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Castle Kong is a homage to the classic Nintendo arcade game, Donkey Kong. Just look at the video after the jump for proof of that. Drowning Monkeys Games are playing up to the whole “kill screen” thing. They intentionally put one in and if you find it, you can win $5,000. Not bad for playing […]
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Castle Kong Nintendo Switch and Steam Bound, $5000 Bounty Announced
May 16th, 2020 
Carl Williams 
Posted in Comp, News, Nintendo, Switch, Windows 
Tags: action, arcade, Castle Kong, donkey kong, Drowning Monkeys Games, Epic Store, steam 
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Commodore 64 Fix-It Felix Conversion Announced
March 14th, 2020 Carl Williams Wreck It Ralph was a decent success for Disney upon release, I know, understatement. It did spawn a game, but it was not by Disney or official for that matter. Fans took it upon themselves to create games based on characters from the movie. That is how we got a few independent homebrew developed titles […]
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Altered Beast Fan Remake Released
March 3rd, 2020 Carl Williams Sega originally included Altered Beast as the pack-in game for their Genesis console. That is probably where a lot of you first encountered this game. Others may have first experienced it on a compilation for PlayStation, Xbox, or Steam for PC’s. For those that have no clue what Altered Beast is, it started as an […]
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Posted in Android, Comp, Linux, Macintosh, News, Portables, Windows Tags: action, altered beast, arcade, bandit gaming, gamejolt, remake No Comments »
Arcade Cabinets are Back to Bars – With a Vengeance!
October 26th, 2019 Carl Williams Love to play your favorite round of Street Fighter or Super Mario on a real-life, old style arcade cabinet, sipping a mug of craft beer? Good news: today you can.
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Pac-Land Diverges Pac-Man Formula for Arcades – December 25th, 1984 – Today in Video Game History
December 24th, 2018 Carl Williams Let’s go back to a simpler time. The 1980’s. A time when the rumor mill was alive and well, the Internet was a science fiction trope, and arcades ruled. One title that ruled the arcades in the early 80’s was Pac-Man by Namco. By 1984 though, the yellow dot eater was running long in the […]
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ACA Neo Geo Puzzle Bobble Now Available for Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4
December 23rd, 2018 Carl Williams Fans of classic arcade gaming will know the name “Neo Geo”, the home console that was literally the arcade machine (as the price for games attested). The latest release in the ACA Neo Geo line is Puzzle Bobble, which is out now for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. At least the price […]
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Dragon’s Lair Trilogy Now Available for PlayStation 4
October 19th, 2018 Carl Williams Fans of classic arcade games will probably remember Dragon’s Lair as a seminal title. It almost changed arcade games, if not for that pesky high cost to play and develop. Hand drawn animation, great audio, and a challenge level that was through the roof (partly because it cost so much to learn the ropes). Well, […]
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SNK 40th Anniversary Collection Launches on Nintendo Switch
October 18th, 2018 Carl Williams SNK fans are hardcore to the max. Especially the ones that supported their Neo Geo console (who else would buy games at $200+ each?). Nothing wrong with that, if you have the money and want to have the very best version of something, why not buy it? Me, I was more of a “pick up […]
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Fan Porting Street Fighter II Champion Edition to Commodore 64
June 10th, 2018 Carl Williams If you were a gamer in the early 90’s that only played on computers, then you missed out on the best versions of Street Fighter II. Plain and simple. It is no secret that the computer ports of Capcom’s arcade 1 on 1 fighter were lackluster at best. Most were published by US Gold or […]
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Mortal Kombat Murders Competition on Sega CD – May 26th, 1994 – Today in History
May 26th, 2018 Carl Williams Mortal Kombat was the one title that did something no other title in history could. It forced Nintendo to change their staunch censoring policy. Prior to Mortal Kombat appearing on the Super Nintendo it was almost unheard of to see blood and guts in a game on a Nintendo platform. Nintendo even censored the Game […]
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