Arcade Archives

Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Switch eShop, Videos | 3 Comments

The Neo Geo games from Hamster’s Arcade Archives series weren’t in the best of shape when they initially launched on Switch. Players reported issues with the sound, but even more significant were problems relating to brightness.

It didn’t take long for Hamster to address the situation thankfully. All of its Neo Geo games received patches a few days ago to remedy things. You can see just how big of an improvement was made with the video below.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch eShop | 1 Comment

Another Neo Geo game is joining the Arcade Archives series tomorrow. In Europe and Japan at least, The King of Fighters ’94 will be available.

Hamster confirms the news for Japan on its Twitter page. As for Europe, we’re able to see the game’s listing on the eShop. The status for North America is unclear, but The King of Fighters ’94 should be out soon regardless.

Here’s a video:

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch eShop | 2 Comments

Several Neo Geo games from the Arcade Archives are already available on the Switch eShop. Early on though, players were noticing issues pertaining to brightness and sound.

Developer Hamster has been quick to address the problems. We’re hearing that updates are now out for the various games. They should be updated to version 1.0.1.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Switch eShop, Videos | 4 Comments

Hamster has prepared a few videos for its recent Neo Geo releases on Switch from the Arcade Archives series. We’ve rounded them up below.

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NAM-1975 is the newest addition to the lineup of Neo Geo games on Switch through Arcade Archives. Check out some footage below.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch eShop | 0 comments

Another Neo Geo game is joining the Arcade Archives series in Europe tomorrow. Just like in Japan, NAM-1975 will release on the Switch eShop. It should cost £6.29.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch eShop | 2 Comments

When the first Switch eShop games launch tomorrow, Hamster will kick off its stream of Neo Geo releases from its Arcade Archives series. In Europe, we now have confirmation that two games are releasing.

Shock Trooper and World Heroes Perfect are coming tomorrow. They’ll be priced at £6.29 each.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch eShop | 2 Comments

Despite being a couple of days out, we’re still finding out about new Switch eShop launch games. We previously heard that Arcade Archives is set for release in Japan on Friday, but the same may be planned for North America as well. Hamster’s website says that the “ACA Neo Geo series will start from March 3, 2017 on Nintendo Switch”. That’s technically not an announcement, but we’re very hopeful.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch eShop | 51 Comments

This week, Famitsu provides yet another feature on Switch. The magazine interviews Satoshi Hamada from Hamster about the company’s Arcade Archives plans and more.

Hamster received requests from fans to bring the Arcade Archive series to portable devices. Since Switch acts as a handheld in addition to a console, they thought this would fulfill these wishes.

The Arcade Archive series has a feature to rotate the screen to play vertically-displayed arcade games. With Switch, you can easily stand the display vertically, so he think it’ll well fit for the system.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 3 Comments

We reported a few hours ago that Arcade Archives is coming to Switch. This is actually a collection of Neo Geo titles, featuring The King of Fighters ‘98, Waku Waku 7, Shock Troopers, World Heroes Perfect, and Metal Slug 3. Arcade Archives is coming out in Japan in March for 823 yen.

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