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New HG101 Retro Game Postcards – Rusty and Blue Stinger by Rusty Shackles

We’ve added two more retro game artwork postcards for our Patreon postcard series, both by Rusty Shackles! We’ve got Blue

Psychic 5 Eternal

This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series Psychic 5 / Esper Boukentai

Read more about Psychic 5 in our Arcade Cult Classics book! Psychic 5 Eternal is a 2023 remake of the

Lacrimosa of Dana (Novel)

This entry is part 11 of 16 in the series Ys

Novels based on video games are fairly common in Japan, though rarely released in English. Even more unusually, Lacrimosa of

Milon no Hoshizora Shabon: Puzzle Kumikyoku

This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series Milon

Hudson’s star faded away after the 1990s, surviving on a steady but reliable diet of Bomberman and Momotarou Densetsu games,

DoReMi Fantasy: Milon no Doki Doki Daibouken

This entry is part 2 of 3 in the series Milon

After Milon’s initial outing in 1986, the character sulked back into the shadows as Hudson prioritized the adventures (and revenges)

Milon’s Secret Castle

This entry is part 1 of 3 in the series Milon

Milon’s Secret Castle is an early attempt to blend arcade-like platforming with adventure and puzzle solving, sort of like Super

Video Game References in Manga

Manga, anime, and video games are intrinsically tried as Japanese pop culture, so it makes sense that they’d often cross

Legend of Nayuta, The: Boundless Trails

Though Japanese developer Nihon Falcom was long known by RPG fans for their work on Ys, Sorcerian and many popular RPGs, the

Wibarm

Wibarm is the lovechild of Game Arts’ Thexder and Falcom’s Xanadu, two of the most popular games in the mid-1980s

Taito Milestones 2

The first Taito Milestones compilation was a somewhat baffling collection of titles from the company’s output of the 1980s. Thankfully,

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