Vintage Video Game Vault: The Real Zelda 2
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Today we get to watch The Wolf butcher an attempt to play the lesser-known RPG gem Faxanadu.
READ MORE >Nintendo Adds Three Classic 3DS Games To Selects Library
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Players can now grab three of the most highly-rated 3DS games at a budget-friendly price.
READ MORE >"Why isn't the Ultimate Remix on Switch?! I was ready with my wallet."
see all 3 commentsZelda: Breath of the Wild 2D NES-Style Prototype Is Alive
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Okay, not the original from Nintendo, but as a labor of love fan-made creation.
READ MORE >"As long as they get it into the wild before the C&D, and people are interested enough to rehost ..."
see all 5 comments"I never was very good at that game, but I really wanted to be!"
see all 11 comments8bBitdo Announces a Wireless NES Classic Controller
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The solution has arrived to the terribly short NES Classic Controller cables!
READ MORE >"It's select + down, makes sense to eliminate any accidental presses."
see all 16 commentsNES Classic Edition gets wireless controller and extension cable from Nyko
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Want to play the NES Classic Edition at a comfortable distance from your screen? These accessories from Nyko will certainly help.
READ MORE >Shack Reels: Shack's Arcade Corner - 1942
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Greg talks about the top down World War II shoot'em up that started it all.
READ MORE >"OH SNAP! Just the sounds and music of the next game made me do a backwards jump throwing daggers ..."
see all 7 comments'NES Classic Edition' rekindles nostalgia this November
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Nintendo is going back to its roots with a mini-system that recalls the glory days of 8-bit.
READ MORE >"Whoa! This is such a cool and non-Nintendo-like thing to do! Also, a great price! I might ..."
see all 69 commentsHalf Steps: A History of Console Upgrades, Part 1: Famicom Disk System
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To get an idea of the pitfalls and perils littering Sony's path to PlayStation Neo, let's exhume a few half-step consoles from the gaming industry's past. First up: Nintendo's ill-fated disk drive for the Famicom.
READ MORE >"Rad article man, good stuff you totally got to do more I loved it, thanks for this."
see all 17 commentsOld Made New: The RetroN 5
The RetroN 5 is just what the doctor ordered for old-school gaming fans.
READ MORE >"Anyone know if there exists a console like this that works with Atari 2600/7800 games? Mine old ..."
see all 15 commentsNew infinite 1UP glitch found in Super Mario Bros.
Nearly 30 years after its release, it appears someone has found a new glitch in the original Super Mario Bros.
READ MORE >"I always just kicked that turtle that spawned on the stairs in like 4-1 until I got CROWN lives."
see all 19 commentsNES creator was 'pessimistic' about console chances
Masayuki Uemura, the creator of the original Famicom (NES), reflects on his early impressions of building the console and how some of the pieces came together.
READ MORE >"#Fail. I have Gave Over on my shelf, but haven't read it. D'oh!"
see all 5 commentsNintendo Knitting Machine prototyped during NES era
"Now You're Knitting With Power" - Former Nintendo exec Howard Phillips reveals the Nintendo Knitting Machine peripheral for NES.
READ MORE >"I just want one sweater that was knitted by a NES just as a conversation starter, It would start ..."
see all 9 commentsGoogle Maps now for the NES
OK, so it is an April Fools gag, but it is pretty well done. Enjoy the ingenuity.
READ MORE >"it sounds like dragon warrior music at parts. i remember those long 8bit notes from wandering ..."
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"Classic. I played the hell outta that game. It was hard, but so very worth it."
- vertdang see all 4 comments