title being the inspiration behind this new effort. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Aero The Acro-Bat, Kamikaze Squirrel, And The Absurd Feudal Bros. Return For Physical Sunsoft Compilation

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Sunsoft stars are back on the shelves. Do you miss Aero the Acro-Bat ? How about Zero the Kamikaze Squirrel ? Do you remember either? Do you even want to play as them again? Do you know what Meet the Lord! You Are Number One! is ? Well, regardless of your answers to any of those questions, veteran studio Sunsoft has launched a physical compilation of some classic releases for PS5 and Nintendo Switch. Now available from online retailers and on the high street, the succinctly titled Aero The Acro-Bat Legacy + Sunsoft Lost Gems features six games from the studio's 16-bit era, including mascot platformers Aero the Acro-Bat (1993), Aero The Acro-Bat 2 (1994), Game Boy Advance port Aero the Acro-bat: Rascal Rival Revenge , and spin-off release Zero the Kamikaze Squirrel (1994) Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Nihon Falcom PC Engine CD-ROM² RPGs 'Dragon Slayer: The Legend Of Heroes I & II' Coming To PC & Consoles Next Year

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Currently being demoed at TGS. It seems Neowiz's deal with Nihon Falcom to bring The Legend of Heroes III: Shiroki Majo to PC & consoles isn't the only Dragon Slayer -related news we're getting this week. That's because Edia has also officially confirmed plans to rerelease the PC Engine CD-ROM² titles The Legend of Heroes 1 & 2 on modern consoles (PS5, PS4, Switch, & PC) worldwide next year, as reported by Gematsu . Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Dreamcast Title Culdcept II Comes Back Online, Along With An AI-Assisted English Translation

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Shuouma brings another Dreamcast game back from the dead. We've seen a host of Dreamcast games go back online in recent times, giving many of the console's more unique titles a chance to fully live up to their potential – and another has joined the list in the form of Culdcept II . Developed by OmiyaSoft and published by Media Factory, it launched exclusively in Japan on July 12th, 2001. Like every other Dreamcast game, its online functionality was taken down when the console ceased to be commercially viable over 20 years ago, but thanks to the efforts of Shuouma, it can be played online once more. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Bloodstained: The Scarlet Engagement TGS Trailer Spotlights New Mechanics, Dragonback Battles, And More

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Unification of Church and State (and Demons). As part of Tokyo Game Show 2026, publisher 505 Games has released a new gameplay trailer for its upcoming adventure Bloodstained: The Scarlet Engagement - the long-awaited prequel to the acclaimed 2019 release Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night . Once again developed by indie studio ArtPlay and produced by former Castlevania lead Koji "IGA" Igarashi, Bloodstained: The Scarlet Engagement follows the exploits of two young adventurers - Leonard Brandon of the Chapel's Black Wolves, and Alexander Kyteler of the kingdom's White Stage Knights - as Church and State unite in a last-ditch effort to infiltrate the castle of the Demon Lord, Elias, and rid the land of his miserable plague of demonic forces. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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"Golden Axe Was A Big Part Of My Childhood" - Emmy-Winning Actor & "Nostalgic Fool" Matthew Rhys Shares His Love Of "See-Ga"

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The actor plays Gilius Thunderhead in the new animated adaptation. Whenever an actor is attached to a film or TV adaptation of a classic video game, the question that crosses everyone's mind is typically whether they were familiar with it prior to accepting the role. It's not a prerequisite for a good performance, of course, but it's often a comfort for fans to know there's someone on set who cares about the source material as much as they do, especially if the adaptation is taking some pretty wild swings in another direction (say, adapting a pretty straightforward fantasy hack-and-slash action game into a 20-minute-per-episode animated comedy). Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Psikyo Memories Shmup Collection Coming In 2027 For PS5 And Nintendo Switch 2

