The Pop-Culture E-Zine
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
Do you want to see the start screen of every single NES game ever released? More importantly, do you have three hours to kill? If you have answered yes to both of these questions, then put your feet up, press play and get your NES nostalgia hit!
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Pins! Lots and lots of pins! Even if you are not into video gaming related enamel pins, you have to admit, these are quite cool. Ah, if only I had kept my Atari Lynx club badge.
These gaming related promotional pins are definitely becoming harder to find and are starting to demand the big bucks. If you have some in your possession, wear them proudly!
All you ever wanted to know about Nintendo’s 64-bit console – from inception to release. It is all here in under eight minutes. Thank you to the Did You Know Gaming team!
source: DYKGaming
Any time I hear or see the word “Cops”, I want to break out into Inner Circle’s “Bad boys, bad boys, whatcha gonna do, whatcha gonna do when they come for you, bad boys, bad boys”. Too bad I haven’t got the Jamaican accent down pat.
Ah, I have digressed. Speaking of cops, have you ever wondered what The Legend Of Zelda would be like if it had a patrolling policeman? No? Well, if it did, Dorkly shows us how it would play out.
source: Dorkly
Remember the old “Are you keeping up with the Commodore” television commercial? Or who could forget the ‘Atari Summer‘ promotion for their 5200?
The advertising wars weren’t just confined to print media. There were shots fired via television commercials by all major players. Commodore focused on the family unit and pushed their C64 as a home computer for the entire family to enjoy. Atari on the other hand chose to sex it up when it was time to peddle their ill-fated 5200 Super System.
Sega played it safe when it came to introducing the west to their 8-bit Master System by depicting a family (minus mum!) having fun with their arcade conversions. Meanwhile, Nintendo hit hard in the USA with their 1985 commercial, introducing us to R.O.B, the Zapper gun and their 8-bit console beauty, the NES. The rest, as they say, is history.
Take a trip down nostalgia lane and relive the television commercials that introduced us to our most beloved systems.
Are You Keeping Up – Commodore 64
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Nobody’s Hotter Than Atari This Summer
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The Challenge Will Always Be There – Sega
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The Birth Of The Nintendo Entertainment System
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I reckon Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld should get together with Nintendo and thrash out some rights to get this show syndicated! If this is a taste of a typical episode, then I know I would watch. What do you reckon?
source: Esquire Bob Animations
I wonder what Koji Kondo would make of this – blending Sonic’s tunes and effects on Nintendo’s masterpiece, Super Mario World. Strangely enough, the Sonic music and sound effects do go quite well. I am sure Koji would approve and have a right royal laugh about it.
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If Mario was on steroids, would he go on a roid rage and take on every video gaming character in his way? Looking at these fine pieces of art by Sebastian Von Buchwald, it looks like that he may. Our hero has become the angry anti-hero!
Mario vs. Ryu
Mario vs. Crono
Mario vs. Lara Croft
Mario vs. Sonic
Mario vs. Mega Man
Mario vs. Pac-Man
Mario vs. Bomberman
Mario vs. Crash Bandicoot
Mario vs. Earthworm Jim
Image source: Sebastian Von Buchwald
What? What are you saying about Super Mario Bros. 3? You mean to tell me that I have been playing a lie for the last twenty or so years? Hmm, the evidence is quite compelling. I feel so violated right about now. What do you think?
source: TV Secrets