Archive for the 'In Brief' Category

GDC: Fez does what Nintendon’t

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008

Welcome to our inconspicuous Game Developer’s Conference coverage! GDC posts will be slightly different than our regular posts in that, unlike the tomes written on the minutia of virtual console releases, these posts will be much quicker and rely much more on pictures and video.
Kind of like the USA Today of blogs.

Want to know […]

North American Virtual Console Update (02/04/08)

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008

Look, if Nintendo isn’t going to put any effort in these things, neither am I.
Columns III from the Genesis (800 Wii points) and Operation: Wolf from the NES (500 points) join the increasingly less exciting roster of latest additions up for download.
How about some awesome Virtual Console rumors to tide you over? Current rumor has […]

In brief: if you own an Xbox 360, you need to spend 800 points.

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008

Hey, 360ites, Rez HD is coming to the Xbox Marketplace today. It will cost you 800 points and will blow your mind. Download it now or I swear I will stop updating this site with increasing frequency.
This version supports 720p, Dolby 5.1, and online leaderboard. They’ve also worked trance vibrator functionality into 3 accompanying controllers. […]

In Brief: Mega console on display, pre-order

Wednesday, January 16th, 2008

Remember those 3rd party mega consoles we hipped you to a few days back? Well it appears the people at Video Game Central have gotten a few of the RetroDuo units in and were quick to put it through its paces. These machines can play American/Japanese NES/Famicom games as well as American/Japanese/European SNES/Super Famicom […]

In Brief: 3rd party mega-consoles on display at CES

Wednesday, January 9th, 2008

For the hoarder in your life: Wired’s Gadget Lab has found numerous multi-format retro videogame consoles at this year’s Consumer Electronic Show. Highlights include a fairly nice looking NES/SNES combo (pictured below) and a Genesis/Master System/NES combo that are region-free (I.e. it’ll play imported games from other countries). The rub: you have to actually own […]