Nintendo 3DS is getting some arcade classics. Well, Famicom ports of arcade games. Next week, Famicom versions of Spelunker and Tower of the Druaga will be available as Virtual Console downloads for 500 yen ($6) each.

Tozai Games, the company that created R-Type Dimensions, announced they have exclusive rights to manage Lode Runner and the Spelunker series in Japan.

Steambot Chronicles 2 was nowhere to be found in Tokyo Game Show this year. Irem presented Minna de Spelunker (Everyone’s Spelunker) in its place. While Irem insists this version of Spelunker is for “everyone” from my hands-on impressions it isn’t. Spelunker has a history of being devilishly difficult since the cave explorer is a fragile [...]