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Okay, I like Match 3 games more than most gamers out there- my phone has at least two installed at any given time. There is a point though that we reach (well, reached years ago) where innovation is stifled and EVERYONE jumps on the latest bandwagon that worked for someone else. I can safely say […]
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Sega Dreamcast Receives New Puzzle Game- Fruit’Y, not a Bejeweled Clone
October 3rd, 2015 
Carl Williams 
Posted in News, Sega 
Tags: bejeweled, columns, Dragonbox.de, dreamcast, Fruit’Y, homebrew, puzzle, retro, retrogaming, sega, tetris 
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Another Tetris Clone Comes to the Sega Master System, Unofficially of Course as Bloki
August 19th, 2015 Carl Williams It is a well-known story that Sega had put their hat in the ring to get Tetris for their console, the Sega Genesis, back in the late 80’s. It didn’t pan out as they apparently licensed it from the wrong company (whom had the rights to the computer version but not the console version) and […]
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Posted in News, Sega Tags: Bloki, homebrew, master system, puzzle, retro, retrogaming, sega, Sherpa, SMSPower, tetris, tripledonkey, youtube 6 Comments »
Tetris Played on MIT’s Green Building
August 11th, 2015 Carl Williams Tetris, a classic in any sense of the word, has been the subject of “games on buildings” before but it has never been played on MIT’s Green Building, home of the MIT Earth and Planetary Sciences Department. Until now. This has been made possible via multi-colored LED lights placed in the windowsill of the offices […]
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Posted in Comp, News Tags: Brown University, Green Building, hack, Hacking Series Committee Calendar, MIT, tetris No Comments »
Ten Awesome Minimalist Game Boy Games Puzzle Edition
August 9th, 2015 Carl Williams The original Nintendo Game Boy was not known for its graphical prowess but it still rocked gamers. The green screen was home to many adventures and countless hours of entertainment for many gamers. The games on this list are not graphical work horses. They are not going to blow away the PlayStation 3 or even […]
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Columns Answers Tetris Call on Sega Genesis – June 29th, 1990 – Today in Video Game History
June 28th, 2015 Carl Williams Columns was a much needed entry in the puzzle genre for Sega. Back in the early 16-bit era Sega was in a bit of a pickle. Their Genesis console did not feature a well-rounded game library. If you were a sports or arcade game fan then, yeah, Sega had you covered with quite a few […]
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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 »
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 »
Album: OverClocked Remix Releases Special Album Celebrating Game Boy 25th Anniversary
August 1st, 2014 Carl Williams Okay, we missed the 25th anniversary here in North America (it was yesterday) but OverClocked Remix didn’t miss that milestone anniversary. OverClocked Remix is not a new team to the world, they started in 1999, 15 years ago, and have created many great gaming related albums over those years.
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Posted in News, Nintendo, Portables Tags: 1989, 1999, 25th Anniversary, album, Asterix, batman, carl williams, castlevania, donkey kong, Dragon Ball Z, final fantasy, game boy, legend of zelda, mega man II, music, OverClocked Remix, retro, Retro Game Network, retro gaming magazine, Super Mario Land, tetris, triverse No Comments »
New Game: 2048 Released on Sega Genesis
July 27th, 2014 Carl Williams 2048 is quickly becoming the Flappy Bird of puzzle games in the last couple of months. 2048 was recently ported to the Nintendo Entertainment System and now I am reporting on the Sega Genesis port by Oerg866. If you are not familiar with 2048, it is pretty simple. Sliding and combinging tiles with different numbers […]
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Posted in News, Sega Tags: 2048, carl williams, DCEmu.co.uk, flappy bird, Oerg866, retro, retro gaming magazine, rgm, sega genesis, Spritesmind.net, tetris, triverse 1 Comment »
Three Titles That Should Have Been Launch Titles on Nintendo’s 3DS
June 29th, 2014 Carl Williams This article was originally made available on Gaming on Nintendo on June 1st, 2013- Rather than doing the boring same old top five games of this general persuasion, which is quite boring and unimaginative, I’ve decided to do a special three list of titles that Nintendo really should had as launch titles on the 3DS, […]
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Posted in News, Nintendo, Portables Tags: 3d, 3D Realms, 3ds, Alexey Pajitnov, carl williams, dos, Duke Nukem, editorial, enix, hand, handheld, held, launch titles, nintendo, portable, rad racer, retro, retro gaming magazine, rgm, Square, square enix, tetris, Welltris No Comments »
