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Unreleased Konami Famicom Game Battle Choice Surfaces on Yahoo Auctions

Battle Choice (バトルチョイス)is an unreleased Famicom game from Konami, developed around 1988. It was never publicly revealed in any magazines

Air Twister

Throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, Yu Suzuki was attached to many of Sega’s high profile arcade games like Hang-On,

Ninja Kazan

Fans of 80s arcade games are no doubt familiar with ninjas like Joe Musashi from Sega’s Shinobi and Ryu Hayabusa

New HG101 Retro Game Postcards – Rusty and Blue Stinger by Rusty Shackles

We’ve added two more retro game artwork postcards for our Patreon postcard series, both by Rusty Shackles! We’ve got Blue

Psychic 5 Eternal

This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series Psychic 5 / Esper Boukentai

Read more about Psychic 5 in our Arcade Cult Classics book! Psychic 5 Eternal is a 2023 remake of the

Lacrimosa of Dana (Novel)

This entry is part 11 of 17 in the series Ys

Novels based on video games are fairly common in Japan, though rarely released in English. Even more unusually, Lacrimosa of

Milon no Hoshizora Shabon: Puzzle Kumikyoku

This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series Milon

Hudson’s star faded away after the 1990s, surviving on a steady but reliable diet of Bomberman and Momotarou Densetsu games,

DoReMi Fantasy: Milon no Doki Doki Daibouken

This entry is part 2 of 3 in the series Milon

After Milon’s initial outing in 1986, the character sulked back into the shadows as Hudson prioritized the adventures (and revenges)

Milon’s Secret Castle

This entry is part 1 of 3 in the series Milon

Milon’s Secret Castle is an early attempt to blend arcade-like platforming with adventure and puzzle solving, sort of like Super

Video Game References in Manga

Manga, anime, and video games are intrinsically tried as Japanese pop culture, so it makes sense that they’d often cross

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