Jack Yarwood

Greater Manchester

Writer and Journalist at Freelance

Staff Writer: @TimeExtension64. Bylines: Fanbyte, Wireframe, Polygon, GameDevDotCom, WaPo, PCGamesN, PC Gamer & Eurogamer. Email: [email protected]

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Digital Eclipse's Next Interactive Documentary To Shine A Light On The Early Years Of Mortal Kombat

3 days ago | timeextension.com | Jack Yarwood |Anthony Dickens

NewsMortal KombatAtariDigital EclipseMortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection announced!Yesterday, Digital Eclipse revealed that the studio's next retro collection/interactive documentary will be a project focused on the early years of the Mortal Kombat fighting game series, originally developed by Midway Games.
Fans Are Translating An Obscure PC-98 Sidescroller From Koei, Based On Dante's Inferno

3 days ago | timeextension.com | Jack Yarwood |Anthony Dickens

A fan translation is currently in the works for the Dante's Inferno-inspired PC-98 sidescroller Gate of Souls ~ From Dante's Divine Comedy, from the same group behind patches for Jewel BEM Hunter Lime, Cyber Arms Val-Kaizer, and Shrangila 2.
Two Classic SNES & NES Jaleco Football Games Are Coming To PC

3 days ago | timeextension.com | Jack Yarwood |Anthony Dickens

NewsJalecoNESSNESPC'Jaleco Sports: Goal!' is available to wishlist now on GOGRock It Games, a publisher of physical and digital retro and indie games, revealed earlier this week that it is partnering with City Connection to rerelease two classic Jaleco sports games for modern PCs (via GOG).
Cryptic 'Bill & Ted' Tease Raises Hopes For New Dual-Screen DS-Style Handheld From Retroid

3 days ago | timeextension.com | Jack Yarwood |Anthony Dickens

Over the past year, there have been a lot of people online hoping that Retroid — the manufacturer of emulation-based machines like the Retroid Pocket Flip 2 and Retroid Pocket Classic — might soon join the likes of Ayaneo, OneXSugar, and MagicX in releasing a DS or 3DS-style dual-screen handheld. In the past, however, the company has stayed particularly quiet on whether or not it intends to enter the fray, leaving the conversion to be rather one-sided.
City Connection Reveals The Latest Jaleco NES Game To Sneak Out Of The Shadows Onto Switch

3 days ago | timeextension.com | Jack Yarwood |Anthony Dickens

City Connection yesterday announced the next Jaleco NES title it will be bringing to the Nintendo Switch will be 1989's The Last Ninja. This is the home console port of System 3's 1988 isometric action-adventure game Last Ninja 2, which was originally released for home computers, like the C64, ZX Spectrum, and Amstrad CPC.
Onion Games' Stray Children Heading West In 2025, Adds New Platform

3 days ago | timeextension.com | Jack Yarwood |Anthony Dickens

Update #2 [Thu 5th Jun, 2025 09:30 BST]: Stray Children will officially launch on the Nintendo Switch in the West later this year, Onion Games has confirmed. The RPG was originally released on the Nintendo Switch platform in December of last year, in Japan, with the developer also teasing that an English localization was on the way.
Ape Escape Composer Would Love To Work On A New Entry, But Thinks It Would Be "Difficult"

4 days ago | timeextension.com | Jack Yarwood |Anthony Dickens

Remarkably, it's been almost 15 years now since the last all-new entry in the Ape Escape series, PlayStation Move Ape Escape (which launched in Japan in 2010). And ever since then, the series's mascot Pipo Saru has pretty much found themselves demoted to rereleases and cameo roles in other Sony-related titles (such as Astro Bot and Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater).
Fed Up Of Hearing About Switch 2? This New Book Is All About The Legacy Of The NES

5 days ago | timeextension.com | Jack Yarwood |Anthony Dickens

Playbug Books has just announced The NES-ential Celebration — a new hardcover book that is being pitched as a definitive love letter" to the iconic 8-bit console.
A New 'OutRun' Pop-Up Shop Has Opened In Japan

5 days ago | timeextension.com | Jack Yarwood |Anthony Dickens

Starting yesterday, a new OutRun-themed pop-up shop has opened up in Japan, selling a bunch of new merchandise based on the classic Sega driving game. The temporary store is located in Tokyo, Japan, on the 6th floor of the Shibuya Tsutaya (which is only a short walk from the world-famous Shibuya Crossing) and will be open from Monday, June 2nd to Monday, June 30th.
WWF WrestleFest Is Being Rereleased In Home Arcade Cabinet Form Later This Year

5 days ago | timeextension.com | Jack Yarwood |Anthony Dickens

Technōs Japan's 1991 classic arcade game WWF WrestleFest is set to be rereleased as an arcade home cabinet this Fall, according to a new report from The Toy Book. The new cabinet, which will be retitled to WWE WrestleFest is being developed by Basic Fun! — a global toy designer and marketer that has previously made electronic games (such as miniature versions of classics like Tetris and Pac-Man).

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Articles

Digital Eclipse's Next Interactive Documentary To Shine A Light On The Early Years Of Mortal Kombat

Fans Are Translating An Obscure PC-98 Sidescroller From Koei, Based On Dante's Inferno

Two Classic SNES & NES Jaleco Football Games Are Coming To PC

Cryptic 'Bill & Ted' Tease Raises Hopes For New Dual-Screen DS-Style Handheld From Retroid

City Connection Reveals The Latest Jaleco NES Game To Sneak Out Of The Shadows Onto Switch

Onion Games' Stray Children Heading West In 2025, Adds New Platform

Ape Escape Composer Would Love To Work On A New Entry, But Thinks It Would Be "Difficult"

Fed Up Of Hearing About Switch 2? This New Book Is All About The Legacy Of The NES

A New 'OutRun' Pop-Up Shop Has Opened In Japan

WWF WrestleFest Is Being Rereleased In Home Arcade Cabinet Form Later This Year

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