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Top 5 Games Charts: September 1987

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Do you recall what you were bopping to in September of ’87? Let me remind you – “Never Gonna Give You Up” by Rick Astley. Don’t even try to deny it! Perhaps you were more of a Pet Shop Boys fan? Whatever your music tastes were, I bet that you would have been playing a number of the following chart toppers either on your Amstrad, Spectrum or C64:

Amstrad_CPC464 1) Paperboy (Elite)

2) Barbarian (Palace Software)

3) 6 Pak (Elite)

4) Exolon (Hewson)

5) Ball Crazy (Mastertronic)
ZXSpectrum48k 1) BMX Simulator (Codemasterts)

2) The Milk Race (Mastertronic)

3) Barbarian (Palace Software)

4) Road Runner (US Gold)

5) Destructo (Bulldog)
C64b 1) Last Ninja (System 3)

2) Barbarian (Palace Software)

3) Enduro Racer (Activision)

4) Road Runner (US Gold)

5) World Class Leaderboard (US Gold)

 

 

 

The Power Of Glove: A Power Glove Documentary

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Nintendo’s Power Glove – it’s so bad, that it’s so damn good! The Power Glove may not have worked as promised, but it’s legacy in pop culture is undeniable. Three film-makers (Adam Ward, Andrew Austin and Paula Kosowski ) have embarked on creating a documentary that chronicles Nintendo’s notorious game controller.

Check out the official trailer below of ‘The Power Of Glove‘ documentary.

We are not alone when we say, we cannot wait for this to be released!

 

FAMICOM: The Phoenix Rising From The Video Gaming Ashes

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In the early eighties, the video gaming industry was brought to its knees. It seemed that every man and his dog wanted in on the video gaming action. These fly-by-night cowboys flooded the market with mediocre products, subsequently leading to the great video games crash!

In the midst of the video gaming ruins, one bold company, Nintendo, had plans of their own. Undeterred, they were quietly tinkering away creating their own home video gaming system, the ‘Family Computer’ (Famicom).

Nintendo had offered Atari the rights to market, brand and sell the Famicom outside of Japan. Imagine if Atari had taken up Nintendo’s offer! They would most probably still be in business and not become a derelict company ripe for pillaging.

On this day (July 15) in 1983, Nintendo released (in Japan), what was to become a video gaming revolution, the Family Computer (Famicom). What happened after that, well, as they say, the rest is history. Happy anniversary to the Famicom, and thank you Nintendo for resuscitating the home video gaming market!

Vital Stats:

Released: July 15, 1983 (Japan)
Generation: Third Generation (8-bit)
CPU: Ricoh 2A03 8-bit (MOS Technology 6502 core)
Media: ROM cartridge
Retail Price: ¥34,800
Units sold: 61.91 million (combined Famicom & NES)

Vital Stats source: Wikipedia

 

It’s On Like Donkey Kong

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On this day (July 9) in 1981, Nintendo unleashed Donkey Kong in the arcades! Since then, millions of gamers have fallen in love with the great Nintendo gorilla. DK (as he is affectionately known) has gone from being the villain to now being the hero.

From humble beginnings – kidnapping Pauline and throwing barrels at a plumber, DK has come a long way and truly grown up. He has definitely kept us all entertained. Happy Birthday big fella!

What is your favourite DK game?

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Image source: Cheezburger

Top 5 Video Game Girlfriends

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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

Unleash Your Inner Game Designer

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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!

 

Event: Seattle Retro Gaming Expo

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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

 

IRL: A Game Like No Other

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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