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Top 5 Video Game Girlfriends

July 8, 2013 By ausretrogamer

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Let’s face it, we all have our video game character crushes. Don’t even try to deny it! Some of us even have a list of virtual females we would love to date or have as girlfriends (Ed: Really? That is sad!).

The nerd playboy, Melvin (Michael Adams Davis from The Warp Zone), has taken time out of his busy schedule to put together a ‘Top 5 Video Game Girlfriends‘ list for us hot blooded gamers. No drooling allowed!

source: The Warp Zone

Filed Under: Retro Gaming Culture Tagged With: best of the web, Top 5 Video Game Girlfriends, video

Mega Man Made With 97 Rubik’s Cubes

July 7, 2013 By ausretrogamer

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What do you get when you cross a Rubik’s Cube wiz that is also a Mega Man fan?  Watch Kyudan’s video and find out.

Before anyone complains about the colour of 8-bit Mega Man, you should be aware that the standard Rubik’s Cube does not have the colour scheme to support two separate shades of blue on such a small scale.

source: Kyudan

Filed Under: Retro Gaming Culture Tagged With: best of the web, Mega Man, video

Unleash Your Inner Game Designer

July 4, 2013 By ausretrogamer

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Fancy yourself as a game developer? Do you have an adventure game concept? If you answered yes to both of these questions, then check out the ‘engine’ that can bring your adventure game concept to life – Adventure Game Studio (AGS)!

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Image source: AGS

AGS is a free development editor that provides an integrated development environment (IDE) running on any flavour of Windows (XP and above). Don’t worry if you suck at drawing, the editor is packed with features and resources to assist in that manner to get you on your way.

Hey, it is free, so you have nothing to lose. Unleash your inner adventure game developer now!

 

Filed Under: Announcements Tagged With: Adventure Game Studio, Create Your Own Game

Event: Seattle Retro Gaming Expo

July 2, 2013 By ausretrogamer

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Are you feeling lucky, punk! Well, do you? If you are going to the Seattle Retro Gaming Expo (SRGE) on the weekend of  July 13 -14, then you are one lucky son of a gun.

If you haven’t grabbed your tickets, then head on over to SRGE and snap some up now.

SRGE 2013 Highlights:
source: SRGE

Massive freeplay room, including:
  • Every US SNES game available for play
  • Every US N64 game available for play
  • Over 1000 other games available for play such as (Jaguar, 3DO, Sega CD, TG16, etc.)
  • 10 player steel battalion set up
  • 8 player system link set up
  • 61 inch Vertical Shmups Station
  • 10 player Saturn Bomberman station
  • Retron 5 fully playable at the Hyperkin booth!
Panels including:
  • Retronauts
  • Ryan Payton
  • Chris Kolher
  • John Hancock
  • Dan Callan
  • Paul Ehreth
  • Ray Almaden
Vendor Hall:
  • Game Guru’s
  • RecycledGamer
  • Y-Bot
  • Specialty Gamer
  • Mad Gear Games
  • Super Smash Games
  • Another Castle Video Games
  • Try n Save
  • The Bit Planes
  • Anime Haus
  • 2.5d Sprites
  • WB games
  • Hyperkin
  • GeekStar Costuming
  • Choose o Matic Books
  • DigitalSoaps
  • Cutie Bytes
  • Digipen
  • IADT
Chiptune Artists
  • The Icarus Kids
  • Mega Ran
  • Fighter X
SIFF Uptown Cinema Videogame Movie Nights
  • Friday: The Ecstasy of Order
  • Saturday: The Space Invaders – In Search of Lost Time

Expo Details:
What: Seattle Retro Gaming Expo (SRGE)
When: July 13-14, 2013
Where: Seattle Center in Seattle, Washington, USA

 

Filed Under: Announcements Tagged With: announcement, event, expo, retro gaming expo, SRGE

IRL: A Game Like No Other

July 2, 2013 By ausretrogamer

Warning: the following video contains explicit content and language! Proceed with caution!

Right, with that warning out of the way, we can now click on play and watch Biting Elbows awesome official video for their track, ‘Bad Motherf**ker’. This video could have been inspired by ‘Mirror’s Edge’. Whatever the inspiration, we are glad Biting Elbows created this slick first-person chase video.

WARNING: Explicit lyrics! —- WARNING: Explicit content!

source: Biting Elbows

Filed Under: Retro Gaming Culture Tagged With: best of the web, IRL, Music, video

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