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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Super Famicom
Side Scrolling Beat Em Up
Always a treat to see a bit of effort go into a licensed title and Konami does justice to Gotham’s finest. Platform and Batmobile sections break up the beat em up pattern, but the fisticuffs are as enjoyable as a run in with catwoman as you hurle enemies through windows with the interactive backgrounds. Such attention to detail raises the level of licensed games especially when looking this good.
Super Famicom
Platform
The pinnacle of the series on the system as HAL proves itself a crack unit within the Nintendo umbrella. Some seriously motivated programming that manipulates immense performance out of the hardware. The gameplay is a delight with Kirby able to hover above the ground to gain that extra height with which to pummel the bosses be it giant whales or a Robocop ED209 look a like. Known as Kirby Super Star in the West.
Miscellaneous Hardware
Controller
A compact joystick with all the hallmarks of Horis authority in the peripheral arena in its layout and responsive nature, despite it being an early release. Complete with speed setting.
Mega Drive
Simulation
Deep and involving World War II turn based war game that was never released outside Japan due to its controversial opening shots of Hitler along with a digitised sample of one of his speeches. Comes with the thickest instruction manual on the Mega Drive.
Gamecube
Sports
One of the best branches in Nintendo’s laurel rests on the GameCube and adds co-operative two player gameplay with one to drive and one to take care of the items, cranking up the entertainment. The classic ingredients are all still present with battle mode one of them, but the weapons can now be stolen adding to the dream finishes of knocking out an opponent to whiz past them at the finish line. The added tactical dimension is how long to hold on to weapons when they can be pinched away.
Gamecube
Action
More monkey mayhem as players take a spin inside the Monkey Balls and roll through the levels collecting bananas. A feel for momentum must be attained to avoid dropping off levels, but the ball physics are well designed making it always, alas, the players fault for taking a tumble or making a simian slip. Full of Sega’s colourful charm.
Merchandise
Guide Book
Guide book to the final word in role playing games combining the rich tapestry of the series with outlandish art and outstanding gameplay with the Wii controller proving to be no gimmick. Plenty of illustrations and screenshots to accompany the maps.
Merchandise
Guide Book
Popular GBA series amongst retro fans and the colour and sparkle translate well to this guide to the second instalment.
Merchandise
Guide Book
Guide book to Miyamoto san’s masterpiece which was well worth the wait creating the dream world where anything seems possible he often refers to in interviews. Genki loves to challenge that penguin to one more bob sled ride down the mountain and to splash around in the gloriously realised sea.
Merchandise
Guide Book
Guide to the GameCube version of looking closely at the emblems of each level. Plenty of maps, items and combos covered.
Merchandise
Guide Book
Guide to the DS Photon Master version of the game and a series well suited to giving players a few hints and tips with so much depth to its gameplay.
Merchandise
Guide Book
160 page guide to the main base, mother ops and techniques of stealth needed in Peace Walker. Subtitled The Basics.
Game Gear
Action
True to the classic source material as Tom must chase Jerry to the end of the platform level avoiding the usual madcap mayhem that usually ensues. Beautiful animation, all the more impressive when the rich colour palette and size of sprites are considered.
Merchandise
Guide Book
Guide to the DS title which Square did a delightful job of updating the SFC classic: there is little here that will offend the grizzled RPG veteran. The look is stunning, breath takingly refreshing and a clear triple-A release.
GameBoy Original
Action
Great animation and an understanding of pushing the architecture just as much as it can handle. Impressively bold sprites and suitably bad bosses all set to the familiar Turtles tune.
Famicom Cart
RPG
Incredibly emotive chip tunes that strum the heart strings in this fine specimen of a Famicom RPG. Taito have done an excellent job of keeping the sprites cute, but to scale so that a vast world can be explored. The boat makes traversing the world a real pleasure. Square may have grumbled on seeing the results, yet what better a company to model your fantasy RPG on? And Taito have put their own twist on the combat with shooting as opposed to number crunching against adversaries. Subtitled Ragon no Fukkatsu.
Sega Hardware
Accessory
Very handy device to boost the view-able size of the Game Gear screen for those pixel perfect jumps in the likes of Mickey Mouse and to truly appreciate the on screen detail.
Sega Hardware
Controller
A well designed steering wheel from Sega to make racing games far more enjoyable. The wheel tightens up as you steer to extremes and sits nicely back to the centre. Buttons and throttles are well positioned making it hard to fault this AM2 inspired wheel. Theres even a VMU slot for fastest times and this controller should help you clock up a few.
PS2
One on One Beat Em Up
Popular incarnation of the vast GG empire, so much so there was also a PSP release. Reload is set firmly rooted in 2D with over twenty selectable characters. The elaborate death moves set this apart from lesser fighters and the slick playability could surely on have been done in 2D. Subtitled The Midnight Carnival.
PS4
Shoot Em Up
Classic shooter Darius gets a PS4 version having proved popular on the PCVita to get those trigger fingers twitching more than a freshly dispatched robotic cat fish boss. The darkness of deep space contrasts beautifully against the ships pyrotechnics as blast after blast illuminates the action beautifully. And of course the multi route selection remains adding plenty of replay value to those who can stick at it like a limpet.
Sega Saturn
Simulation
War simulator trading in the original’s polygons for rendered sprites graphics.