Federico Tiraboschi – Page 5 – Hardcore Gaming 101

February 12, 2017

Prehistoric Isle in 1930

This entry is part 1 of 2 in the series Prehistoric Isle

Long ago, before SNK was known mostly for their fighting games, they dabbled in a variety of genres, including shooters. Prehistoric …

February 8, 2017

In the 80s, Taito produced a lot of popular coin-ops – mostly shoot-em-ups, puzzle and platform games. However, their beat-em-ups …

November 3, 2016

This entry is part 1 of 2 in the series Baraduke

By now, everyone and their mom knows that Samus Aran, the interplanetary bounty hunter from Nintendo’s Metroid series, is a woman. Nintendo …

November 2, 2016

This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series Nippon Safes / Big Red Adventure

Nippon Safes Inc. was a moderate hit all around Europe, but the way it was handled by the distributors meant that …

November 2, 2016

This entry is part 1 of 2 in the series Nippon Safes / Big Red Adventure

At the end of the 80s, an Italian software house named E-Motion signed a contract with British developer Mirrorsoft to …

October 22, 2016

This entry is part 4 of 4 in the series Joe and Mac

Once again Data East makes another spiritual sequel to Tumblepop, this time by mixing it with another of their properties, Joe & …

October 17, 2016

This entry is part 1 of 2 in the series Tumblepop

It’s the near future and Earth has been overrun by monsters, mutants and aliens. The only hope for the planet …

August 23, 2016

In the wide world of video games there are many self-referential entries, that is, games featuring other games, about developing games, …

July 27, 2016

This entry is part 8 of 9 in the series Hebereke

Hebereke’s Pair Pair Wars – Arcade (1996, unreleased) Yet another puzzle game starring Hebe and his friends was supposed to come …

July 9, 2016

This entry is part 7 of 9 in the series Hebereke

Nonograms, also known as Picross, Oekaki Logic, Griddlers and a slew of other names, are a kind of puzzle where …