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RAIDOU KUZUNOHA VS THE SOULLESS ARMY

WITH AMAZING ART DESIGN, IMPRESSIVE PROGRAMMING AND A SPECTACULAR SPEED-METAL SOUNDTRACK, MUSHA ALESTE ON SEGA’S MEGA DRIVE IS A TIMELESS CLASSIC. WE TALKED TO ART DIRECTOR KAZUYUKI NAKASHIMA ABOUT ITS CREATION AND THE VARIOUS STRUGGLES THE TEAM FACED IN THE PROCESS

SEGA’S HANDHELD HARDWARE MAY NOT HAVE HIT THE HEIGHTS THE MEGA DRIVE DID, BUT IT OFFERED PLENTY OF FUN ON THE GO FOR PLAYERS IN THE EARLY NINETIES. WE TAKE A LOOK BACK AT SOME OF THE SYSTEM’S BEST EXCUSES TO BURN THROUGH A PACK OF BATTERIES

Motohide Eshiro on updating Capcom’s supernatural sequel for contemporary systems

THE RISE OF DISNEP GAMES THROUGH THE EIGHTIES AND NINETIES