Welcome to Retropolis!

Go back to the wonderful 90s, the decade when games were radical and glorious!

More than 30 years have passed since that day, and many things are changed, but not the desire to play with good games. This is why digital platforms can be considered a godsend, thanks to them you can [re]live the greatest titles of the past for a very cheap price, and you’ll be happy to know that hundreds of milestones originally appeared Neo-Geo, PlayStation, and PlayStation 2 are waiting to be played from the new generation of gamers. Check the little selection here below to build a retro game museum in your living room, with goldies games that won’t get old!

Providing a phenomenal fan service, even if you’re looking for a nostalgic retro-experience or simply you want to collect great titles on your PlayStation systems or Switch HDD, you should definitely consider checking all of them (if you haven’t done already).


Travel with the clock! Rivers of ink have been used during the years to describe Chrono Trigger, probably one of the best RPGs in history. Provided with an original & fun gameplay system, unique dungeons, and intriguing stories, this classic JRPG has captured old and new gamers’ hearts.

The adventure starts in AD 1000 during the Millennial Fair where the young scientist Lucca shows her new invention, the innovative teleportation device. During the presentation, the close friends Crono and Marle, voluntarily try the machine, but something goes wrong…seems that Marle’s pendant interferes with the device creating a time portal that will take these unconventional heroes through the humankind eras saving hopeless people from an intricate web of threats. As Crono, you’ll change the course of history to create the brightest future!

Conceived by three of the most brilliant minds of the JRPG universe, Hironobu Sakaguchi (producer and creator of Final Fantasy series), Yuji Horii (director and creator of Dragon Quest series), and Akira Toriyama (creator of Dragon Ball series) Chrono Trigger is one of the best games ever released, do yourself a favor and play it to experience a story full of twists where past, present, and future events are melted to provide you the biggest adventure ever on PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 3, and PSP!

PSN Card 200 HKD | Playstation Network Hong Kong

digital

(HK)

US$ 29.99 24h

Art of Fighting series needs no introduction, originally released in 1992 on Neo-Geo AES this 1-on-1 fighting game series is still today one of the most beloved SNK franchise of the early 90s, its popularity is second only to Garou Densetsu known also as Fatal Fury!

Set in Glasshill, a small Mexican town, Art of Fighting 3: The Path of the Warrior is focused on Robert Garcia which is mysteriously disappeared during the research of his childhood friend Freia Lawrence, a kind and caring soul girl. Mixing in a very innovative way drama and fighting action, this game comes with an all-new roster of warriors, and an improved battle system that will allow you to perform incredible airborne combos, better-dodging moves, and the Ultimate K.O. the feature, useful to win a match in only one round! For the first time the characters movements are based on the motion capture, this means a smoother and seamless innovative experience that make it one of the best titles of the whole Neo-Geo catalog.

Nobody can’t stop the fight! Battle hard on Switch!

Nintendo eShop Card 3000 YEN | Japan Account

digital

(JPN)

US$ 33.99 24h

This is martial arts in its truest form! Centuries ago, the world was on the verge of complete annihilation due the attack of the demon king Angra, an ancient creature born in the days before time who aim to rule the mortals’ world, but thanks to the extreme struggles of a mysterious unnamed man, his hellish power was sealed into the man’s arms, and people honor him with the title of GODHAND!

Many years have passed since this event, but the legend of the arms still lives, indeed it tells that anyone who acquires them will possess an immense power, so great that could turn the owner into a deity or demon…

Time goes by, when in a small western-like town suddenly appear Gene, a 23 years old larger than life martial artist provided with a super-human strength which mission is to defeat a group of demons renowned as the Four Devas which ultimate objective is to resurrect Angra to let him dominate the world…

Superbly directed by Shinji Mikami, the legendary man behind Resident Evil), God Hand is a very unconventional beat ‘em up full of cool moves, gut pounding action, and a large amount of humor especially dedicated to all the “hardcore gamers” out there! Performing a vast repertoire of moves, you’ll disintegrate every demon into the celestial dust exorcising the evil spirits that possess the mortals by unleashing the power of the God Hand.

Fiercely packed with a limitless combo chain, you can easily learn even more new & deadly skills to fight in a very stylish way! The judgment day has a name, Gene!

PSN Card 80 HKD | Playstation Network Hong Kong

digital

(HK)

US$ 12.99 24h

Celebrating the Neo-Geo 30th release, Mutation Nation is a “neo battle action game” set in dystopic [not so] far distant future where the innocent people who live in the slum has been transformed into horrible creatures by genetic experiments, but not all the hopes are lost…

Ricky Jones and Johnny Hart are two young boys that after years of absence return to their birthplace, seeing this madness, they decide to stop this new nation of mutants before it spreads any further, but obviously this will be a very hard mission because the duo will face not only mutants but also a huge army of cyber-modified creatures that the mad scientist created to stop them!

Originally released in the arcades on 1992, Mutation Nation is an artistically beautiful beat ‘em up in which you’ll fight your way through six long levels to reach the responsible of this chaos. Helped by some elemental spheres, Ricky and Johnny will be able to unleash their true power releasing a devastating blast wave that will clear up the streets for miles.

Will the mutants dominate the world? Can the scientist be stopped? The safety of the world is in your hands, grab the Joy-Cons and help these two warriors to protects the world from a biological menace that threatens all the mankind with Mutation Nation for Switch!

Nintendo eShop Card 3000 YEN | Japan Account

digital

(JPN)

US$ 33.99 24h

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