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Submitted by Gaming Briefs and Nostalgia Bits
This is the sequel to the excellent game from 1984:
The sad thing is, it was never officially released, so yet again, it’s only so fortunate that we have the emulator systems available, because this does seem to have something to it. It may have been made for three players [...]
AP Wire reviews the new Arkham Asylum game
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Here’s the AP’s article where they look at the newest game based on the Masked Manhunter:
The video-game industry has defeated more superheroes than Lex Luthor could ever dream of. Superman, Aquaman, Iron Man, X-Men: All rendered lifeless by forces more focused on making a buck than on delivering thrills.
So [...]
25 of the hardest games to play
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Game Daily features a list of 25 of the most difficult games in history. Metal Slug and even Gauntlet make the list here, as well as the classic Defender.
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Short tape of Puzzle Bobble 4
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The fourth installment in the great puzzle spinoff of the great platform journey:
In this fourth entry, you have a cast of 10 more characters, and in story mode, some important stars have been taken by a bad fairy, and the object is to traverse the magical solar system they [...]
LGJ: Welcome to the Big Leagues of Deception
Submitted by Law of the Game
This week’s LGJ is all about the fun trickery we lawyers use to keep deals and filings secret. It’s probably only ‘fun’ in the most generous sense of the term to most people.
Read on!
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How a Japanese News Show Compares Consoles
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According to this Japanese news show, the PlayStation 3 is a Formula 1 race car, the Xbox 360 is an expensive foreign car. The Wii? It’s a go-kart.
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Sony announces PS3 Slim
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No longer a rumor Sony has announced the PS3 Slim that features a new slim form factor (33 percent smaller, 36 percent lighter and 34 percent less power use) a 120GB hard drive all for $299. The PS3 Slim contains all the same features as the current PlayStation 3 model, including it’s lack [...]
Namco publishes new take on Burger Time
Submitted by Gaming Briefs and Nostalgia Bits
Through this article on Macworld, I discovered that Namco appears to have acquired the rights to the late Data East’s classic works of yore, including Burger Time, and have now come up with Burger Time Deluxe, a new take on the great game of the yesteryear.
In other words, Peter [...]
2 new NFL players join Madden
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The newcomers to the Madden Football franchise are Brett Favre and Michael Vick:
WASHINGTON - It’s been a busy week in professional football, with a couple of big, controversial stars — Brett Favre and Michael Vick — joining NFL rosters. No worries, though, for John Madden, because both men are [...]
Tinseltown trying to catch up with games
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Here’s a Reuters article that speaks of a few things that I may have brought up before, about why games don’t make great movies, and even some movie-based games that were abortive too:
COLOGNE, Germany (Hollywood Reporter) – Films and videogames would seem a match made in heaven, so why [...]
Real weather finds its way into the sports genre
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There are now plans to bring the effects of weather conditions into new sport games:
RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) - If it’s raining outside or hurricane season is in full swing, it won’t just be real-life sports games affected but also sports video games with real-time weather starting to impact [...]
Game Stop’s profits slump too
Submitted by Gaming Briefs and Nostalgia Bits
The big game retailer has also been suffering from poor sales lately:
GRAPEVINE, Texas – GameStop Corp., the world’s largest video game and entertainments software retailer, posted disappointing fiscal second-quarter results on Thursday and lowered its full-year earnings forecast, citing fewer hit video games and cautious consumers. Shares tumbled in [...]
Euro game fair
Submitted by Gaming Briefs and Nostalgia Bits
In Germany, the largest game fair began:
COLOGNE, Germany (AFP) – Europe’s biggest video games fair, Gamescom, opened its doors in the western German city of Cologne on Thursday, with over 420 exhibitors from 30 countries showing off their wares.
The four-day show is expected to draw some 200,000 visitors and [...]
Magical Puzzle Popils multimedia
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This is the Sega Game Gear version.
An interesting looking puzzle game where the object seems to be helping the princess get down from off the structures by eliminating the cubes correctly. If I ever find a better, longer taping, I’ll add it here.
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Blue Shark brief
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Take a look at the tape.
This is an early shoot-em-up where you need to blast a whole bunch of underwater sea dwellers within the alloted time.
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A short taping of Chibi Marukochan Deluxe Quiz
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This is basically a Japanese quiz game, something usually just available in Japan, that’s designed like a TV game show. If only I could understand what this is all about, but alas, I can’t.
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Subs post
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An early game with submarines at war with each other.
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Tornado Baseball clip
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Right after the pitch.
Another early baseball game, what else? It was pretty successful for its time, and one of the first to try adding a lot of players to the field at once. There were also 2 sequels called Extra Inning and Extra Bases.
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Bigfoot Bonkers clip
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View the following tape.
Basically another “snake game”, with footprints added to differentiate it from others of the times.
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Star Cruiser tape
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An old space shooter, and pretty simple at that.
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The age of today’s computer game addicts is 35?
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According to this report in the UK Telegraph (via Hot Air Headlines), there are many game addicts of age 35 who are overweight and depressed, and suffering from health problems. This AFP report on Newsmax provides more info on the subject.
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Magical Drop 2 video
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The sequel to the charming puzzler from earlier:
Again, we have excellent action involving competition between player-computer, which is surely even more challenging the regular mode provided here. There’s a special form of star ball that can clear almost all of the same color if used correctly. This is simply [...]
AP Wire reviews Shadow Complex
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Here is their review of a new shooter:
What’s a gamer to do in the summer, when so few high-profile retail titles are released? I look for new challenges to download — and most of those are going onto my Xbox 360. It remains the essential machine for gamers who [...]
Starship 1 posting
Submitted by Gaming Briefs and Nostalgia Bits
Beam us up, Scotty, we’re ready for action!
In this game, you pilot a space fighter ship that needs to combat plenty of enemy alien crafts, which are modeled after those seen in Star Trek, including one that might’ve appeared in the episode called “The Doomsday Machine”, one of the [...]
Robot Bowl recording
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Short clip coming right up.
This is basically the same as Meadows Lanes. I assume though that the players here are androids? Then again, this is a videogame, so that would only make sense! LOL.
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