I’ve known about AtariAge and their excellent resources for classic Atari fans, but I had no idea that they sold homebrew game cartridges on their site until this recent Kotaku post. Anyway, the AtariAge community has put together a homebrew compilation of Pac-Man games and created a spiffy little package that is playable on the […]
Classic-gaming XBox 360 owners can now do another little happy dance in celebration of more titles becoming playable on their polygon-pumping XBox 360s. Fans of the Dreamcast series, Shenmue will enjoy the fact that the XBox version of Shenmue II is now compatible with the 360. Now they just need to port the original Shenmue […]
Every week I will try to choose one home entertainment room/game room that I think is interesting and may give a bit of inspiration to those looking to spruce up their rooms. I chose this week’s room because of its interesting use of color and creative ways of displaying their collectible media elements such as […]
Thanks to the great people over at gp2xstore.com, I have a new gadget to play with (and I will be playing with it a LOT). The GP2X is basically a Dreamcast (with its great homebrew scene) in a PSP shell. I have known about the GP2X (and its predecessor, the GP32) and its emulation/media capabilities […]
One of the most addicting parts about gaming isn’t actually playing the games — it’s collecting the games. And as any male gamer’s girlfriend or wife will tell you, most game collectors’ rooms are quite a mess, even when they are “clean”. As I mentioned in my article, “Game Collecting: How the Internet Changed the […]
The side-scrolling beat-em-up is still alive. However, you better keep your fingers crossed if you want it to be worth your time. Even though we were never treated to a Streets of Rage 4, the Sega Saturn was privileged to have an excellent port of Die Hard Arcade (aka Dynamite Deka in Japan) and the […]
If you haven’t learned this by now, the Sega Saturn is filled with beautiful 2D games. And who better to create a unique 2D game than the cult-classic machine known as Treasure. Treasure once again, pushed the 2D envelope to the max on both the Saturn and PSX with a little-known game by the name […]
Sometimes it can be a challenge to find high-quality gaming artwork that you don’t have to import from Japan and/or doesn’t look like something a 12-year-old would have in their bedroom. So far ,the most original and more affordable (but mostly unknown) way to accomplish a modern and sophisticated look with gaming artwork is a […]
I’m actually getting back into my “other” blog and trying to post new game room ideas on a daily basis over at RoomPlay. For those of you that haven’t seen them, here are some of the latest entries… How To Create Modern and Sophisticated Gaming Artwork for Your Game Room Maximizing Your Wii Experience Wii […]
Even back in the Dreamcast’s prime years I had a bad feeling about online game. While I did have fun (and frustration) playing Dreamcast games like Unreal Tournament online, I knew that games that primarily depended on online gameplay would not be worth the long-term investment as they would eventually be turned off. As a […]
There is no doubt that the Nintendo Wii is a much-needed innovation in the console gaming industry. Instead of concentrating on bleeding-edge graphics and high-definition, Nintendo focused on making games more fun and interactive. Even though the Wii’s strong-point is not the high-resolution graphics and surround sound, the Wii can still make a huge impact […]
The Nintendo Wii’s Virtual Console is bringing classic Nintendo emulation to the masses, but with the high download prices, it can be frustrating for people that already own the original cartridges to have to shell out more money. Fortunately for us retro gamers that aren’t able to find and/or purchase a Wii and purchase Virtual […]
I don’t normally just post pictures on here, but I loved this too much to pass it by.. I’m not sure where it originated from , but I’ll post it as soon as I find out. You can download the full-sized version, which is big enough for a sweet desktop wallpaper.
Two-dimensional space shooters were just starting to mature in the 8-bit era and Zanac on the NES is one of the best examples of more complex shooting gameplay in the dawn of console gaming. Zanac eschews the usual wave-after-wave of enemy patterns. Instead, Zanac has an artificial intelligence that throws different kinds of enemies at […]
When you are multi-console gamer like myself, one of the largest challenges is keeping all of my different controllers organized along with the consoles. Once again, a Flickr member comes to the rescue with a game room design solution. kriseattle22 posted a detailed photoset of their new cabinet for their console collection. In addition to […]
