"The Most Miserable Person I Have Ever Worked With" - This Former Sega Exec Has A Dim View Of Yuji Naka
"He just was so malignant in trying to rewrite history".Former Sega of America Vice President of Entertainment Marketing Mike Fischer has given a new interview to Sega-16, and one of the topics that comes up often is Yuji Naka.Fischer doesn't have a lot of particularly pleasant stuff to say about…
Sacré Bleu! Atari Is No Longer A French Company
Shareholders vote for 're-domiciliation' from France to Luxembourg.Atari Group CEO Wade Rosen and original founder Nolan BushnellAtari's shareholders have approved to redomicile the company from France to Luxembourg.Read the full article on timeextension.com
"Over 300 Illustrations Drawn By Hand" - Vanillaware Vet's 'Veritas Tales' Is A Lavish Fantasy Book You Play
"No generative AI was used at any stage".A Vanillaware veteran is about to release a new game on Steam featuring over 300 hand-drawn illustrations created over the course of six years (thanks, @STGshmups).Yoshio Nishimura has enjoyed a 30-year career as a background artist, with credits such as…
Feature: It's Tough Out There, So Check Out These Amazing Websites
...and YouTube channels, and podcasts, and physical magazines...I'm sure it hasn't escaped your attention that the internet is in a pretty grim spot at present.Media sites are either getting gobbled up by massive conglomerates or closed down (or both), GenAI is filling the web with clanker-made…
"It's Been A Labour Of Love" - 81-Year-Old Developer Colin Porch On The 'Head Over Heels' Sequel That Took 37 Years To Arrive
"It's my wits against the person who's going to be playing it".We've recently witnessed the arrival of the excellent Head Over Heels sequel Return to Blacktooth, a title which has taken its developer, Colin Porch, 37 years to complete.Porch has been speaking to British television network ITV about…
"The GBA Is So Back" - Gradius Advance Gets A Comprehensive Fan-Made Upgrade
"I truly believe this game has now secured its spot as a Gradius classic".The Gradius series certainly isn't short of must-play entries, but 2001's Gradius Advance isn't a title you'd automatically recommend to newcomers interested in exploring the franchise for the first time.Developed by…
Thanks To AI, The Steam Deck Now Costs As Much As $300 More
Abundance for all!Thanks to the increased demand for memory driven by the seemingly insatiable hunger for AI-focused data centres, we've seen a series of hardware price hikes in the gaming industry – and Valve is the latest company to raise the cost of its products.The Steam Deck handheld has…
Lenovo Wants To Find Out Why Its G02 Emulation Handheld Comes Loaded With Nintendo, Sony And Sega Games
Update: Says ROMs were added "without Lenovo’s knowledge or approval".A short while ago, eyebrows were raised when an $63 emulation handheld pre-loaded with ROMs appeared on AliExpress bearing Lenovo branding.The Hong Kong-based Lenovo is best known today as one of the world's largest personal…
Celebrate World Cup 2026 With The '90s Classic Soccer Kid
Arrives next month for PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Switch, Xbox One, and PC.Krisalis Software's Soccer Kid is making a comeback on modern-day formats to celebrate the upcoming World Cup (thanks, VGC).Created by Dean Lester, Soccer Kid first launched on the Commodore Amiga and used the same game…
"You Don't Need To Commit Piracy" - It's Now Possible To Dump N64 Carts Using Your Flash Cart
"Dump saves, ROM, or both".Modder mntorankusu has created a software tool which allows you to dump the content of N64 carts using nothing but a flash cart.N64 SwapDumper is "inspired by and based on sharksaver64 by @Jhynjhiruu, @ppcasm and @Modman" and allows you to dump saves, ROM data, or…
Namco's Ace Driver Joins The Arcade Archive Range On Switch, PlayStation And Xbox
Geki-Oh ShienRyu is joining Console Archives, too.Hamster has announced that Namco's 1994 3D racing game Ace Driver is joining the Arcade Archives range.Powered by Namco's System 22 arcade hardware, the game was designed by Tatsuro Okamoto and Pole Position's Shinichiro Okamoto.Read the full…
"They Had No Idea What They Were Doing" - Amico Teardown Sheds Light On Doomed Intellivision Console
"They had to know this thing was a dead duck back in early 2020".The Intellivision Amico feels like a distant memory now, but there's still plenty of interest in picking through the wreckage of Tommy Tallarico's ill-fated home console.Electrical engineering legend and long-time Analogue…
Review: Princess Crown (Sega Saturn) - George Kamitani's Directorial Debut Remains A Masterpiece
A proper jewel.If you're old enough to recall the battle between the PS1, N64 and Saturn at the close of the 1990s, then you'll no doubt be aware that by 1997, Sega had effectively thrown in the towel in the West. Sony's 32-bit console was dominant in pretty much every market, but in Japan, Saturn…
Sega Saturn 'Samurai Spirits RPG' Has Been Hiding Content From The PS1 Version All This Time
This new hack unlocks the content.Shinsetsu Samurai Spirits Bushidou Retsuden, also known as Samurai Spirits RPG, launched in 1997 on the Neo Geo CD, Sega Saturn, and Sony PlayStation, and is one of the rare times the series deviated from the one-on-one fighting game template.It was a unique…
Review: Anbernic RG Rotate - The Most Charming Handheld I've Seen In Years
Unique in a market that desperately needs it.For the past several years, there has been shockingly little innovation in the gaming handheld space. Most products adopt the same candy bar design, with a few outliers chasing nostalgic designs like the Game Boy Advance SP, Nintendo 3DS, or even PS…
20 Years Later, The English Translation For 'Real Robots Final Attack' Is Complete
"I have files dating back to 2006 for this one".Translation group Aeon Genesis has released an English patch for the 1998 PS1 title Real Robots Final Attack, 20 years after the project began.Developed by Banpresto and part of the Super Robot Wars series, which pulls together famous mecha from…
Game Boy Emulator 'CrankBoy' Is Now Available Via Playdate Catalog
Update: Comes with four homebrew ROMs.When I reviewed the Playdate in 2019, I said it felt like a successor to the Game Boy; its monochrome screen and humble power reminded me of how Nintendo's handheld took the market by storm in 1989 despite not offering cutting-edge technology.Things have now…
A Handheld MiSTer Is Coming, But This Darius-Playing Widescreen Prototype Isn't It
MiSTer FPGA Multisystem 2 Pocket is in development.The team behind the MiSTer FPGA Multisystem 2 has revealed that it is currently working on a portable version of the system.The new device promises "all the fun of MiSTer - in your pocket" and is currently deep in development as the team explore…
You Can Now Legally Rip Your Wii, GameCube And Xbox Discs Using A Blu-Ray Drive
All thanks to OmniDrive.A new tool has been released which allows you to legally rip optical media for a wide range of classic consoles using your PC's Blu-Ray drive.OnmiDrive is a firmware modification for MediaTek MT1959-based optical disc drives manufactured by Hitachi-LG Data Storage, allowing…
You Can Now Legally Rip Your Wii, GameCube, Wii And Xbox Discs Using A Blu-Ray Drive
All thanks to OmniDrive.A new tool has been released which allows you to legally rip optical media for a wide range of classic consoles using your PC's Blu-Ray drive.OnmiDrive is a firmware modification for MediaTek MT1959-based optical disc drives manufactured by Hitachi-LG Data Storage, allowing…