Commodore 64

New Game Get is “ware” it’s at this week!

With only The Bigs 2 coming out for Wii, WiiWare is the place to find your new games for the week.  Bit.Trip Core is the follow-up to the awesome Bit.Trip Beat and Bust-a-Move Plus looks like a blast, too.  And the Commodore 64 classic California Games over on the Virtual Console is definitely worth 5 bucks.  Rock Band 2 gets songs from Green Day’s new album 21st Century Breakdown, artist...

New Game Get has The Touch!

Sure, there’s the cool-sounding DS game from Atlus, Knights in the Nightmare, and there’s Final Fantasy IV: The After Years for WiiWare, and I’m super-excited for Boulder Dash for Commodore 64 on Virtual Console, but the most exciting thing on the New Game Get list this week?  “The Touch” by Stan Bush is now available for free on the Guitar Hero World Tour online sto...

Donkey Kong brings the beats to this week’s New Game Get

This week we get a couple Animal Crossing apps for the DSi while Klonoa and the Wii-make of Donkey Kong Jungle Beat arrive in stores.  Keep on reading for the full list as well as Rock Band 2 and Guitar Hero DLC for this week!

Wii-kly Update – BIT.TRIP BEAT & Summer Games II

Old-school action is the main attraction at the Wii Shop Channel this week. With a wealth of underground buzz already surrounding it, a brand new WiiWare title (BIT.TRIP BEAT) uses vintage-looking graphics and 8-bit sounds to create a rhythm-based game that’s loaded with retro cool. Find out if you have enough skill to create order from chaos in a game that is as mesmerizing as it is challen...

Wii-kly Update – Commodore 64 games now on Virtual Console

Hang onto your hats ”“ and your Wii Remote controllers ”“ as we unveil a set of exciting firsts for the Wii Shop Channel this week. For starters, the new Onslaught marks the first-ever first-person shooter to be released via the WiiWare service. Using the intuitive wireless controls Wii is known for, the game puts players at the center of a pulse-pounding adventure that fans of futuristic sci-fi a...

Wii needs Commodore 64 on Virtual Console in North America

Our Nintendo loving brothers and sisters in the EU have been regularly seen delays with game releases in their territory. Occasionally they’ll get something that North America doesn’t (like Tingle’s RPG). One of those EU specific joys they currently get to experience are Virtual Console games for the Commodore 64.

Wii Virtual Console to feature Commodore 64 games

You read that headline correctly: Later this year Wii owners (in Europe at least) will be able to download Commodore 64 games, beginning with International Karate and Uridium. According to Next Generation, Nintendo promises that these titles “will be bolstered by regular updates to the line-up from the Commodore 64 back catalogue”. The C64 titles, which will be downloadable from the Wii Shop Chan...