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Hadouken in Mega Man X, Space Invaders quilt set, Stupid Tetris, and Mana Bar official opening date!
Hi folks, it’s humpday today. Middle of the week, not long to the weekend! So a workmate told me about this video here, as I was talking about how awesome Tetris is, and THE theme music (not only my ringtone) is also part of a new tradition when a lot of delivery boxes come to our office, we play the song loudly when we’re trying to fit the boxes up against the wall, so here’s the video my workmate told me about.
I love Japanese television ^_^ Whilst on the topic of videos, one I saw just before as I got home, which reminded me that I needed to buy Mega Man X again, is that I totally forgot about this kickass easter egg, being able to obtain the Ha-Dou-Ken as a power-up!
Capcom you’ve won my heart once again! Just as much as this Space Invaders quilt spotted on Flickr user Meowypants’ album.
Sure as hell beats mine:
but I still adore my quilt set, generic, but shows that I’m a retrogaming geek at heart! Although one thing I’d love to master, if I had a coffee machine at home, is this amazing photo from Deviant Art user Monkdrew:
Lots of time and effort put into that no doubt! As is hunting for cool gaming gear on eBay.. Luckily THIS item is available for “Buy It Now”:
So if you have a spare NES or SNES controller, you can go right ahead and plug that in to your Wiimote for almost-proper classic gaming on a new-gen console!
Speaking of content related to new-gen consoles (BUT HOPEFULLY retro games later down the track), Australia’s first Video Game bar, the Mana Bar will be opening to the public on Saturday 20th March 2010. So be sure to start booking those tickets to Brisbane now. This will be a big event no doubt.
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In Retrospekt: A Guide to Yahoo Japan Auctions
Written by Paul Monopoli
Japan: The land of the console. The place where the Nintendo, Super Nintendo, Megadrive, Mark 3, PC Engine & most other consoles in the world started out. There are exceptions of course such as Atari systems, the Amstrad GX4000 & Commodore 64GS among others, but Japan is where most of the big hitters were born. It’s a magical land for gamers & if you know where to look online you can find a multitude of treasures. The most common place for collectors to find rare (outside of Japan) collectables is Japan Yahoo Auctions.
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Hawtness | Arcade dress codes have gotten lax →
10 bonus points if anyone can figure out what game she’s playing..
Video reblogged from Tiny Cartridge with 11 notes
“We are Bomber-MEEEEEN!!” by Takahashi Meijin and IOSYS. What can I even say about this amazing, life-changing music video from the upcoming Takahashi Meijin Legend: Soul of the 16-Shot album?
It starts with finger-tapping exercises, a disembodied chihuahua head, a hula workout based on Bomberman power-ups, and then it gets weird. At one point, Takahashi even summons a Spirit Bomb, straight up DBZ-style.
Tiny Cartridge reader Denpanosekai recently wrote up an excellent article on the Takashi Meijin Legend CD, offering background info on IOSYS and Hudson’s promotional efforts for the album’s release. Read all about it here!
See also: So many awesome Takahashi Meijin posts
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New Scientist | Masterworks in Petri dishes →
Submitted by Team Osaka of the nanobiology labs in the University of Osaka, Japan.
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In Retrospekt: Super Famicom Barcode Battler Interface (FAIL!)
Written by Paul Monopoli
So, riddle me this Batman. What happens when you take 1 Super Famicom,
& one Barcode Battler 2?
Well, the answer is: Not a hell of a lot. Add in the specially designed Barcode Battler Interface for the Super Famicom/Super Nintendo however,
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Retrospekt review: Super Bomberman 4 (Super Famicom/SNES)
Super Bomberman 4
Released 1996
System: Super FamicomWritten by Paul Monopoli.
There are 5 Super Bomberman games on the SNES/SFC. Not many people know this as in the Western world only the first 3 were released. The problem is that Super Bomberman 4 was released in 1996 which was around the time the SNES had started to drop in popularity. The world was anticipating the next generation of systems, & the 16 bit machines were being abandoned. Not in Japan however, where SNES games were made well into the year 2000. On a side note, recently a Bomberman article featured in Retrogamer magazine where they claim that number 5 was the only one never released outside Japan, but I can’t find any evidence to suggest 4 was so we’ll put that down to being a mistake.
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In Retrospekt: The Sufami Turbo unit (SNES)
Article and Photos by Paul Monopoli.
Here’s the rundown on the Sufami Turbo. It was released in 1996 by Bandai in a rare agreement with Nintendo. In an effort to cut the costs of cartridge manufacturing, Bandai created this little system to go on top of the Super Famicom & use smaller cartridges that Bandai themselves could make in house without using Nintendo’s own expensive process. This saved Bandai money which in turn ensured they could sell their games for a cheaper price. The Sufami Turbo is often compared to the Aladdin Desk Enhancer, which was a similar device created by Codemasters to be used on the NES. The difference is that the Sufami Turbo was an official device, while the Aladdin was unofficial.
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