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Saudi Salary
7 days ago
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- Saudi Salary
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TAITO has announced that they'll be bringing Operation Night Strikers to the Nintendo Switch later this year. This is a collection of classic 80s arcade games, featuring some bells and whistles such as save options and replay functionality. Previously, the game was only confirmed for a Steam release, but now we know it's coming to Switch as well. Alongside this announcement, TAITO confirmed two more games that will be included in the collection: Operation Thunderbolt and Space Gun. They'll be joining the already announced Operation Wolf and Night Striker. We don't have an exact release date for this one yet, so stay tuned for more specifics. Below, check out descriptions of each of the four included games: Operation Wolf Using only a machine gun and rocket-propelled grenades, you alone must infiltrate enemy territory, secure the hostages, then get them safely to the extraction point! Your mission code name is Operation Wolf. Do not fail! Operation Thunderbolt A hostage rescue mission in Africa and only one man can help! Roy Adams, hero of Operation Wolf is back, and this time his former green beret team-mate, Hardy Jones joins the fight. Your mission code is Operation Thunderbolt. Impossible odds are nothing to these men! Night Striker Become a member of the United Nations Special Action Force, a.k.a. Night Striker, and destroy the enemy terrorist organization with in your high-speed combat hovercraft: Intergray! Space Gun 2039 AD: an age of space exploration. On their way to investigate an unexplained incident on a space station, a team of space marines receive a distress call from a cargo ship, but what could prepare them for the horrors onboard?! Use your multi-purpose rifle to slay the monsters and rescue the hostages! Four faithful ports, complete with various gadgets, replay functions, and other useful features to enhance the originals! UPDATE: Taito has has announced that Operation Night Strikers will see Switch release in Japan on August 7th, 2025. Information on the worldwide release has not been shared at this time, but hopefully those details are coming soon. UPDATE: A brand new trailer has been released for Operation Night Strikers which confirms a worldwide release of August 7th, 2025. Check it out below.
Forbes
03-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Review: The Data East And NEOGEO Evercade Super Pockets Are Fantastic
The new Data East and NEOGEO Super Pocket handhelds Next week on July 10th, HyperMegaTech! is launching their latest duo of Evercade-compatible Super Pocket devices in the form of the officially licensed NEOGEO and Data East variants for $69 each. HyperMegaTech! sent me both devices, along with a few Evercade multi-game cartridges, to test out over the last few days and I must say I'm coming away extremely impressed. Forget emulators; this feels like the proper way to enjoy retro games. Previously, the Super Pocket line from HyperMegaTech! included Taito and Capcom variants and has since expanded to also include Atari and Technos as well. Now, these two latest NEOGEO and Data East versions work the same way in that each handheld comes pre-loaded with a selection of games from the branded publisher, but the device also supports all Evercade cartridges as well. Given the price, build quality, game selection, and growing library of additional games, the value is off-the-charts for anyone like me who adores retro video games and game preservation. NEOGEO and Data East Super Pocket handhelds The Super Pocket Handheld Matt Gardner's original review here on Forbes from when the Evercade Super Pocket devices debuted still applies, but I'll offer my own praise all the same. As someone born in 1990, I grew up playing the Game Boy, Game Gear, Game Boy Color, and Game Boy Advance all very heavily. The Super Pocket is very similar in size to the Game Boy Pocket and Game Boy Color s[ecifically, which is an excellent form factor to land on. In short, this device easily fits in your pocket and if you snag a slim carrying case or something like that off Amazon, you can bring the device, a few favorite carts, and a charging cable along without taking up anywhere near as much space as you would for something like a Steam Deck or Nintendo Switch 2. The vision for the Evercade ecosystem is a return to 'games like they used to be' according to the official website. When you purchase an Evercade cartridge, you're getting not only a physical cart with complete games on it, but it's also packaged in a sturdy box and includes a full-color manual. Plus stickers. Inside the box of an Evercade game These Super Pocket devices are of course not the only Evercade devices on the planet, they're just the smallest and most affordable. In addition to those, there is also the EXP-R handheld, as well as the VS-R home console, and Alpha bartop arcade units to enjoy the classics on larger screens, including multiplayer. And for those unaware, the brilliant thing about Evercade cartridges is that each cart will work on all Evercade devices. That's true versatility and game ownership. I think my two biggest gripes with these devices is that there is no way to connect them together as far as I can tell in any sort of officially capacity, despite most of the games clearly supporting multiplayer in their original format, and also the fact that the game selection screen is lacking information. I'd love for something similar to the way Nintendo handles its classics library in which you can toggle an information window that has screenshots, a game summary paragraph, and even genre classifications. For someone like me who wasn't familiar with most of the Data East games, it would have been nice to skim over the selection menu and figure out what I wanted to try based on genre and screenshots rather than relying on often misleading 80s and 90s arcade cabinet art. It didn't seem like any of the games I tried really used the shoulder buttons, thankfully, since they're in extremely awkward spots. It's not easy to find a spot for those that is both ergonomic and doesn't ruin the form factor, but I feel like there must have been a better way. They're probably mostly for other Evercade games such as the Legacy of Kain or Tomb Raider collections. NEOGEO Super Pocket Handheld Evercade Super Pocket NEOGEO The new NEOGEO Super Pocket from HyperMegaTech! comes pre-installed with 14 games and dare I say not a single one of them isn't worth playing. I was of