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Marion and Pom-Pom blast off once again. Tokyo Game Show 2026 is underway at the city's Makuhari Messe, bringing with it a variety of news, updates, and reveals pertaining to the world of gaming. Publisher Edia, via its show-floor catalogue, has revealed early details of a new shmup collection, Psikyo Memories , currently in development for PS5 and Nintendo Switch 2. From the catalogue, as translated by Gematsu: Read the full article on timeextension.com

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The PS2 Tough Nut Security Chip 'MechaCon' Has Finally Been Cracked Open

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26-year-old lock finally busted. One of the last, and most steadfast, elements of PlayStation 2's infrastructure has finally been toppled, as modders have "broken wide open" the best-selling console's notoriously fortified security chip. As reported by Tom's Hardware , the CXP102064 chip - more commonly known by the pseudonym "MechaCon" - made its debut in the original PS2 model released in 2000. The chip has many roles within the console's operation, including direct control of the PS2's optical drive and the decryption of both its "MagicGate" memory card and the platform's native KELF (Kernel Executable Linkable Format) files. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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New Air Management '96 PS1 Fan Translation Released To Make "Insulting" GenAI Effort Obsolete

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Love at first flight? Video games are amazing escapism, aren't they? One day you're exercising your destructive tendencies, running through a jungle smashing crates as a wild-eyed marsupial or wrecking some poor bloke's car as you escape from the cops; the next, you're living out one in a collection of incredibly niche job-related fantasies — from becoming the operator of your very own theme park to taking over the management of your favourite football team. Originally released in 1996 for the Sony PlayStation (and later Sega Saturn and Windows PCs), Koei's Air Management '96 definitely belongs to the latter camp, being less about pulse-raising action and more about savvy business planning, clever budgeting, and the satisfaction of a job well done. A successor to the video game Air Management for 16-bit consoles (known as Aerobiz in the West), it was available exclusively in Japan, but has now received a complete English translation (for the PS1 version), courtesy of the hacker/translator Saralene , as of yesterday. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Thu, Sep 1713

Solid Snake Returns In New Metal Gear Animation From Mitchell Hammond

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Beware the Shotmaker. It's been two long years since we last heard from Mitchell Hammond, the artist behind the impressive, independently produced "Metal Gear Warhead Activate" animation from 2024. But Hammond has returned, bringing with them a recreation of a familiar scenario from Hideo Kojima's seminal stealth series. The new clip, titled "Metal Gear Snake Returns", features a moment-to-moment adaptation of a sequence from the original Metal Gear , first released on MSX2 in 1987. The sequence follows Solid Snake in his efforts to escape military prison, including his unarmed encounter with the shotgun-wielding boss, Shotmaker, and subsequent procurement of his confiscated weaponry... ...And Snake is ready to take names and snap necks once again. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Gallery: Unboxing The £130 Zool Ultimate Archive Edition

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Too cool for Zool? A few months ago, we reported on the news that 33 Games was re-releasing Gremlin's classic 2D platformer Zool on the Mega Drive. One of the SKUs available was the 'Ultimate Archive Edition' , which gives Zool fans the chance to properly pledge their allegiance to the 'Ninja of the Nth Dimension' with a lavish, shelf-consuming collector's piece. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Artist Adds Iconic Sniper Rifle To Their 3D-Printed GoldenEye 007 Arsenal

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Now pay attention, 007... An artist on Reddit has proudly revealed their 3D-printed recreation of one of gaming's most recognisable weapons: The high-powered Sniper Rifle from Rare's beloved N64 first-person shooter GoldenEye 007 . The rifle, crafted by GoldenEye enthusiast Arnielthegreat, has been authentically recreated in all of its low-poly 3D glory, complete with a wood-style stock, reinforced butt, and the metallic barrel of its in-game counterpart - ready for deployment in your next Dam or Severnaya-based bout of espionage. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Check Out This Impressive Footage Of Sega's Virtua Racing Running On Playdate

