Author: Time Extension
Image: Vivendi Games MobileThe feature phone preservation community has done it again, preventing a further two “previously lost” games for Japanese mobile phones from being lost forever. This time around, according to RockmanCosmo, it’s the turn of the 2006 Monster Hunter spin-off Monster Hunter I and the 2007 motion-controlled mini-game compilation Chokkan Crash Bandicoot to be preserved, with both games being dumped from a SH904i phone by the community member XYZ. Just to give you some background, Monster Hunter I is an action RPG, similar to the mainline entries in the series. It sees players embarking on various quests across…
Update [Fri 14th March 2025 15:05 GMT]: The filmmakers behind the upcoming 5-part docu-series Terrorbytes: The Evolution of Horror Gaming have just launched a new pre-sale campaign for the documentary ahead of its physical launch next month. So, if you consider yourself a diehard fan of the horror gaming genre and are tempted to hear some fresh insights from various big names attached (like horror filmmaker John Carpenter, Silent Hill’s Akira Yamaoka, and Silicon Knights’ Dennis Dyack), you now have yet another chance to snag all five episodes. According to the campaign, the digital edition now costs just $27.99 (down…
Image: Rockstar GamesThe developers of Grand Theft Auto III’s fanmade Dreamcast port may have already started work on bringing its sequel Vice City over to the Sega console. However, that hasn’t stopped them from doing some more incredible tinkering behind the scenes to further improve their previous efforts, and make sure the port is the best it can be. Recently on Twitter, Falco Girgis, one of the many fan developers working on the project, revealed he has been working on a massive new update for the game that he has come to describe as a “[Pull Request] from hell”. It…
Image: Damien McFerran / Time ExtensionMelonDS for Android has just been updated to version 1.10.0, introducing a bunch of amazing new features, fixes, and improvements. According to the changelog, the new update adds an OpenGL Renderer as well as support for up to 8x scaling on more powerful devices. This is in addition to the ability to manually input cheats, the introduction of improved support for foldable devices, and fresh compatibility for the Nintendo DS memory expansion GBA slot (which is used for the Nintendo DS Browser and some homebrew titles). That’s not all either, as it seems the App’s…
Image: Hyperfocus GamesUpdate [Wed 12 Mar 2025 18:30 GMT]: We’ve updated the article below to add further clarification from Hyperfocus Games’ Director of Communications & Talent Relations Anthony Maurizio regarding the company’s acquisition of the AKI & AKI USA trademarks, and whether or not it can use the AKI logo. Last month, Hyperfocus Games, the Scottish studio behind the upcoming wrestling video game Ultra Power Wrestling stated in a video update that it had successfully acquired a pair of trademarks for the WCW/NWO Revenge and WWF No Mercy developer AKI and that it was planning to use the classic brand…