HG101 Arcade Cult Classics and NES Cult Classics in Latest Storybundle
We’ve got two books in the latest Storybundle, which runs from now until early December. This includes Arcade Cult Classics …
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For a variety of escalating reasons, Twitter has become unusable, so we’ve completed moved over to BlueSky. Please check us …
Ys X: Nordics
Ys X: Nordics takes place very early on in the series timeline, set right after Ys II and before Ys …
Contra Returns
Contra had first made its way to smartphones with a 2011 remake of the first game, dubbed Contra: Evolution. For …
Blazing Chrome
JoyMasher made a name for themselves with games like Oniken and Odallus, both based on 8-bit titles from developers like …
Genji and the Heike Clans, The
Many early 80s Namco titles, like Pac-Man and Dig Dug, were loved the world over thanks to their likable characters …
Contra: Operation Galuga
Read more about the Contra series in our book Contra and Other Konami Classics! Konami has kept the Contra series …
Dragon Warrior’s Forgotten Prophet
The manual of the original Dragon Quest / Warrior mentions a great prophet, called Mutsuheta (ムツヘタ) in Japanese and Mahetta …
The Anime Influence of Side Arms
Side Arms sits in the middle of Capcom’s loose “Flying Guy” trilogy. While not particularly obscure, it’s generally not as …