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Jet Set Radio
Ever since Jet Set Radio was first announced at the Tokyo Game Show in 1999 it was instantly on gamer’s radar. The…
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Fresh Cartridge reporter. Covers launches, remasters and the modern retro scene as it happens. Owns more handhelds than handbags, has opinions about all of them, and filed this bio from a Game Boy she modded herself.
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Pilgrim’s Progress, Bare-Knuckle Style: Scott Pilgrim of Rage 2 Puts Scott and Ramona in Streets of Rage 2
Some games become platforms in their own right. Streets of Rage 2 , Sega’s 1992 Mega Drive masterpiece, is so thoroughly understood by the hacking community…
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ToeJam & Earl: Back In The Groove Hits Kickstarter
It’s been a few weeks since we reported on the impending return of ToeJam & Earl, and now details of the new…
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Grupp Dynamics: The Tales of Grupp Brought Card-Battling RPG Adventure to the ZX Spectrum
Every long-lived computer eventually develops a second life that its manufacturer never planned, and few machines illustrate that better than the ZX…
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Martial Masters
Martial Masters shouldn’t be an obscure game. We should be talking about it alongside Guilty Gear as a classic that rose up…
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Def Jam: Fight For New York
I’m not a huge fan of rappers. I don’t really enjoy their music and their personas (which I appreciate are often exaggerations…
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Sold Out, Reprinted, Gone: Pier Solar, Watermelon’s Three-Year Reprint and the Saga Behind It
In February 2015, this site carried a short, pleased news item: Pier Solar and the Great Architects, the Mega Drive’s modern-day RPG epic, was about to…
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Remembering Steve Bristow
Atari historian, Marty Goldberg recently revealed that legendary designer, Steve Bristow has passed away. He was instrumental to the success of the…
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27,000 Players, One Tiny Pitch: The Making of Sensible World of Soccer
The whole world, on the cover and in the game. Photo: Sensible Software / Renegade / Wikimedia Every football game since has…
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Dr. Mario
This post is written by Jake Parr. Is there a doctor in the house? Dr. Mario made his first debut on the…