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Thursday, January 02, 2020

Sydney Hunter and the Curse of the Mayan (SNES) on Switch & PC

The latest instalment in the Sydney Hunter franchise, Sydney Hunter and the Curse of the Mayan pays homage to the Commodore 64 classic Montezuma’s Revenge as our hero gets trapped inside a Mayan pyramid and soon discovers that Kukulkan has made a mess of the sacred Haab calendar (a Very Bad Thing). Widespread chaos and a time freeze will certainly follow if the Haab calendar isn't located and put back together … and that’s where YOU come in. Can you defeat 13 powerful Mayan gods and beat the Curse of the Mayan?


Armed only with a trusty boomerang in Sydney Hunter and the Caverns of Death, our adventurer must navigate the dark caverns under Mt. Doom (located in the mysterious Sundial Island) while avoiding bats, ghosts, lava, and other white-hot hazards. If you can survive all 12 caverns, you’ll win your freedom. If not, the Volcano God will thank you for another hearty meal!

Thursday, September 05, 2019

List of SNES Games Available on the Switch Online Service


Here are the SNES games coming to Nintendo Switch Online today:
  • Brawl Brothers
  • Demon's Crest
  • Joe & Mac 2: Lost in the Tropics
  • Kirby's Dream Land 3
  • Star Fox
  • Super E.D.F. Earth Defense Force
  • Super Mario Kart
  • Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
  • Super Puyo Puyo 2
  • Super Tennis
  • Breath of Fire
  • F-Zero
  • Kirby's Dream Course
  • Pilotwings
  • Stunt Race FX
  • Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts
  • Super Mario World
  • Super Metroid
  • Super Soccer
  • The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

Friday, December 01, 2017

New NES, SNES & Super Famicom cartridges for Super Retro Trio Plus Console

For retro gaming fans looking to build their collection in one easy step, Retro-Bit Europe has provided the perfect solution - Multi-Cartridges! Retro-Bit Europe has partnered up with legendary game publishers Data East and Jaleco to release new cartridges loaded with officially licensed popular games.


Available in time for Christmas this December, each cartridge is compatible with the original SNES, NES and the Super Retro Trio Plus console. In addition, the range of cartridges are all PAL versions, fully compatible with official and third-party PAL consoles. Cartridges are accompanied with an exclusive button and sticker set along with a collectible retail box, full colour instruction manual and protective hard dust cover.

Sunday, April 11, 2010

Video game true or myth - exposed SNES Mortal Kombat Blood Code

snes mortal kombat snes blood codeWhen Nintendo replaced the blood in their SNES Mortal Kombat version with green goo the internet started buzzing with news of a code that restored the bloody mess of the arcade game. After all in the Mega Drive version all you had to do was press A - B - A - C - A - B - B and the blood was back in their version of Mortal Kombat. So was there a code?

Saturday, May 16, 2009

3-in-1 Virtual Retro Adaptor!


Backwards compatibility has reached a new level of cool with the launch of the 3-in-1 Virtual Retro Adaptor that allows gamers to connect NES, SNES, and N64 controllers directly to the Nintendo Wii video game console.

By accessing the GameCube port that is built in to the Wii system, the 3-in-1 Virtual Retro Adaptor allows gamers to enjoy older, “retro” games using the original controllers for NES, SNES, and N64.

The Retro Adaptor, developed by Komodo and exclusively distributed by Innex, will be available for demonstration at E3, Innex Booth # 2547, South Hall.

Product Highlights:

• Compatible with Nintendo Wii Virtual Console
• Connects Through GameCube Port
• Compatible with 1st and 3rd Party Controllers
• Compatible with NES, SNES, and N64 Controllers
• Analog Function Available for N64 Controllers
• Suggested Retail Price: $19.99
• Launch Date: Mid June

“Whether you’re a young kid or middle aged gaming fanatic, the Retro Adapter is perfect for controlling all the great Nintendo titles from the last 25 years,” stated Titi Ngoy, President of Innex. “The Retro Adapter allows you to step back in time and play all the classics the way they were meant to be played using the original controllers. The old school is now the new cool.”

