Atari 2600 Handheld Coming This Christmas
One of the most iconic video games consoles, the Atari 2600 is returning as a
handheld console and innovative plug and play TV joystick in time for Christmas
2017. The ‘Atari “Retro” Handheld’ features the immortalized “wood” effect and
includes 50 classic games built-in, including: Asteroids, Pong, Centipede, Missile
Command, Breakout, Millipede and more. In addition to featuring a 2.4 ″ screen, it
also includes A/V output (with HDMI adapter available) and super responsive
buttons with a stylish analogue control stick.
Travis Touchdown Returns!
Grasshopper Manufacture, an award-winning Japanese developer of video games is delighted to announce the return of Travis Touchdown in
Travis Strikes Again : No More Heroes, due for release for Nintendo Switch in 2018. Travis Strikes Again : No More Heroes is a raucous 3D action title,
where Travis touchdown wields the Beam Katana to massacre his way through countless enemies, taking on ferocious bosses in an epic battle with
Badman. This marks the first time in ten years that SUDA51 has taken on the mantle of director.
“We’ve received a tremendous amount of
support from our fans over the years, and we
are delighted to finally share Travis
Touchdown’s next great adventure with fans of
Nintendo Switch,” said Goichi “SUDA51” Suda,
founder of Grasshopper Manufacture. “We’re
ecstatic to be expanding the No More Heroes
universe in 2018, and we can’t wait to share
more information with you in the coming
months.”
Set in the remote countryside of the southern
US, one year has passed since the events of No
More Heroes. Badman has come to exact his
revenge on Travis for the murder of his
daughter, Badgirl. As the two foes are battling it
out, they’re sucked inside the phantom game
console ‘Death Drive MK-II’, a machine
developed by Doctor Juvenile. It is said that
whomever collects and beats all six of its games
will have their wishes granted.
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GAMBIT | SEPT/OCT | 2017