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the Console Archives title you've all been waiting on is finally here: Love-de-lic's 1999 PlayStation adventure game UFO -A day in the life- (and no, it's not translated) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2dUAzBEHjM
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this week's Arcade Archives title: Combat School, Konami's 1987 playable military training montage https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIk8drVYcJM you might know it by the title Boot Camp, but they look to be strictly distributing the JP Combat School ROM for whatever reason
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Gradius Origins got a small update that, among other things, fixes a bug that'd cause Salamander III's loop select function to reset if one progressed past the 128th(!) loop https://www.konami.com/games/gradius/update_1004/us/en/
GRADIUS ORIGINS
'A collection featuring the ''Origins'' of the ''GRADIUS'' series!Includes ''SALAMANDER III'', an all new entree into the legendary side-scrolling shooter series!<br>'
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I figured this meant the digital versions would also be out in November but nope, you'll be able to grab Changeable Guardian Estique on PC & consoles on August 6 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5-qs6t2GFg
‘Changeable Guardian ESTIQUE’ Console version launching August 6! - YouTube
The 8-bit shmup, born in the 21st century.Changeable Guardian ESTI...
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GSK | ALL CITY SLOP SHOP (ETA SOON)@allcityslopshop.com · 2w agoChangeable Guardian Estique, the FC/NES homebrew STG co-dev'd by a handful of veterans from Compile & elsewhere, is getting a physical Switch release in Japan on November 26 🇯🇵 the LE will include, among other things, a FC cartridge version of the special score attack build playable @ HEY ~6mo ago
prompted by the recent PS The Conveni reissue, this programmer shared some anecdotes on the history of erstwhile contractors Access🇯🇵 one tidbit: smtg that really hurt em was going in on ringtone contracts for tATu, right before they infamously tanked their rep in Japan by walking off a live TV show
ウィザードリィを「目コピー」で移植した会社の話 ～ゲーム開発会社アクセス 20年の記録～｜Zvim@THREE-O
ども。 かつては若手だったこともある、ゲームデザイナーのZvimです。 私が20代の大半を過ごした会社に、株式会社アクセスというゲーム開発会社があります。 2010年頃に解散しているので、もう存在していない、何百何千とあったゲーム会社のひとつです。 ただ、この会社。2～3年に1回くらいのペースで同窓会があるんです。 解散から15年以上経っているのに、いまだに人が集まる。しかも、集まればちゃんと盛り上がる。 当時は、みんな若手でした。青春をゲーム開発に費やした、そんな集団です。 で、その同窓会の場で、創業社長であるポン高橋氏から、いろいろと昔話をうかがう機会がありまして。 これはち
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in commemoration of the 130th anniversary of the birth of acclaimed poet/novelist Kenji Miyazawa, the cult Miyazawa-themed SFC ADV Ihatovo Monogatari is being reissued via dedicated USB dongle+wireless pad in SFC-replica packaging, ¥6600 https://books.rakuten.co.jp/rb/18721633/?variantId=18721633 🇯🇵
楽天ブックス: レトロスティック『イーハトーヴォ物語』 - 玩具 - 4573468827121 : ゲーム
玩具 | 2026年08月01日頃発売
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huh, a Chinese studio called Joystick is remastering the Metal Saga DS game for PC/PS/Switch 2 https://www.4gamer.net/games/029/G102970/20260801009/ 🇯🇵icymi, Metal Saga is Success' legally-distinct Metal Max successor series, & this was yet another victim of the Metal Max curse of being buggy as hell
「メタルサーガ 〜鋼の季節〜」がリマスター！ 埋もれた一作をなぜ今よみがえらせるのか――開発者に聞いた［CJ2026］
Joystickは，ニンテンドーDS用RPG「メタルサーガ 〜鋼の季節〜」のリマスター版を発表し，「ChinaJoy 2026」にプレイアブル出展している。会場で体験版を試遊し，Joystickの担…
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Arino & the GCCX staff will be streaming on August 23, 15:00 Japan time to discuss adding Wii & PS3 games into rotationhttps://www.youtube.com/@gccx20th/streams they have a 20-year rule on consoles, but they're now at a point where opinions are divided on whether these games are sufficiently vintage
for all the things the new Tatsujin keeps from classic Toaplan to its own detriment, it's shocking to me that they didn't retain their most defining highlight, and something that might've actually utilised vertizontality: bosses wot are two or three big boxy nothings that shuffle around in tandem
in commemoration of Valkyrie no Bouken's 40th anniversary, Namco's restocked both the Valkyrie and Druaga 40th Official Complete Works sets—icymi, these contain 1k+ pages of art & dev docs, OST CDs, PC reissues of specific galakei games etc https://shop.asobistore.jp/products/detail/207234-00-00-00
「ワルキューレの冒険」40周年記念公式記録全集
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going over the credits and Saito's hardly the only ex-Raiden dev who worked on this—the vast majority of both artists and programmers are formerly of Gulti and/or MOSS (specifically Raiden III/IV-era, not V which had largely outsourced visuals)
