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
All new arrivals. Use the menu to narrow your search.
GameBoy Advance
Sports
Dodgeball is a popular sport in Japan and Bandai have done a sterling job in this GBA version. The players are nicely animated and must catch the ball or take a hit (and also remain temporarily stunned.) Fast-paced and fun.
GameBoy Advance
Simulation
Cherish your little cheeky chappy Hamster with lots of loving and care. Meet friends and sample the variety of mini games to savour with your furry friend, not forgetting to enjoy the odd spin on the wheel or roll in the ball.
GameBoy Advance
Platform
Mega Man suits his role on this handheld platform almost as well as his dashing suit. And it does give him special powers to zip across the screen unleashing a blast at some fine foes from the depths of Capcom’s collective conscience. Plenty of dramatic big boss showdowns, no need for fancy cinematics here. Top drawer entertainment from a fine developer.
Neo Geo AES
One on One Beat Em Up
Genki can still recall the incredible atmosphere generated by this monster one on one scrapper from SNK. Taking a distinctly Nihon-centric approach to the fight genre, right from the off we are clear this game positively oozes Eastern atmosphere as the lone samurai sits under the cascading sakura blossom. Creating a feel of life and death being on whim of a falling petal, we are soon treated to sea spray from island backdrops to the fires of hell themselves. Absolute treat of a game with atmospheric backgrounds from kabuki theatre, snowy Ainu inspired Hokkaido to Mount Fuji. The giant ‘Earthquake’ character is still jaw dropping even today.
Neo Geo AES
One on One Beat Em Up
Plays with the second fighting plane, so attacks can be averted by leaping up the screen. Also includes ring outs so you can smash your opponent into a glass lift or even onto a departing train.
Sega Saturn
RPG
A psychological thriller in the mould of ‘D’ with disturbingly realistic rendered graphics and an equally unsettling, in a Silent Hill manner, plot. Subtitle translates as The Reason You Were Born.
PS2
Simulation
Based on the hit manga series that was made into a popular live action drama starring the young conductor and the affections of Megumi Noda or the Nodame of the title. The game involves conducting the orchestra with a few choice clicks making for perfect swishes. The quirkiness of the manga shines through in the adventure sections with the studious Chiaki the attention of more than just Nodames attention.
Playstation
Sports
Glide down the piste and sometimes a bit off the beaten track with plenty of airs and grabs. Plus the all important replay facility is in there to appreciate your fearlessness in the face of sheet ice and protruding rocks.
Playstation
Shooter
Early Playstation mecha shooter with similarities to Metal Head on the 32X and Iron Soldier for those familiar with Ataris big cat. The cross hair surveys the landscape but the tranquillity only lasts briefly before a barrage of missiles hone in. Coming under attack causes glitches to the gamers view to simulate the damage being incurred. It must have been nice for the developer to be allowed a glitch in the actual game.
Mega Drive
Platform
With colourful, cute and cuddly graphics Wonder Boy looks a real treat and plays like one too with light action RPG moments as you collect crucial items, top up at the local store and add to your heart count. Just watch out for grumpy mushrooms, friendly faries and bug eyed rabbits. Also Known as WonderBoy in Monster World.
Merchandise
Merchandise
Beautiful pin badges to proudly show your RPG roots on your lapel featuring the art from the original epic Dragon Quest from parts one to eleven in the series.
Sega Saturn
RPG
Lucious pastal shaded anime adventure springs to life on the Saturn. Painstakingly detailed sprite world with vibrant cut scenes from the popular Lunar world.
Famicom Cart
RPG
Combines the first two adventures on the series on one rather large cart. Also includes a fold out map with the layout of the two worlds along with a paperback guide book/instruction manual in full colour with plenty of screenshots and illustrations. Highly collectable.
Famicom Cart
RPG
Similarities to Goemons escapades as players must negotiate the hoards of enemy fighters but then be rewarded for a hard days work with a stay in a traditional Japanese inn. The use of Ninjutsu makes good use of the ninja element to the game and separates it from the fantasy RPG genre with a more traditional, ancient Japanese setting.
Nintendo 64
Sports
Impressive sense of speed and decent draw distance as sharp reflexes are need to combat the tight corners and keep your bumper ahead of the opposition. The feel of Sega Rally is in there: perhaps no surprise given the team that developed it contained some break away members of that mythical programming team.
Famicom Cart
Platform
Takahashi is the star of the Adventure Island series and fans of that and Wonderboy will be right at home. The fairy character tosses projectiles out to help clear a parth through the colourful levels from an innocent age of gameplay. Plenty of opportunities to savour the Break Out style bonus levels. Proper title: Takahashi Meijin no Bug tte Honey.
Mega Drive
RPG
The final slice of Shining Force on the 16 bit platform that left fans awaiting the 32 bit sequels with real anticipation. Graphically squeezes the Mega Drive for all its got and the results are pretty amazing. Its easy to see why many miss the innocence of the 16 bit sprite worlds looking at this. Imaginative, engrossing, enthralling, engaging: enjoy.
Gamecube
Sports
Beautiful courses and the opportunity to make your own character with a clever analogue shot system to make this club the competition. A formal approach to the sport with a good variety in courses from desert, to mountainous, to volcanic island via Egypt.
Gamecube
Platform
To tire of Mario is to lack a zest of life itself, such is the childlike twinkle in Miyamoto sans eye that shines through like the dazzling lens flair in ample evidence. Certainly exudes sunshine and a wondrous gaming world to explore.
GameBoy Color
Sports
A real work out with press-ups, climbing poles, climbing walls, running with weights. Luckily its a lot more fun to play, especially with the over the top commentator to encourage you on to the goal. Known as Muscle Ranking.
Famicom Cart
Platform
A time travelling money should come as no surprise as plenty of moneys have been dispatched into space ships over the years. This one is handy with a boomerang to clock a few choice dinosaurs or sharks. Its possible to transform into a mech style monkey (being a Bandai title) and also to traverse levels in a shoot em up style in the ship that delivers the player to the different time zones.