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Busy times for the Model 1 masterpiece. Some inspiring video has been uploaded to X that appears to show a homebrewed port of Sega's Virtua Racing running on everyone's favourite crank-yankin' handheld console, Playdate. The two videos, posted to the account of certified tech-head Alex Urbano (@el_goe) , include instantly recognisable elements of Sega's 1992 coin-op classic, including high-speed F1 racing, chunky polygonal models, unnervingly triangular pit men, and even the big wheel backdrop. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Years Before Crazy Taxi: World Tour, Another Sega Studio Pitched An Idea For A Sequel With The Same Name

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"There was a weird JRPG idea, an Olympics game, and the Crazy Taxi one". As you'll probably already know, Sega is gearing up to release a new Crazy Taxi entry next year in the form of Crazy Taxi: World Tour next year, marking the first new title in the series since. But something that may surprise you is that this isn't the first time a new sequel with this name was apparently proposed. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Lush Vampire Savior / Darkstalkers 3 Vinyl Soundtrack Coming From Mana Read Media

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Stake your claim. Mana Wave Media has opened pre-orders for a vinyl set collating the soundtrack from the latter years of Capcom's gothic fighting franchise, Vampire Savior - better known in the West as Darkstalkers . The three-LP set focuses most directly on 1997 release Vampire Savior: The Lord Of Vampire , which was later released in the West as Darkstalkers 3 . Vampire Savior is the scrapper series' stalwart entry, and is still undead and kicking on the competitive circuit today. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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'Reason & Rhyme' Is An Upcoming 3D Puzzle Game For Steam "Heavily Inspired" By The DSi's Flipnote Studio

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Flippin' brilliant! One of my favourite pieces of software for the Nintendo DSi was Flipnote Studio, a free creation tool that let anyone, regardless of experience or skill level, try their hand at short, flipbook-style animations. Admittedly, I was never any good at it, never producing anything that I was comfortable sharing with anyone but friends and family, but that didn't stop me from pretending like I was the next Chuck Jones, pouring countless hours into devising fun little animations that probably looked like chicken scratch in retrospect. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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As Dragon Quest Smashes 100 Million Total Shipments And Sales, Which Adventures Are Your Favorites?

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Creator Yuji Horii celebrates 40 sword-swingin' years. For the past four decades, Dragon Quest has been a name synonymous with the RPG/adventure genre. From its 1986 Famicom debut to the currently developing Dragon Quest XII , Square Enix's iconic franchise has become an indelible, almost comforting franchise for generations of digital sword-and-sorcery fans. And Slime. Slime fans. This week, Square Enix announced that Dragon Quest has surpassed 100 million total shipments and digital sales over the series four-decade timeline. The news was accompanied by a video featuring series creator Yuji Horii - still hard at work at his studio, Armor Project, at an incredible 72 years of age. Look at that cake! Read the full article on timeextension.com

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I'm Utterly In Love With 'Cute Alucard' In This Early Castlevania: Symphony Of The Night Design Document

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Kid Dracula 2? Castlevania turns 40 this year, which makes me feel utterly ancient , as it's perhaps my favourite video game series of all time. Of the many amazing games in this franchise, the one that stands out to me (and no doubt many others) is 1997's Symphony Of The Night , an epic fusion of 2D platforming action and RPG. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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RetroSync's New Wireless Adapter Will Enable GBA-To-Switch Pokemon Trading

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No Pokemon left behind. Homebrew developer RetroSync has announced that its GBA-to-Switch trade adapter is nearing completion . The wireless device, once connected to Game Boy Advance hardware, will allow for the trading of Pokémon from the GBA to the Nintendo Switch. Earlier this month, RetroSync posted video of a rudimentary version of the hardware in operation, with the clip showing open communication between the two Nintendo platforms. The adapter is reportedly compatible with the wireless features found in releases Pokémon FireRed (2004), Pokémon LeafGreen (2004), and Pokémon Emerald (2005). Read the full article on timeextension.com

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The Battle Arena Toshinden Trilogy Is Coming To Modern Platforms

