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Ah, level hacks. One of the more interesting hacks if you ask me. Sure, more characters are nice, such as the various Streets of Rage 2 hacks we feature from time to time, but those are the same levels. New levels means new challenges, new adventures, and of course, more fun for fans. That is […]
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Taito Arcade Shooter Trilogy Mobile Sale in Action
August 13th, 2018 
Carl Williams Fans of overhead scrolling arcade shooters, rejoice. You can now enjoy one of the best trilogies this genre has to offer – Taito’s Ray series. Rayforce, Raystorm, and Raycrisis are all three on sale right now on Google Play and the iTunes App Store. For way less than you are going to spend to get […]
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DariusBurst Chronicle Saviours Add Two New DLC packs and Playstation 4 Physical Release Announced
September 18th, 2016 Carl Williams Side scrolling shooters were once the cream of the crop. Man, I remember playing Gaiares, Thunder Force III and IV etc on the Sega Genesis and loving it. Back in the day I was pretty good at side scrolling shooters- today not so much. I call it age rot or whatever but I still give […]
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Tags: 8ing, Cave, Chronicle Saviours, Dariusburst, pc, playstation, playstation network, Playstation Vita, PS Vita, PS4, psn, retro, retro gaming, retrogaming, sega, side scrolling shooter, steam, taito, vita, windows 
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Taito Releases Saint Sword onto Sega Genesis – June 27th, 1991 – Today in Video Game History
June 26th, 2016 Carl Williams What do you do when someone else has a really popular title? Why, you copy it as best you can. That is apparently what Taito did in the early 90’s when they released Saint Sword for the Sega Genesis. They followed the idea of Rastan as best they could but as with most copycats, they […]
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Posted in Genesis, News, Sega Tags: action, adventure, Blades of Vengeance, fantasy, genesis, rastan, Saint Sword, taito No Comments »
Bara Baru Brings Bubble Bobble Style Action to Sega Master System
June 10th, 2016 Carl Williams They say imitation is the best form of flattery. That has never been truer than in video games. It is common place for a popular game to spur other companies into making “similar” games. This is true in the independent developer world too. Take Bara Baru on the Sega Master System for example. It is […]
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Posted in News, Sega Tags: acrade, Bara Baru, Bubble Bobble, master system, retro, retro gaming, retrogaming, sega, sms power, taito No Comments »
Target Renegade Sequel to NES Classic Hits – Today in History – March 26th, 1990
March 25th, 2016 Carl Williams Target Renegade was the sequel to the original Renegade game that also appeared on the Nintendo Entertainment System. This is a brawler, similar to Final Fight and Double Dragon. Considering there are only two action buttons there are many required button combinations to successfully navigate all of the moves available to your fighter.
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Bust-a-Move Expands Bubble Bobble Universe on Super Nintendo – Today in History – March 1st, 1995
March 1st, 2016 Carl Williams Puzzle games are a dime a dozen, especially in today’s mobile market. Just like years past, the good ones are the hard to find ones- those are the ones that continue to be enjoyable decades later. Bust-a-Move is one such puzzle game. My first experience with this franchise was the Neo Geo version at a […]
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Posted in News, Nintendo, Super Nintendo Tags: arcade, Bubble Bobble, bust a move, puzzle, Puzzle Bobble, taito 1 Comment »
Mr Do Collection by Collectorvision Could Be Coming for ColecoVision Console
December 31st, 2015 Carl Williams Collectorvision are quite the prolific game developers. They are not only working on at least one game for the Coleco Chameleon console but also possibly other titles. One such title that I have uncovered is a possibly Mr. Do Collection for the ColecoVision console. For fans of the arcade games this is great news as […]
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Posted in Console, News Tags: arcade, AtariAge, colecovision, collectorvision, dig dug, Do, mister, Mr. Do!, taito 4 Comments »
Dariusburst, AKA Sagaia, Released for Android at a Premium Price Point for Mobile
October 27th, 2015 Carl Williams Dariusburst was previously available on Playstation Portable (exclusive to Japan) and now, thanks to Taito, it is available on Android and iPhone. For those of you reading this that have never played a Darius game, aka Sagaia, you are in for a treat if you like a challenge. If not well, um, play something else. […]
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Posted in News, Portables Tags: android, app store, Burst, Darius, Dariusburst, google play, ipad, iphone, playstation, portable, psp, retro, retrogaming, shooter, side scrolling, taito No Comments »
Revenge of the License: Densha de Go! Series
October 4th, 2015 Michael Crisman Here’s a new twist for this column. Instead of looking at a game that takes its inspiration from a comic, film, television show, cartoon, or book, today I’m going to look at a series which licenses its game play from the best source on Earth: real life. In this case, miles and miles of railroad […]
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Posted in Console, News, Nintendo, Portables, Sega, Sony Tags: arcade, densha de go, dreamcast, DS, game boy color, n64, nintendo, playstation, ps1, ps2, ps3, psone, psp, revenge of the license, saturn, sega, sony, taito, wii, wonderswan No Comments »
