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Newly-released Crash Twinsanity prototype (hiddenpalace.org)
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Aero the Acro-Bat is getting rereleased on modern consoles on August 2 (www.youtube.com)
 

Just the first game.

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Infamous "kusoge" RPG Ancient Roman has now been unofficially translated into English (x.com)
 

Here's the patch, and here's a drama CD that was also translated.

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Live Wire will delist their Switch port of Mushihime-sama on August 10th (live-wire-cstg.blogspot.com)
 

This is because their license from CAVE (the game's original development company) is expiring.

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New from Hidden Palace: the last build and source code for the unreleased MD game Out of the Vortex (hiddenpalace.org)
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Internal development slideshow for Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex (archive.org)
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RIQA , a cancelled N64 game, has had its ROM leaked online (www.youtube.com)
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A previously-unpreserved demo for the Japan-only mobile phone port of Klonoa: Door to Phantomile has been saved (twitter.com)
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The largest campaign ever to stop publishers destroying games (by Ross Scott) (youtu.be)
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A rare Rockman.EXE (Mega Man Battle Network) medal arcade game has been dumped (www.rockman-corner.com)
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Rockman's Soccer Pre-Release Version Dumped; Includes 4-Player Multitap Support (www.rockman-corner.com)
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A retranslation patch for Silhouette Mirage has been released (www.segasaturnshiro.com)
 

The official English version (handled by Working Designs) changed a good deal of the story and gameplay - this version is much more accurate to the original devs' intent on both counts.

The Making of Karateka is Out Today! in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Definitely planning to buy this sometime!

Wild Land: The Weirdest Phone Game You've Never Heard Of in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Excellent article! I hope the effort to preserve this game succeeds - I have a soft spot for hyper-obscure but interesting titles that are genuinely at risk of being near-entirely forgotten.

Part of the original Mega Man's design document (shared in Japanese by Capcom themselves some time ago) has now been unofficially translated into English in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

You're welcome!

Part of me feels like the health-as-timer mechanic was born from the developers approaching the game with arcade-style design in mind. That sort of thing works to make sure people don't play too long on the machine (a la Gauntlet or Wonder Boy), and while other games still retained it I don't think it fits well with the kind of game Mega Man turned out to be. (That said, I think the final product's completely useless scoring feature is definitely a holdover from this same line of thought.)

The Game Availability Study, Explained | Video Game History Foundation in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

This is an excellent study! As idealistic as this may sound, I really do hope it becomes a landmark in video game preservation - hard, inarguable numbers making it clear that significant chunks of history are missing from the current gaming landscape.

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