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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 …
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Psychic 5 Eternal
Read more about Psychic 5 in our Arcade Cult Classics book! Psychic 5 Eternal is a 2023 remake of the …
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Lacrimosa of Dana (Novel)
Novels based on video games are fairly common in Japan, though rarely released in English. Even more unusually, Lacrimosa of …
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Milon no Hoshizora Shabon: Puzzle Kumikyoku
Hudson’s star faded away after the 1990s, surviving on a steady but reliable diet of Bomberman and Momotarou Densetsu games, …
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DoReMi Fantasy: Milon no Doki Doki Daibouken
After Milon’s initial outing in 1986, the character sulked back into the shadows as Hudson prioritized the adventures (and revenges) …
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Milon’s Secret Castle
Milon’s Secret Castle is an early attempt to blend arcade-like platforming with adventure and puzzle solving, sort of like Super …
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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 …
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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 …
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Taito Milestones 2
The first Taito Milestones compilation was a somewhat baffling collection of titles from the company’s output of the 1980s. Thankfully, …