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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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Guide: Best Resident Evil Games, Ranked By You

Time Extension about 2 months ago

Care to (bio)hazard a guess which is top?With over 154 million copies sold worldwide as of 2023, Resident Evil is Capcom's best-selling video game franchise and has generated a host of spin-off projects, including movies, comics, toys and other related mer …
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Random: Did You Know About This Hilarious FIFA 97 Easter Egg?

Time Extension about 3 months ago

"This reminds me of touring with the Sex Pistols!".For generations of sports fans, the late BBC commentator John Motson represented the voice of English football. So it's fairly unsurprising, then, that when EA Canada and Electronic Arts decided to add com …
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Colin McRae And Sega Rally Fans Take Note: This PS1-Style Racer Looks Amazing

Time Extension about 3 months ago

Easy right, maybe.When you think of amazing rally-based video games, then two franchises arguably spring to mind.SEGA Rally dominated the arcade scene in the early '90s thanks to its cutting-edge visuals and impressive driving engine, while on home console …
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Atari CEO Claims Bubsy Response Was "Greater Than Anticipated"

Time Extension about 3 months ago

"One way or another, we’re going to find a way to move forward with a Bubsy project".Back in October of last year, Atari CEO Wade Rosen made headlines after suggesting in an interview with the gaming YouTube channel MinnMax that the company was willing t …
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Eric Idle Did Discworld II's Memorable "That's Death" Song For Free

Time Extension about 3 months ago

"If you’re happy, you can use it".The late Terry Pratchett's Discworld series turned 40 at the close of 2023, and there's been an increased amount of interest in the comedic fantasy novel series as a result.We recently spoke to Gregg Barnett, the designe …
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Sweet Home, The Movie That Inspired Resident Evil, Just Got Remastered

Time Extension about 3 months ago

Months of hard work went into the process.The 1989 horror movie that inspired Capcom's Resident Evil series has been remastered by fans.Directed the written by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Sweet Home (not to be confused with the Korean webtoon and Netflix series of t …
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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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"Why The F**k Did You Put Music In?" - How FIFA's Love Of Licensed Songs Almost Didn't Happen

Time Extension about 3 months ago

"We were sweating at the time".We recently spoke to the key creatives behind FIFA Road to World Cup 98, one of the most transformative entries in the long-running soccer series.As noted in the piece, this entry was the first in the franchise to use license …
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The Making Of: FIFA Road To World Cup 98, The "Greatest FIFA Of All Time"

Time Extension about 3 months ago

"That’s the best FIFA that’s ever been made and still is".Back when we were putting together our 'Making of' for FIFA International Soccer, we asked several members of the FIFA team to name their favourite FIFA game, and almost unanimously, they answer …
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Interview: "We Need To Take Our Franchise Back" - The Story Of Indiana Jones And The Infernal Machine

Time Extension about 3 months ago

How the Tomb Raider series lit a fire under LucasArts.In the late '90s, Core Design's Tomb Raider Lara Croft had managed to supplant Indiana Jones as the player's adventurer of choice, leaving LucasArts somewhat in the cold.As a result, Hal Barwood, the di …
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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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The Making Of: Suikoden, Yoshitaka Murayama's PS1 RPG Masterwork

Time Extension about 3 months ago

Following the passing of Murayama, we look at one of his most famous games.With the recent passing of Yoshitaka Murayama, the world has been robbed of a creative visionary. Friends and family have lost a loved one; fans of his work have lost an auteur they …
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Guide: Best Gran Turismo Games, Ranked By You

Time Extension about 3 months ago

Real racing.Since it raced onto our PlayStations in 1997, Gran Turismo has arguably set the bar for console-based racing excellence.Showcasing an unprecedented level of realism for a '90s racer, the original Gran Turismo would be followed by a raft of sequ …
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Obscure PS1 Platformer 'Spider' Gets Remastered Soundtrack Release

Time Extension about 3 months ago

Composer Barry Leitch has revisited his 1997 OST.Back in 1997, the original publisher of Grand Theft Auto BMG Interactive released Spider: The Video Game — Boss Game Studios' bizarre PS1 platformer about a scientist who has accidentally had his mind tran …
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Discworld Remasters Could Happen - And We Might Get A New Game, Too

Time Extension about 3 months ago

"No one has come to us with the right ideas".Update : Following our interview with Discworld game designer Gregg Barnett, Terry Pratchett's daughter Rhianna has shed a little more light not only on the chance of seeing remasters but also on the potential f …
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Anniversary: Final Fantasy VIII Is 25 Years Old

Time Extension about 3 months ago

1999's biggest JRPG.Square's Final Fantasy VIII turns 25 today.The game was released on the PlayStation in Japan on February 11th, 1999. It would come to North America in September of the same year before hitting Europe in October.Read the full article on …

Sony PlayStation (PSX) • Nyko Super Cobra

MISTerFPGA about 3 months ago

I am using a ps1 snac adaptor (retrocastle) on a crt with a nyko super cobra gun plugged into the controller port 1 and the video input. Ps1 input settings are set to snac controllers for 1 and 2The gun seems to function fine in the main menu, lights up a …
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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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Discworld Remasters May Happen, According To Series Designer

Time Extension about 3 months ago

"We are a little bit beyond that point".In a recent interview with Time Extension, Gregg Barnett (the designer of the classic Discworld point-and-click adventures from the '90s) revealed that remasters of the games may finally be on the cards after years o …
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Poll: What's The Best Gran Turismo?

Time Extension about 3 months ago

Help us rank PlayStation's premier racing series.Since it raced onto our PlayStations in 1997, Gran Turismo has arguably set the bar for console-based racing excellence.Showcasing an unprecedented level of realism for a '90s racer, the original Gran Turism …

SOLD HD Retrovision cables Genesis and SNES + adapters for PS1 and Saturn SOLD

Neo Geo Forums about 4 months ago

As the title reads. 50 shipped for each or buy both for 100 and I'll throw in the adapters No interest in selling the adapters alone. If you you buy one of the cables and want the adapter, I'll figure out a price. Why am I selling it? I've moved over t …
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Guide: Building The Ultimate Nintendo 64

Time Extension about 4 months ago

Giving your console the 'ultra' treatment.Following the release of the phenomenally successful NES, Game Boy and SNES (we won't mention the Virtual Boy), there were high hopes that Nintendo's 64-bit console would become the platform of choice for the vast …