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Review Arcade Archives Ninja-Kid (Switch eShop)
The kid is alright
The online leaderboards that HAMSTER includes with their retro releases provide some replay value as you compare (then try to improve) your point-scoring against players from around the globe. They work better in some games than others and they work particular well with old arcade titles, where in lieu of an ending sequence to...
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Thursday19th Aug 2021
News More Top-Down 2D Action Joins The Arcade Archives On Switch This Week
UPL's Vandyke returns
Hamster has confirmed this week's Arcade Archives release as UPL's 1990 top-down action arcade game, Vandyke. Your job, as a barbarian warrior, is to take down hordes of enemies and slay end of level bosses. "Players use weapons including swords, boomerangs, bombs, and flails to defeat enemies and bosses as they progress...
Thursday5th Aug 2021
News Another Shmup Joins The Arcade Archives Collection On Switch
UPL's Bio-Ship Paladin
Hamster's Arcade Archives release this week for the Nintendo Switch has been confirmed as the 1990 horizontal side-scroller shoot 'em up, Bio-Ship Paladin. "BIO-SHIP PALADIN” is a shooting game released by UPL in 1990. Players use a variety of weapons to defeat bosses, including a main weapon with charge and chain shots,...
Friday24th Jan 2020
News UPL's Top-Down Shmup XX Mission Is This Week's Arcade Archives Release
More retro goodness
This week Hamster has added the top-down Shmup XX Mission to its Arcade Archives collection on the Switch eShop. The arcade title was originally released by UPL in 1986 and sees you swapping between ground and air attacks to destroy incoming craft and fleets. If you power-up, you'll be able to use different and much stronger...
Wednesday14th Nov 2018
News Atomic Robo-Kid, Forgotten Hero Of The '80s, Is Coming To Switch This Week
The robot once called "Dusty Bin with lasers"
Japanese publisher Hamster has revealed that it will be bringing UPL Co., Ltd's likeable '80s coin-op hit Atomic Robo-Kid to the Nintendo Switch as part of its Arcade Archives series. The game hits the Japanese eShop tomorrow with a price tag of just ¥823. If you'll forgive us for getting all...
