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Well, we've come to the end of yet another week.

Damien's been on holiday this week, spending all of his hard-earned pennies in Sore Thumb Retro Games in York, so it fell to Jack to man the fort – and, as we're sure you'll agree, he's done a champion job.

This week, we reported on the fact that the Philips CD-i was getting new controller options, Perfect Dark has been decompiled, and a portable Amiga was on the way.

We also ran the following features:

But enough of that! You want to know what we've been playing this week, right?

Damien McFerran, Editorial Director

I've been on holiday for most of this week, spending some time in the lovely city of York. I took my Analogue Pocket with me (of course) and played some Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge in the shadow of York Minster. It seemed like the right thing to do, you know?

Jack Yarwood, Staff Writer

I’m still working my way through The Excavation of Hob’s Barrow, but I’ll likely be giving some other stuff a try on the side. Tōkidenshō Angel Eyes is on Arcade Archives at last, so I’ll be giving that a go on Switch and seeing how I get on! Ever since its release yesterday in Japan, I’ve been refreshing the store, waiting for it to finally drop in the UK. I'm excited to give a closer look.

Gonçalo Lopes, Contributor

My several-month-old (and ongoing) arcade air combat genre binge continues. After completing the masterpiece that is Aces of the Pacific on PS2 I am near the end of IR Guru’s next banger, Heatseeker, which gave me fond memories on Wii. I’ve also dusted up my Attack on Pearl Harbor PC disc and am currently playing the Japanese campaign for the first time. Time willing, I should jump onto the next virtual cockpit before Monday comes: Deadly Skies (AKA Air Force Delta) on Dreamcast. Konami’s take on Ace Combat flies really close to its Area 88 source material (to my absolute delight). I’m also keen on checking out this week’s Arcade Archives release of Tōkidenshō Angel Eyes, an all-female 1v1 fighting game that mixes a somewhat strange art direction choice by having the player decide between traditional sprite work characters or CGI modelled ones. Fascinating!

So, what are you playing this weekend? Let us know with a comment below!