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Remembering Pokémon Pinball for the Pokémon Mini

  Lately I've been thinking a lot about the late Gunpei Yokoi's core design philosophy, the one that led to him parting ways with Nintendo when the company decided to focus on creating more powerful hardware. Lateral thinking with withered technology. The idea...

New Release: Alien Breed 3D HD

Development house Team17 has become a prolific, popular company best known for its Worms series, which has appeared on nearly every platform since the 16-bit era. But in 1991, they were a new group that formed from the European demo scene. Their first major release...

R-Type DX Pre-Orders End Nov 1

For those who love old-school Shoot-Em-Ups, Retro-Bit’s release of R-Type DX will have an exclusive pre-order run through Nov. 1. “The epic arcade shoot 'em up returns in R-Type DX! In our first-ever Game Boy Color release, you can enjoy the first two entries of the...
ISSUE 50  OUT NOW !!!

ISSUE 50 OUT NOW !!!

Some games change everything. Over the last several decades, video games have evolved rapidly, thanks to developers who kept finding new ways to surprise us with the tools they had. Their ideas gave us the franchises we still celebrate and the genre landmarks that...

The Best GBA Games Ever Made

The Best GBA Games Ever Made

The legacy of Nintendo's Game Boy is one that speaks for itself, fondly remembered by many gamers as the pinnacle of handheld gaming before the turn of the 2000s. However, in March of 2001, Nintendo upped the ante with a direct successor, the Game Boy Advance, and the...

The Nintendo Famicom Controller

The Nintendo Famicom Controller

Before the NES (Nintendo Entertainment System) hit the states, Nintendo had a console in Japan that would start a revolution of gaming. It was called the Famicom, or the full name, Family Computer. In 1983, the console hit the homes of gamers in Japan and test the...

Retro Review: Fort Apocalypse for the C64

Retro Review: Fort Apocalypse for the C64

Early in my video gaming life, one of the first computer games I ever played was Dan Gorlin's classic Choplifter on my cousin's Apple II. The simple presentation, on that glowing monochrome green CRT, was instantly addictive. When we got our Commodore 64 some time...

This Day In Video Game History

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