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Retro Halo 2600 Reaches Into Videogames’ Past | GameLife | Wired.com
“As an aesthetic form, videogames are not just some boulder rolling toward inevitable progress. Sure, platforms like the Atari helped establish conventions and genres that we now take for granted. But why should we take them for granted? Who’s to say definitively that today’s games are better or worse than early Atari games?”
Retro Halo 2600 Reaches Into Videogames’ Past | GameLife | Wired.com
Retro Halo 2600 Reaches Into Videogames’ Past | GameLife | Wired.com
Monday, August 30, 2010
Friday, August 27, 2010
The Misleading World of Atari 2600 Box Art
I never considered the box art misleading in terms of graphics, but I did sometimes get annoyed by game-play elements that the game didnt actually have, such as planes crashing in Sky Diver.The Misleading World Of Atari 2600 Box Art: Part Two (Xbox Live) - RunDLC
Thursday, August 26, 2010
I love reading articles like this...
The Games That Made Me [Culture]: "
In this line of work, I'm continually reminded of how big a part games like Castlevania, Mega Man and Contra played in raising a generation of gamers. Which is funny, because I never played any of them. More »
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In this line of work, I'm continually reminded of how big a part games like Castlevania, Mega Man and Contra played in raising a generation of gamers. Which is funny, because I never played any of them. More »
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
50-game Atari classics collection coming to DS this Fall (Destructoid)
Retro game compliation will feature all your favorites including the... Swordquest series!?50-game Atari classics collection coming to DS this fall- Destructoid
Friday, August 20, 2010
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Retro City Rampage coming to Wii Ware
Looks like a great GTA 2 knockoff with several other old shooters mixed in, such as Jackal and Ikari Warriors.
Retro City Rampage looks freaking amazing!- Destructoid
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Update to 'C64 for iPhone' Now Available in App Store | Touch Arcade
Update to 'C64 for iPhone' Now Available in App Store | Touch Arcade:
- NEW – Lots of new games, including Last Ninja series, International Karate, Armalyte and Druid
- IMPROVED – Upgraded to OpenFeint 2.5
- IMPROVED – Reimplementation of control layout system, to support the complex controls scenarios for games like The Last Ninja
- IMPROVED – Display OF notifications at top rather than bottom
- IMPROVED – Removed bottom bar in full-screen landscape to prevent obscuring screen in games like Wizball
- NEW – Fixed-mode joystick in landscape mode, automatically selected for specific games
- NEW – Option to force fixed-mode joystick in landscape mode for all games
- FIX – Borders correctly drawn in landscape (Wizball)
- FIX – Corrected dead zone area at side of screen in landscape, rendering controls unresponsive
- NEW – Added grouping to In App Store to separate downloaded / purchases
- IMPROVED – Hi-res icons added for retina and iPad displays
- NEW – Option to adjust dead zone / sensitivity of joystick
- IMPROVED – Shop now separates downloaded games
Monday, August 16, 2010
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Monday, August 2, 2010
The Great Operating System Games
Since the dawn of computers, games have been an entertaining way to demonstrate a system’s capabilities. Manufacturers like DEC distributed them as early as the 1960s: They were as powerful sales tools with universal appeal. The tradition continued with some of the earliest PCs. Simple (but often addictive) games are bundled with operating systems to this day.
Here’s a look at notable games that have shipped with OSes through the ages–including ones written by a few of the most famous programmers of all time.
Friday, July 30, 2010
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Fifteen Classic Game Console Design Mistakes
Video game systems may be toys of a sort, but they’re also complicated machines. They require precision engineering, specialized hardware design, and careful industrial design to successfully achieve what seems like a simple goal: to play games on a television set. Throughout the history of home game consoles, each generation of machines has brought new opportunities to innovate. Along the way, companies have often slipped up and made mistakes that came back to haunt them later–some of which were so serious that they helped to destroy platforms and even entire corporations.http://technologizer.com/2009/08/10/fifteen-classic-game-console-design-mistakes/
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Amiga: 25 Years Later
Let's hear it for the greatest cult computer of them all, which debuted a quarter-century ago today.
http://technologizer.com/2010/07/23/amiga
Gallery: Twenty Years Ago in Advertisements
Take a trip back to July of 1990 by way of a bunch of cheesy magazine ads.
http://www.1up.com/do/feature?cId=3180607
http://www.1up.com/do/feature?cId=3180607
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
18 minutes of music from one line of C-64 BASIC:
http://nickm.com/post/2010/07/one-line-c64-basic-music/
My Little Pony: The Princess Promenade is the greatest movie ever?
These My Little Pony movie reviews are hilarious. It's the next Amazon Three Wolf Moon Shirt - http://imdb.to/dqVxwH
Friday, April 16, 2010
My Final Fantasy XIII thoughts... this isnt a review because I'm not quite done yet.
I've been playing this game since release and I'm finally up to Pulse. Yes, I dont get a lot of time to play.
What amazes me is how much fun I've had so far and this is supposed to be the part where things get GOOD. Apparently everything I've been through so far has been complete shit. I have to say this is not the case, this has been one of the most enjoyable FF's for me (I've played all of them).
For one thing I like the datalog and I like that when you load the game it explains where you are and what you're doing (perfect for me since I have to take long breaks between sessions). I actually KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON in a FF game... in the first playthrough!
