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The Sony Playstation Portable, a hand held that was held back for many reasons. Some people feel it was piracy, others feel it was a lack of quality games. Then there are people that feel it was a “failure” because of lack of direction (Internet, music, games, movies, pictures, etc). Whatever the reason, a lot […]
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Melodie Unreleased Sony Playstation Portable Title Found Released
June 11th, 2016 
Carl Williams 
Posted in News, Portables, Sony 
Tags: Melodie, music game, playstation, portable, prototype, psp, unreleased, video game 
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Mortal Kombat Ports to Avoid
May 22nd, 2016 Carl Williams Mortal Kombat. You either love it or wonder what all of the fuss is about. There were a couple of eye catching differences when it hit arcades. First, the graphics, these were not hand drawn cartoon characters like Street Fighter II. Second, you could literally, positively, END your opponent after winning the fight. The fact […]
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Posted in Comp, Console, Master System, NES, News, Nintendo, Portables, Sega, ZX Spectrum Tags: hand held, mortal kombat, portable, Tiger Electronics, zx spectrum 1 Comment »
Arduboy Brings Learning and Games Together Once Again, Not Edutainment- Pre Orders Now Open
November 8th, 2015 Carl Williams Anyone that remembers the early days of video gaming will probably remember the countless attempts by publishers to create a new genre called “edutainment”. The idea is nearly as old as gaming itself with early titles focusing on math on Atari 2600 but then we got spelling and more on the Nintendo Entertainment System years […]
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Posted in News, Portables Tags: Arduboy, homebrew, kickstarter, learning, mobile, portable, pre-orders, program, retro, retro gaming, retrogaming 1 Comment »
Dariusburst, AKA Sagaia, Released for Android at a Premium Price Point for Mobile
October 27th, 2015 Carl Williams Dariusburst was previously available on Playstation Portable (exclusive to Japan) and now, thanks to Taito, it is available on Android and iPhone. For those of you reading this that have never played a Darius game, aka Sagaia, you are in for a treat if you like a challenge. If not well, um, play something else. […]
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Posted in News, Portables Tags: android, app store, Burst, Darius, Dariusburst, google play, ipad, iphone, playstation, portable, psp, retro, retrogaming, shooter, side scrolling, taito No Comments »
Space Squash for Nintendo Virtual Boy Now Available in English
October 21st, 2015 Carl Williams Fans have translated the Japanese exclusive Space Squash to English. For those that are not up on their Japanese exclusive games, Space Squash was released for the Nintendo Virtual Boy. I know, I know, big deal, no one cares about the Nintendo Virtual Boy. Well, apparently, according to our stats, there are a lot of […]
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Posted in News, Nintendo, Portables Tags: nintendo, portable, retro, retro gaming, retrogaming, Space Squash, sport, virtual boy No Comments »
Rockbot Review, Fanmade Mega Man Game Rocks
September 30th, 2015 Carl Williams Okay, it is pretty clear that Capcom are transitioning down with their new IPs and rebooting of classic titles. That is bad news for everyone but Street Fighter fans, which apparently writes checks in its sleep. Well, there is a dedicated group of fans that are not content with letting Capcom’s blue bomber sit idly […]
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Posted in Comp, News, Nintendo, Portables, Reviews, Sony Tags: 3000, action, capcom, carl williams, linux, mega man, nintendo, platform, playstation, portable, ps2, psp, retro, retro gaming, retrogaming, review, shooter, side scrolling, Upperland, wii, windows 1 Comment »
Qix Makes Gamers Defenseless Hits Game Boy – May 24th, 1990 – Today in Video Game History
May 24th, 2015 Carl Williams Tell a modern gamer that you want them to play a game where they are completely defenseless against enemies. Also mention that you have no weapons at your disposal, at all. You must somehow reclaim large portions of the playfield to move to the next level. Yes, I am talking about Qix, a title that […]
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WildSnake for Sega Game Gear Found and Digitally Preserved
April 19th, 2015 Carl Williams Being a fan of retrogaming sometimes has its better than average benefits. For instance, it has recently been announced that a prototype for WildSnake on the Sega Game Gear has been found and has been digitally preserved by the team over at SMS Power. Up till now, WildSnake was an unreleased game on the Sega […]
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Posted in News, Portables Tags: Alexey Pajitnov, game gear, mobile, portable, puzzle, retro, retro game, retrocollect, retrogame, retrogaming, sega, sms power, tetris, WildSnake No Comments »
Fishbone on Nintendo Virtual Boy Reminds Us of Hungry Hippo Meets Fishing with Lots of Blood
April 12th, 2015 Carl Williams This is one of the bloodiest games that you may ever play in your gaming life. I mean look at the video below, this thing is nothing but blood, blood everywhere. Okay, satire off. That description could fit every release on the Nintendo Virtual Boy, considering it only displayed shades of red and black pixels. […]
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Posted in News, Nintendo, Portables Tags: Fish Dude, Fishbone, homebrew, independent, indie, mobile, nintendo, portable, retro, retro game, retro gaming, retrogame, retrogaming, virtual boy No Comments »
Nintendo Sold their 100 Millionth Game Boy Hand Held 15 years Ago – This Month in History – April 2000
April 1st, 2015 Carl Williams 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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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 5 Comments »
