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The Sequel That Outgrew the Arcade: The Making of The Revenge of Shinobi
The Western box: Joe Musashi, his sword, and the demon on his shoulder. In Japan it was The Super Shinobi. Art: Sega…
Author: June Park
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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Commodore Amiga: a visual Commpendium Kickstarter campaign doubles target in 6 days
Following on from the amazing Commodore 64: a visual Commpendium Kickstarter campaign, Sam Dyer of Bitmap Books is back again with a…
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Zork Spelled Backwards, Crown in 32 Pieces: The Lost Caves of Kroz Brings Apogee’s ASCII Legend to the Intellivision
Begin with a correction, because this game’s family tree attracts one like a magnet. The Kroz games were created by Scott Miller, the founder of Apogee…
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Prop Cycle
Certain games are perennial mainstays of arcades; they just never really go away. There’s the worn down and abused Real Puncher that…
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An Post Celebrates Retro Icons With Special Stamps
Stamps have never really thrilled our inner collector before, if we’re being perfectly honest with you, but these new ones from Ireland’s…
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Einhander
Square isn’t known for stepping outside its comfort zone, so many will be surprised to learn that it made this rather excellent…
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Pumpkin Spice Patrol: The Autumn the Intellivision’s Finest Rover Came Dressed for the Latte Wars
October 2014 may have been the exact moment the pumpkin spice era peaked, and the evidence was everywhere except, perhaps, in an actual pumpkin. Starbucks…
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Combat School
I won’t lie to you, I had concerns when it was announced that Ocean was bringing Konami’s popular arcade game to home…
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Amiga Book Smashes £25,000 Kickstarter Goal
Following the success of Bitmap Books’ Kickstarter campaign for Commodore 64: A Visual Commpendium, which recently released exclusively through Funstock.co.uk, the publisher…
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Terry the Tomato Finally Takes the Leap: The Finished Mega Drive Bill’s Tomato Game the ’90s Never Shipped
Some cancelled games were cancelled because they were bad. Some were cancelled because they were unfinished, over budget or aimed at a market that had…