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Update: It's on the show floor at TGS 2026. Takara's Battle Arena Toshinden series is getting a new lease of life on modern systems, thanks to Edia . The Japanese company has secured a deal to port Battle Arena Toshinden (1995), Battle Arena Toshinden 2 (1995), and Battle Arena Toshinden 3 (1996) for current systems. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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G'AIM'E Light Gun Appears In New 'Pro' And 'Lite' Hardware Variants

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Demonstrated at TGS 2026. Tassei Denki has shown off new prototypes of its G'AIM'E Light Gun system at this year's Tokyo Game Show, dubbed 'Pro' and 'Lite'. The Pro appears to use the same basic design as the existing G'AIM'E gun – which we reviewed back in November of 2025 – but improves accuracy and latency. The Lite is an entirely different product which forgoes the "AI-assisted" camera-based tech of the standard G'AIM'E and uses gyro technology instead, similar to how the Nintendo Wii Remote was used for this genre of game. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Wed, Sep 1611

Hands On: Retro Fighters Brawler64 Pro - A Solid Controller For N64, And More

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I'm just not sure about that 'Extreme Green' colour... Retro Fighters has iterated on its core range of controllers so many times I'm honestly in danger of losing track; when the Brawler64 Pro ( $69.99 ) sample arrived in the office, I was certain I'd covered a similar pad not so long ago (and I had – the non-Pro version , of course, which comes in both wired and wireless options). The big difference with this new model is the design, which opts for a smoother, more ergonomic appearance and comes in a range of 'skeleton' colours, such as Watermelon Red, Extreme Green, Ice Blue, Atomic Purple, and Smoke Black (as well as the usual N64 grey). Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Random: The Curious Case Of Pixar Vs. Nintendo, And The Quest For Answers

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Our search for proof of the now infamous Uniracers' lawsuit. Update: the headline of this article has been changed, pending an exciting update. A few years before the Dundee-based developer DMA Design created the hugely successful open-world crime series Grand Theft Auto , it produced an offbeat racing game featuring a bunch of sentient unicycles as its main characters, in collaboration with Nintendo. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Fan Project Makes Kid Kirby, The Cancelled SNES Game From Grand Theft Auto Devs, A Reality

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Look at the little lad fly... A homebrew developer has released an unofficial, pint-sized recreation of a '90s Kirby game that never was. Available now on NovaStar's itch.io , Kid Kirby is an imagining of the superstar's unrealised SNES adventure, which was cancelled way back in 1995. Kid Kirby was originally conceived as a key title for the Super NES Mouse peripheral, launched by Nintendo in 1992 as part of its Super Mario Paint package. The concept would see a younger version of the adorable pink puffball questing to save the Dream Spring of Dream Land, encountering various familiar locations and characters along the way - including a junior King Dedede. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Toaplan's Zero Wing Is Coming To Neo Geo, Via To h0ffman's Homebrew Port

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Update: We have confirmation. We may only be several days into 2026, but we already have an exciting new project for Neo Geo fans to look forward to in the future. h0ffman (who you may know from his Neo Geo ports of Shinobi and Golden Axe ) has revealed that he is currently working on an unofficial port of Toaplan's 1989 side-scroller shooter Zero Wing to Neo Geo systems, and that it is now "nearly complete." Read the full article on timeextension.com

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GG Aleste 3 Mega Drive Fan Port Video Removed Following Social Media Intervention From M2 Rep

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'It's an extremely difficult matter, but I'll try to find a compromise'. Back in 2020, shmup specialists M2 gathered together the titles from its long-running Aleste series and released them on PlayStation and Nintendo Switch as the succinctly titled Aleste Collection. As a special treat, M2 included a brand-new Aleste title, GG Aleste 3 , coded for Sega's handheld platform Game Gear. While no standalone or physical edition of GG Aleste 3 ever materialised, fans were able to play it directly on Game Gear hardware via the use of a ripped ROM . Back in June, mod squad Morb successfully ported the shmup sequel to the Master System. Now it seems that the holy trinity is set for completion, as Blast Processing Arcade has completed its work bringing GG Aleste 3 to the Mega Drive . Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Clown Around in Mr. Do's Castle, Headed To Hamster's Arcade Archives This Week

