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Today marks the 25th anniversary of the original PlayStation, which originally launched in Japan on 3 December 1994 and changing the landscape of the gaming industry forever. Sony's first console is currently the fifth best-selling gaming console of all-time (including handhelds), with over 102.49 million units sold to date. No other console can...
Man, I remember a time when I enjoyed the heck out of Chrono Trigger on the PS1. Yes, I'm one of those guys late to the SNES JRPG party. But the fact that a 1995 SNES cartridge game ported on a CD anthology -tacked on with loading times, mind you- can still impress me more than all the PS1 FFs and Konami/Capcom JRPGs combined is a testament to the...
This story is still in development... For you Super Smash Bros. Ultimate players out there yearning for a new character to play as, well, SNK mascot Terry Bogard is now a playable character in the game. You can either get him via the Fighters Pass or purchase him individually. Also, SSBU Version 6.0.0 is out and has buffs/nerfs for its cast. So ...
The Internet Archives is not just useful to see your old blogposts, but also to play old-as-heck games back in the 90s. Apparently, Archive.org recently added 2,500 new MS-DOS PC games into its catalogue. You don't need to go through the hassle of installing these games; just head here, click on a game, and it plays via browser Dosbox magic. We do...
If you happen to be in Singapore, you may have heard that its annual video game event GameStart Asia will be happening this weekend on 12 and 13th October at Suntec Convention Centre, which just so happens to feature this year's Southeast Asia Major fighting game tournament. And if you're a Final Fantasy fan who happens to be there, you're in luck...
The Civilization strategy series has been around for three decades or so, and is showing no signs of slowing down. Heck, the latest Civ VI update is somehow shoehorning in battle royale. Developer Firaxis, led by series creator Sid Meier, are so in tune with the past games that they've kept an original development PC running for over a year just t...
We talked about the Neo Geo Arcade Stick a while ago, but we don't know what games are in the machine. Now we do (via IT Media). Here's the full list: The King of Fighters ‘95 The King of Fighters ‘97 The King of Fighters ‘98 The King of Fighters ‘99 The King of Fighters 2000 The King of Fighters 2002 Fatal Fury Spe...
Good news for you Asian RPG fans out there: the first three Dragon Quest games for Famicom/NES/Game Boy Advance will be released for the Nintendo Switch as one nice bundle. To recap, they are: Dragon Quest - $4.99 Dragon Quest II: Luminaries of the Legendary Line - $6.49 Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation - $12.49 Yes, it's already avai...
Missed Mr. Driller's frenetic downward drilling puzzle action and Klonoa's whimsical and inventive 2D platforming adventure? Fret not, because Bandai Namco is going to remaster these games soon. The company has filed trademarks for various new "Encore" titles in Japan recently, specifically for the following titles: Klonoa Encore Mr. Driller En...
Have a hankering for the good old days when brawlers and side-scrolling beat-em-ups had simple-yet-fun non-linear level layouts and a simple RPG progression system? Wished that Technos came back from the dead and made a nicer-looking River City game? Well, we can't have the latter. But that's OK because developer WayForward is doing a great job at...
Remember that Jaleco arcade platformer Ninja JaJaMaru? Not many people do, but it was a fun diversion and one of those odd games you find in the 50-in-1 Micro Genius cartridge collections. Publisher City Connection announced that it will release a Ninja JaJaMaru Collection on 12th December in its Japanese flavour for the Nintendo Switch and PS4. T...
Blizzard has released World of Warcraft Classic onto the adoring public, giving both new and old players an opportunity to return to the good old days when the company could do no wrong. When WoW was the biggest thing on the planet that even made its way to pop culture like in an entire South Park episode or a How I Met Your Mother gag. For some, ...
The House of Mouse plans to re-release two of Virgin Interactive's 2D platformers based on Disney's Aladdin and The Lion King. According to a leaked screenshot of a 2019 GME Conference (via W and GameXplain), the two games will be available in a 2-for-1 bundle for pre-order starting 28th August and will be for the PS4, Xbox One, and Switch. Maybe e...
From the moment that Remedy, makers of Max Payne and Quantum Break, revealed Control at E3 2018 gamers of a certain age were struck by the same thought; "Hey! This looks like Psi-Ops!" [caption id="attachment_29457" align="alignnone" width="960"] "Hey! This looks like Psi-Ops!"[/caption] No, really. Hear me out. Control sees the player... um... ...
As a genre, fighting games have always been home to some of the most iconic and memorable characters in fighting game history. Here’s our pick of the top 20 2D fighting game characters of all time based on their design, moveset, lore, history, popularity, and sheer coolness factor. This is the second half of the two-parter list. If you wa...
Boom! Tetris for Paul. After a gruelling set of semi-finals and grand final matches featuring Classic Tetris on the NES (ie not the one from Tengen), we finally have our Singapore representative for the upcoming Classic Tetris World Championship 2019: Paul Yeo. (image via Class Tetris World Championship FB page) He had to defeat Gerald...
Platform: PC, PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch Genre: 2D Run-And-Gun Shooter Welp, with Konami not giving much f***s about its IPs and repackaging games in retro bundles, it's really up to other developers to show its predecessors how it's done. And that's what the new 2D run-and-gun title Blazing Chrome is about: gunning down hordes of bad guys and...
Monolith Soft artist and developer Yasuyuki Honne, who was one of the many responsible for the first Xenoblade Chronicles, revealed on Twitter that he previously pitched an Earthbound sequel back in 2003 to late Nintendo president Satoru Iwata. With that pitch came a craft-style concept art that fits with the game's contemporary themes. ...
As I've reported earlier, the Langrisser remake is coming to English markets early 2020 for PC, PS4, and Nintendo Switch, which means more strategy RPG goodness for old-school fans. Unfortunately, it comes with a pretty plain remixed art style and none of the perky charm of the original. I am referring to the works of Satoshi Urushihara, a manga a...
Fans of 90s JRPGs and strategy RPGs should remember the Langrisser series from Japan, or Warsong for the Sega Megadrive/Genesis in the rest of the world. It combines turn-based RPG combat with fantasy anime tropes, and it was glorious. Now you can look forward to reliving those glory days with the upcoming Langrisser I and II HD remakes courtesy o...
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