3/3/2023 0 Comments Tyrian 2000 physical release![]() ![]() ![]() Why should I care? For one, M2 managed to reissue a game that spent the last two decades in rights hell, so good on them. (First-print copies of the physical version include a strategy book, and there's also a limited-edition package and approximately eight thousand retailer-exclusive bonus items.0 This version, the first-ever home port, includes a arranged "arcade plus" mode with newly-written and recorded voice acting, HD illustrations and tweaked scoring systems, a new unlockable player-character, an optional arranged soundtrack by SuperSweep and an inexplicable "ESPer's Room" mode that lets players win items to customize a bedroom by playing tutorial-style missions, as well as the usual M2 ShotTriggers enhancements: gadgets that display useful or secret info on either side of the screen, a new "super easy" mode, a custom mode with a boatload of very specific game settings, a training-style challenge mode, a mode that clips your deaths for easy practice playback, online leaderboards, replay sharing and more. ![]() What's this? A verically-scrolling arcade shooter centered around psychic children waging a war against a criminal syndicate across near-future Tokyo, developed by bullet hell pioneers Cave and published by Atlus in arcades in 1998. Platform: Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 (Japan).Useless fact: Some of Mat Mania's wrestlers are pegged to make a comeback in the upcoming indie game Retromania Wrestling, a homage to the Technos arcade wrestlers of yore that was recently granted an official sanction by Arc System Works, owners of the Technos catalog. Why should I care? Not only was Mat Mania the first pro-wrestling game to really integrate moves and flourishes specific to the sport but it was also the first one that wasn't instantly awful to the touch, and it remains perfectly playable today. What's this? The second arcade pro-wrestling game from the pugilists at Technos Japan, distributed in arcades by Taito in 1985 one or two players take turns facing a half-dozen computer-controlled wrestlers with punches, kicks, running moves and turnbuckle work. Making times for new games is straightforward, but making time for old games is nigh-impossible. The release schedule for new games has wound down for the holidays but the release schedule for old games remains as erratic as ever, with some truly unexpected games appearing out of the ether, most notably the Blade Runner adventure game that had been resigned to the annals of obscurity by its licensors, owners and even its creators until very recently, as well as a translation patch for a huge-in-Japan Sega Saturn game that fans have been waiting decades to play. ![]()
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