Sunday, November 30, 2008

Step-by-step Instructions for How to Mod your Super Nintendo to Play Super Famicom Games

Mod your Super Nintendo to Play Super Famicom Games
Mobiusclimber of the Rising Stuff Forums has created this simple and straight forward guide to one of the quickest mods you can do: Make your SNES play Super Famicom games! Don’t worry, it will still play your Super Nintendo games perfectly and the modification will not be visible on the outside of your console.

Standard Disclaimer: Mod your Super Nintendo at your own risk. We are not responsible for damaged consoles.


1) Unplug your console. This step should be obvious. Here is is anyway.

2) Look inside the cartridge slot of your SNES and you might notice two small ridges of plastic, one on each side of the pin connectors.
Mod your Super Nintendo to Play Super Famicom Games
Since the pins in both Surer Nintendo and Super Famicom games are the same, those two small pieces of plastic are the only things holding you back from playing Japanese Super Famicom games on your SNES. Well maybe the language barrier as well, but we can discuss that another time.
Mod your Super Nintendo to Play Super Famicom Games
If you look at the back of an SNES cartridge, you’ll see two slots cut out of the plastic. This is what those ridges fit into.
Mod your Super Nintendo to Play Super Famicom Games
Looking on the back of an SFC cartridge, they don’t have the open spaces for the ridges. So if you just tried to pop the cartridge into your SNES, it wouldn’t fit.

3) Of course there’s a very easy solution to this problem: with a pair of pliers (or some other suitable implement of destruction), reach into the cartridge slot and break off those two pieces of plastic. I used a knife when I performed the surgery, but I wouldn’t recommend that. Pliers work best because you want to make sure you get the whole piece off and not leave any behind. Take a look at these pics to see what an SNES will look like before and after the surgery:
Mod your Super Nintendo to Play Super Famicom Games
4) … There is no fourth step. Yeah, that’s it. And in case you were wondering, no, removing those two tabs doesn’t change your SNES Mini into a regular SNES. I just took pics of the two SNES consoles that I had. I didn’t mod the Mini and just happened to have a beat up regular SNES so I modded that. Once you have those two tabs broken off you can start playing all the Super Famicom games you like. Well… not quite. Later games (released around 1996) might have a lockout chip still. Known games that will not work are Super Mario RPG and Kirby Super Star. The solution? … Play the North American release!
Mod your Super Nintendo to Play Super Famicom Games

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

World of Goo - Art Style Cubello -Secret of Mana - Street Fighter II Special Champion edition added to Wii downloads

Armchair physicists rejoice! The hotly anticipated award-winning World of Goo makes its WiiWare debut this week, inviting players to build infinitely fascinating structures out of Goo and uncover the mystery behind the World of Goo Corporation. Other cool additions to the Wii Shop Channel this week include Art Style: CUBELLO, the second installment in Nintendo's Art Style series, and a pair of classics for the Virtual Console: SECRET OF MANA and STREET FIGHTER II': SPECIAL CHAMPION EDITION. Fun offerings like these are sure to heat up your October, no matter how low the autumn temperatures may go.

Nintendo adds new and classic games to the Wii Shop Channel at 9 a.m. Pacific time every Monday. Wii owners with a high-speed Internet connection can redeem Wii Points to download the games. Wii Points can be purchased in the Wii Shop Channel or at retail outlets. This week's new games are:

WiiWare

World of Goo (2D Boy, 1-4 players, Rated E for Everyone—Comic Mischief, 1,500 Wii Points): World of Goo is an award-winning, physics-based puzzle/construction game made entirely by two guys. Grab living, squirming, talking globs of goo to build structures, bridges, cannonballs, zeppelins and giant tongues. The millions of Goo Balls that live in the beautiful World of Goo are curious to explore—but they don't know that they are in a game, or that they are extremely delicious. World of Goo Corporation is contractually obligated to state that everyone is a winner, and is enthusiastic to celebrate everyone's Goo building opportunities equally.

Art Style: CUBELLO (Nintendo, 1 player, Rated E for Everyone, 600 Wii Points): Art Style: CUBELLO mixes the strategy and feel of a traditional puzzle game with the precision and reflexes required in a shooter. As each stage begins, various colored cubes form into one large object called a Cubello, which floats and rotates as you play. Launch additional cubes from your magazine and try to connect four or more of the same color, removing them from the Cubello and eventually leaving only its core. Take on the challenge of either Stage or Endless mode and watch what happens when Bonus Time is activated. The straightforward controls and goal ensure that anyone can play, while offering enough depth that even advanced players will find themselves quickly addicted to the unique world of Art Style: CUBELLO.

