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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 […]
Posts Tagged ‘1989’
Castlevania The Adventure Marks Game Boy Debut for Franchise – December 6th, 1989 – Today in Video Game History
December 5th, 2020 
Carl Williams 
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 
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Review – Out Live for Turbo Grafx-16 English Translation
December 26th, 2016 Carl Williams We take a critical look at the newly released fan translation for Out Live on the Turbo Grafx-16 console. If you are looking for hand holding in your RPG’s then look elsewhere, this is old school as can be.
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Posted in NEC, News, Reviews Tags: 1989, fan translation, nec, Out Live, pc-engine, sunsoft, turbo grafx-16 No Comments »
Turbo Grafx-16 Thank You for Trying – Today in Retro Gaming – August 19th, 1989
August 18th, 2016 Carl Williams When NEC announced the Turbo Grafx-16 the press was abuzz with anticipation. Up till this point in recent years it was clearly Nintendo holding the power of gaming in their hands. Sega was just a meddling second placer fighting it out with Atari and their 7800 console (it was not much of a fight at […]
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Posted in NEC, News Tags: 1989, Alien Crush, arcade port, August 19th, Bonk, carl williams, cd-rom, China Warrior, Dungeon Explorer, infomercial, Keith Courage in Alpha Zones, Legendary Axe, nec, Power Golf, r-type, retro, retro gaming magazine, today in history, triverse, tti, turbo grafx-16, Victory Run, Vigilante, youtube No Comments »
Kick Punch Through New York City in Vigilante – August 19th, 1989 – Today in Video Game History
August 19th, 2014 Carl Williams The Turbo Grafx-16 launched with two arcade titles, Vigilante and R-Type. The Sega Genesis on the other hand launched with several arcade ports (all but two, I believe).Vigilante is believed by many a gamer to be the spiritual successor to Kung-Fu Master (remember China Warrior?). Just remember the late 80’s were a “unique” time to […]
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Posted in NEC, News Tags: 1989, altered beast, arcade, August 19th, carl williams, China Warrior, fighting, final fight, Kung-Fu Master, Last Battle, nec, retro, retro gaming magazine, rgm, streets of rage, tg-16, today in history, Turbo Grax-16, Vigilante 1 Comment »
Keith Courage Earns Packin Rights on TurboGrafx-16 – August 19th, 1989 – Today in Video Game History
August 18th, 2014 Carl Williams This was NEC’s answer to Altered Beast, Keith Courage in Alpha Zones. There is no arcade tie-in here (though the TurboGrafx-16 did launch with R-Type). NEC was at a disadvantage as far as arcade ports went. That didn’t stop them from trying different things such as a pinball game at launch. Keith Courage in Alpha […]
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Posted in NEC, News Tags: 1989, 25 years old, action, amazon, August 19th, carl williams, ebay, Keith Courage in Alpha Zones, legend of zelda, nec, nintendo, pack in, r-type, retro, retro gaming magazine, rgm, tg-16, today in history, turbo grafx-16, TurboChip 1 Comment »
China Warrior Shows Immense Sprites on Turbo Grafx-16 But Not Much Else – August 19th, 1989 – Today in Video Game History
August 18th, 2014 Carl Williams The debut of the TurboGrafx-16 was a tough launch for NEC. This was probably due to a couple of reasons. One, this was their first console and not every launch title is going to be a hit with fans. Secondly, their lack of understanding what North American gamers wanted hurt throughout the consoles’ life. It […]
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Posted in NEC, News Tags: 1989, amazon, August 19th, brawler, Bruce Lee, carl williams, China Warrior, ebay, fighting, nec, nintendo, tech demo, today in history, turbo grafx-16, TurboChip, wii virtual console 2 Comments »
Tommy Lasorda Baseball Was the Unexpected Launch Title for Sega Genesis – August 14, 1989 – Today in Video Game History
August 14th, 2014 Carl Williams Tommy Lasorda Baseball for Sega Genesis went against the norm when released. When you think of launch titles for a console you probably won’t come to a sports title being one of them. That is exactly what Sega did with Tommy Lasorda Baseball which not so ironically is an arcade port. Sega went with their […]
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Posted in Genesis, News, Sega Tags: 1989, America's Past Time, August 14, baseball, carl williams, genesis, launch title, retro, retro gaming magazine, rgm, sega, sports, Tommy Lasorda Baseball No Comments »
Altered Beast Rise From Your Grave – August 14, 1989 – Today in Video Game History
August 13th, 2014 Carl Williams Altered Beast, for better or worse, was the pack-in title for the Sega Genesis at launch. Remember when a game came with the console, an actual full game – not a demo? If you started gaming with the PlayStation you missed out. We are not talking about the greatest arcade game here. Nor was it […]
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Album: OverClocked Remix Releases Special Album Celebrating Game Boy 25th Anniversary
August 1st, 2014 Carl Williams Okay, we missed the 25th anniversary here in North America (it was yesterday) but OverClocked Remix didn’t miss that milestone anniversary. OverClocked Remix is not a new team to the world, they started in 1999, 15 years ago, and have created many great gaming related albums over those years.
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Posted in News, Nintendo, Portables Tags: 1989, 1999, 25th Anniversary, album, Asterix, batman, carl williams, castlevania, donkey kong, Dragon Ball Z, final fantasy, game boy, legend of zelda, mega man II, music, OverClocked Remix, retro, Retro Game Network, retro gaming magazine, Super Mario Land, tetris, triverse No Comments »
No Game: Rick Dangerous Will Not Be Coming to Super Nintendo
May 22nd, 2014 Carl Williams Recently we reported on Rick Dangerous coming to the Super Nintendo. We just found out this game will not be making it to the classic Nintendo console. Via Twitter directly from Piko Interactive has been denied licensing of the rights to Rick Dangerous. Square Enix owns the rights to Rick Dangerous and has expressed no […]
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Posted in News, Nintendo Tags: 1989, alekmaul, carl williams, computer, core design, dreamcast, genesis, piko interactive, port, retro, retro gaming magazine, retrogame, retrogaming, rick dangerous, saturn, sega, snes, super nintendo, tomb raider 1 Comment »
