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Irem's Air Assault And Dream Soccer Now Playable On MiSTer FPGA

Time Extension about 4 days ago

Via a M107 FPGA core.FPGA developer Martin Donlon has just released a new core for MiSTer FPGA, which covers Irem's M107 arcade hardware.The successor to the M92 board, the M107 offers an additional playfield and twice as many colours and sprites, making f …
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Guide: All Analogue Pocket OpenFPGA Cores And Where To Download Them

Time Extension about 24 days ago

Update: Irem M92 core added.The Analogue Pocket is a high-end handheld retro gaming system that uses FPGA technology to replicate the performance of classic gaming platforms on a hardware (rather than software) level, which means it's incredibly accurate. …
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Irem's R-Type Is Coming To Analogue Pocket

Time Extension about 2 months ago

Update: Both the M72 and M92 arcade systems are coming.Update : Not only is Boogermann / Marcus Jordan bringing Irem's M72 arcade hardware to the Analogue Pocket, but he's also porting the M92 core, which plays host to the following titles:Blade Master / C …
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Free Play Florida: 2023 Review

The Arcade Blogger about 2 months ago

I’ll start with an apology – I’m rather ashamed that its taken me this long to post my review of last year’s event! It completely passed me by, and its only the recent announcement of the 2024 dates, that reminded me I didn’t …
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Final Fantasy 7 Took Metal Slug Artist "To The Point Of Death"

Time Extension about 3 months ago

"I got so addicted to that I almost died".Final Fantasy VII is making headlines again thanks to the arrival of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, and former Irem artist Akio has been reminiscing about his time with the game when it originally launched back in 1997 …
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February 2024 SotM -- Dragon Breed

Neo Geo Forums about 4 months ago

Shooter of the Month, February, 2024 Irem's Dragon Breed, 1989 ​ Please post a picture of your high score along with the following information formatted thusly: N-G.com username - Score - Stage - Platform (PCB, Multi, MAME, MiSter, etc.) Please mak …
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Random: Ex-Metal Slug Developer Reveals Team's Digimon Obsession

Time Extension about 4 months ago

It apparently got so bad their boss had to ban them.Back in the '90s, virtual pets were all the rage, with everyone and their grandmother carrying around the keychain-sized critters to ensure they didn't pop their clogs when no one was looking. And it appe …
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We Sat Down With Legendary Irem Developers To Talk Game Design, Pixel Art And Sekaikan

Time Extension about 4 months ago

"Some of my colleagues called me the 'dark lord of perverts'".Irem should be known to every Time Extension reader - we've certainly covered the company enough. Dating back to the 1970s it has an important legacy, most prominent of which is probably R-Type. …
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Feature: We Sat Down With Legendary Irem Devs To Talk Game Design, Pixel Art And Sekaikan

Time Extension about 4 months ago

"Some of my colleagues called me the 'dark lord of perverts'".Irem should be known to every Time Extension reader - we've certainly covered the company enough. Dating back to the 1970s it has an important legacy, most prominent of which is probably R-Type. …
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Review: Irem Arcade 1 - Come For R-Type, Stay For Genuine Coin-Op History

Time Extension about 6 months ago

Six of the best from Irem.Irem is best known today for its genre-defining R-Type series, and this collection for the Evercade includes the game that kicked off that famous lineage. R-Type is comfortably the biggest reason to invest in this pack, but it's j …

Namco System 1 + Darksoft & Irem M72 + Darksoft

Arcade Projects about 7 months ago

Going through some tough financial times so need to sell Irem M72 + Darksoft Multi $950 Namco System 1 + Darksoft Multi $1100 …

Namco System 1 + Darksoft & Irem M72 + Apocalypse

Arcade Projects about 7 months ago

Going through some tough financial times so need to sell Irem M72 + Apocalypse Multi $950 (SOLD) Namco System 1 + Darksoft Multi $1100 …
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Irem Collection 1-5 Bundle (SL) (PS4, PS5, Switch)

Neo Geo Forums about 7 months ago

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Strictly Limited Games Reveals Three New Titles For Irem Collection Vol. 3

