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PS1 Exclusive Crash Bandicoot Gets Ported To Sega Saturn

Time Extension about 20 days ago

"Bringing Crash Bandicoot to Sega's 32-bit console is quite a challenge".Modder and homebrew developer Frogbull has ported PS1-exclusive Crash Bandicoot to the Sega Saturn.If the name seems familiar, it's because Frogbull has previously ported Metal Gear S …
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PS5 Survival Horror 'Crow Country' Is Giving Us Serious Final Fantasy VII Vibes

Time Extension about 2 months ago

Update: A release date has now been announced.Update : SFB Games has announced the release date for its upcoming PS1-style survival horror game Crow Country. As reported by Eurogamer, it will be released across both PS5 & Steam on May 9th.You can watch …
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Star Wars: Dream of the Rebellion - Rogue Squadron Inspired Prototype Playable on Dreamcast!

The Dreamcast Junkyard about 2 months ago

As casual Star Wars fans tie themselves in knots with questions such as "who shot first? Han Solo or Greedo?", homebrew developer Frogbull is asking the real questions. There were three Star Wars games on the Sega Dreamcast; Jedi Power Battles, Demoli …
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Ex-Sega Staffer Confirms "Secret" Dragon Quest Demo For Saturn

Time Extension about 2 months ago

"It was said to be a top secret within the company".There's a line of thought that suggests RPGs were a key part of Sony's success with the PS1, and that's certainly true when you think of the Japanese market.The fact that Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest we …
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Square Had Huge Plans For The N64 Before It Fell Out With Nintendo

Time Extension about 2 months ago

The company was ready to invest ¥350 Million into Nintendo's new console.As many will no doubt know already, prior to the release of Final Fantasy VII on the PlayStation 1 in 1997, Square was initially planning to develop the game for the Nintendo 64, eve …
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This Video Game Magazine Trolled A Final Fantasy VIII Hater For Two Years

Time Extension about 3 months ago

"I know you will probably put it up again just to tick me off".Final Fantasy VIII had a tough act to follow. Final Fantasy VII had turned the series into a global megahit, making JRPGs mainstream all over the world in the process. Its sequel would need to …
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Final Fantasy Boss On Why He Stayed At Square After Hironobu Sakaguchi's Departure

Time Extension about 3 months ago

"It was a very sombre time for me".Yoshinori Kitase has worked on some of the most famous JRPGs ever made, including Final Fantasy VI, Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VIII and Final Fantasy X, and is currently head of Square Enix's Creativ …
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The Making Of: Suikoden II, A JRPG To Match 'Game Of Thrones' In Intrigue And Impact

Time Extension about 3 months ago

"I did not intend to force my own personal views on players".This piece follows on from our feature on the making of Suikoden, which you can read here.Spoiler Warning: We've tried as best as possible to avoid Suikoden spoilers (there is one), but we defini …
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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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Homebrew Dev Gets Final Fantasy VII Running On Sega Saturn

Time Extension about 5 months ago

It's a Christmas miracle!A while back, modder Frogbull got Konami's Metal Gear Solid running on the Sega Saturn – a technical trick which got a lot of Sega fans dreaming of what could have been, had Sega's 32-bit system been a little more popular.Now, Fr …
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Demo Of "Lost" Final Fantasy VII: Dirge Of Cerberus Mobile Game Has Been Preserved

Time Extension about 6 months ago

The demo came preloaded on all P903i devices.A lost piece of Final Fantasy VII history has just been preserved, thanks to a group of researchers of Japanese feature phones.As reported on Twitter by RockmanCosmo, the demo of Dirge of Cerberus: Lost Episode, …
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PS5 Survival Horror 'Crow Country' Is Giving Us Serious Final Fantasy VII Vibes

Time Extension about 7 months ago

"Environments that evoke pre-rendered art".SFB Games (Snipperclips) has just released a demo for its new survival horror title on PS5 and Steam which will appeal to those of you who love the old low-poly look of '90s PlayStation 1 titles.According to creat …
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All PSP Special Editions Ever Released

Retro Dodo about 8 months ago

With the recent announcement of Sony’s latest “handheld”, the Playstation Portal, many are left reminiscing of the days of the glorious PSP. It got us thinking about all of the PSP special editions on offer, and it just so happens that we’ …
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Guide: Best PS1 RPGs Of All Time

Time Extension about 9 months ago

There's more than just Final Fantasy VII, you know.If the NES and SNES laid the foundations of the JRPG on home consoles, then the PlayStation is arguably the machine that took the genre to the next level.With the mighty Final Fantasy VII landing on Sony's …
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On the Retro Radar for September 2023

Retro Arcadia about 9 months ago

Time for our regular roundup of the mostly (but not strictly) retro-interest games releases on the way for the coming month, with trailers for everything and maybe a few snippets of fascinating information too! All sorts of stuff going on this month, incl …
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Where To Buy A PS1 In 2023

Retro Dodo about 9 months ago

If you’re having a good old think about where to buy a PS1 for some good old nostalgic gaming in a world of PS5s and Xbox Series X-Men Thingamibob-wotsits, then we’ve got you covered! We’re talking controllers on wires, dust covered d …
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UltraRacer PS1 Controller Reviewed… 24 Years Later

Retro Dodo about 9 months ago

If you’re looking to play Crash Team Racing and Gran Turismo while making things a little more challenging for yourself, then check out the UltraRacer PS1 Controller and experience true mayhem! If there’s one thing you should know about me, …
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6 Best PSP JRPG Games of All Time

Retro Dodo about 9 months ago

When the PSP launched, it was a pretty revolutionary bit of kit, bringing some serious graphical advantages over its main competitor at the time – the Nintendo DS. Because of this developers around the globe put out a plethora of titles on the sy …
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Final Fantasy Composer Nobuo Uematsu Is Attending Retromessa 2023

Time Extension about 11 months ago

Along with his band.Nobuo Uematsu – the man behind some of the most iconic video game music of all time – is going to be attending Retromessa 2023, it has been confirmed.Uematsu joined Square in 1986 and worked with Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakag …
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Top 10 Most Overrated PS1 Games of All Time

Infinity Retro about 1 year ago

Today we’re talking about overrated PS1 games. Any console with a library as big as the original PlayStation is bound to have some titles that the critics, and fans alike, got wrong. Okay I’ll be the first to admit that statement came off a bit …

The Complete Story and Review of Final Fantasy VII | Kim Justice

Kim Justice about 1 year ago

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