Archive for the ‘Retro Gaming’ Category
By: Jon Christensen on December 1st, 2008 am31 12:15 am
I’m not sure why I’m posting this, but I have too. The artist ‘eluted‘ from deviantART drew a decent sketch of Mega Man. Now, at first glance you might think the drawing is alright, but certainly not worth posting on the site. However, what you don’t know about the sketch is what could be the most disturbing thing in video game art.
The person behind the sketch decided to use — ready for this, menstrual fluid. You know, the blood from a girl…from the place that bleeds every month.
Yeah, Mega Man is ruined for me…forever!
(thanks kdawg)
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By: Jon Christensen on November 21st, 2008 am30 4:24 am
Daniel Palacios is a terrific piano player. Not because I follow his musical work, heck I’m not even sure if he can play anything else besides what he shows us in the video up top.
I only like him because he plays Street Fighter II in front of people who are dressed up fancy cloths. And he goes on for about ten whole minutes.
I wonder if the older people who are sitting in the audience know the songs are based off a fighting video game? I doubt it — which I find hilarious. I’m going to prejudge them and bet they think games are ruining today’s youth.
Source: gonintendo
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By: Jon Christensen on November 21st, 2008 am30 3:24 am
People who complain about the level editor in LittleBigPlanet just need to bash something that they don’t have. Of course it’s nothing like creating a mod on a PC, but that wasn’t Media Molecule’s intention. Remember, not everyone is hacker savvy enough to create a Simpsons virtual world while using the Quake engine.
MM’s goal was simple, to have everyone play with a level editor that is easy to use but yet have a lot of depth to it and let the player use their own imagination to create a 2D level. Not to make it complicated and only have a few people enjoy it; we do in fact live in a casual gamer world now. However, I really don’t think the developers thought they would have seen some of the amazing levels that have appeared on PSN. And the video up top is no exception.
A user had the crazy idea remaking Duck Hunt using LBP. Even though it’s not perfect, it’s still incredible nonetheless.
I’m pretty sure the crazy PC gamers and fanboys of the 360 will still say it sucks — but screw them. This is pretty awesome stuff.
Now the BIG question; how long will Media Molecule delete this level from existence?
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By: Jon Christensen on November 10th, 2008 am30 3:58 am
Normally we would put this under ‘Cool Stuff,’ but we’re not sure about this one. If you’re a gamer who loves actual varsity jackets, than you might consider buying this 80stees is seeing a limited edition Nintendo varsity jacket, licensed by the gaming giant. The jacket, which is limited to only a 1000, isn’t cheap — selling for $200.
The “jacket features the Nintendo Controller appliqued on the back and a small controller appliqued on the front left chest. The jacket has a thermal insulated lining and buttons up in the front.”
The jacket isn’t out yet, but if you head over to the site, 80stees will email you when it becomes available.
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By: Jon Christensen on November 7th, 2008 pm30 1:50 pm
Nicolas created what could be the best Megaman of all-time using stop motion animation. Watch Megaman avoid real world objects such as a paper cutter and balancing himself on old Game Boy cartridges. And make sure you check out one of the many epic boss battles as he fights a human hand holding a fork…
Obviously this isn’t a game, but its easily just as creative and deserves recognition. This must have taken some time to film.
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By: Jon Christensen on November 7th, 2008 am30 4:17 am
Keep your head warm this winter with this Nintendo beanie hat or if you’re in San Francisco — all year round. As you can tell from the picture above, the hat has a pattern of the original Nintendo controllers embedded. However because of modern technology, the hat is a reversible and you can in theory own two hats in one. I also find the ‘other-side’ (below) considerably more stylish than the top picture.
Head over to 80sTees and buy the hat for only $20.
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By: Jon Christensen on November 6th, 2008 am30 5:24 am
I’m not a big shoe guy, but I’m sold on these babies. Nike is has released a shoe inspired by the original 1985 Nintendo Entertainment System. The Oregon shoe company have called the design above the ‘Nike Air Classic BW - ‘Nintendo Edition.’
Reminiscent of the classic console, the shoe features the exact same colors that are found on the old system. Not only that, the word ‘start‘ is labeled on the top side of the shoe. Another thing we noticed was the pattern on middle-grey area has the ‘d-pad‘ embedded on it.
The shoes are supposedly on sale in select stores now, however we can’t seem to find a price. But if it’s any indication of Nike’s other ‘Air Classics,’ it should be anywhere from $50-$80. I’m going on a journey to find these sneakers today because these are HOT!