course very familiar with games like Fatal Fury, Metal Slug, Samurai Shodown, and even Shock Troopers, but had never played the others. Turns out, I'm now a big fan of Mutant Nation and Blazing Star as well. Here's the full NEOGEO Super Pocket game list: Plus, since these are mostly arcade games, playing through them isn't much of a problem since pushing the 'Select' button is just like popping in another quarter. Endless continues for everyone! Data East Super Pocket Handheld Evercade Super Pocket Data East Games Admittedly, Data East is not a publisher I know near as well as the likes of NEOGEO, Capcom, or Atari, but after looking through the included library I realized it's a company I was more familiar with than I realized. Bad Dudes and Burgertime alone are truly arcade icons. I don't think the game selection is as flush with consistent quality as the NEOGEO Super Pocket, but it's still very good and nostalgia will always play a factor for each person specifically. For example, I'd never played the two Dark Seal games but really, really liked the isometric dungeon-crawler beat 'em up style. Here's the full list of all 18 included games on the Data East Super Pocket: Recent and upcoming Evercade game releases New Evercade Game Releases The majority of Evercade releases have focused on arcade titles and releases from publishers that aren't as active as they once were, but new indie games and classic console games are hitting the library lately as well. Just this month the Gremlin Collection 2 includes four original PlayStation games like Loaded and Hogs of War, not to mention prior collections that included Tomb Raider and more previously. With over 500 games available now, Evercade is a growing and, somewhat surprisingly if you haven't been paying attention, flourishing platform with new games and multi-game carts planned every month. In addition to the two Super Pocket handhelds, the company also sent me three cartridges including Windjammers, Karnov, & Friends which just released this month with five total games: Windjammers, Karnov, Atomic Runner Chelnov, Vapor Trail: Hyper Offence Formation, and my personal favorite on the cart, Rohga: Armor Force. The other two cartridges I got were the Goodboy Galaxy/Witch N' Wiz indie game combo cart and the Toaplan Arcade 4 Collection which includes six games: Dogyuun, which was my favorite of this bunch, Grind Stormer, Knuckle Bash, Snow Bros. 2, Pip and Bibi's, and Sky Shark. And for what it's worth, I've enjoyed my time with these handhelds so much the last few days I went ahead and bought myself the first Duke Nukem Collection, which includes remasters of the first two Duke Nukem platformers, as well as Duke Nukem 3D. Next up, I'll probably spring for the Metal Dragon/Life on Mars two-game cart from Kai Magazine Software and the first Sunsoft Collection since it includes Journey to Silius, Blaster Master, and Aero the Acro-Bat. I'm really eyeing the two Gremlin Connections as well. A new game collecting addiction has definitely been awakened. Super Pocket handhelds and Evercade game cartridges Final Verdict—New Evercade Super Pockets Perhaps it's because these are my first-ever Evercade devices I've had the pleasure of using for more than a few minutes at a convention, but I absolutely adore these little pocket-sized wonders. They feel great in my hands, buttons are responsive, build quality is better than you'd expect, and the expansive library of possibilities is intoxicating. Ultimately though, it's undeniable that you could get 'more' by just buying a handheld emulator device, but those aren't officially licensed products with officially licensed games. The Evercade ecosystem is a way to support the industry directly and play authentic versions of these games, many of which just aren't accessible on home hardware for most gamers. If you present me with the choice between never-ending decision paralysis via an over-inflated digital collection of games I'll probably never play on a device that's not even optimized to run those games specifically, or, a bespoke handheld experience with the flexibility to be much more, at an affordable price, with officially licensed physical game cartridges, I'm picking the latter every single time. Disclosure: HyperMegaTech! sent me both the Data East Super Pocket handheld and NEOGEO Super Pocket handheld pre-release, as well as three Evercade game cartridges, to help facilitate this coverage.
Daily News Egypt
22-06-2025
- General
- Daily News Egypt
Egypt releases Greek-tagged loggerhead turtle in Mediterranean conservation effort
Egyptian environmental authorities have released a tagged loggerhead sea turtle into the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Alexandria, following its recovery from a head injury—part of an ongoing regional effort to protect endangered marine species. The turtle, nicknamed 'Taito' and identified by the Greek tag codes L4728 and L4727, was declared to be in stable health and capable of returning to the wild, according to a statement from Egypt's Ministry of Environment. This marks the second such operation led by the Turtle Rescue Center at the Ashtoum El-Gamil Nature Reserve on Lake Manzala. The release was carried out in coordination with the Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency in Alexandria, the Alexandria Marine Rescue and Environment Protection Society, and the Sea Turtle Rescue Center in Greece. Minister of Environment Yasmine Fouad said the female turtle—estimated to be under 15 years of age—was first rescued and admitted to the Greek centre in May 2023 with a head injury. It was later released off the coast of Attica in October 2024 and subsequently tracked as it made its way to Egyptian waters. After being examined by local marine specialists, it was released on Saturday following confirmation of its full recovery. Scientific measurements recorded during the process showed that Taito's shell was 63 cm long and 57 cm wide, with a total body weight of 40 kilograms. Loggerhead turtles are classified as vulnerable to extinction, making such rehabilitation and reintroduction initiatives essential to biodiversity conservation. Fouad reaffirmed the ministry's commitment to protecting endangered marine species, stressing the importance of rapid response mechanisms and cross-border cooperation in the conservation and rehabilitation of sea turtles across the Mediterranean basin. This latest release follows a similar success in February 2025, when another Greek-tagged turtle, 'Drea,' was rescued in critical condition, treated for three months at the same reserve, and then returned to the sea.
