{"rewrite":{"id":"r_d6818a6eed7ce0aa78c5951f","clusterId":"c_dbd648cbf73285c425ba2554","slug":"andorra-studio-nalua-brings-new-neogeo-games-to-tokyo-game-show","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Andorra Studio Nalua Brings New NEOGEO Games to Tokyo Game Show","summary":"Nalua Studio of the Principality of Andorra exhibited at Tokyo Game Show 2026 in Hall 9, developing new titles for the NEOGEO, the platform SNK began rolling out in 1990. Its belt-scroll action game Vengeance Hunters was built for the NEOGEO home AES and arcade MVS, with three playable characters and two-player co-op. TGS 2026 drew 1,138 exhibitors from 53 countries, with 598 from overseas.","whyItMatters":"A two-person-scale studio from a country of about 82,000 people is writing new software for 1990s SNK hardware, which says the NEOGEO homebrew scene has spread well past Japan.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eAndorra does not have a game industry to speak of, which is what made the Hall 9 booth worth stopping at. The country field on the TGS exhibitor list read Principality of Andorra, a state of 468 square kilometers between France and Spain with a population of about 82,000.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat Nalua Studio brought was not a retro-styled game but software built for the NEOGEO itself, the platform SNK began rolling out in 1990 with a shared arcade and home hardware configuration. Its belt-scroll action game Vengeance Hunters runs on the home AES and arcade MVS.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Nalua Studio built Vengeance Hunters for NEOGEO AES and MVS hardware, not emulation. Andorra has no domestic market to sustain that, so TGS is where the pitch has to land.","twitterPost":"Nalua Studio targets NEOGEO AES and MVS hardware, not a modern port. A studio in Andorra selling to a 1990 platform base abroad.","threadsPost":"Nalua Studio's Vengeance Hunters runs on NEOGEO AES and MVS hardware, the platform SNK began rolling out in 1990. Building new cartridges for that base from Andorra means the customer is overseas collectors, so a booth at Tokyo Game Show is the distribution strategy, not marketing for it.","newsletterBlurb":"Tokyo Game Show 2026 drew 1,138 exhibitors from 53 countries and regions, and 598 of them came from overseas. Among the indie booths in Hall 9 was Nalua Studio, a team from the Principality of Andorra developing new games for the NEOGEO. Its belt-scroll action title Vengeance Hunters was built for the NEOGEO home AES and arcade MVS.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"4Gamer.net\",\"url\":\"https://www.4gamer.net/games/991/G999110/20260921002/\",\"title\":\"A New NEOGEO Game Was Being Made in a Tiny European Country? Visiting the Booth of Andorra's Game Studio Nalua Studio [TGS2026]\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4727,"outputTokens":666,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1789958667,"createdAt":"2026-09-21T02:39:31.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-09-21T02:43:23.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-21T02:43:23.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_dbd648cbf73285c425ba2554","canonicalTitle":"ヨーロッパの小さな国で，NEOGEOの新作が作られていた？　アンドラのゲームスタジオ・Nalua Studioのブースを訪ねて［TGS2026］","representativeArticleId":"a_45df6cdf193e0cfd572392d9","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[\"Nalua Studio\"],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"event\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-21T01:30:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-21T01:30:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-21T02:43:20.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"4Gamer.net","url":"https://www.4gamer.net/games/991/G999110/20260921002/","title":"ヨーロッパの小さな国で，NEOGEOの新作が作られていた？　アンドラのゲームスタジオ・Nalua Studioのブースを訪ねて［TGS2026］"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":[],"studios":["Nalua Studio"],"people":[],"type":"event","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}