Microvision’s Show WX pico projector pimps your portable playing
Platinum members of the gaming community, if you ever felt like you didn’t have it all already with your fancy iPhone, worry not. Now you can show everyone how good you got it with Microvision’s SHOW WX, a pocket-sized projector with a laser display system that boasts 10 ANSI lumens, a 5000:1 contrast ratio, WVGA (848 x 480) resolution, and it never needs focusing. Its battery lasts about two hours on a single charge, too.
Review: RealView V-Screen (PSP)
The V-Screen from Realview promises “stunning depth enhancement for your PSP games” by making the 2D screen image “look and feel far more realistic and exciting.” At least that’s what the box says. Inside the box you’ll find a plastic case where the PSP goes, with a magnifying glass — the V-Screen — attached at the top that flips out. Peer through that and PSP games should look more three-dimensional, if we’re to believe the box’s description.
Manomio follows up C64 iPhone emulator with Amiga emulator
Manomio, the guys who made the Commodore 64 for iPhone app, says games will be released as separate packaged apps. There’s not much information on which Amiga games we’ll see, though Archer MacLean’s classic fighter International Karate should be one of them according to Retro Gamer magazine.
Emulation for scrollers like Xenon II, Turrican, Ghosts ‘n Goblins, and R-Type are also said to be running “perfectly smooth.”
Though there’s no release date yet or more info rest assured we’ll be on top of any developments.
[Hat tip: TouchArcade]
Blaster Master: Overdrive coming to WiiWare tomorrow
Talk about a blast from the past! Hyuk hyuk.
Blaster Master: Overdrive, a sequel/update to the NES classic, appeared out of nowhere over the weekend and better yet, it will be available this Monday on WiiWare for 1000 points!! Gosh, if only every game’s release date came within 48 hours of its announcement.
Like the original, Blaster Master: Overdrive blends 2D side-scrolling shooting and platforming with overhead action. Though screenshots are blurry, Blaster Master: Overdrive resembles a late-era SNES game, so y’know, it looks awesome. We can all thank Sunsoft and Victor Ireland’s Gaijinworks for this lovely surprise.
[Hat tip: Destructoid]
New NBA Jam screenshot reveals a photo-realistic 2D look (besides the huge, huge heads)
’90s favorite NBA Jam makes its long-awaited return as a semi-photorealistic 2D update for the Wii. Judging by the screenshots it looks it will honor the original since big heads and flagrant pushing appear to come back. Hopefully a playable Bill Clinton, nets on fire and oodles of secret codes come back too! With series creator Mark Turmell providing input on the new game perhaps this modern NBA Jam can cut the mustard. With a flaming knife. Or something.
Project Needlemouse becomes Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1
[Updated with video!]
This morning at 3AM Eastern Time, GameSpot in conjunction with Sega answered the prayers of an entire generation who grew up during the halcyon days of the Genesis. No more stupid sidekicks, we cried. No more dull treasure hunting, no more disjointed gameplay, no more awful camera to constantly wrestle with. No more werehogs.
Taking a cue from Mega Man 9 and the hallowed niche it carved, Sega’s taking Sonic back to his 2D roots. Project Needlemouse has been revealed, and it is Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1, a direct sequel to Sonic 3 & Knuckles. To paraphrase Jaleel White’s now YouTube-Pooped into senselessness cartoon version of the blue guy, we’ve been waaaaiitiiiiing.
Review: Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars (Wii)
Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars, the latest in Capcom’s wacky-yet-honored Vs. series, arrives as the perfect palette cleanser between installments of the chess-like, rage-inducing Street Fighter IV. A terrific blend of fun and skill, giant robots, science ninja teams and war photographers duke it out in one of the Wii’s finest brawler since Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
Metal Slug XX brings more run and gun to your PSP
Atlus doesn’t know when to quit. Not satisfied spoiling us with hardcore ridiculousness like Demon’s Souls and tons upon tons of Shin Megami Tensei games, they deem Feb. 23 the time to bestow Metal Slug XX for PSP upon us. A port of Metal Slug 7 for DS, Metal Slug XX (pronounced “double-ex”) heralds the return of multi-player through the PSP’s ad-hoc connection. Because who wants to run-and-gun solo? That’s just silly.
But the Metal Slug series has always been silly, and this one looks to up the ante with a nice, big cast (Marco, Tarma, Fio, Eri, Ralf, Clark and a purchasable Leona), seven levels in the main campaign and — in a series first — more than 70 missions worth of bonus content. For only $20 that sounds like quite the steel. Er, steal. Ha, like metal? Get it, Metal Slug?
Ugh.
Battle Kid: Fortress of Peril invites you to dust off your NES for 2D, 8-bit action
Filed under: Action, Emulation, Homebrew, and Modding
The NES lives! Sort of.
A group of retro-minded dudes at Sivak Games plan to release Battle Kid: Fortress of Peril on a real Nintendo Entertainment System cartridge. Yep, a homebrewed NES game on a real cart, which will be available at website RetroZone. Starring a green-suited floaty kid name Timmy, Battle Kid resembles the Mega Man series, complete with disappearing blocks, rooms full of insta-death spikes, and giant snake bosses.
Review: A Boy And His Blob (Wii)
After Muramasa left me lukewarm I was eager to see A Boy and His Blob try its hand at 2D goodness on the Wii. I never played the original game beyond renting it one weekend long ago, and like many NES games of the day I got stuck, ragequit and never looked back. It was obtuse and infuriating. This new version frustrates as well, but on the other end of the difficulty spectrum. It feels too easy, and as a whole it feels like an opportunity was missed.
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