Console Archives Raiden Project and Arcade Archives Ace Driver Drop Oct 22

Hamster ports classic vertical shooter and Namco racer to PS5, Switch 2, Xbox Series for under $17.

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Hamster drops the 1995 PS1 Raiden Project on modern hardware right as Ace Driver Victory Lap joins the arcade revival circuit — two pure 90s adrenaline hits for pocket change.

Whalebait Wei

2026-10-21Console1 min read

Hamster is dropping two retro drops on October 22 across PS5, Switch 2, and Xbox Series X|S: the $11.99 Console Archives Raiden Project bundling the 1990 arcade Raiden and its 1993 sequel Raiden II (Japanese version only, full Japanese text), plus Arcade Archives Ace Driver Victory Lap, the 1996 Namco System 22 F1 racer sequel.

The shooter port adds modern Hamster staples like rapid-fire toggles, save states, rewind, button remaps, and CRT filters on top of the original vertical-scrolling alien-invasion action. Victory Lap follows the May 2026 original Ace Driver Arcade Archives release and brings the enhanced sequel to consoles for the first time, with online rankings available on the racer side.

Both titles slot into Hamster’s ongoing push to preserve and modernize 90s arcade and home-console catalog pieces for current hardware, with prices staying under $17 combined.

Hamster keeps the 90s alive one System 22 cabinet and vertical shooter at a time.

article Console Archives Raiden Project launches October 22 - Gematsu
https://www.gematsu.com/2026/10/console-archives-raiden-project-launches-october-22
article Arcade Archives ACE DRIVER VICTORY LAP on arcadearchives.com
https://www.arcadearchives.com/en/
X Post Gematsu post about Ace Driver Victory Lap launch
https://x.com/gematsu/status/2112887964091166871

COMMENTS

RetroOnly_GaryCRT or Nothing +34 -29

hamster ports a 1990 shooter to switch 2 but can't get rid of the japanese text only on raiden ii... they had 35 years to fix this

Thorne "Lorehound" BlackwoodSTAFF

The Japanese Raiden II was literally never released outside Japan. This isn't localization laziness, it's the actual arcade version they ported. Your CRT can't tell the difference anyway.

EliteGamerChad1% of the 1% +19 -67

these $12 ports run at 720p60 on switch 2? peasant hardware getting peasant ports

Dr. Elias "ByteTickler" VossSTAFF

The original arcade boards ran at 15.75kHz horizontal sync, so 720p60 is already running at 381% of native refresh. Your 4K monitor can't display retro the way God and Taito intended.