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Mortal Kombat is a franchise that has reached maximum exposure, so to speak. Millions know the name, enjoy the various properties the franchise has to offer, and some of those fans go farther. One such fan that knows no limits has decided to take on a major challenge. Hugo Smits is creating a Nintendo Game […]
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Legend of Zelda The Minish Cap Continues Innovating Classic Formula on Nintendo Game Boy Advance – January 10th, 2005 – Today in Video Game History
January 9th, 2021 
Carl Williams Legend of Zelda The Minish Cap has a story set in a unique position. The third entry in the Four Swords series takes place between Skyward Sword and Four Swords. Nintendo’s Hyrule hero’s adventure here also takes place prior to the events that split the Zelda timeline in Ocarina of Time. The Minish Cap allows […]
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WorkBoy Long Lost Nintendo Game Boy Accessory Discovered
December 26th, 2020 Carl Williams The WorkBoy is a curiosity of accessories. This device was intended to fill a gap between gaming devices and computers. Like how, in Japan at least, Nintendo had a keyboard, modem, etc available for their NES console. Unfortunately, this add-on was not going to feature online connectivity of any kind. That would limit what you […]
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Game Boy Pac-Man Sees Two Update Patches Released
December 20th, 2020 Carl Williams Pac-Man is a venerable franchise. He has also branched out in just as many genres as Mario has. Nintendo still holds the prize for the platforming and kart racing genres. Namco’s yellow dot eater certainly has laid down a formidable challenge in nearly ever other genre though. The Nintendo Game Boy release in 1990 was […]
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Final Fantasy IV Advance Brings WonderSwan Title to Game Boy Advance – December 12th, 2005 – Today in Video Game History
December 11th, 2020 Carl Williams Final Fantasy IV Advance may seem like a weird name for a Final Fantasy entry, but it is not. The reason it is titled as such is because this is a port of the Bandai WonderSwan Color version of the game. Think of it as Square Enix and Nintendo pulling a WWE move by changing […]
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Castlevania The Adventure Marks Game Boy Debut for Franchise – December 6th, 1989 – Today in Video Game History
December 5th, 2020 Carl Williams Castlevania The Adventure for the Nintendo Game Boy marks the first time the franchise went portable. Konami was all in with Nintendo at this time and the Game Boy had just launched. Bringing Castlevania to those new gamers was an easy choice to make. Thus, we got our first taste of the whip cracking franchise […]
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Legend of Zelda A Link to the Past Adds Four Swords for Game Boy Advance Port – December 2nd, 2002 – Today in Video Game History
December 2nd, 2020 Carl Williams Legend of Zelda A Link to the Past and Four Swords was the Super Nintendo classic ported to the Game Boy Advance (GBA). For the most part, the original game was not changed, just minor fixes and updates. The real draw with this release was the Four Swords add-on. Unfortunately, this meant having at least […]
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Dr Mario Does House Calls with Nintendo Game Boy – December 1st, 1990 – Today in Video Game History
December 1st, 2020 Carl Williams Dr Mario is an anomalous release by Nintendo. On the surface, everything has the Nintendo feel to it. If you look slightly below the surface though and you see something more going on here. For one, we seem to have jumped forward in Mario’s life as he is now a doctor. Gone is the Mushroom […]
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Upcoming Game Boy Game Where is My Body Successfully Funded on Kickstarter
August 16th, 2020 Carl Williams Where is My Body is now fully funded on Kickstarter. This new title is for the Nintendo Game Boy. The original Game Boy. The developer states the story has a very Maniac Mansion feel to it. Yep, this is an adventure title. That is great considering the original Game Boy screen is not suited for […]
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Today in History: October 15th, 2000 – Pokemon Gold/Silver for Game Boy Color
October 14th, 2019 Carl Williams No one will ever know if Nintendo really understood the phenomenon they were launching with the Pokemon series, but history has shown it is definitely that, a phenomenon. Starting pretty simply, Pokemon was almost an innocent title but then well, gamers realized the hold it develops, subconsciously. A hold that has kept the series progressing and […]
