Ikaruga, the bullet hell shooter to end all bullet hell shooters, has finally hit the Xbox Live Arcade. Originally released on the Dreamcast, then ported to the Gamecube, the game is infamous for its crushing difficulty. Here is what’s new to the downloadable version: 720p visuals, online co-op, replay video saving, and leaderboards. The game […]
Finally matching the feature set of the Wii, Xbox 360, and the PS3, the NES is getting a brand new game which will include its own special brand of downloadable content. Based on a freeware Mac game, Glider will take advantage of a special device to add additional levels. While some may be scared away […]
Oh wow, this story is really interesting. Hot off their recent break-up with Microsoft, the guys at Bungie have just posted a new, quite revealing job listing. There has been a lot of speculation about what Bungie would do since it’s no longer bound to Xbox hardware, but would anyone expect them to begin development […]
Fans of sci-fi inspired digital pinball games rejoice! Hudson Soft, the group behind Bonk, Bomberman, countless Shmups, and possibly some other types of games, has announced a sequel to their TurboGraphx-16 pinball game Alien Crush. Inspired by movies like Alien, Alien Crush isn’t your typical pinball game, foregoing traditional bumpers and obstacles for aliens and […]
Despite the best efforts of highly paid futurists, most depictions of the future are often completely off base. For example, did you know that Back to the Future Part II takes place in 2015? That means we have only 7 more years to do the following: invent hoverboards and hovercars, manufacture self tying shoe laces […]
One of the very first games announced for WiiWare was Hudson’s Star Solider R, an offshoot entry to their popular Star Solider/Blazing Lazers series. How is this Star Solider different than its brethren? Well, this version doesn’t really have a traditional single player mode. Star Solider R is basically the extra “Caravan” mode found in […]
Today marked the official Japanese launch of WiiWare, Nintendo’s new download service for original games. The launch lineup includes a few classic retreads and a couple original games to boot, as well as a few, um, pieces of shovelware.
One of the first launch titles, and one of the more eagerly anticipated offerings, is an update […]
While the Sega Master System may not have set the world ablaze in the Eighties and early Nineties, Sega’s 8-bit machine will be getting a second chance to make things right. How do they make it right? By becoming the cheapest thing on Nintendo’s Virtual Console, that’s how. The games will cost 400 points a […]
On the face of things, today’s update may seem a little lacking. However, if you’re playing the awesome new meta-game of the logic behind each week’s virtual console releases, well then you’re probably excited that you get to update the brackets for your fantasy league on Yahoo!
Powerball (GEN; 800 points) - Unfortunately, this game has […]
Instead of trying to flesh out little tidbits of information into sprawling tomes, let’s just cut to the chase. Here are some stories that are making the rounds on these here tubes:
(1) Siliconera is reporting that Space Invaders Get Even, a retro-inspired real-time-strategy game made for Wii, will include support for Nintendo’s Wifi connection. To […]
