25th February 2010

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100 SNES games in 10 minutes, Super Ghouls n Ghosts, Space Invaders Jacket and Wonderboy VS Adventure Island

HAH! See how you like it! From Flickr user Seven_Hundred. So okay it’s that fortnightly Thursday, and that means I go to a store to buy one old game, I managed to get this untimely classic for the Super NES:

Bloody hard game, but a lot of fun nevertheless! Okay onto today’s posts: Another great Tumblr blogsite, this time from UK artist Forx. Covering a lot of great and geeky retro stuff as well as showcasing his own artwork. Bravo Tom :)

The adorable Rinry has posted a comparison of Adventure Island on the NES and Wonderboy on the SEGA Master System, as in they’re bloody identical! See for yourself:

Yeeaaaaaah :\ Another facet that has caused a bit of an argument, as I have heard in the past, is whether Mario hits the blocks with his head or his fist. Well this picture should clarify it for those who still think with their heads:

Okay now this is pretty awesome, from San Francisco, D-structure have for sale a jacket with back design resembling those pesky invaders:

Finally we all know how the SNES was a gorgeous console, and many can think of a few games off the top of their heads.. well how about 100? Here’s a video covering 100 titles in 10 minutes. Enjoy, and I’ll see you all tomorrow!

Tagged: ghoulsnghostscapcomretro8bitsnes16bitnessegamastersystemjacketspaceinvaders

19th February 2010

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An Angry Nerd, King of Kong Winner reclaimed, Retro shirts and phone cases, and 70's Afro Muscle Cars!

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I’d love to know who the band is there, but I saw that today and thought that’s just full of awesome!

UPDATE: yeah I DO notice the Xbox 360 controller in Reptile’s hand, no need to tell me :P

Last night a new Angry Video Game Nerd was released, talking about the Swordquest games on the Atari 2600, check it out HERE!

Onto other announcements, how many of you have watched the documentary King of Kong? You know, the story of two champions fighting for the world top score of Donkey Kong on the arcade? Well.. Steve Weibe has finally reclaimed the world record, proof is on Twingalaxies.com. I don’t know, perhaps Steve should be wearing THIS T-shirt instead?

Okay one would ask what game uses a Player 1 Joystick and a Player 2 Button, right? Either way, yet another brilliant shirt from Threadless.com.

Speaking of custom-made stuff, Michael Tesch has submitted his artwork on Infectious.com which is a skin of a NES controller for an iPhone or iPod.

Finally GOG.com has announced this morning that Interstate 76 is re-released for Windows XP/Vista/7 so what are you waiting for? GO TO THE SITE NOW! Or are you waiting for us to review it? Keep on them Facebook, Twitter or RSS feeds to stay up to date with Retrospekt :D Have a great weekend everybody!

Tagged: avgnnintendoatarispaceinvadersretronesiphoneinterstate76activision

17th February 2010

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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.

Tagged: capcomwiinessnesmegamanspaceinvadersmanabaraustraliabrisbanejapan