GSK | ALL CITY SLOP SHOP (ETA SOON)@allcityslopshop.com · last wk.Tatsujin's Masahiro Yuge (producer+composer), Takayuki Saito (director+programmer) & Hiroshi Adachi (lead programmer) talk Tatsujin Extreme 🇯🇵 I mention this whenever it comes up but Takayuki Saito's ex-Seibu Kaihatsu & Gulti and was a lead on the Raiden Fighters series, Mamorukun Curse, etc
the Japanese non-profit Game Preservation Society has successfully used the latest iteration of Japan's orphaned works law to secure a reissue for the 1984 PC-88 game Juukidou Sentai Cygnus (search 重機動戦隊シグナス in the form for the listing https://saiteiseido.bunka.go.jp/ 🇯🇵)
このままでは遊べなくなる！往年のゲームを復刻！～未管理著作物裁定制度 裁定第二号～｜文部科学省
2023年の著作権法改正により設けられた「未管理著作物裁定制度」について、 ミラメクの2026年春号で制度の仕組み、 6月29日付の記事で初めての裁定案件（絶版となった学術書の復刻）をご紹介しました。 このたび、同制度の第2号案件として、 40年前のPC-8801mkIIのゲームソフトの複製・公衆送信等について裁定を行いましたので、本記事でご紹介します！ 「未管理著作物裁定制度とは」 「著作物等を利用する際には、権利者の許諾を得る」という原則を保ちながら、「利用の可否に関する権利者の意思」を確認できない場合に、著作物等を適法に利用できるようにする仕組み 申請の背景
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out now on PC/PS5/Switch 2: Truxton Extreme, a brand-new sequel to Toaplan's Truxton/Tatsujin from OG programmer/composer Masahiro Yuge & other STG vets https://store.steampowered.com/app/3323490/Truxton_Extreme/ for better & worse, this very much feels like a smart but safe modernisation of the OG
Truxton Extreme on Steam
Take down hordes of alien invaders with your Power Shot, Truxton Beam, Thunder Laser, Homing Shot, Star‑mine Shot, and more! Don't forget to breathe as you face off against gigantic bosses in the ultimate battle for humanity’s survival!
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catching up on City Connection's announcement stream from last night... they'll be streaming again next week to talk about the next 3 JALECOlle Famicom drops https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybwmWVgmTX0 what could they possibly be hinting at...?
GSK | ALL CITY SLOP SHOP (ETA SOON)@allcityslopshop.com · last wk.after ten thousand years, JALECOlle Famicom has returned: Rod Land, out August 6 https://store-jp.nintendo.com/item/software/D70010000095647 no major enhancements or additions this time afaik, just the NES+FC versions as was fixed-screen action game tradition, this port was produced by an EU studio
these are also out today! PSA: if you want the non-JP loc on Switch1/2, you specifically have to buy the SKUs bundled with the language patch https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/the-prince-of-tennis-sweet-school-festival-40-and-more-multi-language-version-switch/
The Prince of Tennis Doki Doki Survival ~eternal passion! Tie break ♡ game~ (Multi-language version) for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Official Site
Buy The Prince of Tennis Doki Doki Survival ~eternal passion! Tie break ♡ game~ (Multi-language version) and shop other great Nintendo products online at the official Nintendo Store.
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GSK | ALL CITY SLOP SHOP (ETA SOON)@allcityslopshop.com · 3mo agoI missed that Konami's DS Prince of Tennis otome game remasters are getting official global loc'd releases on Switch1+2+PC https://store.steampowered.com/app/3907350/The_Prince_of_Tennis_Sweet_School_Festival_40_and_more/ gotta wonder why they went for these and not, say, Tokimemo 2
out today in Japan for Switch/PS4+5: Aretha Collection 1993~1995, emulated reissues of the later SFC entries in Yanoman & JAM's RPG series Aretha these are the first salvo in Yanoman's big return to games, which include another announced comp that'll include FEDA: Emblem of Justice (SFC)
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out today across PC & consoles: Culdcept The First Saturn Tribute, a City Connection-emulated reissue of the OG Sega Saturn entry in the long-running deck-building fantasy boardgame series Cultcept, complete with first-ever English loc https://store.steampowered.com/app/3825600/Culdcept_The_First/
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Culdcept The First Saturn Tribute brings this fantastic fantasy car...
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out next week on the JP Switch eShop: Tamani wa Sora o Miagete ("TamaSora"), an emulated reissue of a constellation-forming puzzle game originally released by doujin circle SYNTAX in 2001 https://store-jp.nintendo.com/item/software/D70010000126562
after ten thousand years, JALECOlle Famicom has returned: Rod Land, out August 6 https://store-jp.nintendo.com/item/software/D70010000095647 no major enhancements or additions this time afaik, just the NES+FC versions as was fixed-screen action game tradition, this port was produced by an EU studio
JCF-08 JALECOlle Famicom Ver. ROD LAND -Promotion Video - YouTube
©CITY CONNECTION CO., LTD. "JALECOlle Famicom revives JALECO class...
