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4 Dec, 4 tweets, 2 min read
original director Tomomi Sakuba & indie studio SmokymonkeyS (Ninelives, Triglav) are crowdfunding a iOS/Android remaster of the cult 1999 PC/Mac ADV Garage: Bad Dream Adventure camp-fire.jp/projects/view/…🇯🇵 they're already closing in on their ¥3m goal after one day
I've never played Garage and all I really know about it is that it gets mentioned as part of the "holy trinity" with Kowloon's Gate and Baroque, and that publisher Toshiba EMI left the games business right as it was done so it got an absurdly low print run & now costs a ton
fwiw, they say they're funding this new version with the intent of releasing English/Chinese-language versions, and the EN loc is already underway
as it happens, there was a very recent fan translation of the original version of Garage, which have been archived alongside high-quality scans of the original packaging, check it

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7 Dec
the second EN-subbed "Sega Seminar" video is online this one features long-time Sega Ages producer & current classic hardware producer Yosuke Okunari giving an inside lesson on Sega's home software circa the Japanese Saturn launch
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3 Dec
M2's Aleste stream will begin in ~10 minutes 🇯🇵 icymi, it'll cover the gadgets & features of the Aleste Collection and show a demo of GG Aleste 3 with some of the devs including director Manabu Namiki
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26 Nov
uhhh, just going off JP comments I've seen but apparently a company owned & funded by Saudi prince Mohammed bin Salman pretty much just bought SNK?! bloter.net/archives/483475🇰🇷
bin Salman's been hovering around the periphery of games forever and he has associated with Japanese devs & SNK in particular in the past

he's also obsessed with building some ridiculous autonomous cyber-city (to the point of forcing indigenous communities off their land, ofc)
since I see lots of outlets going with this story, some clarification: bin Salman's company Electronic Gaming Development Company (EGDC) is buying out SNK's primary shareholder (a company owned by their current chairman) as well as SNK's treasury stock for a 33.3% stake
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24 Nov
neat, I guess S.C.A.T. is in the can too
I walked into every one of the replies I am already getting
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23 Nov
a listing for Capcom Retro Station just showed up on Amazon JP: ten games, 8" screen, 329mm x 280mm x 315mm amazon.co.jp/dp/B08NXMXW25/🇯🇵

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