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Froggo's Adventure Is An Adorable Platformer That Costs Less Than £1

Time Extension about 2 months ago

A ribbeting good time.An adorable new Frog-themed platformer, which can best be described as a mix between Super Mario Bros. 3, Kirby's Adventure, & Yoshi's Island, has just been released on Steam for less than £1.Froggo's Adventure is the latest game …
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Cult JRPG 'Xak: The Art Of Visual Stage' Is Coming To Switch

Time Extension about 2 months ago

Via Project EGG.Micro Cabin's PC-88 RPG Xak: The Art of Visual Stage is coming to the Project EGG range on Nintendo Switch, it has been revealed.The first entry in the Xak series and considered by many to be the game which put Micro Cabin on the map, it la …
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In Super Mario World, Dino-Torch and Dino-Rhino enemies are immune to thrown items, like Koopa…

Supper Mario Broth about 2 months ago

In Super Mario World, Dino-Torch and Dino-Rhino enemies are immune to thrown items, like Koopa shells (shown in the footage in their post-game Mario Mask form) or Grab Blocks. While normally, this cannot be seen in-game due to these enemies not appearing t …
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Anniversary: Super Metroid Is 30

Time Extension about 2 months ago

One half of the 'Metroidvania' puzzle.Super Metroid, considered by some Nintendo fans to be the best game on the SNES, is 30 years old as of today.It launched in Japan on March 19th 1994 and came to North America on April 18th of the same year. Europe had …
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Someone Has Finally Found A Use For The NES Expansion Port

Time Extension about 2 months ago

"Utilise the potential of the commercially unused NES Expansion Port".During the '80s and early '90s, it wasn't unusual for console makers to equip their machines with expansion ports.With an eye on future developments, these ports (in theory) would allow …
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In Super Mario World, an object is considered as being offscreen if the leftmost edge of it is…

Supper Mario Broth about 2 months ago

In Super Mario World, an object is considered as being offscreen if the leftmost edge of it is offscreen, regardless of how much of it is still onscreen. This causes all of the object’s interactions with Mario to be turned off.Most of the time this i …
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Left: original model used to render Mario’s sprites for the SNES version of Super Mario RPG, found…

Supper Mario Broth about 2 months ago

Left: original model used to render Mario’s sprites for the SNES version of Super Mario RPG, found in a 2024 Japanese guide for the Nintendo Switch version of the game. Note that this is the first time this model has ever been shown to the public.Rig …
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Unreleased GBA Port Of Argonaut's I-Ninja Dumped Online

Time Extension about 2 months ago

I-Ninja was originally released for the PS2, Xbox, and GCN in 2003.In the early 2000s, Namco & Argonaut Games — the developer of such beloved titles as Star Fox and Croc — released an action platformer for the PS2, GameCube, Xbox, and Windows calle …

Display Devices • Dell G2723H Gaming Monitor and .ini Settings?

MISTerFPGA about 2 months ago

Hi,So I've recently purchased a Dell G2723H monitor for both my day job and my gaming PC. It's decent monitor for its price and I'm really enjoying the upgrade over my previous cheap Samsung effort.The only problem is I can't get it to work properly with …
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Feature: How Kasumi Ninja's Angus MacGregor Found A New Lease Of Life

Time Extension about 2 months ago

"Angus holds some very fond memories for many".Kasumi Ninja is an ill-fated Atari Jaguar title released in late 1994. Like many fighting games of the time, it tried to grab a slice of the street-brawling pie that was so lucrative in the mid-nineties, thank …
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Feature: Did This Bizarre Nintendo Software Inspire The Mario Paint Series?

Time Extension about 2 months ago

"That’s where Mario Paint came from basically".As you may or may not recall, last year we interviewed the Star Fox programmer Giles Goddard about his career at Nintendo or an article for the site. This saw us asking Goddard all kinds of questions about h …
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The Company Behind An Essential Game Boy Accessory Is Making A SNES Version Next

Time Extension about 2 months ago

Say hello to the SN Operator.We're big fans of the GB Operator here at Time Extension. It's a lightweight means of playing your original Game Boy, Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance games on your PC via an emulator, acting as an interface between your phy …
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In Super Mario World, some Amazing Flyin’ Hammer Bros. throw fewer hammers (left) while some throw…

