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
Shooter
Hard as nails run and gun delight from Konami which saw the series hit a real pinnacle. Expert use of mode 7 keeps the frantic action varied and boiling to the point of nuclear fission. Also uses side on and overhead levels to keep the action varied. The two player mode is a massive help towards cracking this tough nut.
Super Famicom
Platform
Not a rare game, yet being regarded as a National Treasure in Japan ensures it holds its value up high. So beloved coming with the four Famicom outings of our plump plumber. (The forth outing was known as Super Mario Brothers USA in Japan.) The presentation is impeccable and the bonus Battle Game from Mario 3 is the icing on a substantial, yet very more-ish cake.
Super Famicom
RPG
Classics nostalgic sprite graphics bring the rich Saga world to life – there is just something about these sprites that make them infinitely more likeable than CG equivalents. With a stirring Uematsu soundtrack to back up this close attachment conjures up an RPG of delightfully magical proportions. Tragically never released in the West, Square once again thinks outside the box of your paint by numbers RPG to deliver the stunning Romancing Saga 2.
Playstation
Rhythm
Sony goes out on a vector line yet pulls it off again in this outstanding fresh, musical title. Guide your rabbit along by keeping in tune with the rhythm, but lose the beat and it’ll soon mutate into a frog or worm. Compatible with your own music CD’s too.
PS2
Sports
Genki can’t help but feel great sympathy for rival developers who witnessed this instalment of Gran Turismo and promptly hit the nearest bar. Raising the bar to epoch setting heights giving attention to textures, handling, lighting, sound effects. Hats off to Sony (especially as you almost expect to feel the wind as cars whiz past.)
Playstation
Platform
Sony gets psychedelic as the ginormous rabbit lunches from platform to platform in this Hawaiian themed take on one of the first forays into 3D platforming. Addresses some of the issues with the prequel and works very well to the point where players often brace their knees to jump together.
Nintendo 64
Sports
Some excellent courses both indoors and out to rip up and some with jumps to give even Evel Knievel sweaty palms. In true Nintendo style hidden extras are unlockable including extra courses such as the sand dune endurance race to put out ten fires within the time limit or playing football on the bike. But the biggest treat is the previous release of Excitebike is hidden away there too.
Nintendo 64
Action
Genki’s weapon of choice is a craftily dispatched red turtle shell. A poison chalice to follow up the mode 7 marvel that was the Super Famicom original, yet utilises the additional processing power of the 64 well with mud tracks and other vehicles on the circuit.
Nintendo 64
Sports
Takes the Super Famicom prequel to new heights which was no mean feat considering the strength of the original. Expect to be leaning into each turn as the frame rate zips along with pizzazz even with vast numbers of on screen racers in this sci fi racer. The comic style presentation also makes a refreshing change all backed by an appropriate rock soundtrack. Well worthy of the Nintendo brand.
Famicom Cart
Platform
The pinnacle of platform entertainment with a sublime blend of power ups and powerful adversaries. Yet the real dazzling gem in this treasure chest is the sheer limitless imagination that Miyamoto san and his crew have poured in, the child-like wonderment that can be copied, but never surpassed.
Famicom Cart
Sports
Fine Famicom family fun as players ruin a good walk by following the ball around the course. Nice animations of the player and the split screen map works well to set the standard for many golf games to follow.
Dreamcast
Sports
Stunning 60 frames per second graphics on par with the coin op release, tight controls and, as the name would suggest, a real challenge to get to grips with demanding more and more from the driver to really push you to the limits. Sega has worked hard on the physics, handling, collisions and this realistic title pushes Gran Turismo right up against the guard rail with Yu Suzukifs expertise shining through like lens flare. Realistic too in the sense that braking is a must to progress, making for some slight initial teething but that is soon soothed away as you power slide to perfection.
Dreamcast
Rhythm
Gyrate to the beat with the sexy Space Channel reporter Ulala. Just don’t ask about the story! Unique feel to graphics, full of futuristic frolics. A Dreamcast must have.
Dreamcast
Sports
Sega Rally really captured the reason why fans spend their Sunday mornings avoiding careering vehicles in off-the-beaten-track forests: power sliding round hairpin bends with wheels spinning to kick out on the home straight. Sublime.
Dreamcast
Platform
Rumoured to have been held back from Saturn release (hence the funky 3D model in the Saturn’s Sonic Jam play area), the graphics really have that gee whiz factor showing beyond doubt the hardware’s strengths running rings round the Saturn despite the valiant efforts of Sonic R and Sonic 3D taking the series into a different stratosphere.
PC Engine Super CD ROM
RPG
Really kicks on from the Hu Card prequel utilising the CD format to add more cut-scene candy to replace the imagination required by its previous incarnation.
PC Engine HU Card
RPG
Fantasy three – quarter perspective RPG set in a European country with plenty of wizards, witches, black magic and sorcery.
PC Engine HU Card
Platform
Take control of Monkey with his extendable staff and do battle all manner of evil monsters on your quest to find the holy Buddhist scriptures. Bail out Pigsy and Sandy for womanising countless times too. Genki recommended.
Sega Saturn
Action
Wipeout style racer with wings as it really whizzes along. Decent draw distance, not that racers get much chance to admire too far onto the horizon. Segas presentation and arcade expertise make this one to admire and enjoy from this era.
Gamecube
Rhythm
Tap and tub thump out some satisfying beats on the Donkey Kong bongo with Nintendo’s smoothest simian. Very good track roster.
Gamecube
Rhythm
Some cracking tunes to bash out in time on the bongos as Nintendo takes fine tracks from games, anime and J Pop.