The Pop-Culture E-Zine
Talk about perfect timing! With the release of the brand spanking new Mario Kart 8 on the Wii U, Cinema Suite brings you five very interesting facts about the Mario Kart franchise.
We predict fact number two will have to be revisited, as we are sure that Mario Kart 8 will help shift a fair few Wii U units at the registers.
source: Cinema Suite Inc.
Before digital cameras were common place, the only way you could take digital photos at an affordable price was via cheap and nasty cameras or add-on contraptions for the Game Boy.
Speaking of Nintendo’s little pocket rocket, the below photos of New York City landmarks and people were taken with a Game Boy camera back in 2000. There is a certain charm in grainy low-resolution black and white photos – heck, there are camera apps nowadays emulating this on your smartphone! We may have come a long way with camera resolution being measured in the tens of megapixels, but we still love the fuzzy feeling we get when seeing these heavily pixelated photos.
Rockefeller Plaza
The New York Public Library
A Giacometti statue at MOMA
A slice of pizza
A park bench
Toy taxis
A subway carriage
A subway passenger
A snoozing subway passenger
A selfie, 2000 style
source: Ironic Sans
Who said video games weren’t good for you? Whomever they were, they obviously hadn’t seen Daryna Kossar’s awesome kitchen creations featuring our favourite Nintendo mascot, Super Mario!
This is the coolest way to have a Super Mario treat outside of your Nintendo console.
source: Daryna Kossar
There is no denying that there were some awesome games released towards the end of 1990. The below charts are testament to these great games that still endure till this day (Ed: well, some of them anyway).
So, take out those Amiga Operation Stealth diskettes and blow into that dusty Super Mario Bros. cartridge for some unabashed retro gaming experience. Nostalgia rules y’all!
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1) Golden Axe (Sega) |
| 2) Chase HQ (Sega / Taito) | |
| 3) Operation Wolf (Sega / Taito) | |
| 4) Battle Out Run (Sega) | |
| 5) Double Dragon (Sega / Technos) |
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1) Super Mario Bros 2 (Nintendo) |
| 2) Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (Nintendo) | |
| 3) The Legend Of Zelda (Nintendo) | |
| 4) Super Mario Bros (Nintendo) | |
| 5) Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest (Konami) |
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1) Corporation (Core Design) |
| 2) Shadow Of The Beast 2 (Psygnosis) | |
| 3) Operation Stealth (US Gold / Delphine) | |
| 4) Shadow Warriors (Ocean) | |
| 5) Wings (Mirrorsoft / Cinemaware) |
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1) F-19 Stealth Fighter (Microprose) |
| 2) Their Finest Hours (US Gold / Lucasfilm) | |
| 3) Shadow Warriors (Ocean) | |
| 4) Operation Stealth (US Gold / Delphine) | |
| 5) Midnight Resistance (Ocean) |
Forget about the seven kingdoms of Westeros. If Game Of Thrones was set in Super Mario World, then this is exactly how it will pan out. Enjoy A Song Of Ice and Fire!
source: NicksplosionFX
If you wanted proof that Nintendo’s mascot is the undisputed franchise heavyweight champion of the video gaming world, then look no further. Watch the below video, you might learn something new. The Mario juggernaut just keeps on rolling on!
source: Alltime Numbers
Have you ever wanted to play your quality N64 games library on a handheld device? Seems like others do too. Emulation is ok, but nothing beats playing the actual cartridge game!
Oh how I wish I was technically oriented (and talented enough) to create something cool like these. Drool not included!
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What goes on behind the scenes in the video gaming business is somewhat of a mystery to the ordinary gaming punter, till now! We searched high and low for a number of luxurious video gaming dev kits, demo disks, promo bits and pieces you wouldn’t see every day. Take a gander at this lot!
Image sources: Atari Age, MDK137, Square Faction, Giant Bomb and Gamesniped
Oh my! So this is what happens when you take a toilet break during your Mario gaming! Hide your good chinaware and duck under that deadly cannon. I hope your home and contents insurance policy covers Mario destruction!
source: Jhoofnail
Let’s be honest, when it comes to Mario Kart games, you are either a Super Mario Kart or a Mario Kart 64 fan. I definitely fall in the latter fan group – Mario Kart 64 always felt more polished and fun to play (relax SMK fans, put those pitchforks away!).
The A+Start with Andy team have found some very cool glitches and skips on Mario Kart 64 which I will now exploit and possibly cause a rise in rage levels with my fellow karting friends. Get ready!
source: A+Start