NES
Retro Redux: PRESS START
Surely it’s common knowledge among Nintendo fans that, in the U.S., Nintendo revived the home console industry after the video game crash of 1983. This was possible thanks to one of the most iconic gaming systems of all time: the NES. I’ve just finished reading the book Console Wars by Blake J. Harris. It doesn’t go into much detail regarding the NES, but just reading about a sma...
“A New Challenger Approaches”
Hello everyone. My name is Justin, and I’m excited to announce I am joining the Infendo team. I have written for a variety of websites in the past and I look forward to contributing to this site in any way I can, from helpful reviews to informative news. I have been a gamer for over 20 years, and have been particularly devoted to Nintendo ever since the first time my uncle plugged in his NES...
Kickstarter Alert: ‘NES” by Richie Palys
I am a sucker for video game music, even those of the early beginnings that seem more like beeps and boops compared to today’ symphonies. In my younger years, I could imagine the Mario Bros. or Zelda musical scores as so much more than they were. So much so, that I actually heard them different in my head that they were actually playing out through my television speakers. I was alw...
YouTube Spotlight: Retro Liberty
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrgoubF8VdU[/youtube] Fans of retro gaming will likely get a kick out of YouTube channel Retro Liberty’s exploits. Founders Aaron and Ricky are best known for creating a show called NES Pursuit, in which they hunt for retro games and equipment at the lowest prices. For those of you who simply order games online nowadays, the NES Pursuit will reawaken ...
YouTube Spotlight: How Tough are NES Games?
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCLOxK6FpfA[/youtube] YouTube user Rinry takes a systematic approach to determining how tough NES game cartridges are, which makes her unexpected humor all the more entertaining. She also tests the cartridges with some outrageous situations, such as strapping one to fireworks and dropping another from a height of three stories. If you like Rinry’s How ...
Clemson Marching Band performs some of Nintendo’s finest
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CyMaM32lsU[/youtube] This past weekend, the University of Clemson Marching Band conducted a Nintendo-themed performance during halftime of the Clemson-Georgia Tech game, and boy was it impressive. The band starts off with select works from Koji Kondo’s Mario themes and then smoothly transitions into the Legend of Zelda. Aside from the rousing renditi...
Nintendo’s Hiroshi Yamauchi has died at age 85
A sad, yet perpetual state of mourning for Nintendo today, as the company announced that their longtime former president, Hiroshi Yamauchi, has died. He was 85. Yamauchi first became president of Nintendo in 1949, when the company was just a simple card-playing game manufacture. By 1963, Yamauchi had renamed Nintendo Card Playing Co. to just Nintendo. With the boom of video games quickly taking sh...
Retro-bit Offering Wireless Controllers for Retro Consoles
As a palate cleanser from all of the XBox news yesterday and the seemingly endless debate over which console will win the next generation when two of them still have months left until they hit the market, comes news on the retro gaming front. Retro-bit, a company that produces products for many retired consoles, has announced that they are releasing a new line of wireless controllers for the NE...
[Update] Wii U Virtual Console Service To Release On Tuesday
Nintendo of America has revealed on its Facebook page that the Wii U Virtual Console will make its official debut on the console this Tuesday. The service’s release will come a few days before the first major Wii U system update, which Nintendo announced during their last Nintendo Direct. Many early Wii U adopters were disappointed (including myself) weeks leading up to the console’s r...
Happy April Fools!
Much like last years Google Maps homage to the NES, there are a lot of jokes circulating the internet today. Instead of setting myself up to fall for one of the multitude of pranks out there, I thought I would take the opportunity to remind everyone about the Infendo Forums. If you haven’t visited and/or signed up for a free account yet, I urge you to do so. It is a great place for the rea...
RetroN 4 System to be Revealed at Midwest Gaming Classic
Hyperkin has recently announced that they will unveil the newest version of their RetroN console at the Midwest Gaming Classic in Brookfield, Wisconsin on Saturday March 23. The Midwest Gaming Classic (MGC) is held at the Sheraton Milwaukee Brookfield Hotel, and Hyperkin’s event will commence at 11:00 A.M. Cental. Hyperkin began operation in 2009, and they produce a variety of video ...
Awesome Zelda Mural
Zelda fans better clear an eight foot swath on their wall!