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0% Crystals 0% Crashers 100% Clowns. One of my personal favourite gaming heroes makes their grand return this week, as Universal's madcap platformer Mr. Do!'s Castle welcomes guests, new and old, to Hamster's Arcade Archives . Released to arcades in 1983, emblazoned with one of the most punctuated titles of all time, Mr. Do!'s Castle is the first sequel to Universal's original Mr. Do! , which hit the coin-op scene just a year earlier. Whereas our Clown Prince's first escapade was more of a "dig 'n' crush" affair, Mr. Do!'s Castle is a single-screen platformer - in the vein of similar titles such as Kangaroo (1982) and BurgerTime (1982). Read the full article on timeextension.com

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After More Than Two Decades, You Can Now Play This Chinese-Exclusive Paper Mario Board Game In English

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Thanks to a nifty fan creation for Tabletop Simulator. This one is for the die-hard Paper Mario -heads within our audience. Decades after its original release, an iQue-published Paper Mario board game, released exclusively in China, has just been translated into English and recreated in the Steam game Tabletop Simulator , giving more people the chance to experience it for the very first time. iQue Míngxīng Qí (or iQue Superstar Board Game as it is translated on the Super Mario Wiki) is a little-known piece of Paper Mario history that we're guessing most Paper Mario fans have probably never heard of (we certainly hadn't). Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Terranigma Returns January 14 2027, Physical "Gaia Edition" Now Available To Pre-Order

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Yomi a physical edition. Publisher Clear River Games has revealed a physical collector's edition for its upcoming rerelease of the 1995 SNES RPG Terranigm a . The "Gaia Edition" is now available to pre-order from the official Clear River Games store, ahead of the RPG's grand return on PC and consoles in January 2027. The Gaia Edition includes a boxed, physical copy of the game on PS5, Xbox Series, or Nintendo Switch 2 (a physical Game Card), along with a selection of goodies including an original soundtrack CD, a cloth map, a 200-page art book, a pixel pin, and a steelbook casing, all housed in attractive, magnet-boxed packaging. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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"Terrible Marketing Hid A Great Show" - First Reviews Of Paramount's Golden Axe TV Series Are In

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"An entertaining and frequently funny series". Mike McMahan ( Star Trek: Lower Decks ) has tackled Sega's arcade hack-and-slash Golden Axe in TV form, and it's fair to say that the initial trailer for the series divided fans. While many could appreciate the humorous tone and deep knowledge of the lore, others took issue with the stylised characters and lack of reverence for the series, which started all the way back in 1989 and is perhaps most famous for its Sega Genesis / Mega Drive port and sequels. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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It Looks Like The Legend of Heroes II: Prophecy Of The Moonlight Witch Is Being Revived For PC & Consoles

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Neowiz & Nihon Falcom agree a new deal. Nihon Falcom have signed an agreement with the South Korean developer/publisher Neowiz to bring the RPG The Legend of Heroes II: Prophecy of the Moonlight Witch (known in Japan as The Legend of Heroes III: Shiroki Majo ) to PC and consoles globally (h/t: Gematsu ). The third game in the Legend of Heroes series overall (following 1989's Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes and 1992's Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes II ), The Legend of Heroes II: Prophecy of the Moonlight Witch was originally released in 1994 for the NEC PC-9801 and is the first title in the Gagharv Trilogy. This is a trilogy of games that focuses on the adventures of three groups of heroes from different regions of the same world across different eras, all working to prevent a disaster from taking place. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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System 3 CEO Says Antstream Misled Him Over Use Of GenAI In James Pond Legacy

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"If they’ve used any generative AI at all, it should have been clear in that statement". The James Pond Legacy saga rumbles on. Not long ago, we revealed that the company behind the game's GenAI-infused trailer (and its core development) was Antstream , and now System 3 boss Mark Cale has told GameSpot that the studio misled him. Cale explains that System 3's initial assertion that no GenAI assets were present in the game was based on assurances from Antstream. "That was the statement that we were given at the time by Antstream,” says Cale. "We weren’t involved in the process. They supplied all of the artwork and they supplied, in the process, the illustration. All of that was given to us." Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Tue, Sep 156

