Firebrand is a young warrior in training in his hometown of Etruria. Platform – Nintendo Entertainment System Release Date – July 17, 1992 One day, while Firebrand is training in a small, alternate dimension, the Black light suddenly appears and destroys his home. When he returns successfully from his training, he is told to hurry to the King by another ghoul just before it dies. Upon defeating Nagus, Firebrand is …

Clean it good! I recently read that Nintendo changed a commercial they maid for Mario’s 25th anniversary. I looked up the videos and noticed the difference.  The first video is the original video that shows this kid come home, turn on his old tv and change it to channel 3.  He then blows on the cartridge , pops it in, and starts playing.  I loved this commercial! It turns out …

In the spirit of procrastination I decided to post about a mini arcade I found.  I’m not sure if this is old news, but it’s interesting.  This guy built mini arcades using a turbo grafx 16 and a sega genesis.  He used these mini ps1 portable screens, a retro arcade stick you hook up to a tv, and old systems.  They came out pretty nice! The post is in Spanish, …

As I sit in a coffee shop trying to do work, my mind yet again drifts off to my gaming childhood. Video games were not the only ways I was able to get my fix.  I remember always bugging my parents to let me use a check to subscribe to Nintendo Power.  They never gave in. Until one day I asked if I could have that for my birthday. Yes …

A day or two ago, someone put up a Nintendo Entertainment System on Ebay for $35k.  In the description he details that he needs the money to pay off some bills.  That’s a pretty dam fine Nintendo, but is it worth $35k? I don’t know, but I’m really tempted to try the same think to help pay off my student loans.  I have a NES game in box and a …

Racketboy, a retrogaming blog, recently posted an article that details a 2 day workshop hold in New York.  The special thing about this workshop is that the students learn how to program and design 8 bit games that can be used to disseminate important and helpful information to different communities.  One of the games helps the player learn how Malaria is spread and what you, as the player, can do …

I have recently been inspired by the video I placed below.  So to be very clear, my theme will NOT be as nice as this theme.  I do not have the time nor attention span to make such a nice theme.  The theme that I do end up creating will be will fit the theme of the other themes already available. I also hope to create other art sets that …

So I spent months trying to figure out how to make lists for Hyperspin. I tried using dir2xml like everyone kept suggesting. It never worked. I grew frustrated and left Hypersin for a while. I went back and thanks to Lashek and Badboybill now know that I was using the wrong dir2xml file. I’m posting this just to make this resource more accessible. I didn’t know that you could do …

I’m not sure if this is a phenomena that’s particular to San Francisco or if it is widespread.  I’ve read many a list of hipster culture (PBR, tight jeans, huge plastic sun glasses, etc etc..), but I’ve never read anything that detailed the role of retro gaming. In the picture you can see one of my friends playing pac man.  He took me to this bar, full of hipsters, table …

Squaresoft and Bandai-Namco have asked users in Japan to request their favorite ps1 and tg16  games via tweet. I had forgotten that you can download ps1 games to your psp via your ps3.  When I had a PSP (R.I.P. my little friend) I remember trying to play ps1 games on it via elaborate hacks and tricks.  I would definitely have paid to get some of my favorite systems on there.  …

I’m not too sure if I agree with the following abstract, this doesn’t really explain the success of Bejeweled and other popular short term games.  Arcade games have been around for quite a while, and those can be very short term. Any thoughts? Let’s have a conversation 🙂 “Good computer and video games like System Shock 2, Deus Ex, Pikmin, Rise of Nations, Neverwinter Nights, and Xenosaga: Episode 1 are …

It’s oldschool! It’s back in 3d form! Withall these advancements in 3d games we always come back to good ‘ol 2d (and by 2d I mean on a 2d plane) game play. It’s  interesting to see the new innovations that developers bring to 2d games, platform games, and fighting games. Maybe there is some space for us retro fans in this generation of gaming after all. What do you all …

I recently found this comic and really enjoyed the art.  I was surprised how well some of the later images were illustrated.  The story is a little odd, and the writing needs a bit of work, but the art is top notch! Some nsfw illustrations, but overall it’s fine.  For those of you not used to reading manga, remember you read from right to left then move down. I remember …

Remember the days when you and your friends would talk about rumors and claim to be able to do things in games that seemed impossible? I particularly remember the blood code for Mortal Kombat1, in Mega Man 3 if 2nd player held specific buttons you could fall in gaps and not die (and jump super high), street fighter II gamepro april fools, and more.  This new series at gametrailers investigates …

CPwizard is a great program that allows you to do add several options to your current mame project.  One of the most interesting options, at least to me, is the ability it has to automatically launch art and other information on a 2nd screen when you launch a game in mame. I hope this guide is helpful. (image borrowed from headsoft) Cpwizard was hard to set up, but thanks to …

A recent study suggests that children and adolescents play games for various reasons other than just to Gimme GameZ! have fun.  In their interviews,  kids and teenagers reported that they played video games to de-stress, fulfill emotional needs, for the challenge, and used violent games to deal and let go of anger.  Yes you heard that right,  violent video games are being used to help them avoid displaying aggression in …