Time Extension about 7 months ago

Dragon Breed was teased earlier in the week.Update : Strictly Limited Games has revealed three of the titles included in its upcoming IREM Collection Volume 3 – and yes, Dragon Breed is one of the titles.Mr. HeliRead the full article on timeextension.com …
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Strictly Limited Games Appears To Be Teasing Something Dragon Breed-Related

Time Extension about 7 months ago

This has to be Irem Collection Vol. 3, right?Yesterday (October 9th), the Strictly Limited Games Twitter account put out a tease for an upcoming announcement featuring a silhouette of a dragon and it didn't take long for many of its followers to identify i …

Assistance request: Audio solution for US R-Type M72 from a Nintendo cabinet

Arcade Projects about 7 months ago

Hi. I am attempting to purchase an M72 R-Type PCB set that was originally in a Nintendo arcade cabinet as Nintendo was the distributor for this Irem title per Google researching. I plan to use it at home with a supergun. However, there is an issue relat …
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Ex-Metal Slug Developers Announce Black Finger Jet, A New Run-And-Gun Game

Time Extension about 8 months ago

Update: Alpha versions trailer released.Update : A new trailer has been released for Black Finger Jet, which you can view below.Update : Another former Irem/Nazca/SNK veteran has joined the Black Finger JET team.Read the full article on timeextension.com …

PENDING SALE Minty (Irem M92) Undercover Cops : Alpha Renewal Version

Arcade Projects about 8 months ago

Greetings friends! Time to say goodbye to another amazing piece of arcade history, Im selling my (Irem M92) Undercover Cops : Alpha Renewal ! This was originally a Normal version US board, but I swapped the roms to the Alpha Renewal version. I also have th …

Minty (Irem M92) Undercover Cops : Alpha Renewal Version

Arcade Projects about 8 months ago

Greetings friends! Time to say goodbye to another amazing piece of arcade history, Im selling my (Irem M92) Undercover Cops : Alpha Renewal ! This was originally a Normal version US board, but I swapped the roms to the Alpha Renewal version. I also have th …

FS: Pcb Collection (Cave, Raizing, Toaplan, Psikyo, IREM, Capcom, Konami, ecc..)

Arcade Projects about 8 months ago

Hello, i am selling my Pcb collection, will add new pcbs weekly. Price includes shipping in Europe, PayPal payment ff or bank transfer, you can check my feedbacks on ebay (diospada901). Dragon Blaze Full Kit Japanese 1500 euro Gunbird 2 Full Kit Japanese …
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Irem 'KNA65005-17' reproduction

Arcade Projects about 9 months ago

Another Irem custom IC has been defeated and successfully reproduced. After the 'KNA70H015(11)' and 'KNA70H016(12)' Irem 'KNA70H015(11)' and 'KNA70H016(12)' reproduction I took into account the 'KNA65005-17', a DIP48 part found on M72 and later hardware …

Some good boards :)

Arcade Projects about 9 months ago

Found some more boards to sell to help fund a new project that will be announced in a few days... As always make an offer if price is too high. i will do video of the boards running on request if required. Demons world - Toaplan - £200 == SOLD == Outzone …

Lost in the Arcade: Irem Games

Sega-16 about 9 months ago

Like many coin-op publishers, Irem never brought a sizeable number of its games to home consoles. Shooters, fighters, and hack-'n-slashers rank among the releases that never left arcades. Join us as we take a look at some of the Irem games that we never go …
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Ex-Metal Slug Developers Announce Black Finger Jet, A New Run-And-Gun Game

Time Extension about 9 months ago

Update: Hamachan and Kuichin join the team.Update : Another former Irem/Nazca/SNK veteran has joined the Black Finger JET team.Kuichin worked on Metal Slug 2, Metal Slug X and Metal Slug 3, as well as In the Hunt and Neo Turf Masters.Read the full article …
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Retro Arcadia Weekly Spotlight # 95

Retro Arcadia about 9 months ago

Back again for our regular Sunday roundup of quick-fire reviews and impressions of everything under the spotlight at Retro Arcadia this week, old and new and a bit of both… I’ve been away for holiday part two though, so once again, please excuse the h …