Supper Mario Broth about 2 months ago

In Super Mario World, some Amazing Flyin’ Hammer Bros. throw fewer hammers (left) while some throw more (right). While it would at first appear to be a simple case of two different objects or two settings for one object that could be placed or activa …
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Fanmade SNES Port Of Punch-Out!! Now Available To Download

Time Extension about 2 months ago

Put 'em up.Update : Infidelity's Punch-Out!! SNES port is now available to download:Original Story : If you've been following the site for a while, you may be aware of our previous coverage of the ROM hacker/porting expert Infidelity, who has made a name f …
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These New Final Fight Figures From 52Toys Look Ridiculously Good

Time Extension about 2 months ago

Just look at 'em!The Chinese toy manufacturer 52Toys has just announced a new collection of officially licensed figures based on Capcom's classic arcade beat 'em up Final Fight (as spotted by ToyArk!).These figures, which will be released as part of the co …
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Rare SNES Game 'Dottie Flowers' Is Now Available To Download For Free

Time Extension about 2 months ago

Was previously limited to 100 physical copies.We recently reported on homebrew developer Goldlocke's efforts to create a new SNES game, a feat which cost him 600 hours and $2,370 USD – only for him to give the game away in small quantities for free."I lo …
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The original Japanese Super Famicom version of Mario’s Super Picross featured a puzzle based on…

Supper Mario Broth about 2 months ago

The original Japanese Super Famicom version of Mario’s Super Picross featured a puzzle based on Edvard Munch’s 1893 painting The Scream. In all subsequent releases (Wii/Wii U/New 3DS Virtual Console and Nintendo Switch Online), this was changed …
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An Unofficial Sega Bass Fishing NES Port Has Been Dumped Online

Time Extension about 2 months ago

King Fishing was distributed on a Famiclone plug & play released in the early 2000s.If you've ever spent any time looking into the world of bootleg games, you've probably come across the name Hummer Team before.The Taiwanese developer was prolific througho …
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32 Years On, Spike Chunsoft's First Game Has Been Translated Into English

Time Extension about 2 months ago

"A special game like this deserves the extra effort".Otogirisou, Chunsoft's Super Famicom 'sound novel', has been translated into English.Chunsoft was established in 1984 but wouldn't release a video game until 1992 when Otogirisou was published. Its found …
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Kickstarter launches for Ambitious Multi-Platform RPG “Breath of Thunder” - includes Dreamcast stretch goal!

The Dreamcast Junkyard about 3 months ago

Update (11/03/2024): Due to online feedback, the creator of this Kickstarter has pulled all the stretch goals for retro systems, including Dreamcast.It must be Dreamcast Kickstarter launch fever recently, as another new Kickstarter campaign was brought to …
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Ghostbusters ROM Hack For Genesis / Mega Drive Gets Another Unmissable Update

Time Extension about 3 months ago

"New characters, colours, modes, cheats, secrets and more!".BillyTime!Games amazing ROM hack of Compile's 1990 Ghostbusters game for the Sega Mega Drive / Genesis has just reached version 2.0, and in the process has introduced a bunch of incredible new cha …
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Upcoming ADV 'Detective Instinct' May Be Getting A SNES Port

Time Extension about 3 months ago

So we spoke to the programmer behind it!Last month, we talked to Joey Lopes, the writer, director, and composer of the upcoming mystery adventure (ADV) game Detective Instinct, who teased us about the possibility of the Steam title potentially getting a po …

Display Devices • Best Settings for NEC XM-29 plus via RGB

MISTerFPGA about 3 months ago

I have a feeling I'm not taking advantage of this great monitor for my Mister FPGA. I have the mister hooked up with a VGA -> RGB cable in the back of the monitor. This monitor can handle many types of resolutions. Currently, it seems like the monitor …
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The Super Nintendo World theme parks use a design for cactus decorations that is almost certainly…

Supper Mario Broth about 3 months ago

The Super Nintendo World theme parks use a design for cactus decorations that is almost certainly taken from a fan work.Top row: the cactus decorations. Note that cacti that look like this have never appeared in a Mario game or any other official Mario pro …
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Super Mario Bros. CD Is A New ROM Hack Inspired By A Console That Doesn't Exist

Time Extension about 3 months ago

Coming 10.10.2025.A trailer recently dropped online for a new Super Mario World ROM hack that aims to imagine what a Super Mario Bros. game might have looked like had it been released on a fictional CD-based version of the NES / Nintendo Famicom.Super Mari …