New Arrivals - Games & Hardware
All the latest games, hardware, figures, merchandise, gaming magazines etc that have recently arrived in store are here. Use the filter below to select your console and narrow your search
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Gamecube
A Bit Special
Nintendo have a fine tradition of challenging the gaming genres, many of which they established themselves. And Pikmin is a fine example as the wee creatures are dispatched to complete various tasks in what becomes a vey strangely compelling, highly-addictive game that is much easier to pick up and play than describe.
PS2
Simulation
A Ring style visual novel that works the urban legend spooky story to its limit with some very bizarre going on to become a bit of a cult classic.
PS2
One on One Beat Em Up
Quite a unique feel to Psychic Force’s anime themed fights with psychic projections being used to attack, hence the title, often with spectacular graphical extravagance. Arenas are quite cramped in making for tacit battles taking place inside a cube where the players levitate a la DragonBall Z. Solid play mechanics make for an unusual, but worthy fighting frenzy.
Pychic Force 2012 is an innovative anime stylised 3D fighter with original mode and arcade mode to choose from. Fights take place in cubic arenas allowing you full mobility to encircle your opponent before moving in for the kill. Its possible to use esp powers to slam your opponent into the walls with great satisfaction. Also includes Psychic Force 2012EX.
PS2
Action
Gets right under your skin from the off as the sense of foreboding grows with each new assailant from the legions of the undead. The detail is a little too much at times.
PS2
Sports
The ultimate in gaming fantasy escape at the time of its release with a British major title being possible due to the appearance of Tim Henman in this slick tennis sim. Reveals its arcade roots in its simplicity to pick up but with a fiendish difficultly gradient after the opening rounds. The finest realistic tennis game. Brilliant with four players.
PS2
RPG
A real triple A title that brings to mind the delights of Goemons romps with a feudal Japan setting. The graphical look is innovative and feels like an animated New Years greetings card with such delightful execution. Played as the young wolf setting out on an epic adventure which we would hate to ruin. A real treat for lone wolfs from start to finish and worthy of higher accolades.
Famicom Cart
RPG
Mysterious, spiritual RPG that sees players going on a trip of enlightenment that you’d imagine would be a hard pitch for the modern day creators to their publisher. Almost as cult as the content of the game and definitely one of the most unusual stories one can encounter.
Famicom Cart
RPG
Juvei has plenty of cute, Mother-style sprite characters to join him, resplendent in his Black Jack eye patch, as he traverses the detailed RPG in this Famicom classic. Well worth investing the time that Namcot has clearly put into this exquisite adventure.
PS2
Action
GTA induces severe culture shock on the unexpecting Japanese audience who positively lap it up. The sheer scale of the project beggars belief with seemingly anything possible within the city limits and beyond.
PS3
Sports
With superbly modelled and adorable characters and a new shot system, Everybody’s Golf looks as good as ever on the PS3 as the golfer shapes up to the tee. The shot interface is easy to pick up. But it’s the attention to detail with the caddy chasing after a nice shot or the grumpy reaction at having shot a bogey that Minna no Golf really turns on the charm. Combined with birds singing, the department store soothing soundtrack and plenty of sunshine, this looks like being the definitive PS3 golf game.
Famicom Cart
Side Scrolling Beat Em Up
Sharp reflexes and a knowledge of when to fire in a fist of fury or a flat kung fu slipper sole are requisites to meet the bad boss Mr X. Ducking kicks and throwing stars in the classic arcade mould. Known as Kung Fu Master in the West.
Famicom Cart
Action
A lack of shadowing does make avoiding some of the hazards across the castle a bit haphazard for our young samurai. But the levels are well set out and Irem have designed an impressive set of depth to this action based title. Known in the West as Deadly Towers.
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Shooter
The sort of game you would keep a cutting off from the magazine, so good it looked back in the day. And its sprite world still stands up today with lots lavish detail, not that you get much opportunity to admire it, with grenade pin in mouth, gun blazing. The motorbike shooting sections are great fun and the isometric Ikari action is well paced and can’t be faulted. The pinnacle of arcade cross over coin-ops.
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Sports
Zip speed race title from ADK that graced the SNK system with its isometric action. Full of nice touches such as the tyre skid marks on the road and the headlights effect when in tunnels. Nice, solid feel to the sprites due to the isometric perspective and its arcade roots ensure drivers get good warning arrows as for where the next break neck bend leads. Relentless soundtrack does little to encourage breaking through the varied terrains.
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Platform
A challenging platformer released early in the Neo Geos life that takes on a sort of medieval fantasy look matching its magician hero. Yet our hero can transform into other guises including a ninja justifying the Eastern infused backgrounds of golden Buddhas. The swirling backgrounds are very impressive and there is certainly plenty of challenging meat on the bones of a well structured platform romp.
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Shoot Em Up
A very popular title and obviously true to the Neo Geo original for the purists in this version. Gameplay involves shooting the falling projectiles as they come down the screen in a manner so to cause as much debris as possible on your opponents screen. A real treat in two player mode with the unique gameplay really excelling itself all wrapped up in the delightful sunshine presentation. A fine addition to any collection.
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Shoot Em Up
Hardcore shoot ’em up for the Neo Geo CD with a tough but fair relationship between the player’s vessel and the enemy hoards. Relies on memorising the attack waves to aid progress and a lot of joypad dexterity rather than just pummelling fire. Irem’s influence is there to see with the detachable probe, but the overall design is very much a unique SNK master plan with some sumptuous backgrounds and slinky animation. Power charge weapons certainly help escape a claustrophobic corner of the screen.
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One on One Beat Em Up
A host of crazy characters, almost as many as there are in game modes and health bars to keep track of your layers well being, temperament, weapon etc. Samurai Spirits Zero is not shy on a drop or two of claret either – all in the proper red colour unlike the Western versions of some SNK titles. But unfortunately SS Rei never made it out of Japan. Extra pugilists have been entered over the arcade versions and there’s a practise mode too to help hone that samurai like timing. A superbly solid scrap and slicer.
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Shooter
SNK truly mastered the ability to produce fun games in 2D such as Metal Slug which reminded the gaming cognoscenti there was life and gameplay without polygons. Pure refined game mechanics and delightful in game humour to bring a smile to the face of the most grizzled gaming veteran. This is a dream conversion to the home system and a realistic option considering the original cart versions astronomical prices.
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One on One Beat Em Up
A real slug fest worthy of what’s become a hardcore gaming machine. Some real characters to choose from in trio’s including the Ikari team, Psycho Soldier team as well as combatants from other SNK titles to settle those arguments once and for all. A gritty, urban edge to the graphics, perhaps the pinnacle of the series?
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One on One Beat Em Up
Seamlessly animated with all the panache that goes into SNK’s characters and backgrounds especially when it comes to the rich heritage of the Fatal Fury series. The new faces settle in well and are far from stereotypical. Collecting power ups is strangely invigorating too.