Author: Genius Admin

Image: NatsumeThe Japanese video game orchestra Music Engine has announced plans to hold a concert next February to mark the 30th anniversary of the SNES RPG Lufia II. Lufia II was developed by the Japanese development studio Neverland and originally published by Taito in Japan in February 1995, under the name Estpolis Denki II. North American fans, meanwhile, had to wait until a year later to get their hands on it, courtesy of the publisher Natsume, with Nintendo later stepping in to distribute the game themselves in Europe, in 1997. Despite being the second game in the Lufia series, it…

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You might not be aware of this, but Hudson’s popular Bomberman series made its arcade debut much earlier than you might suspect. The first Bomberman coin-op was released in 1991 by Irem, under licence from Hudson. Published as Atomic Punk and DynaBlaster in some regions, it was followed by a sequel, Bomber Man World, in 1992 (known as New Atomic Punk: Global Quest / Atomic Punk 2 in North America and New DynaBlaster: Global Quest in Europe). The Atomic Punk / DynaBlaster name would also be used for some of the home console entries in the franchise. FPGA coder ‪@wickerwaka‬…

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