Battle of the ports: Galaga ´88

So that clears that up. Including the name of the game. To be honest I have never heard anyone call Galaga "Galaaga" so I guess i'm blessed that way. 👍

Some retro news (C64 & Atari 2600)

Blastopia DX is a new shmup for Commodore 64 out now.

That Galaga for Atari 2600 I rambled about earlier is now known as Galagon (I think the name change is for copyright reasons) and available to download for both PAL and NTSC machines. The creators state: PLEASE NOTE: If you plan on playing this in an emulator, you must use the latest version of Stella (6.0.1) or Stellarator.  The game works on the Harmony (and Encore) with BIOS 1.0.5 or higher.

Vacation update number 2

I'm two weeks into my vacation with two weeks to go. But the news keeps coming!

1. I hope you got your order in for a copy of the Vasara Collection this weekend because it sold it quickly, all platforms. There is a japanese physical release coming by the end of the year, but only for PlayStation 4.

2. Galaga is coming to Atari 2600. It's a homebrew, but still!


3. Shmups on Switch has a review up for Pawarumi.

4. M2 is working on a new game in the Aleste series, Aleste Branch.

I have been on vacation and we have stuff to cover

Let's get right to it: Bullet Soul - Infinite Burst known from Xbox 360 is launching on Steam on July 31st, the games soundtrack will be available as DLC.



Raiden IV has joined the ranks of Xbox 360 games that are now playable on Xbox One. Pop any region (it's available in super expensive JP and reasonably priced US versions) disc into your Xbox One and it will be available to play.
Play-Asia has announced twin-stick shooter Tachyon Project as a physical release for both PlayStation 4 and PS Vita.
Quirky cute'em'up Game Tengoku: Cruisin Mix, a port of a game from the seminal Sega Saturn, has been announced for a release in japan on PlayStation 4 and PC.
A Batsugun comic book has been announced for people who get off on that sort of stuff, it's listed on japanese Amazon already.
Galaga is being developed into an animated series.

I know Hamsters ACA NEO GEO releases have popped up on many platforms already but as I just bought a Nintendo Switch I thought it was worth mentioning that Last Resort, Metal Slug and Metal Slug 2 are available for the system.



I think that about covers it. Not bad for a dead genre, really.