Virtual Console


secret of manasecret of mana screen

SECRET OF MANA (Super NES, 1-3 players, Rated E10+ for Everyone 10 and Older—Mild Fantasy Violence, Mild Suggestive Themes, 800 Wii Points): Good and evil battle for a young warrior's heart. There is one force in the universe that keeps good and evil in perfect balance. It is called the tree of Mana. But a magic sword has tricked a young warrior into upsetting this balance, spreading evil throughout the land. Thus, the warrior must undertake a dangerous journey to find the seeds of the Mana tree, which have been hidden for centuries. Only then can perfect harmony be restored. In this incredible adventure, things are not as they seem. Magic swords release evil as well as fight it. Treasure chests hold booby traps. Monsters are friends and friends are enemies. Potions give power, black magic takes it away. Dragons fly, weapons change. It's a world turned upside down that you must help the warrior make right. And the only way to succeed is to solve the Secret of Mana.

STREET FIGHTER II': SPECIAL CHAMPION EDITION (Sega Genesis, 1-2 players, Rated T for Teen—Violence, 800 Wii Points): STREET FIGHTER II': SPECIAL CHAMPION EDITION was the first STREET FIGHTER game released for the Sega Genesis console. The STREET FIGHTER series can be considered one of the first fighting games to popularize competitive video game fighting. This version of the game contains both the CHAMPION and HYPER rule sets, from the two editions released in the arcades. It also introduced an exclusive Group Battle mode that is now a general feature in most fighting games. Play as one of 12 different characters, each with their own distinctive fighting style. Try single-player mode or challenge a friend in this legendary, classic fighting game.

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Monday, July 07, 2008

Mod plays NES in a NES cartridge


Darkeru from the Ben Heck forums came up with the idea for this beauty, and after months of "careful planning," finally finished his creation. It's exactly what you think it is; a mod that plays NES games on a NES game cartridge

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Wednesday, July 02, 2008

Chrono Trigger DS Announced


Square-Enix announce a possible 2D/3D remake of the SNES classic RPG, Chrono Trigger. Or possibly a sequel, only on DS.

Official site: http://www.square-enix.co.jp/ctds/

Sunday, March 23, 2008

UK welcomes God of War on Sony PSP


The bonanza of handheld game releases continues throughout the Easter period but thankfully it's not just a case of being impressed by the volume – there's also plenty of quality on offer, too.

We've been looking forward to Square Enix's Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates for a while now (despite our somewhat disappointing hands-on), not only because of its graphics but for whole wireless multiplayer mode. Indeed, it's a big week for DS dungeon-mashers as Chunsoft, the developer behind Nintendo's commercially successful Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series, releases its SNES remake Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer via Sega.

Another Sega published DS game out this week is Sega Superstars Tennis which should also do well in a year that's already being dominated by sporting prowess of various forms.

In fact, the only cloud on the DS horizon is the mysterious disappearance of Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trials and Tribulations from the March release schedules. Naturally, we've already started the investigation.


Still, the big news of the next eight days is the appearance of Kratos, the muscle behind the superb PSP brawler God of War: Chains of Olympus. The first cannot-go-through-life-without-having-played-it handheld game of 2008, we thoroughly recommend it, especially when compared to the other 'big' PSP title out next week, Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops Plus – an expansion on the original which we really didn't see the point of.

Source: PocketGamer

Thursday, November 22, 2007

Nintendo Is Unstoppable


Remember those commercials that said, “Sega does what Nintendon’t”? Well, it turned out to be true. Sega ended up almost shutting down, left the hardware market entirely and is now Nintendo’s slave, as evidenced by their former mascot Sonic the Hedgehog’s appearance in “Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games” and the forthcoming “Super Smash Bros. Brawl.”

A similar thing happened in the last few years, with Sony and Microsoft fanboys claiming that Nintendo had become too kiddy with their GameCube, while “real gamers” play “Grand Theft Auto” and “Halo” and all those ludicrous things.

