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Get ready for Turrican Flashback if you are a fan of action games. Fans of run and gun games know the name Turrican quite well. If not, then I must ask, just how big a fan of the genre are you? Anyhow, ININ Games are working with Factor 5 to create a curated Turrican collection. […]
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Turrican Flashback Collects Games on Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4
November 3rd, 2020 
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Wallachia Reign of Dracula Receiving Limited Nintendo Switch Release
November 2nd, 2020 Carl Williams Wallachia Reign of Dracula is one of the cross-genre games gamers either hate or love. Here we get a cross between “metroidvania” and Contra by Konami. If you are not a fan of metroidvania games, then there is probably not much here to change your mind. For everyone else, get ready. Wallachia will be getting an […]
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Tags: action, adventure, contra, Kira Buckland, metroidvania, Robert Belgrade, VGNYsoft, Wallachia Reign of Dracula 
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Cotton Reboot Planning PlayStation Nintendo Switch Launch
October 25th, 2020 Carl Williams Cotton Reboot is, well, a reboot of the original Cotton game from the early 1990’s. Cotton: Fantastic Night Dreams only came to the United States on the Turbo Grafx-16 Super CD-ROM2 (Turbo Duo as well) thanks to TTI in 1993. Other than that, this franchise has been pretty much MIA in North America. ININ Games […]
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Posted in News, Nintendo, Playstation 4, Sony, Switch Tags: Caravan mode, Cotton, Cotton Fantastic Night Dreams, Cotton Reboot, cute-em up, horizontal scrolling, ININ Games, remake, shooter, side scrolling No Comments »
Best Retro Football Video Games Ever Made
October 21st, 2020 Carl Williams Retro games that hark people back to the good old pixelated days of button-bashing are making a comeback right around the world, with people going potty for everything from game soundtracks being repackaged as vinyl special editions to old consoles fetching more than their modern counterparts online.
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Posted in Dreamcast, Genesis, NES, News, Nintendo, Nintendo 64, Sega Tags: football, sports 3 Comments »
Now You Are Playing with Power, Nintendo Entertainment System Debuts in Stores – October 18th, 1985 – Today in Video Game History
October 18th, 2020 Carl Williams The Nintendo Entertainment System is a seminal system. When it was launched, the console market was in shambles. Atari had a big hand in that situation, but they were not alone. Nintendo knew things had to be different when their console launched. Whether you agree with the business practices used or not, the impact of […]
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Posted in NES, News, Nintendo Tags: 1985, console launch, nes, nintendo, nintendo entertainment system, october, October 18 No Comments »
Mortal Kombat Sees Super Nintendo Sega Genesis and More Ports – September 13th, 1993 – Today in Video Game History
September 12th, 2020 Carl Williams Mortal Kombat is iconic. It started life as an arcade game attempting to do the impossible. Take on Capcom’s Street Fighter II machine which had been ruling arcades. The key to the success of Mortal Kombat was the imagery and match endings. Ed Boon and John Tobias knew they had to stand out and stand […]
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Posted in Game Boy, Game Gear, Genesis, News, Nintendo, Portables, Sega, Super Nintendo Tags: acclaim, censorship, Digitized Graphics, fighting, mortal kombat, one on one fighting, Play It Loud, port No Comments »
Explore Legend of Zelda – August 22nd, 1987 – Today in Video Game History
August 22nd, 2020 Carl Williams The Legend of Zelda is a classic, iconic, timeless release. It has transcended into that status for many gamers. Even non-Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) owners knew the basics of the game. It is also the butt of many a misnomer joke concerning your character. Nintendo’s adventure title was also a stark difference to their pack-in […]
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Toki Enhanced Color Hack Released on Nintendo Entertainment System
July 19th, 2020 Carl Williams Toki is one of those arcade games I will forever remember. Fans of this ape game will want to pay attention here. Recently an independent developer created a hack for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) version. Better colors and a new sprite await you.
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Horror Fans Prepare for Maid of Sker, Coming to Steam PlayStation 4 and Xbox One
July 4th, 2020 Carl Williams Maid of Sker is one of those unique horror titles that we see from time to time. For one, this is based on folklore from 1898. That gives the game an instant “real” feel that makes it quite uneasy. While we all know folklore is not always reliable, there is some truth to it. Sometimes […]
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Posted in Comp, News, Nintendo, Playstation 4, Sony, Switch, Windows, Xbox, Xbox One Tags: horror, Maid of Sker, Sker Hotel, steam, survival horror, Wales Interactive No Comments »
Super Mario Bros Texas Instruments 99/4A Preview 4 Released
June 27th, 2020 Carl Williams Super Mario Bros is owned by Nintendo. We all know that. The game is iconic as well. That is probably why it is the focus of fan ports. That is exactly what is going on here. The fan port to the Texas Instruments 99/4A is now at preview number 4. Please note, this is not […]
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Posted in Comp, News, Nintendo, Texas Instruments 99/4A Tags: action, bandit gaming, Christian Palmer, platform, port, super mario bros 1 Comment »
