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Ah, Super Mario 64, the classic Nintendo game that sold one to one with the Nintendo 64 at launch- a feat not matched since. This was the first time that the iconic plumber went into the third dimension and fans ate it up. Gaming publications of the time were more than happy to publish guides, […]
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Game Hack: Dr. Luigi (Hack of Dr. Mario) Released for Nintendo Entertainment System
January 20th, 2014 
Carl Williams Game hacks are sometimes really cool, and sometimes they are ho hum. For the most part, the stuff changed is graphical substitutions. Game hacks like the ones for Mega Man 1 and 2 and Castlevania change some of the fundamental challenge of the game while Dr. Luigi falls more in the substitutions realm with the […]
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Mario Party 2 Continues Nintendo Genre Take Overs – January 24th, 2000 – Today in Video Game History
January 23rd, 2021 Carl Williams Mario Party 2 is a multiplayer party game that takes advantage of the Nintendo 64 hardware. Namely the four players at once capabilities. This allowed Hudson Soft, the developers, a lot of freedom in how the Mario Party line of games play. Even if you do not have three friends to play with you can […]
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Unexpected Retro Casino Games
June 17th, 2019 Carl Williams What do you picture when you close your eyes and think of a casino? For most, it’s James Bond swirling a martini in the glittering opulence of the Monte Carlo Casino, while surrounded by villains in suits and femme fatales. It might be the bright lights of the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. But some of us […]
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Super Mario 64 Recreates Original Game
June 4th, 2019 Carl Williams You have to hand it to modders sometimes. They make some of the wackiest entries in titles we love. Some of those entries are wild and fun, others are just weird. Luckily this one falls in that first category. You can now play Super Mario Bros using the Super Mario 64 engine.
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Super Mario Bros Two Player Hack Released
November 11th, 2018 Carl Williams Back in the day, consoles came with two controllers and at least one game. Depending on which version of the Nintendo Entertainment System you purchased, you could have gotten as many as three games packed in. Most people got two, Super Mario Bros and Duck Hunt (and the light gun as well in the box). […]
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Super CLASH Bros Pits Characters Against Each Other in Mash Up
August 15th, 2018 Carl Williams Super Smash Bros has certainly lit the gaming world up with trash talk, fun at parties, and probably ruined a friendship or two (not as many as Super Mario Kart but still a few). One thing that many gamers hate about Nintendo’s offering is certain characters are not available to play as. Who hasn’t wanted […]
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Wii U Retrospective
January 24th, 2017 Dash The Bomber Big surprise the Wii U is a failure. Nintendo’s little console that couldn’t it stood as a testament to everything Nintendo did wrong. But, while it was not the most successful console in the market the Wii U had some of the greatest scoring titles this generation. Taking a look back it’s easy to see […]
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Five Classic Franchises Reimagined Using Unreal Engine 4
November 23rd, 2016 Carl Williams Check out these five classic retro gaming franchises re-imagined using the Unreal Engine.
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Super Mario World 2 Yoshi’s Island, Enough Said – October 4th, 1995 – Today in Video Game History
October 3rd, 2016 Carl Williams Super Mario World 2 Yoshi’s Island, when announced, left fans wondering what was coming. Back in the day fans had to deal with waiting for gaming publications to drop the gaming scoops. There was no Internet so we couldn’t load up YouTube and watch trailers to our hearts content. I remember when the first screenshots […]
