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Manual labour.Uncle Chop’s Rocket Shop is a roguelite fix-’em-up that combines the frantic buttons-and-levers work of Space Team and the chaotic……

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Image: CapcomIt’s pretty much common knowledge at this point that a lot of video game artists in the ’80s and ’90s would frequently pull reference material from whatever films, TV, and comic books they were enjoying at the time. We’ve lost track, for instance, of the amount of Arnie lookalikes we’ve had to play as over the years, or the hordes of Giger-esque aliens we’ve had to blast away in the hopes of clearing a stage and moving on to the next level. But not every example is quite as blatant as the kinds we’ve outlined above, with some artists…

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The year is ending on a high note with Beat Saber! The Metallica Music Pack is out now, and it’s our biggest and most challenging music pack to date, featuring 17 of the band’s biggest hits. This iconic metal band has been one of the most anticipated artists among our community, and we’re beyond excited […]

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Image: NOP/KonamiA new unofficial version of Konami’s 1986 MSX platformer The Goonies has just been released by a group of developers called NOP, which impressively replaces the game’s original audio with music and sound effects taken from the film of the same name (h/t: MSX.org). According to the developers, the project was initially built as a technical showcase to test out the PSG sample routines they had devised for their custom compiler (as opposed to as “an actual game that people would play”), with all samples and sound effects that are included being mixed in realtime at 6khz on a…

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Build A Rocket Boy acquires PlayFusion Leslie Benzies’ Build A Rocket Boy has acquired UK developer and publisher PlayFusion.  No figure has been placed on the deal, which sees the CEO and CTO of the latter – Mark Gerhard – join Build A Rocket Boy as co-CEO. He will be focusing on the studio’s pipeline of content as well as its user generated content tools.  “We’ve always admired PlayFusion’s creativi…

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