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No one will ever know if Nintendo really understood the phenomenon they were launching with the Pokemon series, but history has shown it is definitely that, a phenomenon. Starting pretty simply, Pokemon was almost an innocent title but then well, gamers realized the hold it develops, subconsciously. A hold that has kept the series progressing and […]
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Today in History: October 15th, 2000 – Pokemon Gold/Silver for Game Boy Color
October 14th, 2019 
Carl Williams 
The Top Retro Games that Bring People Together
December 13th, 2017 Carl Williams Video games are a social experience. Either through playing with people or chatting to them about games, it’s a widespread hobby with thousands of different niches and nuances, including retro gaming! But some games still reign higher than others: a great example would be comparing Blizzard’s World of Warcraft, which has brought millions of players […]
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Posted in Android, Arcade, Console, iPhone, Macintosh, NEC, News, Nintendo, Playstation 2, Playstation 3, Playstation 4, Portables, PSOne, Sony, Super Nintendo, Windows, Xbox, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox One 
Tags: arcade, fighting, pokemon, Pokemon Go, resident evil, street fighter II turbo 
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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 »
Nintendo Gives Game Boy Players Pokemon Red & Blue – September 28th, 1998 – Today in Video Game History
September 27th, 2016 Carl Williams When Nintendo brought over the Pokemon franchise it is unclear if they knew it would have been abig a success. The North American and Japanese gaming markets are unique to each other. Sure, now we can look back and say they did everything right and reaped the success from it. Many players raised all kinds […]
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Posted in Game Boy, News, Nintendo, Portables Tags: adventure, Arbok, Arcanine, Bellsprout, blue, Bulbasaur, Charmander., Ekans, Electabuzz, game boy, Game Freak, gb, Gloom, Growlithe, hand held, Link Cable, Magmar, Mankey, Meowth, NGB, Ninetales, nintendo, Oddish, Persian, Pinsir, pocket monster, pokemon, portable, Primeape, red, role playing game, rpg, Sandshrew, Sandslash, Scyther, Squirtle, Victreebel, Vileplume, Vulpix, Weepinbell No Comments »
Nintendo Ends Fun for 600+ Indie Fan Games and Fans
September 5th, 2016 Carl Williams Nintendo has been on a rampage against their fans lately. Awhile back they took on the Youtube crowd by blocking ad revenue sharing on Nintendo owned games being played. Then more recently they took down Project AM2R and the Pokemon game and the Nintendo Power issues on Archive.org just to name a few things. Now, […]
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Posted in Comp, News, Nintendo Tags: Archive.org, Cease and Desist, console, fan, Github, Github.com, homebrew, independent, indie, launch, legend of zelda, link, mario, nintendo, Nintendo Power, NX, pokemon, Project AM2R, retro, retro gaming, retrogaming 3 Comments »
Sega Dreamcast Visual Memory Unit Receiving Pokemon GO Port
August 26th, 2016 Carl Williams Okay, who amongst you reading this remembers the Sega Dreamcast Visual Memory Unit (VMU)? For those that do not remember, it was a removable memory card for the Sega Dreamcast console which doubled as a small gaming on the go device. Since the VMU had a screen, controls and a couple of action buttons, it […]
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Posted in News, Nintendo, Sega Tags: dreamcast, Dreamcast Junkyard, homebrew, Niantic, nintendo, pokemon, Pokemon Go, retro, retro gaming, retrogaming, sega, Visual Memory Unit, VMU No Comments »
Pokémon special: Gold/Silver/Crystal
August 24th, 2016 Darkaray Hey guys! How are you all? Well, after a fairly long time, I bring you the second part of this special. In this part, we shall cover generation 2 of pokémon. Well then, let’s get started!
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Posted in News, Nintendo, Portables Tags: crystal, gameboy color, Gold, nintendo, pokemon, Silver No Comments »
Four Things Nintendo Has Done Against Their Fans August 2016 Edition
August 14th, 2016 Carl Williams Nintendo is a company that is able to play both sides of the fence. Somewhat like Metallica and the whole Napster and “suing fans” angle the press ran with, but Nintendo stops at actually taking things to court. Nintendo is more of a fan of the “silent” aggression as they protect their intellectual properties. Even […]
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Posted in News Tags: AM2R, Another Metroid 2 Remake, Archive.org, magazine, nintendo, Nintendo Power, pokemon, retro, retro gaming, retrogaming, Uranium 4 Comments »
Nintendo Takes Down Pokemon Uranium Hosting, Underground Options Explode
August 14th, 2016 Carl Williams Nintendo’s legal department are being kept quite busy lately. From taking down nearly three decade old gaming magazines to crushing the dreams of fans, Nintendo is on a roll lately. This includes another fan dream crushing move- taking down the Pokemon Uranium hosting. I covered the launch of this one here on Retro Gaming Magazine […]
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Posted in News, Nintendo Tags: fan game, independent, nintendo, Online battles, online trading, pokemon, Uranium, windows No Comments » Pokemon Uranium Fan Game Released, Get It While You Can
August 10th, 2016 Carl Williams While Nintendo have stepped up and protected their Metroid trademark and copyrights that has not stopped fans from continuing their own versions of Nintendo properties. One such fan version of a popular Nintendo property is Pokemon Uranium, just released for Windows computers. The question is, how long before Nintendo shuts this one down too? While […]
