Bits and Bytes is a weekly round up of some of the more interesting gaming news items that happened to slip through the cracks during our normal posting schedule. They’re presented here in easily-digestible bite-size chunks. 16-bit Celebration Can you believe that it’s been 20 years since the debuts of Hudson/NEC’s TurboGrafx-16 and Sega’s Genesis? Retronauts [...]

I don’t take well to change. When I was 12 years old, for example, the move from elementary school to junior high school, collapsed my world. I hated shuffling from class to class. I hated being separated from dear classmates that I had grown to love over the previous 6 years. I hated the new [...]

Ignition Entertainment has released yet another King of Fighters XII vid, which highlights the fighter’s combat mechanics. Sousai attacks, guard attacks, and deadlock counters are all on display, set to the street fightin’ sounds of Blondie’s “One Way Or Another.” If you’re ready to rumble, King of Fighters XII will be available for purchase on [...]

I have a love-hate relationship with the Marvel vs. Capcom series, especially the second iteration of the game. While I love Capcom’s mish-mashy blend of  of its own properties with Marvel’s, the over-the-top gameplay pretty much turned me off from any serious gameplay. The title has gobs of followers, so it would make sense that [...]

It brings me much shame as both a gamer and an a somewhat upstanding human being to confess that at one point in time, I was totally skeptical of the Nintendo DS’ ability to deliver a rockin’ mobile game experience. In fact, when the handheld was first unveiled I shouted to everyone within earshot that [...]

Reviewing Metal Slug 7 has proved to be one of the toughest endeavors I’ve undertook since launching this here webbersite. Allow me to explain. I’ve been a fan of the Metal Slug series since its inception; the combination of cutesy, cartoon-like characters and mega-violence sang a song of love. Unfortunately, its debut was during the twilight [...]

I love Ninja Combat. Yes, the Neo Geo’s Ninja Combat. Yes, I recognize and realize that it’s a hideous title with stiff controls and cheap enemies (even by old school standards), but the game never fails to bring a smile to my face. Why? Sheer nostalgia and base button-mashing. My needs were simple over a decade ago, and not much as changed since.

This Memorial Day, the 2D-X crew pays respect to the courageous men and women who’ve bravely entered the line of fire by looking back at some of the more awesome videogame examples of soldiers at work. We’re not talking realistic first-person shooters like Call of Duty; it’s all about hardcore, near-mindless twitch soldiering that dominated [...]

Created in in honor of the 10th anniversary of the most popular entry in SNK Playmore’s long-running fighting franchise, King of Fighters ’98: Ultimate Match attempts to do what die-hard KOF ’98 fans consider an impossibility: Honor SNK Playmore’s landmark fighter by actually improving upon the foundation laid by the near-perfect original. Indeed, this release [...]