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Parking Garage Rally Circuit Coming To PC, possibly Switch, possibly even Sega Saturn!

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https://youtu.be/v6XCzzdeQ6Y Parking Garage Rally Circuit is, as the name suggests, an arcade racer in which you drift around parking garages. The game has been designed to look, feel, and sound like a lost Sega Saturn game that could have been released in 1998, which makes it right up our street, or, er, right in our garage. Or something.Parking Garage Rally Circuit has been developed by Tim “Walaber” FitzRandolph, a solo
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Exophobia – retro-inspired FPS heading to consoles and PCs this month

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Exophobia is a new retro-inspired FPS from Zarc Attack heading to PC, Switch, Xbox and PlayStation on the 23rd July 2024. It pays homage to the classic by mixing old-school FPS action with Metroidvania elements with modern twists. It has power-ups and weapons to unlock as you progress and hordes of aliens to blast through. There is currently a PC demo to play on Steam that gives a flavour of
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Cyber Citizen Shockman Zero – Super Famicom game goes global

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Cyber Citizen Shockman Zero is the latest modern release in the almost-forgotten series. This one adds beat 'em-up mechanics to the shooting elements and simpler platforming action. It is also the first time it has seen an English translation as it was a Super Famicom Japanese exclusive up until now. This release means that the entire Cyber Citizen Shockman series is now available on modern consoles with English translations. While
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Sigma Star Saga – GBA action rpg heading to PC and consoles next year

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Retro publisher WayForward has announced that Sigma Star Saga, the 2025 GBA shmup RPG, is heading to PC and modern consoles next year. It will align with the 20th anniversary of the game's release and will be presented through Limited Run Games' Carbon Engine. In its press release, WayForward has mentioned that "this highly requested cult classic" will also be re-released as a GBA-compatible cart. There aren't many more details
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Over Horizon X Steel Empire – shmup trio hits consoles

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We love our shooters here at Fusion and the good folk over at ININ Games has another on the way. Over Horizon X Steel Empire is a collection of three games being released to Switch and PlayStation on 18th July 2024. It includes the 1991 NES classic Over Horizon, developed by HOT-B, which was originally only released in PAL and Japanese territories. The pack also includes two versions of the
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Evercade Hardware and Cartridge Release Dates Slip

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We previously reported on the announcement of the Evercade EXP-R and Evercade VS-R, which are revamped, cheaper models of Evercade’s handheld and home console hardware respectively. Both models were scheduled for release this month, along with two new Evercade cartridges (Tomb Raider Collection 1, and Thalamus Collection 1).However, Blaze Entertainment have now announced that the release dates for the new Evercade models and the aforementioned cartridges have been delayed to
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Sir Fred Sequel to Venture onto the ZX Spectrum

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Sir Fred was originally released on the ZX Spectrum back in 1986. The game was a Spanish platform game, released in the UK by Mikro-Gen.and now, nearly 40 years later, Sir Fred is getting a sequel in the form of ‘Old Fred’.Old Fred has been coded by the Spanish developers Gamesoft, the team who have previously coded the games Turbo Girl (Dinamic, 1988); Comando Quatro (Zigurat, 1989) and Senda Salvaje
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Broken Sword Creator Charles Cecil MBE Awarded Honorary Masters Degree

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Charles Cecil MBE, who co-founded Revolution Software, and whose notable works include Broken Sword, and Beneath a Steel Sky, has been awarded an Honorary Masters degree by Leeds Arts University.Charles Cecil MBE, said: “I am deeply honoured to be receiving this recognition from Leeds Arts University, an institution with such an incredibly rich history, whose alumni have included some of the most extraordinary creative minds of the 20th century. It
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Indie Cup announces 49 finalists for ‘Europe’s best upcoming indie games Awards’

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As you may have gathered, we love our indie games here at Fusion R Gamer, so it’s with interest that we learned that Indie Cup have shortlisted 49 finalists for their “best upcoming indie games awards”.The jury favorite seems to be ODDADA, which is nominated in six different categories at once. It’s a quirky experimental game by a small German team that allows players to create melodies from landscapes, buildings,
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