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It’s been a while but finally a new life in Japan video is here. Footage taken between September 2025 to February 2026.

Enjoy!

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They really cooked a little too early with this one.. While I did enjoy this game on DOS back in the day, it really came into its own with the 2nd game. I spent countless hours at LANs with friends on that one, fantastic game.

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Anyone fancy a wizz?

This week on Battle of the Ports, a classic game that started life on the Commodore 64

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Continuing with our Obscure arcade developers series with Unico.
Check out the video on YouTube.

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Did you say T!ts? This week on Battle of the Ports.

Vampire Hunter, also known as Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors is covered on this week’s Battle of the Ports!

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It’s time to take a look at some more arcade games by developers you probably never heard of.

Considered to be the best game ever made by the Bitmap Brothers. GODS on this week’s Battle of the Ports.

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Just a quick video to share my first impressions on Moto Rush Reborn

Check out Casper on the 600th episode of Battle of the Ports!

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Continuing with the Obscure arcade developers series this week as we take a look at what AFEGA had to offer.

A game made in the UK originally for a machine released only in Japan.

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An all new Obscure Arcade Developers video is now out. This time we’re checking out Electronic Games from Italy.

This week on Battle of the Ports we are checking out a classic shooter from Capcom.

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For the first time ever, Battle of the Ports is covering an Indie game and one that spans many systems.

This is UWOL - Quest for Money

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This week on Battle of the Ports its the Resident Evil game that paved the way for what we have today.

This week on Battle of the Ports we are taking a look at Data East’s cult arcade hit, Karnov.

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This looks pretty cool actually.. never heard of it. Might be fun to try out the famicom version for a group monthly game completion challenge.

I think you’re making the right chouce with the Famicom version.

Sure, the story text is in Japanese but that doesn’t really matter.

Time for a new life in Japan video. Check out this crazy building!

https://youtu.be/MPMXAoX6ekk?si=TsSvYW-mbiDHx4j3