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Weekend AeroProTip: The Legend of Zelda
GAME> The Legend of Zelda (1986)
SYSTEM> NES
SOURCE> Nintendo Power #266, April 2011
Miyamoto’s famous story behind the original design of Legend of Zelda is that, as a boy, he often paid old women to find his …
Nintendo Download – Now with Butler Mode!
“Not everyone is cut out to be a president,” begins this week’s Nintendo Download press release, but everyone deserves Butler Mode. Cozy Fire lets you stack and light logs virtually-manually… or just sit back and …
Nintendo is done shipping Super Mario All-Stars
If you have yet to score a copy of Super Mario All-Stars for Wii, you’re running out of chances.
Today Nintendo announced that the final shipment of the limited edition release is on its way. This …
Nintendo Download – LIT and S.C.A.T.
More demos for WiiWare… we’re quickly approaching the point where any WiiWare game worth a damn now has a free demo. This week, Urbanix and LIT (above) get demos. I can’t vouch for Urbanix, but …
Photo Gallery: Nintendo World Store Grand Re-opening
On Sunday, Nintendo celebrated Mario’s 25th with a special event at New York’s Nintendo World Store. The store was closed for much of October for renovations, so this party both celebrated Super Mario Bros and …
Weekend AeroProTip: Double Dragon
GAME> Double Dragon (1988)
SYSTEM> NES
SOURCE> Game Player’s Strategy Guide to Nintendo Games (1990)
According to Wikipedia, “Due to technical limitations of the NES that were not worked around, the game can only generate two enemies on-screen …
Memories of Mario: The 25th Anniversary of the NES
Would you be here right now, were it not for that vaguely person-shaped collection of pixels? No, you’d probably be a doctor and aeropause.com would belong to a wildly eccentric and snarky weblog for atmosphere …
Collector’s Clips: Capcom used to be so hip
So hip, if you joined the early-1990s Capcom Craze Club, you received a free hip pack!
This tri-fold brochure was crammed inside Game Boy game boxes of the day. This was back when Capcom had the …
Read-a-long with Nintendo Power #260 (November 2010)
It’s been at least eight pages since Nintendo Power’s last retro-fellatio, so this issue celebrates the 25th anniversary of the NES with some big names and bigger pixels. And yes, at least one pro wrestler …
Weekend AeroProTip: Metroid
GAME> Metroid (1986)
SYSTEM> NES
SOURCE> Game Informer Volume II #2, March/April 1993
To celebrate this week’s arrival of Metroid: Other M, here’s your order of ordnance in the NES original.
Weekend AeroProTip: Barker Bill’s Trick Shooting
GAME> Barker Bill’s Trick Shooting (1990)
SYSTEM> NES
SOURCE> Nintendo Power #16, Sept/Oct 1990
Hey, here’s another forgotten first-party-Nintendo brand: Barker Bill’s Trick Shooting. It’s most likely forgotten because it was an early Zapper game. Forget Kid Icarus! …
Review: Hyperkin RetroN3 console
A stack of the clones
Console clones are game consoles that have been manufactured to closely emulate an existing system. Generally, the idea is to produce a cheap and compact system that will run the games …
Weekend AeroProTip: Castle of Dragon
GAME> Castle of Dragon (1990)
SYSTEM> NES
SOURCE> Game Player’s Strategy Guide to Nintendo Games, November 1990
IN THE FACE. How has Castle of Dragon managed to stay obscure in this age of everybody wanting a retro franchise …
Weekend AeroProTip: A Boy and His Blob
GAME> A Boy and His Blob (1989)
SYSTEM> NES
SOURCE> Nintendo Power #16, Sept/Oct 1990
No known applications. It’s just for fun. This was the kind of game where a secret combo yielded an immovable, non-useful object… for …
CollegeHumor asks: What if games had a super easy mode?
You spent too much time complaining about the Super Guide in Super Mario Galaxy, and here’s payback: it could have been much worse. Standouts here for me were Q-Bert, Space Invaders, and Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!!, …
Weekend AeroProTip: Mappyland
GAME> Mappyland (1988)
SYSTEM> NES
SOURCE> Game Player’s Strategy Guide to Nintendo Games, November 1990
Nick, I’d say you probably have a couple other problems as well, but I’m kind of an asshole.
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