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Scrolling shooters used to rule the roost. Back in the 8 to 16-bit days, a console was in trouble if it didn’t have a good set of scrolling shooters to showcase. Fans just demanded them and developers were all too happy to supply them. It got to the point that we saw quite a bit […]
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Abadox Takes Fans to the Belly of the Beast on Nintendo NES – Today in History – March 9th, 1990
March 8th, 2016 
Carl Williams 
Posted in News, Nintendo 
Tags: Abadox, entertainment system, gradius, Milton Bradley, natsume, nes, nintendo, Parasitis, Prime Dies, retro, retro gaming, retrogaming, scrolling, shooter, side, Transformers 
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Pro Wrestling Proves WE Don’t Need WWE on the Nintendo NES – This Month in History – March 5th, 1987
March 5th, 2016 Carl Williams Pro Wrestling on the Nintendo Entertainment System was one of those unique titles. It was released without a license and at the time there was more than a few wrestling companies available. There were no licensed characters, arenas, or anything licensed really. Nintendo put Pro Wrestling out there as an original title and let it […]
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4 Unlicensed Donkey Kong Country Games You Missed Out On
December 23rd, 2015 Carl Williams Donkey Kong Country was one of the most visually impressive Super Nintendo titles. It left Sega and their Genesis sitting out cold as far as anything to compare. The Silicon Graphics workstation graphics were just too visually impressive and it drew in gamers like wildfire sucks up forests. Nintendo knew they had a hit on […]
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5 Street Fighter II Ports You Don’t Know About
December 11th, 2015 Carl Williams It was the phenomenon that Nintendo desperately wanted on the Super Nintendo. During the build up to the hottest part of the 16-Bit war with Sega, Nintendo was pulling out all of the stops. There are rumors that Capcom was given favoritism to ensure Street Fighter II was on the SNES first, possibly exclusively. While […]
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Posted in Amstrad, Comp, Console, MSX2, News, Nintendo, Sega Tags: amstrad, capcom, CPC, entertainment system, fighting, msx, msx2, nes, nintendo, one on one, retro, retrogaming, sega master system, street fighter, street fighter II, Tec Toy, youtube 7 Comments »
Boss Rush Mode Hack for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III Released for NES Game
November 8th, 2015 Carl Williams Ah, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles games are one of gaming history’s more unique licenses. On one hand they are popular and do fairly well with fans buying them up. Sure, there have been some stumbling blocks in the road to gaming supremacy. The first Nintendo Entertainment System title was not all that good, neither […]
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Posted in News, Nintendo Tags: arena, Boss Rush, brawler, Dramatic Battle, entertainment system, fighting, konami, Manhattan Project, nes, nintendo, retro, retro gaming, retrogaming, teenage mutant ninja turtles, TMNT, Ultra No Comments »
Five Nintendo NES Titles for Your Halloween Fun
October 28th, 2015 Carl Williams With Halloween upon us, it is only fitting to offer up some games that are good ways to get in the spooky mood of the season. While stores are already putting out Christmas decorations, apparently skipping the whole Thanksgiving thing next month, we here at Retro Gaming Magazine are still focusing on the holiday that […]
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Posted in News, Nintendo Tags: castlevania, entertainment system, friday the 13th, Halloween, horror, jason vorhees, Maniac Mansion, nes, nintendo, retro, retrogaming, scary, sweet home, Uninvited 1 Comment »
Quest Forge – By Order of Kings is Latest Homebrew Release for Nintendo NES
September 5th, 2015 Carl Williams The Nintendo Entertainment System is a venerable little console, the fans are keeping this thing alive longer than anyone would have thought possible. I am not just talking about rom hacks, fan translations and homebrew digital releases – those happen quite a bit already. I am talking about physical cartridges for homebrew and independent titles […]
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Posted in News, Nintendo Tags: cartridge, entertainment system, homebrew, Ludocity, nes, nintendo, piko interactive, retro, retro gaming magazine, retrogaming, role playing game, rpg, strategy, turn based, Ultima No Comments » 9 Times Developers Screwed the Console Manufacturers
September 4th, 2015 Carl Williams It has not always been all happy and go lucky days in video games. No, back in the day we had some real controversial things going on, mostly behind the scenes but quite a few made it to the fanbase (such as the Tengen situation). There are poop monsters shooting a questionable brown projectile at […]
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Posted in News, Nintendo, Sega, Sony Tags: Accolade, activision, adventure, atari, Ballistic, camerica, capcom, carl williams, d, double dragon, ea, electronic arts, enemy zero, entertainment system, game genie, Game Genies, kenji eno, nes, nintendo, playstation, retro, retro gaming magazine, rgm, saturn, sega, sony, street fighter II, warp, Warren Robinette No Comments »
Bonk’s Revenge for the Nintendo Entertainment System Restored
September 2nd, 2015 Carl Williams Sometimes censorship in videogame is weird. Other times it is probably for the best. While I personally have no problem with upside down crosses in a game like Splatterhouse, there are people that are. Concerned parents usually have more to be worried about in that game than some background sprites. Same thing for the positioning […]
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Posted in NEC, News, Nintendo Tags: action, adventure, Bonk, Bonk's Revenge, carl williams, entertainment system, hudson soft, mascot, nes, nintendo, platform, retro, retro gaming magazine, retrogaming, rgm, turbo grafx-16 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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