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Cute Hedgehog T-shirt, Atari Games at Taco Bell, Nethack “remake”?, and retro characters in new SEGA game!
Well I’m tempted to get this device actually, props to Paul for submitting the review for us so promptly! He only got that thing in the mail yesterday!
So I was reading up the other day about this new game that SEGA released, called Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing, which fascinates me due to the amount of characters in the game, especially the fact they went into detail to include the likes of Alex Kidd and the Bonanza Brothers! But where is Bin and Pin from Dynamite Dux? :(
Probably just as well as the main character from Altered Beast isn’t in it, right?
Who here has or is still playing Nethack? Then you might be in luck, as I think this is meant to be a remake of that game, free to download for OSX, Windows and Linux! Here’s some game footage:
Oh and it’s free!
Taco Bell in the states have a promotion where you buy a meal, and then get an Atari game at a price
Although I think that top left one isn’t meant to be Breakout.. Oh well! Still pretty cool, and they’re flash-based on CD.
Although I’d be pissed if I get any salsa allover this shirt..
Okay folks, I hope you have a great long weekend (if you live in South Australia), get a couple of hours in to play some video games, as it looks like the weather may not be on our side!
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Pilotwings, Sonic 4 announced, Sonic 1-3 for DS, Activision on GOG, and Giana Sisters on DS!
Whew, late night shopping, fun stuff! I went to Gametraders Marion to score a few new games (Yes some of us are still current-gen gamers as well as retrogamers), like Mass Effect 1, and Bayonetta. But also scored Pilotwings for the SNES!
Folks take my advice, when shopping for old games at stores, it’s a hit and miss due to the fact that the carts may not work. But don’t fret! A clean-up on the pins and you’re good to go!
Although I luckily didn’t need to clean the pins on this one…
Okay, lets move onto today’s stories.. How can we not mention the recently-announced Sonic 4? It will be an episodic 2D game, yep that’s right, 2D! SEGA have gone for the classic style for this one, also I should mention that it will be a true sequel to Sonic the Hedgehog 3. Sonic 4 will be available around April-June (Summer in the US) on XBLA, WiiWare, PSN, and there are hints of it coming out on the iPhone as well! Time will tell folks :D
To tie things in until that comes out, another announcement made late last year, that the Sonic Classic Collection is (by now) out for the DS. Containing the first 3 Sonic titles (for the Mega Drive/Genesis no doubt), as well as Sonic & Knuckles.
I take it you folks have visited and even purchased some great tiles from GOG.com? Good Old Games. They deliver classic DOS/Windows titles to work on current versions of Windows (XP/Vista/7).
Well recently they’ve made an alliance with Activision to re-release a fair few classic titles, oh stuff like Vampire: The Masquerade: Redemption. I cross my fingers in hope that they release Interstate 76 for it. Come on! Mechwarrior 2 with afros!
Over on the behance network, there is a great collection of art being submitted, in particular this one of a concept board game based on Super Mario Bros!
Finally a mate called me up today just to let me know that the C64 classic Giana Sisters is out on the Nintendo DS! So below are screenshots of the original, and then the DS version.
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Bahahahahahhahaha where from, and how much!? :P
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Gizmodo | Ultimate Genesis: Sega's Official Console Emulator for iPhone →
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I’m glad that more apps like these are finally coming out, like the Commodore 64 Emulator App we reviewed late last year, this concept will be similar. Pretty much being a Mega Drive/Genesis emulator, you can then purchase games within the app to play. It will come with Space Harrier 2, but at release date of the app, there should be the following available:
- Ecco the Dolphin
- Golden Axe
- Shining Force
- Sonic the Hedgehog
Here’s hoping they’ll allow Sega Master System emulation too.. You get it SEGA?
Watch the iTunes app store for the next few days or a week give or take.
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GeekStuff4U | Sega Mega Drive business card case →
So we’ve seen the PacMan one and the Famicom (Japanese NES) controller as well. Banpresto has once again shocked and awed us with this card case. I say KEEP ‘EM GOING!
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16 Video game hero badges →
Friends have made some badges and are selling them on eBay. Click on the picture to go straight to the store!
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eBay | 16 video game hero badges →
Here’s some badges that a friend of ours has made and put up on eBay. Check it out folks, they’re good quality, so click on the picture to go to the store!!
