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Arcade Archives – Hamster Co celebrates ten years of releasing arcade gems

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It just seems like yesterday when Japanese retro publisher Hamster Co. launched Arcade Archives. It was ten years ago though and the company just keep releasing them, one a week for the Switch and PlayStation. While not every game in the long-running series is a must-play, it's commendable to think that the number of lost arcade titles that have got a little bit of the spotlight thanks to Hamster Co.
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Quarter Arcades Qix Bubble Bobble
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Be Qix and get Bubbly with these Two New Quarter Arcades!

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Quarter Arcades offer the perfect solution for fulfilling the dream of owning an arcade cab if you lack the money and/or space for a full-sized original cabinet. We previously reported on the announcement of Quarter Arcades’ release of Elevator Action and Zoo Keeper. And now, the two latest releases in the Quarter Arcades series have been confirmed as two bona fide classics from Taito’s back catalogue, namely Qix and Bubble
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Berzerk And Frenzy Come To Antstream

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Antstream Arcade has bolstered its collection of multi-directional titles with 1980s Berzerk and its 1982 sequel Frenzy. Berzerk is well-known for being one of the first arcade games to use a voice synthesiser and was also a big hit when ported to Atari 2600. Both titles have an online leaderboard to compete on and are available to play on Antstream now. CEO Steve Cottam said. "As we continue our mission
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Golden Axe to become an animated TV series

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SEGA's classic arcade brawler Golden Axe is returning by way of the small screen, with an animated TV series being developed for Comedy Central. The series will be co-created by Mike McMahan, the brains behind the successful (and beloved) series Star Trek: Lower Decks. Golden Axe “follows veteran warriors Ax Battler, Tyris Flare, and Gilius Thunderhead as they once again battle to save Yuria from the evil giant Death Adder
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EMERALDIA – Arcade Archives title announced for this week

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EMERALDIA is the latest title to be released in Hamster Co.'s ever-growing Arcade Archives range. It's a puzzle action game released by NAMCO in 1993. The falling cubes can be crashed by dropping them twice with the same colour and bumping them together. The game has three modes: adventure mode to enjoy the story, normal mode to enjoy the puzzles, and head-to-head play mode. As with all other Arcade Archives
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Toaplan Arcade Shmup Collection 4 is out now!

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Completing the release of all Toaplan shmups, Bitwave Games has released Toaplan Arcade Shoot 'Em Up Collection Vol. 4 on the PC. The new collection includes authentic ports of arcade history’s top titles, updated with modern features and quality-of-life extras, including leaderboards, minimal input lag, and Mirror Mode. Volume 4 includes the titles: Truxton II, Dogyuun, Twin Hawk, and Grind Stormer. You can currently buy each title for £6.69 on
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Quarter Arcades announce next two in growing lineup

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Quarter Arcades, the retro firm behind the range of mini arcade cabinet replicas, has announced the next two instalments of classic arcade titles joining its lineup. Elevator Action and Zoo Keeper are now available for early bird pre-orders priced at £199 each with an expected delivery date of October 2024. The cabinets are sized at one-quarter the original size and made with wood. You can access the dip switch settings
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Arcade Archives Launch Surprise Attack

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https://youtu.be/vvq8sggl1Po It’s probably no surprise that we’re reporting on the latest Arcade Archives release from Hamster Corp, as we like to keep track of the arcade titles that get dusted off for this series of emulated arcade titles. The latest of such arcade titles to be hitting Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 as part of the Arcade Archives series is Surprise Attack, a 1990 side-scrolling platform shooter by Konami.The aim
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Mouser – latest Arcade Archive title released

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Mouser is this week's Arcade Archive release. It was released in Japan in 1983 by UPL and in North America by Cosmos. The action game stars tomcat Nyanta on a journey to rescue his lover Mariya from her mouse captors and has a Donkey Kong feel to the proceedings. It's available on Switch and PS4 in Japan regions now and as with all other Arcade Archive releases will go worldwide
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Tank Battalion – Latest Arcade Archive release out now

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Another week, another Arcade Archive release from the great folks over at Hamster Co. This time we have Tank Battalion, a two-player single-screen game originally released by Namco in 1980. You defend your HQ from the attacker while trying to take their HQ down yourself. You get more points for taking down enemies at close range, head-on, making risky attacks the key to attaining high scores. As with all the
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