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• This Kickstarter campaign is trying to revive the classic shmup R-Type series

  If you’re a fan of shmup games or sidescrollers, there’s currently a Kickstarter campaign to revive the classic R-Type series with R-Type Final 2.

  2 years ago

• Piano collection of Chris Huelsbeck's video game scores has surpassed Kickstarter goal

  Chris Huelsbeck has composed music for Commodore 64 and Amiga games such as Giana Sisters, Turrican, Star Wars: Rogue Squadron, Apidya, Dr. Who: Legacy, and the intro music to R-Type. His music is so popular, a Kickstarter campaign for these songs called The Piano Collection has already surpassed its funding goal by almost 600%. With […]

  6 years ago

• 3DS: Virtual Console Japan getting R-Type, Street Fighter 2010 & Alien Crush

  3DS owners in Japan have a trio of solid classics coming their way next week, starting with Street Fighter 2010: The Final Fight, otherwise known as the game that stars a cyborg Ken battling aliens and traversing some insane neon environments.

  7 years ago

• Monday Shorts - Farewell PAX edition, socks, David Jaffe swears

  A lot of news came out of this weekend, largely thanks to PAX. Get your fill of soundbites within.

  10 years ago

• Weekly US Nintendo releases - Street Fighter 1, R-Type, Sparkle Snapshots

  It’s that time of the week again! It’s the US Nintendo update!This week on DSiWare, you get Sparkle Snapshots, Viking Invasion and Battle of Giants: Dragons – Bronze Edition, while WiiWare gets Carnival King, Aha! I Got It and Family Card Games.Finally, the Virtual Console gets the Arcade port of the first Street Fighter, as […]

  11 years ago

• Nintendo Wii and DSi releases feature Monkey Island, Strip Poker

  Nintendo has released its weekly bit of Wii and DSi content, and should you have either console, here is what you’ll get.Wii: You, Me & The Cubes (1,000 Wii Points) Tales of Monkey Island Chapter 2 (1000 Wii Points) R-Type (500 Wii Points) Gameloft’s Sexy Poker (500 Wii Points) For DSi there’s Yummy Yummy Cooking […]

  11 years ago