Twin-sticker Xeno Crisis is out on literally everything now

After being successfully Kickstarted Xeno Crisis is now shipping for Sega MegaDrive, Sega Dreamcast, Neo Geo MVS/AES, Nintendo Switch, Sony Playstation 4 and Microsofts Xbox One (did I forget a platform?). I forgot a platform: Steam!

In a lovely twist you can buy just the game as a ROM for MegaDrive or a CD image for Dreamcast for people who just want to play the game without the added bulk (and wait for) of packaging.

The soundtrack is also available on vinyl and CD.

Hardcore became Ultracore and is in the final stretch of pre-ordering

Hardcore was a "lost" DICE game they abandoned when the console world moved on from the 16-bit era. The game was finished but the platforms were dead.

Strictly Limited Games has now made the game available and along the way it expanded from PS Vita and PS4 to Switch and Mega Drive / Genesis and they decided on a name change: Ultracore. Judging by the looks of the Strictly Limited Games website, the PS Vita version was dropped along the way too.

Anyway, it's a run'n'gun and if you want it in your collection there's about 9 hours left to order it. Predictably, the Mega Drive / Genesis version is already sold out.

Terraonion had a big day of announcements

Terraonion is the spanish company behind the flashcarts for Neo Geo AES, Neo Geo MVS and the amazing flashcart+ODE (Optical Disc Emulator) SSDS3 for the PC Engine, and today they had some great new announcements:
1. The NeoSD AES & MVS Pro carts can play Neo Geo CD games from SD card. Yes, really!
2. MegaSD is a basically an SSDS3 for the Mega Drive/Genesis. Yes, a Sega CD/Mega CD ODE in an FPGA implementation that plugs into your Mega Drive/Genesis/Mega sg (and yes again, the Mega Drive FPGA re-creation is supported!)

This enables so many shmups across the systems involved that I can practically feel my thumbs ache already!

Here's the whole announcement extravaganza:

Gley Lancer returns (re-print of MegaDrive game)

NintendoLife reports that Gley Lancer, one of the more epxensive shmups to get for your Genesis/MegaDrive collection, is getting a reprint.


Its still for Genesis/MegaDrive (or maybe Mega Sg?) but instead of shelling out hundreds of dollars for a copy, the reprint will come in at slightly below 6000 Yen or about €50.

Indie developments

Irena: Metal Fury is coming for Genesis/MegaDrive.

Galagaga targets the same platform.

There's also an unnamed shmup in progress for the Commodore 64.

The future looks bright, even for old hardware!

Rejoice! Steel Empire is getting a Steam release

MegaDrive steampunk shmup Steel Empire got a port with 3D make-over on the Nintendo 3DS back in 2014 and will now make the jump to PC and launch on Steam on September 13th (EU).

If you would prefer to put a physical copy of this release on your shelf, it's still available on Amazon Japan.

I confess I already have the game for MegaDrive (or Genesis if you prefer) but I will still get this release, a great shmup.