72pins sells decorative NES cartridges with cart-art featuring pixelated images of popular game characters. No, the cartridges don’t contain 8-bit demakes; instead, they’re fully functional random NES games. That’s right, your Dead Space NES cart may actually be a copy of Athena. The world is odd in that way.
Retro gaming fans recently celebrated (lamented?) 9/9, which was the launch date of the groundbreaking and much beloved Dreamcast in 1999 . The system may have died prematurely, but Germany-based Redspotgames is adding to its legacy with a new game release: Sturmwind. The region-free shmup, on paper, looks nicely stacked. Check the features:
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Eric Ruth, the man famous for his creative “demakes” of Halo and Left 4 Dead is back. During the last day of the renowned free arts festival, Artscape, he unveiled his latest free to play game: Team Fortress 2 Arcade. Yes, the game’s a remake of the popular Valve title, but with a retro side-scrolling beat ‘em up 8-bit twist that actually does the series justice.
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The Nintendo 3DS and Sony NGP/PSP2 may dominate the portable gaming headlines, but there’s a third player that offers a radically different take on the space: The GP2X Caanoo, which you can purchase from ThinkGeek for $150. The product of South Korea’s Game Park Holdings, the GP2X Caanoo is a Linux-based emulation monster capable of playing games designed for the C64, NES, Neo Geo, Genesis, and numerous other platforms too numerous to mention–including homebrews and arcade uprights. In other words, the $149.99 GP2X Caanoo can house entire libraries of gaming history, making it a must-have for diehards and retro gamers.
This may very well be the greatest mod of all time.
Jay Pavlina’s wonderful mashup keeps getting better.
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