Tag: Arcade Archives

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STAR LUSTER – this week’s Arcade Archives release announced

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This week's Arcade Archive release is Star Luster, Namco's 1985 space combat sim. As with all the games in this collection from Hamster Co., this is out now on the Japanese PlayStation and Switch stores and includes an online leaderboard as well as some modern quality-of-life settings. The game uses a first-person view from the cockpit of your ship as you travel through space taking out enemies and bases as
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Rug Rats Infest Arcade Archives

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The latest Arcade Archives title to be released for Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 has been confirmed as Rug Rats.Despite the title, the game has nothing to do with Tommy Pickles and his crew of animated infant chums, though they do also have a new game in the works, on which we’ve previously reported.No, this Rug Rats is a 1982 arcade game originally released by Nichibutsu.And like many games released
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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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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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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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Next Arcade Archives Title Revealed

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It’s only days since we reported on the latest Arcade Archives title, War of Aero, but Hamster Corp have already revealed which title will be next in the range, and they’ve unearthed yet another lesser-known title for their series of emulated arcade classics: Volfied.Volfied was originally released into arcades by Taito back in 1989, and the game is a sci-fi spin on Taito’s timeless classic Qix.In addition to the arcade
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War of Aero – latest Arcade Archives title announced

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The prolific nature of Hamster Co.'s Arcade Archives series continues with this week's release being War of Aero. It's a shmup originally released in 1993 by Allumer and is heading to PlayStation 4 and Switch on the 29th of February 2024 priced at $7.99. It has some interesting features in the two-player mode as ships can combine to create a devastating attack. As with all releases in the Arcade Archives
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MASTER OF WEAPON – latest Arcade Archive release announced

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Master of Weapon is a 1989 arcade shmup released by TAITO and ported to the Mega Drive shortly after. It's the latest release in the longstanding Aracde Archive series from Hamster Co. It's available now for PlayStation 4 and Switch. It takes place on an Earth ravaged by a seven-day nuclear war. The supercomputer ‘N’, designed to lead the survivors to salvation, has run amok and the young protagonist, Yukiwo,
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COSMO GANG THE PUZZLE – more Arcade Archive goodness

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It wouldn't feel right if we didn't have an Arcade Archive release every week and this time those wonderful folk over at Hamster Co. have cooked up a cosmic puzzler in the shape of Cosmo Gang the Puzzle. It's available on Switch and PS4 now. Released by Namco (Bandai Namco Entertainment) in 1992. Make sure to line up the cosmos and containers that fall from above to eliminate them. Containers
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