Retro Thing (Free subscription) | 29/09/2008
Alexey Pajitnov, the creator of Tetris, is truly admirable. Any time I've seen footage of the man he seems so friendly and happy. It takes someone truly special to produce something as astoundingly fun as Tetris while living in the...
oussamedia (Free subscription) | 23/09/2008
Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) - 13 Games. Dr. Mario. Mario and Yoshi. Mario Bros. Mario Bros 2. Mario Bros 3. Mario Bros (Unknown) - Beta of never released Mario Game. Mario Bros. Classic. Mario is Missing. Mario’s Time Machine. NES Open Tournament Golf. Wario’s Woods. Yoshi. Yoshi’s Cookie. FamiCom Disk System (FDS) - 5 Games. All Night Nippon Super Mario Bros. I am a Teacher - Super Mario Seta....
Infendo - Nintendo blog (Free subscription) | 12/09/2008
As a lot of people know Mii’s are pretty cool, and we have all spent tons of hours customizing and making unique ones of our friends and of various characters that we like. So it’s not surprising another company would jump on the bandwagon and try to get a little of the avatar action. As well [...]
Game|Life (Free subscription) | 03/09/2008
Dear Nintendo: Let's get Vs. Excitebike out on Virtual Console. Penny Arcade Expo traditionally concludes with the final round of the Omegathon, a grueling three-day videogame championship in which one of twenty entrants will win a trip to Tokyo Game...
Kotaku (Free subscription) | 01/09/2008
Penny Arcade Expo 2008 has officially wrapped up, but as always it went out with a bang. At the final round of the Omeganauts, (which was played on"Vs. Excitebike" for the Famicom Disk System) a...
Nintendo Wii Fanboy (Free subscription) | 31/07/2008
Filed under: Imports , Video The characters in the Captain Rainbow trailers are getting more and more obscure. As expected, this trailer is about Takamaru, the samurai protagonist of the Famicom Disk System-only Nazo no Murasame-jou (Mysterious Murasame Castle), a samurai-style Zelda -ish game. He is apparently too hyper, given to random nosebleeds caused by excitement. We're starting to think that...
Softpedia - Latest Mac software (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
Nestopia is a Nintendo NES emulator
N-Philes (Free subscription) | 02/04/2008
The game may already be out in Japan and North America, but these guys are still pumping out updates!
Nintendo Wii Fanboy (Free subscription) | 04/03/2008
Filed under: Virtual Console , Imports The Japanese version of Metroid differs from the American version in four major ways: It comes on a disk instead of a cartridge Thanks to the Famicom Disk System hardware, that music has instruments that don't show up in the cartridge version It uses a Zelda -style save screen instead of passwords The boxart is amazingly awesome The Virtual Console version doesn't...
I.Z. Reloaded: Online Refreshments (Free subscription) | 01/03/2008
These framed Famicom Disk System posters from Japan make a great addition to your wall if you are a video game geek like me. They aren't that large - only 11.75 x 8.5 cm, but they sure are a collector's item. (Thanks Brendon)
Retro Gaming with racketboy (Free subscription) | 29/02/2008
Japan always gets the best videogame artwork. I’m not bitter, but it definitely makes decorating a grown-up-friendly game room more challenging. Since we can't just wander into your average gaming shop and expect to find a wide array of frame-worthy artwork, we have to be a bit more creative in finding suitable [...]
QJ.NET (Free subscription) | 09/01/2008
The Australian Virtual Console game library keeps getting better and better, and Wii gamers from down under may get to enjoy more epic games from years past now that SNES title Do Re Mi Fantasy: Milon no DokiDoki Daibouken and Smash Ping Pong from the Famicom Disk System has finally been rated by Australia 's Classification Review Board. If you're wondering why you haven't heard of these titles before,...
Vintage Computing and Gaming (Free subscription) | 08/11/2007
Because they make game covers like this: Ah; nothing like a Japanese Famicom Disk System classic. Is anybody out there willing to attempt an interpretation of this game’s synopsis from this picture alone? You're up for one heck of a challenge.
DS Fanboy (Free subscription) | 02/11/2007
Filed under: News Aksys Games is quickly becoming our favorite publisher of niche DS titles. Just last month, the small studio announced that it would localize Super Dodgeball Brawlers , blowing kisses in our direction. Then earlier today, Aksys revealed its plans to rebrand Tantei Jinguji Saburo ( Detective Saburo Jinguji ) as Jake Hunter: Detective Chronicles and bring the adventure title to North...
Computer And Video Games (Free subscription) | 15/10/2007
A series that lived in the shadows of giants. The Metroid series has always been a victim of bad timing. It's one of the most critically acclaimed franchises in gaming, but thanks to dodgy release dates, internal politics and Nintendo's own disbelief in the franchise it's never quite rivalled the mighty Mario and Zelda series. Wrong place, wrong time? Click here to read the full article
