I am looking through some old EGMs, and I noted that Mortal Kombat 3 made the cover in February, March, April, May, August, September and October 1995. It was like it was the only game that mattered that year! Considering the era, you have to wonder if there was a sponsorship deal.
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I haven't done a Link to the Past Randomizer for a while. All dungeons, keysanity settings, as I usually do. I probably could have done it in less than 2:30 if I skipped some items at the end, but I wanted that gold sword!
Enix's SNES Action RPG 'Soul Blazer' Just Got A Fanmade Relocalisation.
I remember back then being curious about Earthbound, since I was into RPGs, but let's face it, Final Fantasy VI was out there at the time and we could only choose one. I finally played it on the SNES Mini.
Make sure to check out Retromags, who have made scans of all these magazines. www.retromags.com
Barbie Vacation Adventure, an unreleased SNES game, is getting an official release on the Barbie Rewind collection later this year. You can read the article on this game on SNES Central. snescentral.com/article.php?...
ROM HACK RELEASE: Soul Blazer Relocalization 1.0
A project I worked on and (mostly) off over the past 8 years, this is a hack of the Enix cult classic Soul Blazer, a semi-prequel to Illusion of Gaia & Terranigma. This fixes typos and cleans up text to make it less grody. romhack.ing/database/con...
"It still retains much of that early-90s Japanese-to-English 'charm'"
Explore preserved video game magazines, computer gaming magazines, strategy guides, cover scans, release information, and gaming history through the Retromags archive.
Today marks the 40th anniversary of Famitsu (or Famicom Tsuushin, as it was called when it was first released back in 1986). It's the oldest video games magazine in the world still in circulation. Let's explore this first issue and learn some curious facts about the magazine? A thread! 🧵 [01/16]
Well I arrived at BEEP Akihabara for their Grand Reopening but they are out of entry tickets until 6pm. And I have to go to the Metaphor concert. So I won't be entering today, probably.
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Editor-in-Chimp
(SRAM Release Notice – If you have an existing save file of this hack [christmas build or asm update], you’ll sadly have to delete it as this update corrupts any pre-existing save file without the pat...
EarthBound may be beloved now, but it is no secret that it didn't launch to massive sales. Join John Rairdin NWR for a deep dive into the marketing and launch of EarthBound in North America. See what worked, what went wrong, and let's put EarthBound in context. https://youtu.be/M69F6Vj_DME
