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By Chris Gampat On 26 May, 2010 At 09:26 PM | Categorized As Slider, TimeWasters | With 1 Comment

Super Mario Bros. Crossover is a free flash game that is the quintessential wet dream of all old-school Nintendo fans.


By Jeffrey L. Wilson On 24 May, 2010 At 08:23 AM | Categorized As Geek Culture | With 0 Comments

Photographer Joseph Ford has taken images of the NES, Nintendo DSi XL, and PlayStation 3 and reimagined them as real-world buildings.


By Jeffrey L. Wilson On 18 May, 2010 At 11:15 PM | Categorized As Gaming Gear | With 2 Comments

Hyperkin’s latest offering has a three cartridge slot design that allows it to accept NES, SNES, and Genesis games.


By Jeffrey L. Wilson On 17 May, 2010 At 04:29 PM | Categorized As Fighters, Geek Culture, Slider | With 2 Comments

An intrepid 8-bit fan has wrangled up the Famicom’s greatest characters to duke it out in King of Famicom.


By Jeffrey L. Wilson On 28 Apr, 2010 At 10:52 PM | Categorized As Action | With 0 Comments

“Everything old is new again” is how the mantra goes, but rarely has it been made manifest to the degree that explodingRabbit has taken it. explodingRabbit, my new personal hero, has taken Super Mario Bros., and added dashes of Castlevania, Contra, Mega Man, and Metroid to create what may very well be the greatest flash [...]


By Jeffrey L. Wilson On 5 Apr, 2010 At 08:36 PM | Categorized As X-Lists | With 2 Comments

Fact: Mention the name Duke Togo (aka hitman extraordinaire Golgo 13) to any anime fan under age 25, and they’ll give you a perplexed look similar to the old RCA dog. Additional Fact: Mention the name Duke Togo to any anime fan over age 25, and smiles, high-fives, and yelps of “oh shit!” will erupt [...]


By Thomas Rivas On 11 Mar, 2010 At 12:15 AM | Categorized As 2D Reviews, Action | With 0 Comments

With the release of Percy Jackson and the Unnecessarily Long Title a few weeks ago and the Clash of the Titans remake just around the corner, I thought it would be appropriate to blow the dust off The Battle of Olympus (NES) – a game that combines the intrigues of Greek mythology, the side-scrolling gameplay [...]


By Jeffrey L. Wilson On 7 Mar, 2010 At 03:35 PM | Categorized As Geek Culture | With 0 Comments

Etsy strikes again. The creaftspersons at the popular handmade and vintage items supplier has tapped retro gaming love several times in recent months with such unique items as the GameBoy tube dress, 8-bit gaming pendants, NES external storage drives, and Atari wallets. Now we have an NES controller rug.


By Thomas Rivas On 19 Feb, 2010 At 01:53 PM | Categorized As Action, Sports | With 1 Comment

Aksys Games appears to be looking to the past for inspiration with the release of two upcoming titles for the Nintendo DS: River City Soccer Hooligans and River City Super Sports Challenge. Dedicated gamers will remember cleaning up the streets of River City in either the GBA or NES versions of River City Ransom, but [...]


By Tim Torres On 7 Feb, 2010 At 09:18 AM | Categorized As Action | With 0 Comments

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 [...]