Most recently, these crowds of what I like to call “newbie gamers,” who have no concept of what makes quality game design, have been trying to pigeonhole the Nintendo Wii as “the casual gamers’ machine.”

Well, that’s crap. Look at the crazy sales figures—Nintendo just missed outselling Microsoft’s Xbox 360 during this past October only because of a supply shortage, and then, by a mere 20,000 units. The Wii has outsold the 360 by double or more almost every other month of the year. Besides that, there is an incredible lineup of titles already out and on the way, including a little game called “Super Mario Galaxy” that came out last week. The game sold 250,000 copies its first day in Japan, and it’s being called “Nintendo’s greatest platformer ever” by IGN.com. Having played it myself, I can tell you it has some pretty astounding physics and graphics for only being on a system that’s supposedly “two GameCubes taped together.”

That aside, the Wii has incredible potential in the future to attract more “hardcore games” from third-party developers, even more so than the 360 and Sony’s Playstation 3, and I attribute this to casual games.

How so? Things like the Wii Remote and upcoming “balance board” accessory have been derided from the get-go by people like Mark Rein of Epic Games (developers of “Gears of War” and “Unreal Tournament III”) as “casual-game devices.”

That may be true as far as games like “Wii Sports” and “Wii Play,” but in reality, these accessories have created the biggest and best revolution in hardcore gaming as well.

“Metroid Prime 3” for the Wii showcases unheard-of precision using the combination of the Wii Remote and nunchuk accessory to recreate mouse and keyboard controls—a control scheme “Halo 3” players can only dream of (or wait for the game’s inevitable release on Windows Vista, thus negating the purchase of a $400 Xbox 360).

The upcoming “balance board” for Wii Fit, a plank that measures shifts in weight, translating them into on-screen action, could easily be expanded for genres like extreme sports, adding real-time motion control to the SSX snowboarding games or Tony Hawk series.

The forthcoming “Wii Zapper,” while packaged with a simple point-and-shoot game called “Link’s Crossbow Training,” has already been adapted for Sega’s upcoming “Ghost Squad,” a first-person arcade-style shooting game in the vein of “Time Crisis.”

People like to say, “Well, Nintendo’s first-party games are the only ones that take advantage of the hardware. Case in point: Metroid Prime.” This, too, is a fallacy. If casual games bring in more of the “mainstream” and, thus, bigger revenues and a wider audience, doesn’t this bode well for third-party support, in that companies will have incentive to devote more money, bigger franchises and higher-quality development teams to third-party games?

The simple answer is yes. Furthermore, it has already happened. “Medal of Honor: Heroes 2” was just released for the Wii and boasts 32-player online capability, which – for a “casual games machine” – is pretty impressive. Besides that, critics have hailed its control scheme as a step above Nintendo’s own “Metroid Prime 3.”

Finally, we can’t forget about another little game known as “Super Smash Bros. Brawl.” From all the information released so far, it looks to be the most hardcore Nintendo has ever been. The game boasts multiple online modes, a level designer, 20-plus fighters with more to come, including Sonic the Hedgehog and “Metal Gear Solid’s” Solid Snake. It will be the biggest gaming extravaganza Nintendo has ever produced and, perhaps, in the history of the industry.

The future is clear: Nintendo will win this Christmas in the short-term and this generation’s console war in the long term with a combination of low development-costs, casual and hardcore software, innovative accessories and the gangbuster sales of the Wii and Nintendo DS. Save your money from that overpriced piece of junk, the Playstation 3 (which happens to be selling worse than the GameCube was at this time five years ago), and invest in some Nintendo stock. Don’t waste your time with Halo. Get a Wii.

Friday, November 02, 2007

Free access to games library


Console Classix Celebrates 30 Years of Console Gaming with the LargestSelection of Legal, Classic Console Games Online Anywhere

Console Classix's online classic game library features more than 3,000 uniquegames, including more than 600 Sega Genesis games, 500 NES games, 600 SuperNintendo games, 200 Sega Game Gear games and hundreds of other classic consolegames, including hits such as Final Fantasy, Lufia, and Chrono Trigger, whichare available online only at Console Classix.

Console Classix, is celebrating 30 years of home video console gaming by offering free access to part of its library. Free access includes games from Nintendo's NES, ColecoVision, and the Atari 2600, which launched in 1977. Console Classix, with nearly 3,000 titles features the largest library of classic console games that are legally playable anywhere online, including services such as GameTap, Xbox Live Arcade, and the Nintendo Wii Virtual Console.

