Ever since games have been sold from one country to another, there have always been changes made during the journey. The scope and reasoning behind adjustments to current games are being put under the microscope, however, it’s important to remember that localisation isn’t a one way street. It can be easy to think that Japan gets to play everything unaltered, but as games make their way to Japan from the West they often changed to be made more appealing, more marketable or sometimes simply more acceptable.
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1995 was a great time for the Super Nintendo, but it was also a strange time for the Super Nintendo. It was the year that the 16-bit juggernaut would see many of its most memorable releases: Chrono Trigger, Terranigma, Earthbound, Diddy’s Kong Quest, to name a few. But apart from the sequel to Donkey Kong Country, a lot of the excellent games that came out at this point in time were not worldwide releases. Some regions had to wait much much MUCH longer for 1995’s line-up to come out, while some regions never even saw these games officially. But there are two particular releases that stood out the most to me –Seiken Densetsu 3, and Secret of Evermore.
If you prefer to get your retro gaming fix via the vintage computers on offer then look no further. Tynemouth Software have teamed up with leading classic hardware manufacturer TheFutureWas8Bit to release an all-in-one game cartridge for the Commodore VIC-20.
Last Night SEGA hosted a 25th anniversary event for their flagship character at San Diego Comic Con where they showcased not one, but two brand new Sonic The Hedgehog games. Fans of the series who have been let down in recent years will no doubt be left with their jaws wide open after this news, as the newly announced Sonic Mania is going back to its two dimensional roots through what can only be described as a remix blending re-imagined classic stages with new zones and gameplay twists.
Whilst many of us thought Nintendo’s plan for retro gamers ended with the VIrtual Console, today’s announcement from the Japanese gaming juggernaut turned countless heads after appearing completely out of the blue. Believe it or not but the Nintendo NES hardware is set to make a prominent comeback this Christmas in miniature form, with pre-loaded games and compatibility with modern TVs.
Although there seems to be little mention of BT’s involvement with Nintendo in the mid-nineties, it would appear the tele-communications company was trialling a United Kingdom equivalent of Japan’s Satellaview service. Despite little record of BT’s testing, one retro gamer has uncovered the Super Nintendo cartridge which would have served a digital-download based service for the 16-bit system and is looking for answers.
It wasn’t long after the Dreamcast’s arrival that we began to see unauthorised methods towards booting game backups with ease. Despite this quick turnaround, Sega’s prior console, the Saturn, still remained uncracked and has done up until now. Two decades after the Saturn’s debut the underloved 32-bit powerhouse has finally been broken into, with plenty of promising developments for homebrew and preservationists.
The arrival of both the