Category: Games Consoles
Earok (Erik Hogan) over at Unofficial CD32 Ports has updated his website with another new release, this time round it’s Kloks’ Megapack: Volume 1. EAB user Kloks has generously donated a series of seven standalone, bonus free CD32 conversions. Aunt Arctic Adventure (Midware, WHDLoad slave by Bored Seal) Duck Tales (Disney) Jumping Jack Son (Infogrames, WHDLoad slave by Harry) Nebulus…
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline is probably the book with most references to 80’s pop culture, and most of them video-game related. It is already old news that he scored big when he sold the rights for a movie based on the book. It is also known that Steven Spielberg is the director (not too shabby eh?). What we…
Earok (Erik Hogan) over at Unofficial CD32 Ports has updated Flashback with further language support. English, Italian, German, French and Czech. Featuring The brilliant WHDLoad slave with CD32 joypad support, speed corrected cut-scenes and level/difficult select capability. CDXL intro, derived from the 2013 remake. Controls screen. Level and difficulty selection screen. Download: Flashback.zipWebsite: http://unofficial-cd32-ports.blogspot.co.uk
Although Brazil has a ever growing gaming community playing the latest PS4 and XBox ONE titles, due to its large population with (much) lower income, a local company called TecToy still sells thousands of Sega Master System consoles, after 30 years it was first released! Atlas Obscura website has published an interesting article telling how Sega beats Nintendo using such…
The light cycle battles featured in Tron are probably the most iconic sequences of the movie, and it spawn hundreds of games with the same gameplay. I remember to play it on my TRS-80 Model I in a monochrome TV, and even with those chunky graphics it was a blast!. The Sega Mega Drive (or Genesis) fans have now an…
Nostalgia Nerd has published a new video review about the Commodore Game System. Manufactured and released by Commodore in late 1990, it’s production span lasted less than a year and was by all accounts a failure in most departments, especially commercial. Get the full story watching the video, along with some snippets of lesser known information. Be also aware that…
John Riggs just made what is probably one of the most touching tributes in memory of Satoru Iwata. He hacked Balloon Fight, replacing the protagonist with another image resembling Iwata. He also made the balloons shaped like Kirby. Riggs mentions on his video (below) that Iwata sprite was actually taken from Earthbound, another game that he was involved with. [youtube…
FreezeME is a 3D platformer deliberately designed to resemble platformers from the Nintendo 64 era.The main distinguishing mechanic is that the protagonist “R” can take pictures and “freeze” for a short period of time enemies and objects, generating new and interesting gameplay situations. “R” is hot on the trail of her best friend, “M,” who has been kidnapped by the…
Today is a sad day for all Nintendo fans. Satoru Iwata dies at only 55, victim of a tumour. He joined Nintendo in 1980, and became the company president in 1993. In his time as President, Iwata oversaw some of the strongest (Wii, DS) and weakest (GameCube, Wii U) periods in Nintendo’s history as a video game company. Last year,…
During a stormy night, an army of Octopuses attacked a human ship. One of them saved a woman who fell into the sea. A fairy, which saw his actions, gave him the power to breath outside the water, but in exchange, he has to promise to never hate a human. Tasukete Tako-San: Save me Mr Tako is an Action/Platformer with…
