The Pop-Culture E-Zine
Inspired by the Mario Warfare videos, the artist known as Hakashidnrc has brought these characters to life in digital art form!
It is great to see both Mario and Luigi all battle hardened. Browsing through these artworks, your eyeballs will definitely thank you.
If you would like to further overload your optic nerve, check out some more Hakashidnrc artwork over here.
image source: Hakashidnrc
Back in April of this year, we reported on the impending dig of the sacred Atari burial site in Alamogordo, New Mexico. We all waited with bated breath as photos trickled in showing what the landfill was hiding all these years.
After a few months, Fuel Entertainment Studios and Xbox Entertainment Studios have now released their first official trailer of the upcoming documentary. We are definitely looking forward to this documentary, but the focus on THAT one game that Howard Scott Warshaw created that brought down the industry is misleading at the least. We hope the finished film will have a balanced perspective of what really happened over 30 years ago.
source: Xbox
There was a microprocessor arms race in the early seventies. Both Intel and Motorola lead the way, but that all changed in 1975. MOS Technology (MOS) introduced us to the 6502 microprocessor – the world’s first affordable 8-bit microprocessor. An interesting fact about the 6502 is that the designers were ex-Motorola employees.
The trusty 6502 became the brains of seminal computer systems like the Apple II, the Commodore PET, the BBC Micro, and the Commodore VIC-20. It was also the precursor to the Commodore 64’s 6510 microprocessor!
The 6502 microprocessor also went on to power a very famous fictional machine: Bender Bending Rodriguez, or simply just, Bender – the belligerent robot from the sci-fi animated comedy Futurama.
Long live the 6502!
Image source: Futurama TM and © 2009 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Ahhh, those lads at The Warp Zone are so clever. This time round they solve the greatest mystery of the Zelda series, the origin of Dark Link! Watch the mystery unravel in front of your eyes (wink wink).
source: The Warp Zone
Ah, 1991 – what a year! I was half way through finishing high school and was knee deep in mid-year examinations. In the midst of the educational pressure (and hanging out with mates at the local arcade), I did find time to play video games. Speaking of which, these were the chart toppers for the month of July 1991. I am still shocked that there were no Konami games in the top 5 for the NES!
Do you have any fond memories of these titles?
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1) Golden Axe (Sega) |
| 2) Ninja (Sega) | |
| 3) Indiana Jones & The Last Crusade (US Gold) | |
| 4) Wonder Boy III: The Dragon’s Trap (Sega) | |
| 5) World Soccer (Sega) |
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1) Gremlins 2 (Sunsoft) |
| 2) Super Mario Bros. 2 (Nintendo) | |
| 3) Mega Man 2 (Nintendo / Capcom) | |
| 4) Wrath of the Black Manta (Taito) | |
| 5) World Wrestling (Tecmo) |
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1) Midnight Resistance (Data East) |
| 2) PGA Tour Golf (Electronic Arts) | |
| 3) Gynough (Sega / Masaya) | |
| 4) Lakers vs Celtics (Electronic Arts) | |
| 5) Verytex (Sega / OperaHouse) |
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1) Parasol Stars (Taito) |
| 2) Legend of Hero Tonma (Irem) | |
| 3) Jackie Chan (Hudson) | |
| 4) Dead Moon (NEC / T.S.S.) | |
| 5) Final Match Tennis (Human) |
Do you have a C64 game idea burning inside of you? Do you have what it takes to make a C64 game? Unleash your game creativity (and possibly win some prizes!) in the annual RGCD C64 16KB Cartridge Game Development Competition.
The competition is open till December 1 2014 for all you budding developers. Enter now! You never know, we may be playing your game in the near future!
image source: RGCD
From Real Genius, War Games and Weird Science, to TRON, Spies Like Us and Cloak & Dagger, how many other 80s movies can you spot from this montage of computer hacking in films?
The team at Found Item Clothing have done a stellar job in collating and presenting the silliest, best and iconic hacking scenes from the big screen. Oh the nostalgia!
Source: FoundItemClothing
Attention retro gamers! Do not throw out your much loved old joysticks (or gamepads)!
Patrice Daubaire’s new invention, the MVGS3 (Multi Video Games System Three), allows up to 95 different retro gaming controllers to be used to navigate and also play games on your new smartphone and tablet! With the patent still pending, let’s all hope this awesome creation gets a commercial release soon (Ed: Perhaps Kickstarter could help?)
Just in case you were not aware of Patrice’s inventing pedigree, his previous creation, the MVGS2-Dream-Station made jaws drop all around the world a year ago (Ed: I am still picking up mine off the floor.)!
We will be keeping a close eye on this one and will hopefully be getting our grubby mits on it very soon!
source: PAT47200
Did you miss out on the 2014 London Film and Comic Con event? Yeh, it sucks, so did we.
Before you start feeling sorry for yourself, relax and watch this awesome cosplay highlights package from this year’s event.
Source: Sneaky Zebra
For Australian viewers, I am sure I don’t have to introduce Good Game to you. For everyone else, Good Game is a popular Australian weekly program dedicated to video gaming. The show is broadcast nationally and is packed with the latest gaming news and events, gaming tips, reviews and interviews with game developers. The hosts, Bajo (aka: Steven O’Donnell) and Hex (aka: Stephanie Bendixsen) are the dynamic duo that bring you the latest in video gaming!
Anyway, Good Game is currently seeking your vote for their upcoming ‘Good Game top 100 games of all time’ program. You can cast your vote now, but you better hurry, as voting closes at midnight this coming Sunday, 27 July 2014.
The results will be announced in their show on Tuesday 12 August 2014 at 8:30pm on ABC2 (and also on their website). So what are you waiting for, go and cast your vote now! It counts!
Here is the Good Game How To Vote video (tongue firmly in cheek!)
source: Good Game