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Resident Evil – Code: Veronica was a seminal title for the Sega Dreamcast. Why? When Sony launched the PlayStation console in mid 90’s it was quite a surprise move. Sure, there were rumblings in the gaming magazines of the time and around the playgrounds across the world. It still came as a surprise though, no […]
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Resident Evil Code Veronica Drops PlayStation for Dreamcast – February 29th, 2000 – Today in Video Game History
February 29th, 2016 
Carl Williams 
Posted in Dreamcast, Nintendo, Sega 
Tags: 2000, 29th, America On-Line, AOL, Code Veronica, dreamcast, February, GameGO!, resident evil, sega, zombies 
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WCW vs the World Pushed Wrestling to New Heights on Playstation – Today in History – February 28th, 1997
February 28th, 2016 Carl Williams WCW vs the World on the Playstation was the first Virtual Pro Wrestling title to come to the United States. This is a serious distinction considering the Virtual Pro Wrestling engine is one of the better ones that gamers saw during this period. The people behind it went onto become Aki Corporation who made No […]
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R-Types Brings Arcade Originals Home to Playstation – Today in History – February 28th, 1999
February 28th, 2016 Carl Williams Over the course of gaming, we have seen a ton of scrolling shooters come and go. The genre that started with the likes of Defender and Space Invaders evolved all the way up to visually impressive titles such as Ikaruga and the various bullet hell games. One series that has held its own over the […]
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Die Hard Arcade Updates Brawlers with Movie License, Hits Sega Saturn Hard – Today in History – February 28th, 1997
February 28th, 2016 Carl Williams Sega were known for doing the quirky thing with their games, this was true in the early days. Titles such as Alex Kidd had you fighting bosses with “rock, paper, scissors”. Later titles did cool things that we see today though no fighting game has revived the Daytona car like Fighter’s Megamix featured. In Die […]
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Popful Mail Brings Elven Bounty Hunting 2D Side Scrolling Fun to Sega CD – Today in History – February 23rd, 1995
February 23rd, 2016 Carl Williams Working Designs was a unique company, to say the least. They did the unusual, ported games others wouldn’t touch and then went all out on the packaging. This overdoing the packaging quickly became their trademark- fans knew Working Designs not only cared about the game but also how it was presented. Most of, if not […]
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Posted in News, Sega, Sega CD Tags: 23rd 1995, action, adventure, elven bounty hunter, February, PC-8801, PC-9801, popful mail, retro, retro gaming, retrogaming, sega, sega cd, super metroid, working designs No Comments »
Coleco Chameleon at New York Toy Fair – SNES Mini Under Glass?
February 22nd, 2016 Carl Williams The Coleco Chameleon is reportedly a console that has had a storied development over the last 13 months. This Friday, February 26th, RETRO Video Game Systems Inc – the company behind the Coleco Chameleon, will be launching a Kickstarter campaign. Reportedly, RVGS Inc will be looking for a minimum of $400,000 to $500,000 to even […]
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Posted in Console, News Tags: 26th, AtariAge, February, forums, FPGA, kickstarter, Mike Kennedy, mockup, New York Toy Fair, prototype, retro, RVGS, Sega Nerds, SegaNerds, SNES Mini, super nintendo, Talk Retro, video game systems 23 Comments »
Coleco Chameleon to Package Custom USB Controllers with ColecoVision and Intellivision Compilation Carts
February 15th, 2016 Carl Williams The Coleco Chameleon will apparently be releasing ColecoVision and Intellivision compilation carts with custom USB controllers. This answers a question that many have had about the future of this platform. Supporting ColecoVision and Intellivision games has been repeatedly mentioned by the management team of the Chameleon. Apparently, early on only compilation carts for ColecoVision and […]
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Vanishing Point Burns Rubber in Cars, Trucks and SUVs on Playstation – Today in History – February 5th, 2001
February 4th, 2016 Carl Williams Racing games are a staple of gaming. We saw them in the early days on the Atari 2600 in Night Driver. We saw them propel forward in the 8-Bit days with Rad Racer on NES. 16-Bit gave us great titles like Outrun and Super Hang-On while 32-Bit heralded in the age of the “Racer” series […]
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Posted in News, Sega, Sony Tags: 2001, 5th, acclaim, dreamcast, February, playstation, psone, racing, sega, sony, Vanishing Point 1 Comment »
