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Our Nostalgic Games: Karate Champ

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Publish Date: 10/11/2018

Our Nostalgic Games ~Retro Gamer Round-table~ #200

Editors passionately discussing games playable on modern hardware that are just as good as they've ever been!

Arcade Archives (PS4) - Karate Champ

An action-game from Data East. With controls that combined the use of two separate joysticks, you can perform all sorts of different karate techniques. Undergo training and fight to win. Original Release Year: 1984 Hardware: Arcade Date of Digital Release: 10/09/2014 Maker: Hamster Continue Reading

Our Nostalgic Games: #200 Special

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Publish Date: 10/11/2018

Our Nostalgic Games ~Retro Gamer Round-table~ #200 Special

For the 200th edition of Our Nostalgic Games, we have some very special guests here to talk about their memories as classic gamers! With us today are unparalleled game-lover MCU, and Fujita, a man well known for his gaming abilities. We've invited these two friends here for nostalgic game talk, in this very special edition. In addition, they also took to competing with one another more than the usual contributors. Continue Reading

How Does Hamster Determine Their Release Dates?

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Publish Date: 09/06/2018

Having begun releasing ACA Neo Geo titles simultaneously on the Nintendo Switch, Hamster hasn't missed a week since. Even though they're ports, how is Hamster's release schedule determined for them to get these titles out in such short periods of time?

Hamster Arcade Archives Series Producer Satoshi Hamada

A big fan of arcade games himself, he carries out his life's work by heading up the Arcade Archives and ACA Neo Geo projects, and also serves as the president of Hamster.

You need to obtain the original boards to re-issue arcade games!?

Hamster has been working hard to re-issue all of these games so far, but I was surprised when you started releasing Nintendo titles for Arcade Archives. What happened in order to make that possible? Continue Reading

SNK 40th Anniversary: Talking to the SNK Creators That Made History

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Publish Date: 08/09/2018

For the final part of this feature, we're bringing you an interview with four of the creators that worked on some of the best known Neo Geo titles. It's loaded with stories of hardships, secrets that can only now be discussed, and plenty of 100 Mega Shock! Naoto Abe (Designer): Mahjong Kyo Retsuden, Burning Fight, Savage Reign Kazuhiro Tanaka (Designer): Metal Slug, Metal Slug 2, Metal Slug 3 Nobuyuki Kuroki (Designer): Fatal Fury series, Art of Fighting series Hideki Asanaka (Sound): Real Bout Fatal Fury, Real Bout Fatal Fury 2: The Newcomers, KOF series

Anything But Metal Slug!

The Neo Geo Mini is finally on sale. So I'd like for all of you to talk about your memories of working on these well known Neo Geo titles as much as you'd like. (Asanaka) I think you're the one who started there the earliest, Abe? (Abe) I guess so. When I look back on it, the development environment there was really bad. (Kuroki) Everyone "burned", right? (Asanaka) I burned. What does that mean? Continue Reading

Neo Geo And Me File 2: Kenichiro Takaki

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Publish Date: 08/09/2018

Executive Officer at Marvelous, President of Honey Parade Games. He develops games across many different genres for Marvelous, such as the Senran Kagura and Half-Minute Hero series.

A Genuine Neo Geo Fan Made Arcades His Home

So Mr. Takaki, I hear that you're the biggest Neo Geo fans in the game industry? (Takaki) I don't know if I'm the biggest or not, but I love the Neo Geo and I collect both the home cartridges and arcade boards. I have about 50 titles at home. Several years ago I was able to fix up my new house with a long held desire of mine: An arcade cabinet at the entrance! That's amazing! (Takaki) It's been my dream to have an arcade cabinet in my house ever since I was a kid going to arcades. Up until now I'd been renting places and didn't have enough space to have one, but I was finally able to make it a reality. Though I'd like to get a change machine now too (Laughs) Continue Reading

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