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• Post #4445560

  After clearing that Picross page, I ended up playing Eschatos for the rest of the night. Returning to this timeless classic felt so great. Although I haven't put much time into the Switch version yet, as I had the Japanese 360 version and then the PS4 one. Sadly this is the only game Qute trilogy that made it to Switch, at least it's my favourite by far. It's a vertical STG with wave based enemies. Downing a wave will net you a score bonus. It's a very straight forward setup, b...

• Post #4391058

  Little Japanese question again. I've been having a bit of trouble with sentences that use subordinate clauses, mostly because of the structure of these sentences and how they feel very different from the standard sentence structure you learn early on. For whatever reason, this past week they have just started making sense, most likely by getting much more exposure to them and also not trying to translate them in my head, which kinda breaks my brain and the structure falls apart when you do...

• Post #4276355

  Well, this took quite a bit to set up. But since these are my final days of my summer vacation I decided to get it over with and not keep putting it off as it’s too much of a hassle. The wiring mess alone took like sn hour. 😭 Perhaps not final since I couldn’t find my Japanese Mega Drive, so I must have mislabeled it. But I disconnected my PS5 pro and PS3 as well and put them into storage as won’t be playing them anytime soon. And replaced them with a couple better systems, including one t...

• Post #4239102

  Feature titled: The Greatest Game Boy Games Ever Taken from Official Nintendo Magazine 63 - Christmas 2010 (UK) I really need to fire up that Game Boy NSO app now that the weather seems to have taken a turn for the worse. 👀 This issue can be found here: https://www.outofprintarchive.com/catalogue/OfficialNintendoMagazine.html #retroGaming #nintendo #GameBoy

• Post #4206272

  Been gettimg excited abput Nintendo stuff again. If that wasn’t obvious by now. 😅 So when I was going through my magazines to do additional scans for as I’m working on some NMS and ONM issues, I came across this sticker book supplement to issue 63. So I’ll definitely have te scan it and add it to the release.

• Post #4161583

  Review for Mario & Luigi Partners in Time on Nintendo DS. Taken from Nintendo Official Magazine 162 - February 2006 (UK) (part 1/2) I really wish Nintendo bought Alpha Dream when they were in trouble. This team made such wonderful games, it's such a shame we lost them... This magazine can be downloaded here: https://www.outofprintarchive.com/catalogue/nintendoofficialmagazine.html #retroGaming #nintendo #NintendoDS

• Post #4060911

  Feature titled The Rise and Fall of Nintendo. Taken from Cube 32 - June 2004 (UK) Just goes to show that Nintendo has always been doomed, even before the rise of Youtube shit-stirrers and doomers, who leach of the company they hate, by making money off of constantly talking thrash about it and people clicking those awful thumbnails. 🤡 This issue can be downloaded here: https://www.outofprintarchive.com/catalogue/Cube.html #retroGaming #nintendo #GameCube

• Post #4060282

  Final big import package is here. This one is from Tradergames, also from France. Finally got my hands on a copy of Eiyuden Chronicles Rising for a decent price, although they misplaced the cart, so it took a while longer before they could ship everything out. Got two mystery visual novels for the Dreamcast, which should help me with my studies and keep things interesting. Both are actually still shrink-wrapped, which surprised me. Then we got Shutokou Battle or Tokyo Xtreme Racer on PSP by...

• Post #4043748

  She gets a ton of hate, mostly from the gamer gate types, but Alanah consistently nails it and brings insight to the table which hardly anyone else does, at least of what I've seen. The point about people either financing their brand new games by selling the ones they finished, or even being able to play new games thanks to the second hand market are the ones Sony is leaving behind with their new policy. Also the CEO's are laser focussed on engagement numbers, monthly active users and...

• Post #3933579

  Preview for Dragon Quest Heroes Rocket Slime on Nintendo DS. Taken from Official Nintendo Magazine 11 - Christmas 2006 (UK) This issue can be found here: https://www.outofprintarchive.com/catalogue/OfficialNintendoMagazine.html #retroGaming #nintendo #NintendoDS

• Post #3909025

  Feature for 007 The World is Not Enough on Nintendo 64. Including an interview with Tim Rodgers & Bill Beecham at Eurocom. Taken from 64 Magazine 46 - December 2000 (UK) This issue can be found here:https://www.outofprintarchive.com/catalogue/64Magazine.html #retroGaming #Nintendo #N64

• Post #3887976

  A loving tribute to NiGHTS into Dreams. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18kh1M-2Dw8

• Post #3808923

  Just had to rip my filtration pump out of my pond and disassemble it, because the technician they are sending doesn't had the equipment to empty the hole where the water has been flowing since yesterday after his companion broke the pipe connection... So that's my responsibility I guess since I have to drain it and I'm sure as fuck ain't draining 500 liters of water by hand with a bucket in this weather. So I did what any reasonable person would do and ordered a couple Japanese...

