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Atari once ruled the gaming landscape. The problem is, they had no teeth in their tigers so to speak. Once it was proven in court companies like Activision could make games without working with Atari it opened the gates for the earliest third party developers to spring up. Many might think that it was this […]
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Atari Lynx Marks Console Maker Entering Portable Gaming, Nintendo Doesn’t Flinch, September 1st, 1989
September 2nd, 2018 
Carl Williams 
My Favorite Gaming Hidden Gems, Part Four: Theresia (2008, DS)
February 7th, 2018 Michael Crisman I’ve been playing and collecting video games since the early 1980’s, and while there’s something to be said for enjoying the greats of the gaming world, there’s no better feeling for me than picking out something I’d never heard of, throwing it into my system, and being unable to tear myself away from it because […]
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Tags: 2008, aksys, DS, hidden gem, nintendo ds, portable, theresia 
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Top 3 Stand-Alone GB Games Based On Classic Series (Top 3 Tuesday)
April 12th, 2017 Michael Crisman Sometimes one is capable of dealing with life’s shenanigans. Other times life starts punching below the belt. This is my excuse for failure to comment on the last couple of Top 3 Tuesday videos put out by MichaelBtheGameGenie. Enough is enough: it is time to write! This week, MichaelB proposed “Top 3 Game Boy Games […]
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Posted in Console, News, Nintendo, Portables Tags: Battletoads, final fantasy, final fantasy legend II, game boy, legend of zelda, link's awakening, nintendo, portable, top 3 tuesday 1 Comment »
Castlevania Symphony of the Night Douses PlayStation in Blood – October 2nd, 1997 – Today in Video Game History
October 2nd, 2016 Carl Williams Picking right up where Castlevania Rondo of Blood left off, Castlevania Symphony of the Night was a seminal release. This was Konami doing what Konami excelled at- 2D side scrolling action. The difference here was that while there was a lot of action the emphasis was clearly on exploration. Another departure is that you are […]
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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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Review – Retroid Nintendo Game Boy Homebrew
September 24th, 2016 Carl Williams Out of all of the games that we see receive fan homages regularly one genre seems to be forgotten just as often. That is the Arkanoid style brick breaker game, also known as Breakout. Well, the developers behind Retroid for the Nintendo Game Boy certainly remember those two classics. Sure, the Game Boy already received […]
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Super Mario Run Proves There’s No Place Like iPhone
September 7th, 2016 Michael Crisman Nintendo characters make legal appearances outside their native hardware roughly once a blue moon, but ladies and gentlemen, the moon’s tinged with a sapphire hue today. Apple just announced a partnership with Nintendo that will bring the No-Bummer Plumber himself to the iPhone this holiday season with Super Mario Run. Hold on to your mustaches, […]
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Nintendo Game Boy Takes Over Portable Gaming – July 31st, 1989 – Today in Video Game History
July 30th, 2016 Carl Williams Where were you on July 31st, 1989? I was in middle school – technically summer break between grades but you get the idea. I wanted a Nintendo Game Boy bad. It was almost a given this was going to be a hot toy at school. It was. I remember the “cool kids” having the Game […]
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Retro City Rampage DX Hits Retro Platform
July 20th, 2016 Carl Williams Retro City Rampage is one of those modern games that attempts to rip off the classic “retro” look. It is intentionally developed using minimalistic graphics and sound/music. A lot of developers feel this is the route to take to make their game stand out. Unfortunately, a lot of developers are forgetting to make their games […]
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Cave Story Coming to Sega Genesis Work in Progress, Playable Demo Available
July 6th, 2016 Carl Williams Cave Story. A game that has made the rounds quite a bit on modern platforms (my first exposure was on the Sony Playstation Portable). Now, we can start ticking off classic, retro, consoles as this 2D action game is coming to the Sega Genesis. If you don’t know what Cave Story is about then you […]
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