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    Serkan Toto
    May 6th, 2010

    Photo report: CrunchGear digs up Akihabara's top 10 expensive classic games

    Nearly two years have passed since I last went to Akihabara in Tokyo to dig up Japan’s most expensive retro games. This time, I made the observation that the general price level has gone down in the past months. Some of the pricey carts and CDs I listed up were simply nowhere to be found, some were considerably cheaper for some reason, and other games became more expensive over time. → Read More

    Devin Coldewey
    April 3rd, 2009

    Power Glove: Reloaded features accelerometer, Arduino chipset

    You know, I love the Power Glove. Obviously, because it’s so bad. Not rad bad, but bad bad. It never really worked right, and despite mods like this one over the years, it’s never really found a real audience outside of the ironic crowd (I own two). I really don’t know why Nintendo hasn’t released a Powii Glove yet, but if they make it like this thing, I’m sure they’d sell a bundle. → Read More

    Devin Coldewey
    March 29th, 2009

    Super-rare NES "Joystick test cartridge" on eBay at $1050

    Among retro gamers, these types of cartridges are the stuff of legend. No one really knows why — it’s not like it’s the a World Championship cart from The Wizard (those go for $20K) — but it is an extremely hard to find piece of Nintendo history. → Read More

    Devin Coldewey
    February 27th, 2009

    Contra remade in LittleBigPlanet is unbelievable

    It’s no secret that I love old NES games, and of course Contra is among my favorites. You can imagine my delight, then, on finding that some utterly insane NeoGAF forum members had put together a start-to-finish remake inside LittleBigPlanet on the PS3. Using the toolset they’ve been able to sort of jury-rig the guns, turrets, bosses, and even the rear-perspective base battles.

    Hats off, my… → Read More

    Devin Coldewey
    February 2nd, 2009

    D-Pad Hero: The franchise finally hits the NES

    If you’ve been itching to try the latest musical Rhythm games like Guitar Hero and Rock Band, but haven’t had the chance to buy a new console since the 80s, this is for you. D-Pad Hero takes all the fun and excitement of the popular instrument-based games and crams it into a 256KB ROM. Check out the playlist after the jump. → Read More

    Devin Coldewey
    December 21st, 2008

    Joystick hanging pegs

    These crafty little coathooks would look great in a game room, or just a gamer-friendly house. Try mixing them with some of these great Space Invaders decals for the full effect. → Read More

    Devin Coldewey
    November 17th, 2008

    Can you beat Mega Man 9 in less than 25 minutes? This guy did

    http://dl.speeddemosarchive.com/mediaplayer.swf Yes, the fine art of Speedrunning is alive and well, especially with this second renaissance of retro games and remakes brought on by the rise of the virtual console. I’m still deciding which system to buy in order to play this excellent game, so I haven’t watched this for fear of spoilers, but that shouldn’t stop you. Here’s… → Read More

    Vince Veneziani, Contributor
    April 18th, 2007

    Pac-Man World Tournament Announced

    Yeah, I totally met Pac-Man back in ’05. Fans of Inky, Blink, and miscellaneous bouncing fruit should clear their schedules from April 26th to May 9th. Microsoft just announced that a World Pac-Man Tournament will be held on Xbox Live Arcade. That’s right, you can win some prizes and show off your skills from the comfort of that used couch you found on Craigslist. Here are some of the… → Read More