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Inside the 10 years it took to translate – and fully understand – one-of-a-kind RPG Linda Cube Again
It took 10 years to translate Linda³ Again, but almost 30 to peel back the mysticism of what this one-of-a-kind RPG is truly about.
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Goodboy, galaxy — and hello Jipang
How -- and why -- do you go about making a Game Boy Advance game in 2023? And why was Tengai Makyou a big deal in 1989?
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How the Famicom’s ultimate “legendary shitty game” got translated after 36 years
And another fan translation: the much less shitty Samurai Shodown RPG is playable in English after 26 years, itself!
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Hilltop Works: Next translation after Boku no Natsuyasumi 2, an obscure PS2 RPG, is "The most exciting game I've ever worked on"
Plus, the emulation handheld scene heats up to boiling with Ayaneo's new "Remake" series.
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A summer vacation in November
Long-awaited fan translation Boku no Natsuyasumi 2 is here at last, and it's glorious. Also: an unreleased Daredevil PS2 game is preserved and playable.
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Get hyped for PCSX2 2.0 — and learn to spot a fake emulator scam
Longtime PCSX2 dev talks about the upcoming stable release, 3 years in the making.
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A Playdate with the N64 MiSTer core (aka the 'I'm on a boat' issue)
A new interview with the dev behind the MiSTer's most-anticipated core, and an overview of the Playdate's emulation scene.
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Dogs baying, Mars FPGAing: This is the future retro gamers want
Loads of patch notes and fan translation updates this week, plus a new guest column about a groundbreaking '90s work of RPG Maker interactive fiction!
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Listen up, MiSTer Simpson: In this town we respect the Atari Jaguar
NBD, just emulating a '90s VR headset that doesn't exist. Plus a big update to the MiSTer's Saturn core and a Death Note fan translation.
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2000's wackiest rhythm game gets an English translation while 1987's coolest console gets a Game Boy emulator
Plus: Wii U emulator Cemu can hang out with Miis now. Remember those lil guys?
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The first details on PS4 emulator RPCSX, Dolphin's CRT color theory
Plus: Translations of an Evangelion visual novel and a PC-98 dungeon crawler. The MiSTer gets Game & Watch and guest Ray Barnholt gets NEStalgic.
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The MiSTer challenges the 64-bit barrier, Nintendo and Xbox give emulators the 🖕
They said it couldn't be done. It's being done anyway.