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Somehow this Japanese cult classic brings intense arcade action to… train driving simulators?
By Kerry Brunskill published
Pasokon Retro Densha de Go! really works. It shouldn't, but it does.
'90s action horror game Undeadline is the quintessential Halloween shmup: Brains, beauty, blood, and a nice thick slice of cheese
By Kerry Brunskill published
Pasokon Retro Ninjas vs ghosts… FIGHT.
The 'reverse' localization of PC classic MechWarrior shows just how far ahead Japanese PC tech was in the early '90s
By Kerry Brunskill published
Pasokon Retro When Western games were localized in Japan, the resulting reimagined ports often had their own unique flair.
The Olympics may be over, but I'm still going for 40-year-old gold in the first licensed Olympic games
By Kerry Brunskill published
Pasokon Retro Konami owes me a new keyboard after all the tapping I've done in 1984's Hyper Sports.
A look back at 8 versions of classic action RPG Hydlide reveals how PC ports can preserve—or lose—the soul of a game
By Kerry Brunskill published
Pasokon Retro What does an "authentic" version of a game look like? Sometimes they have to change to stay the same.
RPG expansions that offer seemingly endless adventures? Sorcerian did that 36 years ago
By Kerry Brunskill published
Pasokon Retro
Graph paper mapping my way through a 37-year-old RPG reminded me how rarely I give games 100% of my attention, and how much more fun I have when I do
By Kerry Brunskill published
Pasokon Retro By making things harder for myself in a classic Japanese dungeon crawler, I'm also making memories I'd never get otherwise.
Early '90s sci-fi adventure Hamlet was innovating on the survival horror genre before it even existed
By Kerry Brunskill published
Pasokon Retro This PC-98 classic presaged Resident Evil by adding action and horror to the dungeon crawler.
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