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ZPF – preview of upcoming Mega Drive shooter

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We've been excited seeing the updates for ZPF, the upcoming Mega Drive shooter from retro publisher Mega Cat Studios. The crowdfunding campaign has already amassed over £110k, is still gaining pre-orders, and has a couple of weeks to go. Fusion has been sent a prototype cart to try out and we'll give our findings in this preview. Of course, this is a sneak preview of the current build and not
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GRAAMASEVA – initial impressions on Steam retro title

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GRAAMASEVA is a new retro-inspired overhead action title from developer VITAMIN A. The game is due to be released soon but a demo is available throughout the Next Fest on the Steam page. We had a quick go and have to say it's a lot of fun. The premise of the game is to continue through the world fighting enemies and avoiding the various traps. During our preview playthrough, we
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flashman gold
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Flashman Gold – Steam preview of retro platformer

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Flashman Gold is a retro-inspired arcade game from Golden Leaf Game Studio, a Netherlands-based studio headed by solo dev Rene Postma, and released to Steam in November 2023. Rene has contacted Fusion and asked us if we could look at his game. The game is available now in a test phase but we've been told some big updates are on the way, including a host of new levels, in the
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Patti Hattu! Cosmic Revolt
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Patti Hattu! Cosmic Revolt – first impressions

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With the release of Super Monkey Ball Banana Rumble imminent, we've caught wind of another ball-rolling title heading to Steam on 17th June 2024. Patti Hattu! Cosmic Revolt, from developer BandanaKid, promises a mix of action, puzzles, racing and platforming across 70 levels. We've been sent a code of the full game that we are trying out in this preview but there is a demo available on the Steam store
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FUSION #56 – on sale now!

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Swinging their way into the latest issue of FUSION Magazine is a large smattering of absolutely gushing reviews, including Clusterduck, Dragon’s Dogma II, Contra: Operation Galuga, and The Night is Grey. For hardware fans, Alan Hammerton reviews the Asus Rog Ally Z1 Extreme handheld console, plus there are book reviews of The Console: 50 Years of Home Video Gaming and N64: A Visual Compendium. Also in this issue, Faith Johnson ponders fantasy
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EDGE #397 – on sale now!

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The June edition of EDGE magazine contains a massive eighteen-page feature on UFO 50, the 50-game collection by the creators of Spelunky. There’s also big hype for Phonopolis, Tails of Iron 2: Whiskers of WinterHyper Light Breaker, Visions of Mana, Wax Heads, and Void Sols. Elsewhere in this issue is a feature on the future (and history) of Atari, a studio profile of Blue Manchu and the making of American
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The History of Nintendo Vol. 4 – preview

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If the name Florent Gorges rings a bell, you'd remember him for being an incredible retro game historian who has written four volumes in The History of Nintendo series. His wonderful tomes celebrate and educate on everything Ninty. His first two books, plotting the history of Nintendo's early years in the industry and Game & Watch, had been translated into English from his native French. We're delighted to announce that
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