This ain’t no cutesy Super Mario World romp. This is dark and gritty. Enter the real world of Gritty Super Mario World at your own peril!
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Most Popular Holiday Toys From The Past 50 Years
What toys will you be getting this Christmas? If you want to get an idea of what holiday toys have been popular over the last 50 years, take a look at the below infographic. Do you recognise or still have any of these toys? Looks like Atari, Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony made the list. I can’t believe Commodore nor Sega didn’t make the cut – must be an American list (haha!).
source: Abby Ryan Design
Future Retro Mario 3D World
Mario from 1989 would have never dreamed of leaving the comfort of his 2D world for the more glamorous 3D one.
Well, Mario has finally relented and has hopped right into 3D. Watch the little burly Italian plumber navigate his new found world!
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Polybius: Music With Retro Technology
This could be the coolest use of old home computers and consoles. We all love playing video games on these nostalgic time pieces, but Glasgow filmmaker, James Houston decided to use these so-called outdated relics for something totally unique, creating music!
image source: James Houston
James uses Sega Mega Drives, an Atari 2600 Jr, Game Boys, disused floppy disk drives and even a Commodore 64 amongst the repertoire of old equipment. The acoustics within the dry swimming pool just add to the awesome sound. Turn it up and enjoy!
source: James Houston
Deconstructed: Video Game Controllers
Ever wanted to perform an autopsy on your precious retro gaming controllers? With the precision of a surgeon, Brandon Allen’s Deconstructed artwork series does exactly that – dissecting our favourite controllers to view what is inside of them. By the look of it, not much, but hey, they still did the trick.
If you like any of these photographs, head over to the Ballen Photography Print Shop and place your order. These are awesome and unique video gaming related artworks.
WARNING: Do not perform this on your working classic controllers!
All images sourced from: Brandon Allen – Ballen Photography
Nintendo World Store Revisited
After ausretrogamer’s glowing endorsement of the Nintendo World Store in New York City, I knew that I had to check it out and see what the big deal was all about. Once I hit the ‘Big Apple’, I knew exactly where to go.
Unlike my friend, I did not have my retro-gaming-tinted-glasses on. Don’t get me wrong, the Nintendo World Store is a magical place, especially the classic Nintendo section on the second level. I just felt that it needed more, perhaps an interactive setup of their classic gaming systems would have done the trick.
Comparing with ausretrogamer’s Nintendo World Store photos, I noticed that there had been some changes to the classic area exhibit. Gone was the Game Boy that survived a scud missile attack in the Gulf War. The other change was to the Nintendo (video game character) franchises – they were replaced with a timeline of Nintendo’s systems. The exhibits were still quite spectacular and managed to give me a hit of nostalgia.
Can I recommend the Nintendo World Store to you? It would be remiss of me not to. It is a great place to show your children the hardware and games you grew up on and perhaps for you to reflect on a bygone era of video gaming.
For more photos of my visit to the Nintendo World Store, check out the album.
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Brant Raven
Scientist, philosopher & technologist. Science Fiction über-aficionado, retro gamer, curator & bibliographer. Creator of the Star Wars Bibliographic Database. I am also a staff writer at ausretrogamer.
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Mash’em Up: Kung Fu vs Mega Man vs Everyone
Dust off your trusty NES console, add some Kung Fu and about a dozen other retro games into the mix and this is what you get – a mish-mash of Kung Fu versus everyone and Mega Man traversing the known video gaming landscape in search of Sylvia. You will love the cameos in this video!
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NES: The Awesome Facts
Rather than writing paragraphs of NES facts, watch this video! The video provides all the vital stats and facts you would ever want to know about Nintendo’s much-loved 8-bit system.
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Game Theory: Mario On Trial
If you only thought there were JFK conspiracy theories, think again. That moustachioed plumber from Nintendo has possibly swindled us all. Mario, who also goes by the aliases Jump Man and Super Mario is finally facing the music. Matthew Patrick from The Game Theorists brings Nintendo’s superstar to trial – what will the jury rule? Is Mario really insane? Watch and find out.
Part 1: The Trial Begins
source: The Game Theorists
Part 2: The Trial Concludes
source: The Game Theorists
Super Smash Wars: Nintendo Buys Star Wars
Nintendo buys Star Wars? Before you have a coronary, relax – this video by James Farr depicts what would occur if the Japanese video gaming giant procured the Star Wars rights from Disney.
The story goes something like this (in typical Star Wars roll-up-the-screen fashion):
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Quest Log IV: A Link To The Hope
When Phantom Lord Ganon-Darth unveils his latest weapon, it will be up to Link Skywaker to learn the ways of the TRIFORCE, and lead a rag-tag rebellion against the Empire.
You know if Nintendo was involved with Star Wars, it would be nothing short of SUPER!
source: James Farr