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Read-a-long with Nintendo Power #268 (June 2011)
Here it is, Sonic fans! The one you’ve been waiting for! All the classic Sonic gameplay you love, but all the new benefits of hardware that isn’t a Wii! Instead, you Nintendonlies will have to …
Pac-Man is ready to eat your hot plates
It’s that time of year when Target blows a few months getting all artsy and fartsy with back-to-college dorm room decor. Which means you can find some fairly unexpected items… like, say, a Pac-Man pot …
The Name of the Game; or, Why do they name game consoles like that?
Among the many rumors about Nintendo’s new console is the theoretical name: the Nintendo Feel. Stacked on top of even more rumors about controllers with built-in touchscreens and haptic technology, the “Feel” could be Nintendo’s …
Unboxing Ball: Celebrating 30 years of Game & Watch
It hasn’t even been a week since Nintendo announced the Ball Game & Watch as a Club Nintendo reward, and I have already received mine.
Here’s what Nintendo has to say about the device on the …
Collector’s Clips: F-Zero GX stickers
As a fan of the original F-Zero on SNES, I was at Target on day one for F-Zero GX, the Sega-developed Gamecube edition of the high-tech racing franchise. I plunked down my fifty dollars and …
Review: Crazy Taxi (PSN)
Crazy Taxi rides yet again.
The game’s hit every platform since Dreamcast in some form… it’s kind of like Sonic the Hedgehog that way, except these are basically all the same game. Sega’s currently working on …
Collector’s Clips: Yars’ Revenge: The Qotile Ultimatum!
This is the comic book that came with the Atari 2600 game Yars’ Revenge. The comic book gives the history of the flylike Yar species and how they came under assault by the Qotile, and …
Review: Atari Greatest Hits Volume 1
Everyone loves a good value, and there are few things in this business that look like a better deal than a compilation. Many of us are ready to drop $60 on a single game, so …
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 …
Weekend AeroProTip: Namco Museum
GAME> Namco Museum (2001)
SYSTEM> GBA
SOURCE> EGM #148, November 2001
From the people that brought you Dig-Dug Without Dirt, Pac-Man With Only Power Pellets, and Pole Position On A Straight Road With No Other Cars.
Second opinion: Mega Man Universe is Powered Up on a grander scale… A-
Fourhman’s made it clear he’s not excited about it, but I certainly am.
The first trailer for Mega Man Universe gave us no idea what kind of game it would be. This new video from Capcom …
And Mega Man Universe is back to sucking
That first Mega Man Universe teaser trailer was some seriously awesome stuff. Stop motion animated versions of Mega Man and other Capcom classics (Street Fighter, Ghouls n Ghosts), duking it out against big-eyed robot baddies …
Scott Pilgrim vs The World is out, and appears awesome
Licensed games don’t have to be terrible. Case in point: the new Scott Pilgrim vs The World game, which ties into the new movie and the popular comic book series. This clearly River City Ransom-inspired …
Weekend Gaming Score: The VCS now requires an adapter
A flea market near my house rematerialized this weekend, and let me say that, as often seems to happen, I did very well. I spent a bit more money than I usually do, but I …
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 …
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!!, …
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