"Console Classix was founded to help preserve console gaming history," says Aaron Ethridge, Owner of Console Classix. "The 30th Anniversary of the Atari 2600 is an exciting event, and I'm very pleased that we can be part of that legacy. By offering the games that made Atari great, we allow veteran players a chance to relive the past and provide younger gamers a chance to see where today's games were born. That is what Console Classix all about … preserving what the gaming industry has produced so it can be enjoyed throughout the future."

Console Classix currently offers more than 3,000 classic console games for nine different consoles available to play on a Windows PC, with new games being added on a weekly basis.

Console Classix games originally appeared on console video game systems including:
Atari 2600
ColecoVision
Game Boy
Game Boy Color
Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)
Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES)
Sega Game Gear
Sega Genesis
Sega Master System

Minimum System requirements:
Windows 98, 2000, XP, or Vista
DirectX 8.0
Pentium 500 Mhz
256 Megs of RAM

Free Lite Console Classix Subscriptions are now available, which include access to hundreds of Nintendo (NES), Atari 2600, and ColecoVision games. To access the other console games subscription fees are $5 per month or $50 annually.

Monday, January 15, 2007

Wii-kly Update: Three New Classic Games Announced For Wii Shop Channel

Today Nintendo adds three new classic games to the popular Wii™ video game system's Wii Shop Channel. The games go live at 9 a.m. Pacific time. Nintendo adds new games to the channel every Monday. Wii owners with a high-speed Internet connection can redeem Wii Points to download the games. Wii Points can be purchased in the Wii Shop Channel or at retail outlets. This week's new games are:



Xevious (NES®, 1-2 players, 500 Wii Points): Players control their Solvalou ship and destroy the XEVIOUS forces. Fire the zapper missiles against air-based enemies and drop the blaster bombs down upon ground-based targets. Destroy Andor Genesis to earn bonus points. Unique enemies, interesting background music, a variety of vertically scrolling background environments and many hidden game play features differentiated Xevious from the other shooting games released at the time. Are you devious enough to beat Xevious?



R-Type III: The Third Lightning (Super NES®, 1-2 players, 800 Wii Points): It was believed on Earth that the deadly BYDO Empire had been destroyed - but now they've returned, as nasty as ever. Their ships and armies are more powerful than before, and Earth will surely be conquered unless the new R-90 ship can destroy them. Powered with engines that launch it into different dimensions, and armed with the Round, Shadow and Cyclone Forces, the R-90 has what it takes to wipe out the BYDO threat. The BYDO mother ship must be found and destroyed to entirely erase the species from our galaxy.




Moto Roader (TurboGrafx16, 1-5 players, 600 Wii Points): Moto Roader is a futuristic racing game that allows up to five players to compete against each other. Players use the cash earned when they win a race to power up their machine. Not only can they change the "TIRE" and "BODY" of their vehicles, but they also can add "SPECIAL" parts. Jump over tall obstacles with a "HOPPER" and blast past rivals at incredible speeds with "NITRO." What multiplayer game would be complete without attack items? Use a forward-launching "GRENADE" or a backward-dropping "BOMBER" to blow up and knock away rivals. Outmaneuver rivals in all eight heats to become the champion. Any combination of Wii Remote™ and Nintendo GameCube™ controllers can be used in multiplayer games.

Friday, January 05, 2007

Top Ten Video Game Weapons

GT Countdown takes a look at the weapons that cause the most damage and are most fun to use.



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Monday, January 01, 2007

Super mario 64 bloopers! Episodes 1-4

Its all the bloopers in one! So you can save all the clicking and watch them all. Large clip 38 minutes 40 seconds.



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Playing Video Games for a living...

Professional video gamer Johnathan Wendel, aka Fatal1ty, is living his dream. But it's not as easy as it sounds.

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Bark at the Moon - Stepmania video game trailer

Bark at the Moon on StepMania. I think I did pretty good, since I always get nervous when filmed.



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World Revolution - Stepmania video game trailer

World Revolution on StepMania. From Chrono Trigger on the SNES. I have FC'ed this Track, but the Camera got to me.



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