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Plants vs Zombies is, at its heart, a tower defense game. This was a genre that was extraordinarily popular for a period on mobile devices. Most entries in this genre share common traits. They are single screen affairs. You are limited in where you can place defenses. The enemy comes in waves and must be […]
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Plants vs Zombies Makes Landing on Android – December 14th, 2011 – Today in Video Game History
December 13th, 2020 
Carl Williams 
Posted in Android, News, Portables 
Tags: 2011, december, December 14, December 14 2011, December 2011, plants vs zombies, popcap, tower defense, zombies 
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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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WonderSwan Color Makes Debut in Japan – December 9th, 2000 – Today in Video Game History
December 8th, 2020 Carl Williams The WonderSwan Color is one of many portables that we never got in North America. This is actually the second iteration of the WonderSwan, a portable originally released in March 1999. As the name would suggest, Bandai added color to this version, similar to Nintendo’s release of the Game Boy Color in 1998. Sadly, there […]
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Posted in News, Portables, WonderSwan Tags: 2000, Bandai, december, December 2000, December 9th, December 9th 2000, Gunpei Yokoi, Koto Laboratory, Portables, WonderSwan Color No Comments »
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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Posted in Game Boy, News, Nintendo, Portables Tags: 1989, 2d, action, adventure, castlevania, Castlevania The Adventure, december, December 1989, December 6th, December 6th 1989, dracula, konami, side scrolling No Comments »
Battlezone 2000 Open World Access Made Easier on Atari Lynx
December 3rd, 2020 Carl Williams Battlezone 2000 saw release on the Atari Lynx in 1995 by Atari Corporation. What is more interesting than a new game for a handheld over half a decade after launch is what is inside that cart. While it has been widely known for years now, there is a hidden game in there. What gamers got […]
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Posted in Atari Lynx, News, Portables Tags: arcade, atari, Battlezone, Battlezone 2000, Easter Egg, wire frame No Comments »
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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Garfield Caught in the Act Brings Attitude to Sega Game Gear – November 29th, 1995 – Today in Video Game History
November 28th, 2020 Carl Williams Garfield Caught in the Act was Sega’s attempt to return to licensed games. Earlier they had success with Disney licenses such as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck. For some reason Sega stopped their efforts in the licensed game realm. That is until Virgin Interactive had critical success with their version of Aladdin for the Sega […]
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Posted in Game Gear, News, Portables, Sega Tags: 1995, 2d, action, Caught in the Act, Garfield, Garfield The Lost Levels, november, November 29th, November 29th 1995, platform, side scrolling No Comments »
Castlevania Symphony of the Night Sees Sale on Android and iOS (Updated)
November 27th, 2020 Carl Williams Castlevania Symphony of the Night is currently on sale on Google Play. I have no idea how long this sale is going to go so, if you have $1 go grab it. Yep, Konami has one of the best entries in the Castlevania franchise available for $1 right now. There are some upgrades that make […]
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Prizefighters 2 Makes Android Early Access Landing, Punchout Fans Check This Out
November 8th, 2020 Carl Williams Prizefighters 2 is now available on Android via ‘early access’. Do not worry if you are not familiar with this title. I only learned about it while preparing this article myself. It seems the first game was decently successful, enough that we are getting this sequel. What we seem to have here is a slightly […]
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Posted in Android, News, Portables Tags: arcade, boxing, Koality, Prizefighters 2, Punchout, sports No Comments »
