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Excitebike Bracelet races around your wrist
Pretty sharp. $15 and they can race around your wrist all day long. And remember, tapping A makes him get back on faster.
Virtual Console Monday – King’s Knight & Powerball
The Wii Shop Channel rolls out another pair of games this week: King’s Knight – NES – 1989 – 500 Wii Points In the kingdom of Izander, the fair Princess Claire has been kidnapped by a foul and insidious dragon, and it is the mission of four brave fighters to save her. [Of note: this game was Square Soft’s first independent release!] Powerball – Genesis –...
Virtual Console Monday – Spelunker & Super R-Type
Two new games added to the Wii Shop Channel today: Spelunker – NES – 1987 – 500 Wii Points Wander through miles of uncharted caves in search of the legendary underground pyramid and its vast treasures. Super R-Type – SNES – 1991 – 800 Wii Points A galactic battle begins. The BYDO Empire of mutant extraterrestrials is back with evil intent and awesome power. Figh...
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Virtual Console Monday – Ninja Gaiden III and Phantasy Star II
Sequels rule the Virtual Console with this week’s two new releases: Ninja Gaiden III: The Ancient Ship of Doom – NES – 1991 – 500 Wii Points Join master ninja Ryu Hayabusa, last member of the famous Dragon Clan, in the third and final chapter of the legendary Ninja Gaiden saga. Ryu is framed for FBI agent Irene Lew’s murder, and it’s up to him to clear his name....
Virtual Console Monday – Operation Wolf and Columns III
Two games hitting the Virtual Console this week: Operation Wolf – NES – 1989 – 500 points A group of desperate terrorists is keeping hostages in their jungle fortress. As a member of the elite tactical squad Operation Wolf, you must invade their hideout, destroy their operations, and get the hostages out alive! Columns III: Revenge of Columns – Genesis – 1994 – ...
Tecmo Bowl decides fate of Super Bowl teams
Madden who? Madden what? The real football game, as any child of the 80’s and 90’s can tell you, is Tecmo Super Bowl. So, while EA fuddles around with its fledgling Madden title to determine who’ll win this Sunday’s Super Bowl, the ArmchairGM used the classic NES football title (with ROM-updated rosters) to put the New England Patiorts and the New York Giants to the test Ul...
Nintendo NES repairs are no more
There was a slight disturbance in the force today, as countless NES systems cried out simultaneously at the thought of never being able to access professional Nintendo-provided support ever again. For the past 24 years, Nintendo has provided repairs for the console that started it all, but this week a spokesman told Agence France Presse that the company has decided to end support due to increasing...
Yet another Nintendo cake: NES controller
I feel bashful in posting this, but I couldn’t resist.
Top 20 things you learned from the NES
With all of this Wii talk recently, we often forget that there are other Nintendo systems out there today that need a little love once in a while. No, sorry InvisibleMan, I’m not talking about the Nintendo DS and its plethora of Pokemon platitudes, I’m talking about the original NES! Luckily, Fusion Ring has a list of the 20 things they learned from the NES up today. Here’s a qui...
Retro Profile: Contra (NES)
As a kid, nothing seemed cooler in a video game than two shirtless dudes running around with heavy weaponry and blowing up aliens that were bent on dominating the earth. I still remember when my brother and I played Contra for the first time. I was hooked from the get go. This game is all about non-stop action, and quick reflexes. You have a choice of 5 weapons in the game– Machine Gun (M), ...
NES emulation on iPhone
There are some very creative ‘hacker apps’ coming out for the iPhone already. Not sure if it’ll play Doom yet, but a creative person came up with a way to play classic NES games on their iPhone. The touch control game pad is hot, but doesn’t seem very practical. [Via TUAW]