M2 Shmup GG Aleste 3 Is Getting A Sega Mega Drive Fan-Port

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Micro blaster headed to 16-bit big brother. Back in 2020, shmup specialists M2 gathered together the titles from its long-running Aleste series and released them on PlayStation and Nintendo Switch as the succinctly titled Aleste Collection. As a special treat, M2 included a brand-new Aleste title, GG Aleste 3 , coded for Sega's handheld platform Game Gear. While no standalone or physical edition of GG Aleste 3 ever materialised, fans were able to play it directly on Game Gear hardware via the use of a ripped ROM . Back in June, mod squad Morb successfully ported the shmup sequel to the Master System. Now it seems that the holy trinity is set for completion, as Blast Processing Arcade has completed its work bringing GG Aleste 3 to the Mega Drive . Read the full article on timeextension.com

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MicroProse Turns To Fans To Rename Geoff Crammond Racing 4's Grid, Following Steam Reissue's Licensing Woes

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"Reaching the right person at a large company in 2026 is sometimes near impossible". MicroProse's Steam reissue of the racing title Geoff Crammond Racing 4 (originally published as Grand Prix 4 in 2001) has run into licensing issues with some of the brands included in the original game. On account of this, MicroProse is asking fans to help come up with "period-appropriate" names to replace some of the licenses they failed to renegotiate, in a "Community Vote" open until Wednesday, October 14th, 2026. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Scientific Research Concludes Playing Super Mario 64 Literally Expands Your Brain

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Temporal Toad. Scientific papers have resurfaced, summarising an experiment to establish a link between video gaming and the plasticity of the human brain. Conducted in 2014, the results suggest that gaming can actively increase the amount of grey matter found in key areas of the cerebrum. Or, to put it in a more soundbite-friendly fashion: Playing video games grows your brain. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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The Final Design Of The Multisystem 2 Pocket Is Revealed, And It's Good News For Fighting Game Fans

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It will eventually have a dock, too! The team behind the upcoming Multisystem 2 Pocket has revealed what it hopes will be the final design of the FPGA -powered handheld before it goes into full production later this year. Factoring in feedback from the community, the team has tweaked the design over the past few months to come up with what it hopes will strike the perfect balance for retro game fans. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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As Wave Race: Blue Storm Turns 25, An Ex-Nintendo Artist Shares The Challenge Of Designing The Game's Characters

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"I got so frustrated with the whole thing I started looking for other work.". This week marks the 25th anniversary of the Nintendo GameCube's original release in Japan, which also means Wave Race: Blue Storm is turning 25. The third in Nintendo's series of jet-ski racing games (which originated all the way back in 1992 with Nintendo EAD and Pax Softnica's Wave Race for the Nintendo Game Boy), Wave Race: Blue Storm may garner something of a mixed reception online today, but received mostly positive reviews upon its launch in the early 2000s. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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Argonaut Celebrates 44th Birthday With Video Compilation Of Generation-Spanning Games

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Of Crocs & Catwomen. This week sees British developer Argonaut Games celebrating its 44th birthday . For the past four decades, the studio has built one of the most varied and unique portfolios in gaming history, ranging from bedroom-programmed releases and handheld adventures to major film licences and some of Nintendo's biggest franchises. Originally formed in 1982 by then-teenager Jez San , Argonaut Software (as it was known) cut its teeth with 3D space blasters Starglider (1986) and Starglider 2 (1988) for the Atari ST and Amiga platforms. The success of San's 3D coding abilities would see the studio hired for numerous 3D projects, including film licence Days of Thunder (1990) for Mindscape, the Game Boy port of Race Drivin' (1990) for THQ, and further flight sims Birds of Prey (1992) and X (1992) for Electronic Arts and Nintendo, respectively. Read the full article on timeextension.com

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