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Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Steven Lucas

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Steven Lucas, who is displayed on card number 178, from the   Superstars of 2011 Collection.   Steven is the 1991 Nintendo Campus Challenge National Champion, in which players contested over Super Mario Bros. 3, Pin-bot and Dr....

The Legend of Zelda on the C64

Emerging from the 80s, two of Nintendo's biggest franchises on its game systems were Super Mario Bros. and Zelda. While neither officially migrated the classic titles from their Nintendo console homes, that has changed in recent years. In 2012, the OG platformer...

Twinkle Tale confirmed for official English language release on Sega Genesis

  Earlier today, Limited Run Games confirmed that it will be releasing the classic Sega Genesis shooter Twinkle Tale on its original platform, with pre-orders for the game opening up on midnight November 10th and continuing onward through December 20th. The...
Shadowgate from 1987 Returns with Friends

Shadowgate from 1987 Returns with Friends

Set the date to 1987 and get ready to revisit the classic 8-bit adventure games that mesmerized a generation of console junkies. Now is the opportunity to play cult favorites Shadowgate™, The Uninvited™ and Déjà Vu™ the way they were supposed to be played, with...

Phoenix IV: Tony Hawk Ride Skateboard

Phoenix IV: Tony Hawk Ride Skateboard

Activision released another game with a deluxe controller on November 17 (2009) in North America, and this one had been designed with teens in mind.  Tony Hawk: Ride was the latest in a series of Tony Hawk-branded skateboard games, and was the first to feature its own...

SNES Mugs, Lights and More!

SNES Mugs, Lights and More!

Merchoid has today revealed a variety of officially licensed SNES merchandise, including coasters, heat changing mugs and lights. With the recent fun-sized release of the SNES Classic Mini, this new range of products offers fans a chance to reboot their childhood...

Seedi System on Indiegogo!

Seedi System on Indiegogo!

Just finished watching Metal Jesus doing his review of the Seedi Indiegogo project and had completely forgotten that I was able to get a cool interview with Bryan and Chris a couple weeks ago, the developers of the Seedi unit, so lets move right in.  The Seedi is...

Sega Saturn Prototype, Armed, Sells for $2500

Sega Saturn Prototype, Armed, Sells for $2500

Armed, also referred to as Aftermath, was to be a game released on the Sega Saturn and PlayStation towards the end of 1996. Developed by Point of View and originally to be published by Interplay, Armed had you playing as a special agent named Vic as he blasted robots...

Rumored Game Boy Classic Poses Many Questions

Rumored Game Boy Classic Poses Many Questions

Following the success of the NES Classic and Super NES Classic, it seemed all but inevitable that Nintendo would continue the line with another vintage video game system packed with classic games. Common belief in the gaming community is that the Nintendo 64 would be...

Phoenix IV: Tamagotchi

Phoenix IV: Tamagotchi

The toy was called the Tamagotchi, Japanese for "loveable egg."  The Tamagotchi was a small, plastic egg-shaped unit attached to a keychain, with a tiny dot-matrix screen and three buttons.  When the device was turned on, a virtual on-screen pre "hatched" from an egg....

This Day In Video Game History

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