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Midnight Challenge Is An Awesome Ridge Racer Homage Created In Game Maker Studio

Time Extension about 4 months ago

That's just what I wanted to see!Listen, Bandai Namco isn't interested in Ridge Racer anymore. We know that's a hard fact to take in, but the sooner we all get used to it, the better.Right, now we've gotten that out of the way, we can move on to the topic …
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New Bravoman Patch Addresses Its Notoriously Terrible TurboGrafx-16 Translation

Time Extension about 4 months ago

And also restores its cut developer Easter Eggs.Less than a week after the release of his Tower of Druaga PC Engine hack, Garrett Greenwalt is back with another fan translation — this time for the 1990 PC Engine port of the Namco arcade game Chouzetsu Ri …
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Tower of Druaga For The PC Engine Has Just Got A New Fan Translation

Time Extension about 4 months ago

Play the 1992 remake in English for the first time.The 1992 PC Engine remake of Namco's influential and diabolically challenging 1984 action role-playing game The Tower of Druaga is finally available in English, thanks to fans.The announcement of the patch …
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Cash Cow DX Is Another Promising Arcade Throwback From Donut Dodo Devs

Time Extension about 4 months ago

Cash Cow DX is out on February 16th on PC (via Steam).Donut Dodo is one of the best arcade throwbacks we've played in recent years, so we were over the moon to learn that its developer Pixel Games will be releasing a brand new title named Cash Cow DX on St …
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Saving an Arcade Workshop: The legacy of Automatic Services Limited

The Arcade Blogger about 4 months ago

If you’re a regular reader of the blog, you’ll have read several articles where I’ve been fortunate enough to have the opportunity to go through old collections or stashes of arcade cabinets. This is where arcade collectors get together …
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Namco's Cosmo Gang The Puzzle Is This Week's Arcade Archives Release

Time Extension about 4 months ago

The falling-block game originally launched in arcades back in 1992.Hamster has revealed that this week's Arcade Archives will be Namco's falling-block puzzle game Cosmo Gang The Puzzle. It will be coming to both the Nintendo Switch eShop and PS4 on January …
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Guide: Best Evercade Games, Ranked By You

Time Extension about 4 months ago

Is your favourite cartridge at the top of the list?The Evercade family of systems has been around since 2020, and has successfully reconnected players all over the world with classic titles in physical form.Thanks to its selection of curated cartridges, Ev …
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Vanishing Point: The Dreamcast's Secret Ridge Racer

The Dreamcast Junkyard about 4 months ago

In early January 2001, while most were still nursing hangovers and recovering from eating too many mince pies, Vanishing Point released on both the Dreamcast and PlayStation to little fanfare in what was an already overcrowded genre. As such, it unfor …

Dig Dug - A C64 port of Dig Dug by LC-Games, an arcade game first released by Namco in 1982!

Indie Retro News about 5 months ago

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A British Classic Arcade Photo Tour

The Arcade Blogger about 5 months ago

Searching the web for photos of classic arcades from back in the day, tends to bring up a plethora of American locations. Which is all well and good and pretty informative, but sets of genuine photographs taken in the 80s and 90s that documented the Briti …
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A Return to Arcade Odyssey

The Arcade Blogger about 5 months ago

My recent trip to the USA allowed me some time to check out a few arcades, specifically one of my favourites in Miami, FL. The last time I reviewed Arcade Odyssey, was a good five years ago. You can check that out here. The upshot I concluded back then, w …
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Poll: What's The Best Evercade Game So Far?

Time Extension about 5 months ago

Vote to help build our 'Best Evercade Games' list!The Evercade family of systems has been around since 2020, and has successfully reconnected players all over the world with classic titles in physical form.Thanks to its selection of curated cartridges, Eve …
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PC-88 Action RPG Hydlide Ventures Onto Nintendo Switch On December 21st

Time Extension about 5 months ago

Another PC-88 classic to play over the Christmas period.Yesterday, we reported that the PC-88 shoot 'em-up Silpheed was coming to the Nintendo Switch eShop as part of D4 Enterprises' Console Egg series of reissues, but, as spotted via the Japanese publicat …
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Pole Position II Skids Onto Nintendo Switch & PS4 Later This Week

Time Extension about 6 months ago

Arrives on December 7th.Namco's racing sequel Pole Position II will be coming to the Nintendo Switch eShop & PS4 this week on December 7th, as reported by Famitsu. It joins the original game, which was released across both consoles earlier this year on …
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Guide: Best Ridge Racer Games, Ranked By You

Time Extension about 6 months ago

Riiiiiiiidge racer!When Ridge Racer first burst into arcades on October 30th, 1993, it felt like the dawn of a new generation. Namco's 3D title was comfortably the cutting edge of video game graphics at that point, effortlessly outclassing Sega's Virtua Ra …
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Obscure Namco Shooter Warp & Warp Is This Week's Arcade Archives Release

Time Extension about 6 months ago

Arriving tomorrow!Hamster has revealed that it will be bringing Namco's obscure multi-directional shooter Warp & Warp (otherwise known in North America as Warp Warp) to Nintendo Switch & PS4 on November 22nd (thanks Gosokkyu!).Released in Japanese …

FS: GameCube Bundles, Sega Naomi GDRom, Sega Saturn Satiator, NEW Dreamcast, PS5, Neo Geo & More!

Neo Geo Forums about 6 months ago

Shift in priorities to arcade, so out with a lot to make room. Some real stand outs, today! Will provide more pics upon request but had to keep it streamlined as I can only post 10 at a time. Namco Fight Stick: $25 PS5 game bundle: SOLD ($80) Asso …

Noir Cabinet HD (Namco Noir) For Sale In Illinois (60137)

Arcade Projects about 7 months ago

Here is a Noir Cabinet HD arcade cabinet for sale. It is technically a clone of the Namco Noir but it is an exact replica and of extremely high quality. It's in excellent condition overall. It originally came with a generic multi-game PCB with a Chamma har …
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3D printed Banapassport button panel for Namco Noir

Arcade Projects about 7 months ago

I printed up two of these for someone who changed their mind, so now I'm passing the savings on to you. $10 shipped (US only) for everything pictured. More info: https://www.arcade-projects... …
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Guide: Best Ridge Racer Games - Every Ridge Racer, Ranked

Time Extension about 7 months ago

Ridge Racer turns 30 today.When Ridge Racer first burst into arcades on October 30th, 1993 (that's an incredible 30 years ago today), it felt like the dawn of a new generation. Namco's 3D title was comfortably the cutting edge of video game graphics at tha …

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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Katsuhiro Harada On Tekken Tag Tournament's Teeth And Scoring An Unexpected Hit

Time Extension about 7 months ago

"I said it as a joke at that moment".Tekken Tag Tournament may not be part of the mainline Tekken series, but when the PlayStation 2 launched in 2000, it was one of the most high-profile early releases alongside Namco stablemate Ridge Racer V.The game rece …
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Namco's Burning Force Comes To Switch And PS4 This Week

Time Extension about 7 months ago

1989 Space Harrier rival hits Arcade Archives.Namco's 1989 arcade title Burning Force has been confirmed as the next entry in Hamster's Arcade Archives range.Boasting similar gameplay to Sega's Space Harrier, Burning Force places you in the role of Space F …

Namco 2x6 dongle "repair"

Arcade Projects about 7 months ago

I came across and interesting one today so I figured I would share. I got a Tekken 5 DR disc and dongle from another forum member back in the summer and finally got around to booting it up. I get the dreaded black screen, bummer. I go through the usual rou …