• Post #3739365

  4th in a series of talks between Yu Suzuki and Ikebukuro Sarah (Toyohiko Yoshimine), about Virtua Fighter 3 and Goiken Muyou Anarchy in the Nippon as well as game development in general. Taken from Sega Magazine - セガマガジン 1997-03 (Japan) This issue can be downloaded here: https://www.outofprintarchive.com/catalogue/SegaMagazineJapan.html #retroGaming #Sega #SegaSaturn #Arcade

• Post #3666738

  You don’t see me posting articles from Gamespot at all. But I have to fully agree with everything here. https://www.gamespot.com/articles/there-is-no-reason-to-buy-another-playstation-or-xbox/

• Post #3510037

  Ah. Great strategy! I was getting more games on PS5 instead of Switch 2 due to the whole game key debacle. But stopping production of discs entirely? If I have to choose beween digital only on Nintendo, that’s an easy choice to make. I guess the whole Xbox thing collapsing in on itself is making them feel they can do anything and we’ll accept it with a smile on our face. https://blog.playstation.com/2026/07/01/physical-disc-production-ending-in-january-2028-for-new-games-releasing-on-playst...

• Post #3446625

  Just Finished Star Fox. Still just as fun as it was 30 years ago. I did have way too much trouble than I’d like to admit with the final two stages though! And now I’d love to see a Wave Race 64 remake in this fashion even more. 😭

• Post #3098042

  After playing these all evening yesterday, I just had to look for articles to post. Review for Vampire Hunter, or Night Warriors: Darkstalkers' Revenge in the west on Sega Saturn. Taken from Mean Machines Sega 44 - June 1996 (UK) You can find this issue here: https://www.outofprintarchive.com/catalogue/meanmachinessega1.html #retroGaming #Sega #SegaSaturn

• Post #3098041

  Preview for Street Fighter Alpha 2 on Sega Saturn, including an interview with Shinji Mikami. Taken from Official Sega Saturn Magazine 12 - October 1996 (UK) You can find this issue here: https://www.outofprintarchive.com/catalogue/officialsegasaturnmagazine.html #retroGaming #Sega #SegaSaturn

• Post #3098040

  Still need to watch the final half hour of last night’s state of play. No idea what’s the consensus on this one as I’m betond tired of the endless negativity around each and every game presentation, so I can only speak for myself, but wow, this has been incredibly impressive so far. Lots of games I want to put on my wish list.

• Post #3098039

  Starting to realise more and more just how much Kanji actually helps me with remembering new words instead of just trying to remember them with repetition, be that in audio or flashcard form. Especially with a site such as jpdb.io Came across the word 字幕 (jimaku/subtitles) this weekend. remembering it it's all that difficult, but when looking at the kanji and seeing it as letter+curtain makes so much sense and incredibly easy to remember as well as read more words that incorporate the...

• Post #3098038

  continued tonight with more classic Capcom goodness on the Saturn. I have to be careful or I keep playing way too long, just like last night and I would definitely suffer for that tomorrow as I've been incredibly tired all day today. Went with one of my favourites: X-Men vs Street Fighter. Absolutely love this one and I forgot that the roster is still relatively small. We're really been spoiled over the years... Melted Apocalypse and then moved on to Marvel Super Heroes vs Stree...

• Post #3098037

  Oh. Looks like I’m getting a Sega Saturn delivery today. 😊

• Post #2493132

  Not been having the greatest time as of late with way too much stress going on and I need to be careful as to not let it spiral out of control again, so I've been distracting myself with something that has always been my happy place since 1997: Sega Saturn. Went digging through my boxes for these as I never thought I'd scan them, since "how many people besides me care about Japanese magazines, and Saturn ones at that?". But you know what? Screw it. I'm...

• Post #2423903

  Preview for Star Fox Command on Nintendo DS from Official Dreamcast Magazine 8 - June 2000 (UK) This issue can be found here: https://www.outofprintarchive.com/catalogue/OfficialNintendoMagazine.html #retroGaming #Nintendo #NintendoDS

• Post #2347377

  About 14 hours into Gundam Breaker and I got my first purple drop. And it’s a pair of Zaku II arms. 😂 Back to using Zaku parts I guess. Just look at that stat boost. Might have to switch up weapons though as my big sword approach might be getting a little slow.

• Post #2281857

  Preview for Soukyugurentai by Raizing in the Arcade. Taken from Sega Magazine - セガマガジン 1996-11 (Japan) You can download this one from its brand new section, here: https://www.outofprintarchive.com/catalogue/SegaMagazineJapan.html #retroGaming #Arcade #STG

• Post #2235066

  Here we go! The very first issue of the Japanese Sega Magazine - セガマガジン 1996-11 (Japan), has just been released. You can download this one from its brand new section, here: https://www.outofprintarchive.com/catalogue/SegaMagazineJapan.html Enjoy! 😽 #retroGaming #Sega #SegaSaturn #Arcade

• Post #1630949

  Feature for The Legend of Zelda: 4 Swords+ on GameCube. Taken from Cube 30 - April 2004 (UK) You can download this issue here: https://www.outofprintarchive.com/catalogue/Cube.html #retroGaming #nintendo #GameCube

• Post #1607770

  I'm not sure if this is an "underrated" Akira Kurosawa film or whatever, but ever since I watched this one like 15 years ago, I have barely seen anyone talk about this one. I'm talking about Red Beard, or Akahige. Ever since I first watched it, it has stuck with me and I've been asking for a Blu ray release for well over a decade now. Well, in a couple of weeks the British Film Institute will finally be releasing it on Blu ray. 😊 I can't even...