video game platforms
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Legendary Namco Graphic Designer Hiroshi Ono Dies At 64
Hiroshi Ono, better known as “Mr. Dotman,” passed away on October 16. The news was announced by his official Twitter account. According to Automaton, Ono had been hospitalized for autoimmune hepatitis. He was 64 years old.
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Console Hackers Commandeer Switch Game’s Very Fast Sega Saturn Emulator
Last week, publisher City Connection released new versions of the arcade / Sega Saturn shmups Cotton 2, Cotton Boomerang, and Guardian Force for both PS4 and Switch. It wasn’t long before Switch tinkerers over on GBAtemp realised they could inject other Saturn games into City Connection’s emulator, which turned out to be very capable indeed.
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FIFA Player Accused Of Rape Suspended and Removed From Roster
Benjamin Mendy, a Manchester City defender in the real-life Premier League, was suspended after being charged with four counts of rape and one count of sexual assault of three women at his Cheshire home between October 2020 and August 2021.
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Billy Mitchell’s Old Website Now Debunks His Controversial Pac-Man High Scores
If nothing else, you’ve gotta respect the bit. Billy Mitchell, the so-called “video game player of the century,” appears to have let ownership over his old website, perfectpacman.com, lapse some years ago. Now someone else has commandeered the domain, and is using it to publish a multipart investigation into the oft-questioned legitimacy of Mitchell’s world-record…