The simple dungeon layout complaints are a complete mystery to me. Yes they started out simple but they did get more complex eventually. They never turned into a goddamn MAZE or anything but I felt they were varied enough. I've had to poke around more than a few times for treasure chests that werent obvious. The last FF's I played through before this was FF7 (for the 3rd time) and X. XIII is no less complex dungeon-wise than those games. The last game I remember playing with truly confusing dungeons is probably Dragon Quest V and that was even pretty mild compared to old-school shit like Ultima IV where there are false walls through 99% of the game that are clearly marked then on the last dungeon it decides not to mark them anymore.
I mean I've played shit like Bard's Tale, Wizardry and Might & Magic, kids. Now let me bold this: ANY FF game looks like baby's first RPG if you are just looking at the dungeon "complexity". Complaining about lack of complexity in FF dungeons is like complaining about the levelling scheme in Oblivion. You're missing the point, you're wanting the game to be something different, hell you're wanting it to be a different SERIES altogether.
One thing that sticks out for me is that in FF VII the environmental decisions you make can change the environment so that you actually miss chests. XIII's is very straightforward in that sense, I dont think it's possible to miss a chest unless you merely overlook it. XIII certainly could have used some more "puzzles" but I didnt miss them THAT much.
The combat started out simple the way it does with every FF game. It has a more gradual ramp-up of abilities and complexity than most of the FF's, if not all (although I'd compare it to XII). I never thought "OH MY GOD THIS IS SO BORING PRESSING X X X X ". If that were the case I'd never have gotten more than 3 hours into ANY FF.
Each increment of the combat system was exciting. Every combination of characters it threw at me provided new ways to play with the paradigms. Now that I have full control over party mekeup after so long it's like... WOW! It has a totally different impact than if it just dropped all this shit on me at once. Maybe it's a little TOO gradual for some people but eh, it felt good to me.
One more thing while I'm blathering on and on... the NO TOWNS bullshit. What the fuck? There have been TWO towns so far and one has been pretty huge. There's also been environments with no monsters and only NPC's, maybe they're not towns in the traditional sense, but it hasnt been dungeon after dungeon after dungeon. I've talked with a ton of NPC's so far. I admit this is not a lot of towns in a traditional sense but all the complaints and reviews specifically said there were NO towns in this game. It's a flat out lie. The only thing I havent done is poke around in people's bedrooms for shitty items and you know what? I'm not missing it THAT much and wouldnt it have felt a tad out of place to have something so anachronistic in this game? I'm sure the next Dragon Quest game will have plenty of it and it will feel more natural there.
I've been playing this game since release and I'm finally up to Pulse. Yes, I dont get a lot of time to play.
What amazes me is how much fun I've had so far and this is supposed to be the part where things get GOOD. Apparently everything I've been through so far has been complete shit. I have to say this is not the case, this has been one of the most enjoyable FF's for me (I've played all of them).
For one thing I like the datalog and I like that when you load the game it explains where you are and what you're doing (perfect for me since I have to take long breaks between sessions). I actually KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON in a FF game... in the first playthrough!
The simple dungeon layout complaints are a complete mystery to me. Yes they started out simple but they did get more complex eventually. They never turned into a goddamn MAZE or anything but I felt they were varied enough. I've had to poke around more than a few times for treasure chests that werent obvious. The last FF's I played through before this was FF7 (for the 3rd time) and X. XIII is no less complex dungeon-wise than those games. The last game I remember playing with truly confusing dungeons is probably Dragon Quest V and that was even pretty mild compared to old-school shit like Ultima IV where there are false walls through 99% of the game that are clearly marked then on the last dungeon it decides not to mark them anymore.
I mean I've played shit like Bard's Tale, Wizardry and Might & Magic, kids. Now let me bold this: ANY FF game looks like baby's first RPG if you are just looking at the dungeon "complexity". Complaining about lack of complexity in FF dungeons is like complaining about the levelling scheme in Oblivion. You're missing the point, you're wanting the game to be something different, hell you're wanting it to be a different SERIES altogether.
One thing that sticks out for me is that in FF VII the environmental decisions you make can change the environment so that you actually miss chests. XIII's is very straightforward in that sense, I dont think it's possible to miss a chest unless you merely overlook it. XIII certainly could have used some more "puzzles" but I didnt miss them THAT much.
The combat started out simple the way it does with every FF game. It has a more gradual ramp-up of abilities and complexity than most of the FF's, if not all (although I'd compare it to XII). I never thought "OH MY GOD THIS IS SO BORING PRESSING X X X X ". If that were the case I'd never have gotten more than 3 hours into ANY FF.
Each increment of the combat system was exciting. Every combination of characters it threw at me provided new ways to play with the paradigms. Now that I have full control over party mekeup after so long it's like... WOW! It has a totally different impact than if it just dropped all this shit on me at once. Maybe it's a little TOO gradual for some people but eh, it felt good to me.
One more thing while I'm blathering on and on... the NO TOWNS bullshit. What the fuck? There have been TWO towns so far and one has been pretty huge. There's also been environments with no monsters and only NPC's, maybe they're not towns in the traditional sense, but it hasnt been dungeon after dungeon after dungeon. I've talked with a ton of NPC's so far. I admit this is not a lot of towns in a traditional sense but all the complaints and reviews specifically said there were NO towns in this game. It's a flat out lie. The only thing I havent done is poke around in people's bedrooms for shitty items and you know what? I'm not missing it THAT much and wouldnt it have felt a tad out of place to have something so anachronistic in this game? I'm sure the next Dragon Quest game will have plenty of it and it will feel more natural there.
Saturday, February 13, 2010
New C64MP3 demo by Mahoney. Plays "Tom's Diner" aka "Mother of the MP3"
Download the demo.
Use WinVice 2.1/2 with sid settings > any sid engine with resid-fp.
See it on Youtube
Why is this song the Mother of the MP3?
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
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