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out today! on PS & XB too, not just Switch ..and the sequel's coming on August 20, because why fuck around https://store-jp.nintendo.com/item/software/D70010000124042
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GSK | ALL CITY SLOP SHOP (ETA SOON)@allcityslopshop.com · last mo.coming to Switch on July 30: Dungeon Antiqua, a port of a commercial retro RPG borne from the free game FINARDRY, which very literally married classic Wizardry mechanics to Famicom-era Final Fantasy aesthetic https://store-jp.nintendo.com/item/software/D70010000124036 🇯🇵(includes EN loc)
this week's Console Archives title: Hudson's 1M+-selling Doraemon Famicom game https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKFjUHQW12c not only is this the first Hudson game on CSA, it also represents something of a commitment to reissue licensed games (with precedence given to JP-centric games/properties, ofc)
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"Doraemon" was released by HUDSON (current KONAMI) in 1986 for an 8...
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this week's Arcade Archives title: 1983's ultra-wide, triple-monitor F1 racing game TX-1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSHNzQAcSis this is particularly noteworthy for being the first ACA reissue (and first reissue in general, if memory serves) from the catalogue of Tatsumi
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"TX-1" is a racing game released by TATSUMI in 1983.Enjoy a powerf...
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Tatsujin's Masahiro Yuge (producer+composer), Takayuki Saito (director+programmer) & Hiroshi Adachi (lead programmer) talk Tatsujin Extreme 🇯🇵 I mention this whenever it comes up but Takayuki Saito's ex-Seibu Kaihatsu & Gulti and was a lead on the Raiden Fighters series, Mamorukun Curse, etc
『TATSUJIN EXTREME』シューティングの魅力をゲームファンに知ってもらうために楽しさを詰め込んだ！ スコア稼ぎシステムや新武器、隠し要素のピピル村など、発売直前だからこそ根掘り葉掘り訊いた【インタビュー】 | ゲーム・エンタメ最新情報のファミ通.com
2026年7月30日に発売される『TATSUJIN EXTREME』の開発経緯をTATSUJINのキーパーソンに訊いた。
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heads up for those waiting on a restock: tomezo's reopening orders for their Switch multi-converters in very limited quantities from July 30, 19:00 Japan time https://tomezo.booth.pm/items/6694923 if you've seen JP folk using Egret II Mini peripherals, Cyber Stick etc on Switch, this is how
Tomezo NintendoSwitch Multi Converter - ぞうさんカンパニー - BOOTH
この製品は電波新聞社製CyberStick(XE1AJ-USB)および、ロジクール社製ドライビングフォースGT(LPRC-14500)、イーグレットIIミニ用パドル・トラックボールコントローラー・コントロールパッド(2025.08.15販売分以降のみ)・コントロールパネル(2025.10.25販売分以降のみ)をNintendoSwitchおよびNintendoSwitch2にて使用可能とするコンバーターです。
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fresh off the Goemon comp comes a two-box CD soundtrack set, Ganbare Goemon Ongakushuu; out Oct.14, ¥12650 per box / ¥25300 together https://www.konamistyle.jp/products/detail.php?product_id=113490 (geolocked)
PSA, Taito &/or unreleased game dorks: R-GEAR, the scrapped pixel-art successor to RayForce that was dredged up as a retailer bonus for 2023's Ray'z Arcade Chronology, is ¥101 on the JP Switch eShop+PSN until August 12 https://store.playstation.com/ja-jp/product/JP0305-CUSA34113_00-0446506946508986
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to promote Wizardry Daphne's collab with FFXI (not XIV), 4gamer had Robert Woodhead talk to Square's Hiromichi Tanaka🇯🇵 interestingly, Tanaka's description of the initial, scrapped Seiken Densetsu differs greatly from most accounts—he says it was a Wizardry-esque game a la LucaFilm Games' The Eidolon
WizardryとFFが紡いだ日米RPGの半世紀――「Wizardry Variants Daphne」FF11コラボ記念，Robert Woodhead氏×田中弘道氏スペシャル対談【PR】
Wizardryの生みの親，トレボーことRobert Woodhead氏が，久方ぶりに来日した。FFシリーズのI〜IIIで初期のスクウェアを支えた田中弘道氏との対談のためである。DaphneのFF1…
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Culdcept Begins' three directors assembled beginner-friendly decks & pitted them against each other in a CPU tournament https://www.4gamer.net/games/981/G098181/20260708021/ 🇯🇵 (Harukiba's won, but the CPU's not necessarily optimised for the strategies intended by Jingu, or so they insist)
Changeable Guardian Estique, the FC/NES homebrew STG co-dev'd by a handful of veterans from Compile & elsewhere, is getting a physical Switch release in Japan on November 26 🇯🇵 the LE will include, among other things, a FC cartridge version of the special score attack build playable @ HEY ~6mo ago
「超翼戦騎エスティーク」，Switch向けパッケージを11月26日に発売。アートブックやアクスタを同梱した限定版もラインナップ
キャット・ホイ商事は2026年7月24日，横スクロールシューティング「超翼戦騎エスティーク」のSwitch向けパッケージを11月26日に発売すると発表した。価格は5478円（税込）。さらに，「超翼戦…
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