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  Five triple-pack NeoGeo X game bundles arriving 25th June for £25 each

  More money down the SNK. 10

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  The Black Tower: An old-but-new RPG inspired by Final Fantasy 7 asking for money on Indiegogo

  Oui? 25

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  Legendary buried E.T. cartridges to be excavated

  "It belongs in a museum!" 60

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  Final Fantasy 9 sidequest discovered after 13 years

  Who knows what secrets Shadow of the Colossus could still be hiding. 42

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  Conker's Bad Fur Day creators get together for Director's Commentary over a decade after release

  Like the game, NSFW. 25

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  Ultra-rare Sega Pluto prototypes discovered

  Only two models of Saturn update known to exist. 82

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  Master modder builds a retro console which plays 18 classic formats

  "Project Unity" took 3500 hours and £700 to build. 54

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  Resident Evil 1.5 fan project releases playable build

  Work-in-progress version of Capcom's unreleased game made available after someone tries to sell it on eBay. 43

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  Microsoft mulled Sega buyout before deciding company "didn't have enough muscle to stop Sony"

  "So we did our own Xbox thing." 72

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  This is my $550,000 30-year video game collection

  Oh it's not mine really but it could be yours. 87

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  Blowing on NES cartridges was actually bad for them

  My whole life was a lie! 96

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  Can you guess the top 10 UK games brands from 1996 to 2012?

  We were partially right. 129

November 2012

• Ron Gilbert wishes he owned Monkey Island and Maniac Mansion

  But it looks unlikely now Disney owns LucasArts. 31

• Pier Solar HD reaches its Kickstarter goal, gets Japanese translation

  Stretch goals announced. May come to Wii U and OUYA. 10

• SEGA confirms AM2 fighting games for PSN and XBLA

  Fighting Vipers! Sonic the Fighters! Virtua Fighter 2! 43

• YouTube Shining Force 3 content suddenly targeted for copyright infringement

  SEGA re-releasing old Saturn game, or an act of some lone troll? 35

• 2010's Sega Mega Drive RPG Pier Solar coming to Xbox 360, PC and Mac in HD

  "The biggest 16-bit RPG ever" takes to Kickstarter. 38

• Final Fantasy Tactics, Vagrant Story developer Yasumi Matsuno exits Level-5

  Recharging before embarking on secret project. 11

October 2012

• GameGadget 2.0 and GameGadget Pocket promised

  And revised GameGadget 1 hardware in November. 7

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  NeoGeo X console costs £175, Limited Edition includes Ninja Masters

  Out 6th December on these shores. 51

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  Super Mario 64 mod adds online co-op to the 16 year old classic

  Play as Mario's never before heard of twin brother. 31

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  Lords of Midnight creator Mike Singleton dies

  Friends and fans remember the father of home computing. 57

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  Soul Reaver was initially conceived as a new IP

  Amy Hennig reveals its original ending too. 65

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  Blizzard planned Diablo for Game Boy Color

  It was called Diablo Junior. 20

• Sonic the Fighters, Fighting Vipers and Virtua Fighter 2 rated for XBLA

  Sega going old school fighting game crazy. 68

• Glossy Sensible Software biography book funded on Kickstarter

  Order one for your coffee table. 15

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  TimeSplitters 2 HD was in development at Free Radical Design

  Ex-Rare vets talk canned Donkey Kong, Killer Instinct games. 33

September 2012

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  Oddworld's Lorne Lanning recalls the Russians who made EA "afraid"

  Reveals horrific Japanese event that altered Mudokon Pops! logo. 18

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  Blowing on NES cartridges was actually bad for them

  My whole life was a lie! 96

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  Ecco the Dolphin creator discussing new game with Sega

  Fin-ally. 30

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  A slightly different Kickstarter for coffee table Sensible Software book

  An eye-feast of a retrospective. 51

August 2012

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  Cancelled Final Fantasy 2 American NES cartridge put on eBay

  "The only real copy in the world." 24

• Nintendo's timeline-plotting Legend of Zelda artbook to get UK release

  Hyrule Historia translation due next year. 27

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  SNK NeoGeo X Gold handheld arrives worldwide in December for $199

  Puzzled? Last Resort? 52

• This Wild West Zelda mash-up is actually worth watching

  A Fist Full of Rupees. 11

• The Commodore 64 turned 30 today

  Forget about Bradley Wiggins. 66

July 2012

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  Can you guess the top 10 UK games brands from 1996 to 2012?

