YouTube Gamer’s Collection
Great to see YouTuber’s showing off their collection of games. He has a few rare ones in there as well as two classic consoles being the Atari 2600 and ColecoVision. These days I find the ColecoVision is getting harder to find then the Atari 2600.
Game Boy
The handheld game that everyone remembers, it’s the little grey box that almost fits in your pocket. The Game Boy created by Nintnedo was first released back in 1989 and usually game with the game Tetris. If you combine both consoles together the Game Boy Color and Game Boy have sold close to 118.7 [...]
Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Here’s a console that still gets hours of play time and for me more then any other console it’s the SNES created by Nintendo and first available in 1990. In Japan its called Sthe Super Family Computer or Super Famicom.
Virtual Console spotlight: Super Mario RPG
Its finally here and next week Super Mario RPG will be released for the Virtual Console. I want to say for sure it will be out for a week but things do get delayed and what not but we’ll just have to see for sure.
Ben Heck’s Atari 7800 Portable
Ben had originally created a portable Atari 2600 and due to requestes he decided to take on this project.
Mattel Intellivision
Created by Mattel Electronics a division of Mattel ion 1979 the Intellivision was a main competitor for the well placed Atari 2600. The Intellivision boasted better sound, graphics and game play against the Atari 2600 and actually came out less than a year later then the 2600.
Atari 2600
Being noticed as the console that started it all the Atari 2600 was first released in 1977 and has sold about 30 million units. Like many consoles of the day the Atari 2600 let you plug in select cartridges. The Fairchild Channel F had this concept years before Atari however it was Atari that [...]
Epoch Cassette Vision
Its full title being the Epoch (Super) Cassette Vision was created by a company named Epoch in Japan on July 30, 1981. You’re probably thinking it uses cassettes; well it actually uses cartridges and was the first programmable console in Japan selling for about 13,500 yen.
Pong
Here is one console that is still talked about today, it’s called Pong and was released by Atari in 1972 as an arcade game. When you play the game it’s obvious that it’s based off of the game table tennis. Computer Space created by Nutting Associates had beaten Pong in 1971 as the first Arcade [...]
Final Fantasy Remix - Album in the making!
The album is expected to be released in Japan on August 6th, 2008 and will contain tracks from the famous Final Fantasy series. The CD is said to have track remixes from the Nintendo Entertainment System, Super Nintendo Entertainment System and the Playstation.
Ms. Pac-Man
Released in 1981 as an unofficial sequel to the best seller Pac-Man, Ms. Pac-Man had few new levels and some minor game changes. Ms. Pac-Man was also introduced in the television show with Pac-Man as his wife.
Ms. Pac-Man was available on Arcade, Atari 2600, NES, Sega Mega Drive, Game Boy and even the XBOX [...]
Warsong
Here’s a great RPG for the Sega Genesis that deserves mention, it’s called Warsong or Langrisser in Japan. You play Prince Garett of Baltia and you are fighting the Dalsis Empire as your basic story of good versus evil. I won’t talk much about the story because that’s for you to find out. If you [...]