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Looks Like Capcom Got The Band Back Together Share Filed to:alph To sign up for our daily newsletter covering the latest news, features and reviews, head HERE. For a running feed of all our stories, follow us on Twitter HERE. Or you can bookmark the Kotaku Australia homepage to visit whenever you need a news fix. Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku’s ongoing hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-arse sounds they make. Today, Capcom forms a band. Yesterday’s Street Fighter V Spr...

WIRED Comfortable to use and well-built. Lots of officially licensed classic game collections to choose from. Works as a controller if you plug into a TV. Affordable. TIRED No multiplayer. Requires extra purchases of cable and cartridges. Great gameplay never dies. Thats precisely what my kids and I learned after the Evercade entered my household.  Its an $80 handheld, retro console that can play a curated selection of emulated games from the likes of Atari, Namco, Data East, and many others,...

Feeling nostalgic? These are our favorite portable game systems that let you play old-school games in the palm of your hand.

Data East Retro Classix Are Still Worth Your Quarters Data East recently released eight of their arcade classics from the ’80s and ’90s on PC under their Retro Classix collection. A full list of the games can be found here, along with a brief description of each one. At Hardcore Gamer we enjoy games from all eras of gaming, and know that not all ports are created equal, so we decided to spend some time with a few of these newly re-released titles and see how well they hold up over time, esp...

Eight Data East Arcade Classics Arrive On PC Ziggurat Interactive has collaborated with 612GAMES to release eight classic Data East arcade games on PC via Steam, The Humble Store and GOG.com. Data East was a force to be reckoned with in the arcades during the ’80s and ’90s, and this new bunch of eight classics is a great time to revisit some of yesterday’s quarter consumers, especially since these titles are currently on sale for 33 percent off. The eight games with a brief description fr...

90’s Flying Power Disc Arcade Game, Windjammers, Headed to iiRcade Share Article Officially licensed from Paon DP Inc., Windjammers coming to the iiRcade Store The game is an addictive arcade sports game that makes a great addition to our lineup. A perfect blend between sports and a fighting game. CHICAGO (PRWEB) February 24, 2021 iiRcade Inc., the ultimate connected arcade machine that allows gamers of all ages to play their fav...

Turrican Flashback Review Turrican! Turrican! Does whatever a Turri-can. Okay, no doubt that line doesn’t play out as well as the original arachnid based one does. But it does give a glimpse into my headspace when I first played this game back in the 1990s on my uncle’s Amiga PC. Turrican, a biomechanical warrior was not only created for battle but built to bioengineer inhospitable planets into living ones. So with his unique nature, powers, and cool silvery robot appearance, Turrican becam...

Anime & Black History Month: A Look At Characters Hey folks. As many of you likely know, February is Black History Month. So I decided to create a column dedicated to anime characters in that vein. Some of them you will no doubt be familiar with. Others will be ones lost to anime fandom history or possibly not really known in the U.S. due to lack of any viable release or TV broadcast. As a black man who’s been collecting anime for a couple of decades, it’s been a lot of fun to see character...

Top Five Marvel Arcade Games:Avengers: Galactic Storm, Spiderman, and More Photo : Screenshot from 90s Arcade Games Official YouTube Channel Marvel has been dubbed as one of the top comic franchises in the world to date. Some characters and stories from the comics already saw adaptations from other types of media, such as movies, TV shows, and video games in particular. Some of those video games are being ranged from the top games on the most up to date consoles today, up to way back until the...

The holiday season is upon us but Father Christmas both giveth and taketh. Fortunately, Persona is in the "giveth" category while gaming retailer GameStop is not fairing nearly as well. ALSO: Tune in for a special Sunday TWIG for the Game Awards!