  We were partially right. 129

• ToeJam & Earl rerelease on PS3 - report

  Toetally kool! 20

• David Perry "sure" a new Earthworm Jim will be made

  "I just can't tell you when." 25

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  Seller awaiting payment for $1.32m Ebay game collection

  Took 15 years of work to complete, he tells Eurogamer. 55

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  Probably the biggest game collection ever on Ebay sold for $1.32m

  Every game on every Sega system ever. Every game for a Nintendo system until GameCube. 83

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  NiGHTS into Dreams HD remake teased

  Dream weaver, I believe you can get me through the NiGHT... 45

June 2012

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  Get all 100 iOS Atari's Greatest Hits games for free today

  What's that - Pong? 46

• Retro platformer-shooter GunLord out now for Dreamcast

  Party like it's 1999! 32

• Seaman Santa may swim down your drain pipe later this year

  Have you been naughty or nice? 17

• Help fund British retro gaming film From Bedrooms to Billions

  "Please, all you gamers, help us to tell this wonderful story!" 22

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  Miyamoto: Nintendo mulls more Zelda 3DS remakes

  Torn between Majora's Mask or A Link to the Past. 70

• Trip Hawkins on his plan to unite indie developers

  EA founder sticking it to the man. 11

May 2012

• From YouTube: Street Fighter 2 playing with Portals

  Fei Long, Guile and Chun-Li in Capcom/Valve mash-up. 12

• New Dreamcast shoot 'em up gets Kickstarter campaign

  Redux: Dark Matters also targets iOS, PC, consoles. 22

• Warhawk PSone free with Starhawk Online Network pass

  Emulation work finished in time for PS3 exclusive's launch. 12

• Wolfenstein 3D celebrates 20th birthday

  Get psyched! 15

• Arcade Time Crisis 2 gun, pedal refitted for PS2 video

  Meet Retro Repair, a hero among men. 11

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  Man makes Star Castle for Atari 2600 30 years after Atari said it couldn't be done

  Taking orders and funding manufacture on Kickstarter. 20

April 2012

• Super Hang-On Wii Virtual Console release date

  Game and Watch Gallery 2 on 3DS this week. 11

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  PS1 game spotted on Vita PlayStation Store

  Sony "working hard" on PS1 Vita support. 57

• A Super Mario Summary crams Mario levels into single screen

  Impressive Flash tribute to Super Mario Bros. 6

• Zangief, Bowser, Eggman cameo in new Disney flick

  Wreck-It Ralph pays homage to video game villains. 20

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  Happy 30th birthday, ZX Spectrum

  The cheaper, "more elegant" home computer. 92

• Frogger hacked to include New York traffic

  5th Ave Frogger tracks real-time cars. 10

• Toejam and Earl designer making a PlayStation game

  That's "cute and filled with quirky personality". 16

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  French presidential candidate hides Konami code in campaign website

  Je ne SNES quoi. 21

• Petition for Dino Dini to use Kickstarter for new Player Manager game

  As Kick Off creator gives up on unpaid game development. 29

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  Much-loved indie video game shop Game Focus shuts down

  "We held on and fought as long as we could." 79

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  SNES celebrates 20th birthday in UK

  Eurogamer blows out the candles, dust. 95

• Caine's Arcade: a nine-year-old's cardboard dreamland and a wonderful surprise

  Filmmaker's short inspires donation drive. 29

• Commodore founder Jack Tramiel dies aged 83

  Also responsible for Atari ST. 63

• Sonic the Hedgehog co-creator is now a Nintendo employee

  Hirokazu Yasuhara takes mystery role at NOA. 20

• Rampage movie "along the lines" of Independence Day

  Midway's 1980s arcade game set for big screen. 15

March 2012

• Jordan Mechner finds original Apple 2 Prince of Persia source code

  Hopes to convert, share it. 11

• PEGI rates Alex Kidd, Wonder Boy, Super Hang-On for Xbox 360

  And Streets of Rage 3, Golden Axe 3, Monster World 4. 32

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  EA pins its console success on 3DO, Amiga flops

  "Bad choices ended up being brilliant choices." 73

• Dragon's Lair XBLA to offer Kinect controls

  Rickety arcade relic gets motion control. 14

• Another World 20th Anniversary edition out now on Android

  From Dust dev's cult classic reborn. 16

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  New NeoGeo handheld confirmed

  UPDATE: Blaze dismisses £500 price tag rumour. 84

• Jet Set Radio HD details revealed

  Takes up whole screen, 70% of music from Dreamcast original secured. 47

• Mad Dog McCree targets 3DS re-release

  But don't expect any 3D effect. 20

• Prince of Persia creator unearths fan letter from teenage John Romero

  Doom legend asks Mechner to hand over Karateka secrets. 14

February 2012

• Dreamcast game Seaman being revived on 3DS

  Nintendo splashing out on old franchises. 44

• Brian Fargo using Kickstarter for Wasteland sequel

  Needs at least $1 million. 28

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  3DS Ambassador Super Mario Bros. game updated

  Nintendo spoils us, adds Suspend Points. 22