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Kat is searching a haunted mansion for her father, and a little ghost is watching her. That early photo scene in the Japanese Casper now has an English caption, along with the introduction and other picture-based scenes left unfinished in tashi's translation. Our Casper English Translation Continuation is available now as version 1.0-beta1. This is the 1997 Japanese Super Famicom adventure, a different game from the Casper released in North America in… Read more

A World Before Mods Were Mainstream Today modding feels inseparable from gaming. Entire communities thrive on places like Nexus Mods, and Steam Workshop makes adding fan content as simple as clicking a button. Bethesda titles like Skyrim or Fallout 4 are almost defined more by their mods than their base games. But long before modding became normalized and developer-supported, fans were already hacking away at their favorite titles. And they were doing… Read more

The Mother series has always held a special place in the hearts of retro role-playing game fans. In Japan it was known simply as Mother, while in the United States most people only experienced the second game in the series, which was released on the Super Nintendo under the title EarthBound. That game gained a reputation for its quirky humor, heartfelt storytelling, and unusual modern-day setting. Over time it became one of… Read more