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Reviews Sega

Blast Arena – Master System indie review

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Blast Arena is a new Master System shooter from pixel artist and solo developer HelpComputer0. It was released in December 2023 and made on devkitSMS. In Blast Arena you play in a single-screen arena with the task to clear each level by destroying all the asteroids, enemies, and obstacles. Each wave gets tougher as you progress and different enemies with more powerful abilities start to spawn. Some of the enemies
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News Nintendo Nintendo 64

Five Nights at Freddy’s 64: A Homebrew N64 FNAF Port

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It’s fair to say that the horror game Five Nights at Freddy’s has grown into something of a phenomenon, with a big-screen adaptation recently released, though its 15 certificate in the UK has caused some consternation, due to it preventing a large chunk of the game’s predominantly young fanbase from seeing the film at the cinema.However, thanks to Rosie Sapphire’s Five Nights at Freddy’s 64 port, N64-owning fans of the
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Gameboy Indie Nintendo

A Cat & His Boy – Stroke that Game Boy until it’s purring

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A Cat & His Boy, a homebrew Game Boy title developed by Howdy Riceball, started life as a 72-hour game jam entry before being further developed. Howdy Riceball has gifted the Fusion team a copy of the game and considering Retro Faith loves cats, we should take a quick look. The story concerns a young boy named Leif. He's having a hard time and has been struggling since his parent's
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Gameboy Indie News Nintendo

Acclaimed indie title Tunic has been re-envisaged in a new Game Boy demake

Retro Faith1
Tunic is one of last year's best games and it has now been demade for the Game Boy Color and Analogue Pocket by developer MintFerret. In this unofficial port you play as a young fox trying to uncover the truth on a wonderful adventure. It even has the same manual mechanic from its big brother by allowing you to uncover pages as you explore. The same combat system is included
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New NES cart, SkateCat, up for pre-order

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SkateCat, the latest NES indie title from developer SJ Games, is now up for pre-order. The carts will be limited, so those interested need to get in quickly. The NESmaker developed title is a traditional platformer spread across five levels and includes boss battles in different universes to explore. You can try a demo of the first stage of SkateCat by downloading an emulator ROM from the itch.io page. SJ
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Indie News Sega

Yuzo Koshiro unveils new Mega Drive shooter

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Sega legend Yuzo Koshiro has announced on his Twitter account a new Mega Drive shooter that is currently in development. He has confirmed he has been producing the music for it and may be involved as a designer as well. In the tweet that contained the unveiling, Koshiro also mentions that it will be a bullet hell shooter. He shows two screens snapped of the game running on a CRT
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Arcade Commodore Commodore Amiga Indie Sega

Sega’s Wonderboy heading to Amiga

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Sega's 80s arcade hit Wonderboy has been ported to the Amiga thanks to the clever work of homebrew developer Acidbottle. The conversion is nearly complete with the developer explaining that there is only secret bonus Levels, a proper HDD version and some general bug fixes left to complete. Wonderboy was originally released into arcades in 1986 and was ported to many consoles and home computers over the next few years.
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Dizzy Goes to Monkey Island

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If you're a fan of Dizzy games you may know all about fan-made games that have hit the PC over the years. The latest, timed partially to coincide with the hype Ron Gilbert is making this year, is Dizzy Goes to Monkey Island. Developed by Ross Mayhew, the latest PC Dizzy game sees our egg-cellent friend trying to become a pirate. You can download the adventure from yolkfolk.com, or watch
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