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Most of the time when we cover retro game hacks here on Retro Gaming Magazine, it is usually to add a new character such as in Streets of Rage 2. Sometimes it is an improvement such as this one for Super Pitfall on the Nintendo Entertainment System. What fans have done here is almost create […]
Posts Tagged ‘8-bit’
Fans Improve 8-Bit Nintendo Super Pitfall for 30th Anniversary, Visually New Game
September 17th, 2016 
Carl Williams 
Posted in News, Nintendo 
Tags: 8-bit, activision, fan improvement, game hack, improvement, nes, nintendo, retro, retro gaming, retrogaming, romhacking.net, Super Pitfall 
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Crystalis Brings Post Apocalyptic Adventure to Nintendo Entertainment System – July 29th, 1990 – Today in Video Game History
July 28th, 2016 Carl Williams Crystalis by SNK was a huge departure for the company. SNK used to be a third party licensee to Nintendo during the 8-Bit days. They did not continue this agreement with the release of the Super Nintendo though. The transition to the 16-bit era saw SNK launch their Neo Geo console. One thing that stands […]
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Revenge of the License: Five NES Games That Missed the Point
July 24th, 2016 Michael Crisman I love licensed NES games. I love the sound they make as I yank them out of my system and hurl them against the wall. The relentless plundering through the morass in search of something worth playing and finding the occasional surprise is always delightful, and why I keep coming back to this column over […]
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Posted in Comp, Console, News, Nintendo, Sega Tags: 8-bit, activision, AD&D, c64, dos, FCI, ghostbusters, hal, heroes of the lance, ljn, master system, nes, new ghostbusters II, Nightmare on Elm Street, nintendo, nintendo entertainment system, pack-in-video, Pool of Radiance, rambo, rambo first blood part II, rare, revenge of the license, sega, SSI, star trek, star trek the next generation No Comments »
Mega Man Redux Visually Improves Upon Original NES Classic
March 20th, 2016 Carl Williams Capcom did a remake of the first Mega Man on Playstation Portable back in 2006. Fans have decided to do a remake of their own. Graphically improving the original Mega Man on the Nintendo Entertainment System, this hack almost breathes new life into a classic. Similar to what was done for Super Mario Bros in […]
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Posted in News, Nintendo Tags: 8-bit, bandit gaming, capcom, entertainment system, game hack, improvement, mega man, nintendo, Redux, romhacking.net 6 Comments »
3DNES Emulator Adds New Dimension to Classic Nintendo Titles
March 10th, 2016 Carl Williams Man, what if there was an emulator that could take any 8-Bit Nintendo Entertainment System title and make it new again? While not exactly perfect 3DNES does give a new take on the classics of yesteryear. The 8-Bit Nintendo NES was not powerful enough to do a lot of the graphical tricks that we saw […]
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Posted in News, Nintendo Tags: 3DNES, 8-bit, Adventures of Link, capcom, contra, emulator, entertainment system, konami, legend of zelda, mega man, nintendo, retro, retro gaming, retrogaming, super mario bros 3 No Comments »
Revenge of the License: Willow
December 27th, 2015 Michael Crisman Now that we’ve reached the final column of the year, I want to end on a high note rather than just trash-talk another piece of crap. It’s been a few months since I wrote about anything Famicom-related, so back to the 8-bit scene we go! Today’s entry is my chance to gab about and gush […]
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Mega Man 2 Unofficially Ported to the Sega Master System, Work in Progress
November 8th, 2015 Carl Williams You read that title right. Mega Man 2 is being ported to the Sega Master System by fans. Anyone that was around during the 16-Bit days will remember that Mega Man never saw a release, at least officially, on a Sega console till we got to the Saturn (which means, it was a long time). […]
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Posted in News, Sega Tags: 8-bit, action, bandit gaming, capcom, genesis, master system, mega man, nes, nintendo, PDRoms.de, retro, retro gaming, retrogaming, sega, Sega Channel, Wiley Wars No Comments »
Fans Translate Pachinko Daisakusen 1 and 2 for Nintendo NES, Castlevania fans this is Your Future
August 23rd, 2015 Carl Williams With the announcement that Konami is taking Castlevania to the Pachinko world many gamers went into one of three camps. One camp is mad that it is not a new action Castlevania game. Another camp is happy that it is an “erotic” Pachinko game. Finally, the last camp is like “What the hell is Pachinko?” We […]
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Posted in News, Nintendo Tags: 8-bit, Casino Kid, castlevania, Daisakusen, entertainment system, erotic, famicom, fan translation, King of Casino, nes, nintendo, Pachinko, romhacking.net, Wall Street Kid No Comments » The Fifteen Most Difficult NES Games (That Are Not Battletoads)
July 1st, 2015 Michael Crisman As the tropes go, there’s hard, and then there’s Nintendo Hard. The distinction is easily understood by anyone who grew up in the 8-bit era, but the tradition continues to this day with games like Super Meat Boy and I Wanna Be The Guy. Nintendo Hard games aren’t made that way by flipping a difficulty […]
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Posted in Console, News, Nintendo Tags: 8-bit, adventure of link, adventures of bayou billy, air fortress, Battletoads, Bubble Bobble, castlequest, conflict, Cybernoid, Deja Vu, difficult nes games, double dragon III, friday the 13th, Ghosts n Goblins, guardian legend, hardest, legacy of the wizard, nes, ninja gaiden III, nintendo, shadowgate, Solomon's Key, starship hector, Uninvited, VIDEO GAMES, x-men, zelda II 18 Comments »
Revenge of the License – Darkman
June 7th, 2015 Michael Crisman People give props to Sam Raimi for his most excellent Spider-Man film and often credit him for reviving the sagging comic book movie market, but Raimi didn’t cut his teeth on comic-like heroes with the wise-cracking webslinger. Twelve years before directing Tobey Maguire through his transformation into Kirsten Dunst’s boyfriend, Raimi put Liam Neeson through […]
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Posted in Console, News, Nintendo Tags: 8-bit, darkman, first person, liam neeson, nes, nintendo, ocean, painting by numbers, platformer, revenge of the license, side scrolling No Comments »