Economic Times
28-04-2025
- Health
- Economic Times
Dengue fever outbreak reported in Cook Islands; Samoa, Tonga, and Fiji already in viral infection's grip
Several Pacific island nations, including Cook Islands, Samoa, Tonga, and Fiji, are facing a rise in dengue fever cases. A Samoan boy recently died in Auckland due to the viral infection. Cook Islands reported three new cases, prompting health advisories and calls for precautions against mosquito breeding. Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads Several Pacific island nations are reporting cases of dengue fever in the last few months with the Cook Islands being the latest to report the viral infection. Samoa, Tonga and Fiji have already seen a rise in dengue cases recently. A Samoan boy, too, had succumbed to the viral fever at a Auckland hospital a few days Islands has three dengue cases which follow the one infection which was reported in a person who had travelled from outside the advisories have been issued in all some of countries and authorities have urged the public to take all the precautions and ensure the Aedes aegypti, the carrier of dengue virus, does not find a breeding Islands Ministry of Health secretary Bob Williams stated that the dengue outbreak in the country does not require a declaration and the relevant steps as per the World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines will be taken if there is a requirement to do so. Speaking in the capital Rarotonga, he added that none of the infected persons require country was plagued by a dengue outbreak in in 2019, which continued for almost two years before coming to an end in 2021. Williams pointed out that Cook Islands did not report any dengue cases since the last outbreak till can be fatal in some cases as seen in the case the 12-year-old Samoan boy Misiafa Nathaniel Fealofa'i Lene. who died at Auckland's Starship children's hospital. His distraught parents shared their feeling at his funeral ceremony and asked the people to maintain cleanliness and not allow mosquitoes to father Taito spoke about his son's passion for rugby as well as swimming and his relationship with his small sister Niulina, 6. With a choking voce Taito recalled his unfulfilled wish of speaking to Misiafa about the changes during the teenage mother Taunese also paid tribute by highlighting his helpful nature and how Misiafa was already to be with her side and was true to his other name Nathaniel, which means a blessing from God.
Time of India
28-04-2025
- Health
- Time of India
Dengue fever outbreak reported in Cook Islands; Samoa, Tonga, and Fiji already in viral infection's grip
Several Pacific island nations are reporting cases of dengue fever in the last few months with the Cook Islands being the latest to report the viral infection. Samoa, Tonga and Fiji have already seen a rise in dengue cases recently. A Samoan boy, too, had succumbed to the viral fever at a Auckland hospital a few days ago. #Pahalgam Terrorist Attack India stares at a 'water bomb' threat as it freezes Indus Treaty India readies short, mid & long-term Indus River plans Shehbaz Sharif calls India's stand "worn-out narrative" Cook Islands has three dengue cases which follow the one infection which was reported in a person who had travelled from outside the country. Health advisories have been issued in all some of countries and authorities have urged the public to take all the precautions and ensure the Aedes aegypti, the carrier of dengue virus, does not find a breeding ground. 5 5 Next Stay Playback speed 1x Normal Back 0.25x 0.5x 1x Normal 1.5x 2x 5 5 / Skip Ads by Cook Islands Ministry of Health secretary Bob Williams stated that the dengue outbreak in the country does not require a declaration and the relevant steps as per the World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines will be taken if there is a requirement to do so. Speaking in the capital Rarotonga, he added that none of the infected persons require hospitalisation. The country was plagued by a dengue outbreak in in 2019, which continued for almost two years before coming to an end in 2021. Williams pointed out that Cook Islands did not report any dengue cases since the last outbreak till now. Live Events Dengue can be fatal in some cases as seen in the case the 12-year-old Samoan boy Misiafa Nathaniel Fealofa'i Lene. who died at Auckland's Starship children's hospital. His distraught parents shared their feeling at his funeral ceremony and asked the people to maintain cleanliness and not allow mosquitoes to breed. Misiafa's father Taito spoke about his son's passion for rugby as well as swimming and his relationship with his small sister Niulina, 6. With a choking voce Taito recalled his unfulfilled wish of speaking to Misiafa about the changes during the teenage years. His mother Taunese also paid tribute by highlighting his helpful nature and how Misiafa was already to be with her side and was true to his other name Nathaniel, which means a blessing from God.
