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New Kids On The Block NES Box Sells For $589

By Spencer . November 4, 2009 . 3:40pm

Game not included since it never came out.

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Unreleased Superman Game For NES Finds Life On The Internet

By Spencer . April 27, 2009 . 11:40am

Legend has it Sunsoft was developing a Superman game. The Lost Levels has an article about Sunman, another unreleased NES game that looks like a Superman game. Now a build of the Superman game is out, also graciously provided by the Lost Levels team.

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What If Pac-Man Championship Edition Were Made For The NES?

By Spencer . February 3, 2009 . 11:05am

8-bit recreations are always neat to see and while some sites are buzzing about Guitar Hero recreated for the NES we’re going to take a look at a “Famicom” (note the quotes) version of Pac-Man Championship Edition.
 
Give it a quick glance and the video looks like bread and butter Pac-Man. However, this clip includes the [...]

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Introducing The Dingoo – It’s Like An Emulator Micro

By Spencer . January 23, 2009 . 3:03pm

Fitting somewhere in between a Game Boy Micro and a PSP is the Dingoo, a portable system only available in China. Similar to Sony’s handheld the Dingoo has an XMB interface where users can select entertainment functions like listening to music, reading eBooks or watching movies. You can even hook the Dingoo up to [...]

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Could An Ultraviolent Animated Castlevania Film Come To Theaters?

By Spencer . December 22, 2008 . 1:39pm

Hearing the news about the Castlevania movie being in a standstill sparked my memory about another Castlevania movie. The film I’m thinking of is based on Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse and it’s animated. Originally, it was supposed to be a direct DVD release, but a few months ago the production blog claimed the project [...]

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Yaargh, a Chrono Trigger Famicom pirate cart

By Spencer . August 15, 2008 . 3:24pm

CinnamonPirate, the site that unearthed a pirated version of Final Fantasy VII for the Famicom, has an excellent article describing a pirated version of Chrono Trigger for the Famicom (via GameSetWatch!). The thought of 8-bit Chrono Trigger sounds like a technical feat, but CinnamonPirate describes the game as a miserable failure. It’s not the [...]

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What if the Mega Man 3 theme had lyrics?

By Spencer . August 14, 2008 . 1:03pm

While we’re looking at the sillier side of video games hidden in the corners of the internet, Insert Credit got tipped off to an amusing YouTube video where a user created lyrics to the Mega Man 3 theme. This “vocal” version is pretty catchy and good for a few laughs.
 
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dL30lU26egw[/youtube] 
 
Brandon also found a series of [...]

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Bionic Commando sound designer inspired by NES-era tunes

By Jeriaska . July 20, 2008 . 10:52am

Based in Stockholm, Sweden, the game developer Grin has finished work on Bionic Commando Rearmed and is in the final stages of testing the original next-gen title for the Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and PC titled Bionic Commando.  
 
While it should come as no surprise that the creative director and sound composer of Bionic [...]

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Subtitled Retro Game Master DVDs seek distributor

By Spencer . June 23, 2008 . 11:50am

The NYAFF premiere of Game Center CX, soon to be known as Retro Game Center, isn’t a one shot deal. I got in touch with a Retro Game Master representative that clarified the screenings are the start of the KACHO in North America.
 
“They have produced the English subb'd DVDS and are now looking for a [...]

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The Muppet Babies test arcade classics

By Spencer . June 20, 2008 . 11:54am

Jim Henson’s 1980’s cartoon series did more than splice Star Wars clips with toddler Kermit the Frog imagining himself as Luke Skywalker. In one episode the Muppet Babies got a brand new Nintendo Pretendo, which gave the writers a chance to parody video games. Kermit enters Frogger, Fozzie is thrown into Tetris, and Miss [...]