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Saturday, November 21, 2009
Culture

King Of Games Go Spelunking

12:00AM Luke Plunkett | Japan’s King of Games — our second favourite outfitter of gaming shirts — will this week be adding some more good stuff to their line of Irem clothing. And where there’s Irem, there’s R-Type and there’s Spelunker. More »
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Monday, March 30, 2009
Culture

The Top Spelunker Player In Japan Is A Pin-Up Model

8:00PM Brian Ashcraft | …though, calling idol Haruna Anno simply a “pin-up model” isn’t entirely accurate. She’s a gaming idol and not by accident. More »
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Tuesday, March 17, 2009
News

Irem Does Its Best To Sex Up Spelunker

10:00AM Michael McWhertor | Minna de Spelunker is coming to the PlayStation 3 in Japan. How does one generate interest in a high-def Spelunker remake? Put women in short outfits! Short Spelunker outfits! More »
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Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Digging Into Spelunker HD For PlayStation 3

2:40AM Michael McWhertor | One of the fourteen “unannounced” titles that Sony had on display at this year’s Tokyo Game Show was Minna de Spelunker, a modern day remake of the 1985 NES platformer Spelunker for the PlayStation Network. Irem hasn’t strayed far from the original, adding only high-definition graphics and up to four-person multiplayer. One can still play with an original 8-bit graphics setting, which was on display at Sony’s and Irem’s booth, even in split-screen modes. The HD version, while it looks technically better, plays identical to its retro counterpart (i.e. painfully). More »
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