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Hard to believe that it was 15 years ago this month that Nintendo was able to announce this milestone. In April of 2000, Nintendo sold their 100 millionth Game Boy hand held. This runs the gamut across the Game Boy, Game Boy Pocket and Game Boy Color, still quite an accomplishment for a hand held […]
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Nintendo Sold their 100 Millionth Game Boy Hand Held 15 years Ago – This Month in History – April 2000
April 1st, 2015 
Carl Williams 
Posted in Nintendo, Portables 
Tags: April 2000, color, console, game boy, history, July 31st 1989, nintendo, north america, Pocket, pokemon, portable, retro, retro game, retrogaming, Super Mario Land, tetris 
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New Game: Vectrex Receives Two Christmas Themed Games
December 15th, 2014 Carl Williams Throughout gaming there have been only a few “dedicated” Christmas games released. There was Christmas Nights on the Sega Saturn and there is a Christmas themed Jazz Jackrabbit game, I believe. That is pretty much it. Sure there are games that feature ice levels and the like but not too many that have a snowy, […]
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Posted in Console, News Tags: 1982, Christmas Eve, classic, homebrew, independent, north america, retro, retro game, retrogaming, rom, Save the Trees, Stocking Stuffer, united states, vectrex No Comments »
Last Battle Brings Hokuto no Ken Drops to Sega Genesis – August 14, 1989 – Today in Video Game History
August 14th, 2014 Carl Williams Last Battle was a unique entry for the Sega Genesis at launch. Sega wanted more titles available to compete with the looming Turbo Grafx-16 launch. Competing with the Nintendo Entertainment System was a concern as well. Sega would not license Hokuto no Ken. Instead they edited some of the in game graphics to make a […]
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Alien Front Online was Multiplayer Before it was Cool – August 9th, 2001 – Today in Video Game History
August 9th, 2014 Carl Williams Alien Front Online was the gamification of yet another Sega screw up. This game was probably one of the worst launches in history. The Dreamcast has been discontinued about half a year prior to this being released. It did offer free to play on on-line servers which meant crappy options. Sega didn’t help the matter […]
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Posted in Dreamcast, News, Sega Tags: 3d, AFO, Alien Front Online, aliens, dreamcast, free to play, multiplayer, north america, on-line, pay to play, sega, servers, shooter No Comments »
Konami Releases Demo/Preview Disk for Snatcher – August 7th, 1992 – Today in Video Game History
August 6th, 2014 Carl Williams Snatcher, the cyberpunk adventure title that is sought after by retro collectors the world over, had a preview/demo disk that many don’t even know about. Way back in 1992, 22 year ago today, Konami released a special disk that featured quite a bit of content for the Snatcher fan. This is also a Japanese exclusive […]
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Posted in Comp, NEC, News, Sega, Sony Tags: 1992, adventure, August 7th, carl williams, digital comic, japan, konami, Magcloud, nec, north america, pc-engine, Pilot Disk, retro, retro gaming magazine, rgm, snatcher, today in history, triverse, turbo grafx-16 No Comments »
