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Pac-Man is a venerable franchise. He has also branched out in just as many genres as Mario has. Nintendo still holds the prize for the platforming and kart racing genres. Namco’s yellow dot eater certainly has laid down a formidable challenge in nearly ever other genre though. The Nintendo Game Boy release in 1990 was […]
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Game Boy Pac-Man Sees Two Update Patches Released
December 20th, 2020 
Carl Williams 
Posted in Game Boy, News, Nintendo, Portables 
Tags: arcade, game hack, maze, mod, namco, pac-man, Pac-Man Anniversary Redux, Pac-Man Classic Redux, patch 
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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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My Favorite Gaming Hidden Gems, Part Three: Metal Marines (1993, SNES)
December 17th, 2017 Michael Crisman Prior to the PlayStation, which got ports of games like Command & Conquer and Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat, military strategy sims are in short supply, and good military strategy sims are rarer than Detroit Lions championship rings. That’s not to say they don’t exist on the 16-bit machines, but task a gamer with […]
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Posted in Console, News, Nintendo, Reviews, Super Nintendo Tags: metal marines, namco, RTS, sim, snes, strategy, super nintendo No Comments »
Strange Games from the East: Mobile Suit Gundam: The Ace Pilot
February 17th, 2017 Dash The Bomber Few series in the world have been as long lived as Mobile Suit Gundam. The epic space opera between the Earth Federation Forces and The Principality of Zeon. Theirs is a battle that will last an eternity, and is one that few anime fans haven’t at least heard in passing. Mobile Suit Gundam: The Ace Pilot was released […]
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Posted in Console, Nintendo Tags: Akihabara, Bandai, Dark Souls, gamecube, Gundam, japan, namco, nintendo, The Ace Pilot, Tokyo No Comments »
Strange Games from the East: Battle Stadium D.O.N
February 13th, 2017 Dash The Bomber Who would win in a battle between Naruto, Luffy, and Goku? Will it be the host of the demonic Nine-Tailed Fox? Perhaps the future king of the pirates? Or maybe it shall be the world renowned martial artist Goku? You can find out in Battle Stadium D.O.N. for GameCube and PlayStation 2. Released in 2006 […]
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Posted in Nintendo Tags: Bandai, Battle Stadium D.O.N, Dragon Ball Z, gamecube, Goku, Heart Gold, Luffy, namco, Naruto, nintendo, One Piece, Play Station 2, pokemon, ps2, sony, Super Smash Bros Melee No Comments »
Tekken One Two Punches Arcade Competition – December 11th, 1994 – Today in Video Game History
December 10th, 2016 Carl Williams Namco launched the iconic Tekken in 1994 and changed the way 3D arcade fighting games were played.
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Posted in Arcade, News Tags: 1 on 1, fighting, namco, playstation, Seiichi Ishii, tekken, virtua fighter No Comments »
Star Cruiser Receives English Translation by Fans for Sega Genesis Console
September 3rd, 2016 Carl Williams Star Cruiser was one of those unreleased games that was featured prominently in gaming magazines back in the day like Electronic Gaming Monthly. Fans were excited because this was one of those titles that was quite impossible on the previous 8-Bit consoles such as the Nintendo Entertainment System. I believe it was linked to Namco […]
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Posted in News, Sega Tags: action, EGM, Electronic Gaming Monthly, fan translation, genesis, namco, polygon, retro, retro gaming, retrogaming, role playing game, Romhackin.net, rpg, sega, Star Cruiser, Star Quest No Comments »
Oddballs in Gaming: Rage Racer
August 7th, 2016 Kevin Ayre Rage Racer was the third in the popular Ridge Racer series by Namco, and even the designer admits it was a bit of an oddball!
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Splatterhouse 2 Drops Gallons of Blood on Sega Genesis – August 3rd, 1992 – Today in Video Game History
August 2nd, 2016 Carl Williams Splatterhouse 2 was the first title in the series to hit a Sega console. The first game was an arcade game and hit the home on the PC Engine/Turbo Grafx-16 console. Namco continued the 2D side scrolling action with this sequel. Blood poured and guts fell as you progressed in this 16-Bit action game.
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Posted in Genesis, News, Sega Tags: action, horror, namco, Splatterhouse, Splatterhouse 2 No Comments »
There is No Cure For Pac-Man Fever. I’m Living Proof
July 30th, 2016 Thor Thorvaldson Good day, everyone! New guy Thor here, but I guess “new” is a relative term considering I’m 44 years old. As you may have guessed, I’ve been playing games for a VERY long time: I recall playing one of those mid-seventies 3-game Pong home machines during the mid-seventies, but I consider my official initiation into […]
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Posted in Console, News Tags: arcade, artist, Buckner and Garcia, namco, Nintendo Force Magazine, pac-man, RETRO Magazine, Super Smash Bros, Thor Thorvaldson Jr. No Comments »
