Archive for October, 2009
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Another laserdisc game:
This seems to use live action footage combined with the graphic images of the fighter jet you pilot. To be honest, I think Sega did this kind of game much better with the subsequent After Burner series. Still impressive as an example of laserdisc technology though.
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Colony 7 cassette
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Right after the jump.
This was clearly inspired by Missile Command, as you defend a space colony from invaders with two cannons and a special crosshairs you probably aim with a trackball. There even appears to be a bomb function that can wipe out a few enemy fighters at once. [...]
Space Laser clip
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I don’t think I’d ever posted this one before, so here it is now:
While the object is to shoot as many of the alien craft sailing by as possible, you also need to dual with and dodge the enemy ship at the top, lest it gun you down. So [...]
Bigger screen for DSi
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Nintendo plans to make a larger version of their DSi console:
TOKYO (AFP) - Nintendo Co. will soon launch a large-screen version of its DSi hand-held game console in Japan aimed at elderly people, a report said Tuesday.
Nintendo may introduce the new model, with a screen size twice as big [...]
Mega Man 4 video
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Here comes the the fourth installment of this popular console series:
And once again, plenty of crooked robots come as the bosses our cybernetic hero will need to fight while traversing many difficult terrains.
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Assassin’s Creed – Lineage (Part 1)
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When the Duke of Milan is brutally murdered, the Assassin Giovanni Auditore is dispatched to investigate. The answers he uncovers implicate Italy’s most powerful families reaching all the way back to the Vatican itself. As Giovanni draws closer to the truth, he becomes hunted himself. He must expose the conspirators before he joins [...]
Ps3 will have Netflix streaming next month!!
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Netflix instant streaming will arrive on the Ps3 in November. Using the Playstations Networks free service, all you will need is the Netflix fee of $8.99 a month. This is a huge move for Sony, taking a huge exclusive feature from Micrsofts Xbox. With the recent price drop, redesigned console, [...]
A game based on Lupin the 3rd
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Two recordings available here, in fact:
Loosely based on the manga/anime written by Kazuhiko Kato (under the pseudonym of Monkey Punch), this is one of the earliest games based on a licensed property, and it stars a gangster who’s supposed to be a descendant of the character seen in Maurice [...]
LGJ: Revenge of the Regulators
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This week’s LGJ dissects ‘ecogenerism’ as it applies to regulating video games based on a new paper from Michigan State University School of Law.
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LGJ: 3D Dot Game Infringement
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In this LGJ, I talk about the allegations of ‘copyright infringement’ in 3D Dot Game Heroes.
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Gamer’s convention in West Virginia
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The Charleston Daily Mail has an article about the Fourth Annual CharCon Gaming Convention, which has just begun, and features plenty of board games.
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2009: Sports Games Best Year?
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What a year for sports games! Is this the best year for sports games ever? I think so and all you have to do is take a look at the games that have come out this year and maybe you will agree. Lets take a look at each sport and we will let [...]
Gamefly files complaints against USPS
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A complaint filed in April by Gamefly that states that Netflix and Blockbuster are receiving preferential handling of DVDs is currently waiting on the US Postal Service to respond to discovery requests:
“The Postal Service seeks additional time to respond to the GameFly Motion because it has “been unable to turn its attention to [...]
PS3 gets bigger hard drive
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Sony is increasing the program’s memory system:
NEW YORK (AP) - To give more room for game, movie and music downloads, Sony is launching a PlayStation 3 with a larger hard drive on Nov. 3.
The $350 gaming console will have a 250 gigabyte hard drive, more than twice as big [...]
Recording of Riot
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A commando type game with the inventive idea of featuring enemies appearing at the front of the screen with their backs turned to the players, and the fighters need to aim at them in their positions in order to stop them, creating a kind of pseudo-3D [...]
Video of Bomb Jack 2
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For the Commodore 64.
The sequel to the first game, it’s got an interface that look more “across” and “spread out”. It seems to have some techniques similar to the first game, but still clearly has its differences. I don’t think Tecmo had anything to do with this, but left [...]
Fewer customers may buy games this holiday
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USA Today’s Gamehunters blog reports about a survey done that shows fewer consumers may buy video games this holiday season. That’s the effects of the recession alright.
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A cassette for Cameltry
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A pretty good challenge of guiding a marble through a maze within a time limit, this is like Sonic Pinball a couple years before it was made. There’s 4 difficulty levels to it, and depending on which you choose, it should be harder or easier.
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Debut of Uncharted 2
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Here’s an article from the AFP about the sequel to Uncharted:
PARIS (AFP) – “Uncharted 2: Among Thieves”, the video game released this week by California studio Naughty Dog, transports gamers into an action-adventure with pacing, effects and storytelling worthy of a Hollywood blockbuster.
Two years after the first episode sold [...]
Microsoft not buying EA
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Rumors circulated the web recently that Microsoft was purchasing EA.
Microsoft spoke with the Washington Post today to set the record straight. It looks like all the buying and selling of was moot, because Phil Spencer says it’s not happening during a talk with Reuters:
“We have no plans to acquire EA,” said Phil Spencer, [...]
Sunday, October 11, 2009
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A clever variation on Atari’s classic Centipede/Milipede formula set in the Arizona desert where you need to shoot up snakes slithering around the screen, and the difference here is that you can fire both up and down. There’s also a crow or a vulture hovering around [...]
Rock Band goes iPhone
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The popular music game is going to be formatted for portability:
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Music videogame star “Rock Band” will soon be touring with Apple’s globally popular iPhones.
US videogame titan Electronic Arts (EA) on Friday was inviting “Rock Band” lovers to take their acts on the road with a [...]
Project Runway will be adapted for Wii
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Atari is brining yet another amazing concept to the Nintendo console:
LOS ANGELES – “Project Runway” is strutting to Nintendo’s Wii.
Atari Inc. is developing a video game based on the popular reality TV fashion competition. The game, set for release next year, will cast players as aspiring fashion designers tasked [...]
Posting for Tekken 3
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The third installment in this notable series is set 20 years ahead. Here’s a video clip of the PSX intro:
We learn that Kazuya and Jun married and had a son named Jin who now follows in their footsteps. We also learn that Nina and Anna were put in cryogenic [...]
Virtual FIFA
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Here comes the latest take on FIFA Soccer!
LONDON (Reuters) - Soccer’s global governing body FIFA, gaming software-maker Electronic Arts and Sony Corp’s PlayStation announced the start of the FIFA Interactive World Cup 2010 (FIWC10) season on Tuesday.
The sixth edition of the world’s largest football gaming tournament allows virtual athletes [...]
