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Old school game publishers going out of business is never fun to write about. With Acclaim though it is kind of bittersweet. Accalim held some of the best licenses of whatever generation of console we are talking about. They would also universally phone in the quality of the underlying game. For many, Acclaim made games […]
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Acclaim Closes Their Doors – September 1st, 2004 – Today in Video Game History
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Lets Get Dangerous Darkwing Duck Launches on Nintendo NES – June 14th, 1992 – Today in Video Game History
June 13th, 2020 Carl Williams Darkwing Duck is a Disney animated feature set in an alternate “duckverse” from Ducktales. Launchpad McQuack and Gizmoduck both appear each show, in similar positions of life, but are considered different characters. That means two different universes to deal with here. Think of Darkwing Duck maybe as a DC Comics Elseworlds story. In 1992, Capcom […]
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John Wick Fan Game Released
July 21st, 2019 Carl Williams What would gaming be without fans that take it upon themselves to do things big companies sometimes cannot? Fans rock Streets of Rage 2 hacks that add new characters to level edits of Sonic the Hedgehog. Fans keep these old games feeling new and keep gaming interesting for a lot of us old school gamers. […]
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Jurassic Park Unleashed on Super Nintendo – October 6th, 1993 – Today in History
October 6th, 2018 Carl Williams What do you do when making a game based on what is surely going to be a blockbuster release? If you are Acclaim you phone in the development then hope for sales based on name alone. Ocean Software on the other hand took another approach to their acquisition of the Jurassic Park license. They allegedly […]
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10 Great Licensed NES Games That Are Not from Capcom
June 28th, 2018 Carl Williams Licensed games back in the 8-bit days were really hit or miss for gamers. We did not have options like YouTube to check out prior to purchase. There were no game reviewers readily available covering every game imaginable. No, back then we had to rely on gaming publications like Gamepro or Video Games & Computer […]
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WWF Royal Rumble Review on Super Nintendo
June 16th, 2018 Carl Williams Wrestling games are quite a conundrum of gaming. Some developers get it just right while others have trouble figuring out what exactly a “squared circle” is. For the time, LJN’s WWF Royal Rumble for the Super Nintendo was better than the competition of the time. There was not much competition though. This game was released […]
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Mortal Kombat Murders Competition on Sega CD – May 26th, 1994 – Today in History
May 26th, 2018 Carl Williams Mortal Kombat was the one title that did something no other title in history could. It forced Nintendo to change their staunch censoring policy. Prior to Mortal Kombat appearing on the Super Nintendo it was almost unheard of to see blood and guts in a game on a Nintendo platform. Nintendo even censored the Game […]
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Super Nintendo Mortal Kombat Finally Bleeds
May 21st, 2018 Carl Williams Back in the day Nintendo had this weird knack for censoring games. On the 8-Bit Nintendo Entertainment System this was not all that much of a problem. Sure, we had a few questionable games slip through Nintendo’s weird censoring program, such as Monster Party which featured bleeding skulls and other imagery that NES games were […]
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Zombies Ate My Neighbors: The Sequel Released by Fans, Brings 54 New Levels to Classic Adventure
September 4th, 2017 Carl Williams Zombies Ate My Neighbors is a classic arcade adventure that sadly never saw a true sequel. Fans have held this title close to their hearts for years, and for good reason. Campy horror tropes were paraded around in this game like it was a D-list horror film. If it ever appeared in a horror movie, […]
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Could a Mega Drive / Genesis Flashback Top the NES Classic Mini?
April 7th, 2017 Neil Reive With the NES Classic Mini–also known as Nintendo Classic Edition, depending on where it’s sold–Nintendo seem to have struck nostalgic cords of many retrogamers. It has proved so popular that Retrogamers have been clambering over themselves to get hold of the much publicized and popular mini Nintendo 8-bit console. Could the release of a Sega […]