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By: Jon Christensen on October 31st, 2008 am31 2:45 am
These have to be some of the coolest carved pumpkins we’ve ever seen. David Adams decided to take ‘Sugar Pie pumpkins’ and carve them into Pac Man and two of the ghost that hunt the yellow inspired pizza. By far, the best part about the project are the ghosts and the level of detail he put into them. Notice on the bottom of them, he even had the pixels carved out. Incredible stuff, I find it even more amazing because I can barley cut out a face on my pumpkins.
After the jump, read how he did it and look at more pictures.
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
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By: Jon Christensen on October 30th, 2008 am31 1:43 am
The Pitch: Legendary musician Louis Armstrong sings “Super Mario World.” Okay, he’s been dead for almost 30 years but Brentalfloss created this parody that sounds likes the famous song “What a Wonderful World.” Funny stuff.
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By: Jon Christensen on October 28th, 2008 am31 2:23 am
Face it, Apple created another easy to use interface when they first introduced the iPhone last year. But to some people, who still want to live in the past, thought it might look to futuristic. Apparently, Rob Sheridan was one of those people because he created this freaking cool theme for the iPhone. As you can tell from the picture above, he hacked his phone and made it look like a original Game Boy — green screen and all. Not only that, he managed to include the excessively large pixels the Game Boy featured back in ‘89.
Rob even gives the users to choose to have the buttons that were found on the old handheld but now obviously takes advantage of the touch screen. If you don’t want them, then download just the screen.
Click here to learn how to get your very own iPhone Game Boy theme.
Source: gonintendo
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By: Jon Christensen on October 27th, 2008 am31 2:13 am
Man, us geeks/nerds are apparently the most romantic beings in the universe. A couple of weeks ago we showed a video of a gamer using the LittleBigPlanet level creator to propose to his now Fiance. Now another gamer went even further. TheRealPfhreak hacked one of the best RPG’s off all time — Chrono Trigger and had his girlfriend play…Oh and she said yes!
After the jump, check out why and how he did it. (more…)
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By: Jon Christensen on October 22nd, 2008 am31 3:53 am
What would people say if you had some of your favorite NES games inside a nice frame hanging on your wall? My guess, “You’re a hardcore gamer, but you have crapload of class.” Framednes is a website where it finds some classic NES games and frames them. As ridiculous as it sounds, we think it’s a unique way to show off how much you love the gaming industry and have pride for the retro days.
The cartridges are all original from the NES days and not a reproduction. The frame is in a 1.5″ ‘Black shadowbox frame.’ They also promise the glass is under UV resistant Acrylic. The only setback is the price, the frame includes the game but will set you back $80. But hey, who said having class is cheap?
After the jump check out some other games inside the frame.
After the jump check out some other games inside the frame.
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By: Jon Christensen on October 22nd, 2008 am31 2:22 am
NBC’s popular series Chuck is going to feature the organization that tracks video game records, Twin Galaxies. The independent group has become a well know world record tracker because of controversy surrounding it in the unbelievable documentary ‘King of Kong.’
On the October 27 episode, one of the characters named Jeff (Scott Krinsky) — who is a coworker of Chuck, is a champion of the 80s arcade game, Missile Command. Because of Jeff’s unique skill, a global terrorist searches for him because he thinks he could help start World War III. Because of the pending disaster, Chuck is forced to socialize with Jeff. And learn about his talent in the famous retro shooter.
Throughout the episode, Jeff and Chuck must use the Twin Galaxies online database to receive valuable information. Kind of sounds like the ‘awesome’ 80’s film, ‘The Last Star Fighter.’
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By: Jon Christensen on October 8th, 2008 pm31 9:19 pm
I’m sure you all saw the awesome press kits for Mega Man 9 and said to yourself, “Damn, I want one.” Now you can thanks to Capcom — you can now buy one. Starting tomorrow, October 9th at 3PM PST, they’ll be going on sale for a price of $49.99
If you’re on the fence about buying the press kit, you better make up your mind soon. Capcom expects these puppies to see out fast. So fast that even if you get to the site right at 3pm PST, you STILL might not get one.
We’re pretty sure down the line the kits will be worth a pretty penny. It might not be a bad investment to purchase one.
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By: Jon Christensen on October 7th, 2008 am31 2:23 am
Frogger was huge — because of that,Play-Doh decided to included a Frogger Fun Kit back in the 80’s. Of course each kit was only packaged in with ’specially marked boxes.’ If you’re wondering what is in the ‘fun pack,’ it was crap. If you found one of these special boxes — which we are pretty sure it was easy to find one, it had stickers puzzle and other lame stuff.
It was funny to see how companies did anything to get children to bug their parents to purchase their sh*tty product. And video games helped support their evil marketing plans.
Source: Fanboy
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