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Mario Super Picross was a puzzle game released on the Super Famicom. This title never made it to North America. There was a similar title for the Nintendo Game Boy released. After that, the whole genre of Picross never really picked up in North America. Such a shame as this style puzzle can be quite […]
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Fans Translate Mario Super Picross for Super Nintendo
October 6th, 2021 
Carl Williams 
Posted in News, Nintendo, Super Nintendo 
Tags: bandit gaming, fan translation, Mario Super Picross, nintendo, picross, super nintendo 
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Street Fighter 2 Nintendo Entertainment System Unofficial Port in Progress
October 3rd, 2021 Carl Williams That title sounds like a bad Electronic Gaming Monthly April issue cover blurb, I know. The difference is, here it is real. While EGM would have hired an artist to fake the screen shots, this port is quite real. A team of several developers are working on making a Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) port of […]
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The Duality of Life and Death in Skies of Arcadia
August 23rd, 2021 Dash The Bomber Swashbucklers, airships, treasures, discoveries, and an evil empire await in Skies of Arcadia. Yet, this tale of a mysterious girl and a couple of teenage pirates (read heroes) saving the world was not unique. The abundance of games released during that era featuring a similar premise was overwhelming. So, what made Skies of Arcadia special? […]
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Diablo 2 Resurrected Brings Original Plus Expansion into Modern Era
February 19th, 2021 Carl Williams Fans of Diablo were probably sort of blindsided when Diablo, plus the Hellfire expansion, appeared on GoG. a while back. Well get ready to be flat out floored. Diablo 2 plus the Lord of Destruction expansion are in the process of being remade in 3D. Even better, Vicarious Visions are handling the development of this […]
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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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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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Intellivision Super Mario Bros Shown
January 2nd, 2021 Carl Williams Intellivision Super Mario Bros is an anomaly of sorts. This is an entry in our Bandit Gaming section as there is no way this is official. Looking at the developer of this, we are not surprised on bit at the progress. What is surprising is just how close this is to the Nintendo Entertainment System […]
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LED Matrix Cube Display Playing Castlevania on Nintendo Entertainment System
December 28th, 2020 Carl Williams Anyone seen an LED Matrix Cube before? Me neither. They look cool though. Anyhow, the LED’s across four sides display the game screen. The one in the video below is set on an auto rotating base. This keeps the necessary parts of the screen in your view as you play. Unfortunately, this is extraordinarily little […]
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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 […]
