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Mortal Kombat is iconic. It started life as an arcade game attempting to do the impossible. Take on Capcom’s Street Fighter II machine which had been ruling arcades. The key to the success of Mortal Kombat was the imagery and match endings. Ed Boon and John Tobias knew they had to stand out and stand […]
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Mortal Kombat Sees Super Nintendo Sega Genesis and More Ports – September 13th, 1993 – Today in Video Game History
September 12th, 2020 
Carl Williams 
Posted in Game Boy, Game Gear, Genesis, News, Nintendo, Portables, Sega, Super Nintendo 
Tags: acclaim, censorship, Digitized Graphics, fighting, mortal kombat, one on one fighting, Play It Loud, port 
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Upcoming Game Boy Game Where is My Body Successfully Funded on Kickstarter
August 16th, 2020 Carl Williams Where is My Body is now fully funded on Kickstarter. This new title is for the Nintendo Game Boy. The original Game Boy. The developer states the story has a very Maniac Mansion feel to it. Yep, this is an adventure title. That is great considering the original Game Boy screen is not suited for […]
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Atari Lynx Evercade Cartridge Announced, 17 Games in Tow
March 5th, 2020 Carl Williams The Evercade handheld is developing into quite the handheld to own. This is especially true if you want to support official releases of classic titles on newer platforms. The latest announcement is a cartridge featuring 17 Atari Lynx games. No, Batman Returns is not included. Sorry.
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Posted in Atari Lynx, News Tags: atari lynx, Basketbrawl, crystal mines II, dracula the undead, Evercade, Gordo 106 No Comments »
Altered Beast Fan Remake Released
March 3rd, 2020 Carl Williams Sega originally included Altered Beast as the pack-in game for their Genesis console. That is probably where a lot of you first encountered this game. Others may have first experienced it on a compilation for PlayStation, Xbox, or Steam for PC’s. For those that have no clue what Altered Beast is, it started as an […]
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Posted in Android, Comp, Linux, Macintosh, News, Portables, Windows Tags: action, altered beast, arcade, bandit gaming, gamejolt, remake No Comments »
Evercade Dual Game Cartridge Featuring Xeno Crisis and Tanglewood Enters Pre-Order Stage
March 2nd, 2020 Carl Williams If you are a fan of the Sega Genesis, then you probably have heard of Xeno Crisis and Tanglewood. On the surface these games are quite different. They are about to share a cartridge for the Evercade handheld machine.
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Posted in News, Portables Tags: action, adventure, Evercade, overhead, shooter, Tanglewood, Xeno Crisis No Comments »
BLAST ANNUAL 2020: Vol 1 Retro Gaming Book Live on Kickstarter
March 1st, 2020 CPC4EVA New retro gaming book, Blast Annual 2020: Vol 1 is now live on Kickstarter. The focus of Blast Annual 2020: Vol 1 book is all about community, coding, computers and consoles. Inside backers will find a wide collection of retro gaming articles covering a variety of retro gaming platforms including Atari 2600, Commodore Amiga, Amstrad […]
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Posted in Amstrad, Arcade, Atari 2600, Atari 800 XL/XE, Atari Lynx, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Commodore Amiga, Console, Master System, NES, Nintendo, ZX Spectrum Tags: #16bit, #Atari2600, #gamedev, #zxspectrum, 8bit, amiga, amstrad CPC, c64, GAMES, msx, nes, retro, retro gaming, retro gaming magazine, sinclair zx No Comments » BLAST ANNUAL 2020: VOL 1 KS PRE LAUNCH
February 27th, 2020 CPC4EVA New print only retro gaming publication, Blast Annual 2020: Volume 1, is coming soon to Kickstarter. A launch date has been set for 29th, Februrary, 2020. To help spread the word about this upcoming retro gaming project, Blast Annual is sharing the pre launch Kickstarter project url.
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Posted in Amstrad, Atari 2600, Atari 7800, Atari 800 XL/XE, Atari Lynx, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Commodore Amiga, Comp, MSX2, NES, News, ZX Spectrum Tags: GAMES, kickstarter, retro, Retro Computers, retro game magazine, retrogaming No Comments »
Hasbro Launching New Tiger Electronics LCD Handheld Games
February 19th, 2020 Carl Williams Who remembers Tiger Electronics handheld games? These were simple gaming devices that were often licensed affairs featuring a single-color background. On top of that background, in a manner like the old Game and Watch by Nintendo, there would be simple black icons shown. This method was used for years and for many licenses from Mega […]
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Virtua Racing Pico 8 Port Released
February 2nd, 2020 Carl Williams If you are unfamiliar with the Pico-8, it is a development platform focused on games over code. Initially a portable device, fans can now purchase the Pico-8 system to run on Windows, Macintosh, and Pi devices. I like to feature some of the more technologically impressive releases when I come across them. Virtua Racing is […]
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Nintendo Switch and 3DS eShop Early Black Friday Sale
November 27th, 2019 Carl Williams Nintendo is not known for putting their games on sale. Call it the “Nintendo Tax” or whatever. The point is, Nintendo doesn’t do this often, that is why when they do, it is something to pay attention to. That is exactly what is going on right now on the eShop. That’s right, if you own […]
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