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| 12/30 | Seanbaby Hosts Ultimate Video Game Countdown: MTV and Electronic Gaming Monthly are teaming up to bring you the Ultimate Video Game Countdown, airing January 2 at 8p.m. (ET) on MTV. They'll be counting down the top games of the millennium so far (last 3 years), picked by their viewers and readers... MTV rented Clay Cowgill's arcade/classic game store, Ground Kontrol, a few weeks ago as the site for the show. Seanbaby (EGM columnist whose early work can be found on this very site) is hosting it. Show times: Fri 01/02 8:00 PM, Sun 01/04 11:00 AM, Mon 01/05 12:00 AM, Wed 01/07 8:00 PM, Thu 01/08 1:00 PM, Fri 01/09 3:00 AM. More details are HERE. |
| 12/29 |
 Videopac
Spider-Man Prototype Discovered: The Brazilian Odyssey site Odyssey
2000 today published some news of superheroic proportions -- a working
prototype of Spider-Man for the Philips Videopac G7000 has finally turned
up! Parker Bros. developed but never released this Videopac game starring
the web-slinging superhero. Screenshots available on Odyssey 2000 reveal
that the game looks quite a bit like Spider-Man for the Atari 2600, which
actually did make it to market. The EPROM-based prototype cartridge is
apparently now owned by Bas Kornalijnslijper. It's not yet known if
Kornalijnslijper plans to dump the game's ROM. Head on over to Odyssey
2000's "Archaeology" page
HERE to see the photos and to learn more. For an English version of
the page, try
HERE. |
| 12/27 | Two New Sega CD Games! Good Deal Games & Older Games has come out with two new games for the Sega CD, Marko and Battle Frenzy. Check them out HERE. |
| 12/24 | Happy Holidays, Gamers! Here's a little variation on a popular holiday theme, courtesy of Retrogaming Roundtable member "briskbc": On the 12th day of Christmas my true love gave to me: 12 Dumpster divers, 11 Pongs a pinging, 10 Marios leaping, 9 Playstations Loading, 8 Nintendos blinking, 7 Sonics spinning, 6 Geeks a playing, 5 Gold NWCs, 4 DP guides, 3 Old games, 2 Power Gloves, and a cartridge of high rarity! |
| 12/23 | More Classic Game Articles at GamerDad: GamerDad weighs in with two classic game stories for Christmas. First is a Shopping Guide for classic gaming fans, right HERE. Second, a "Memory Lane" about the Atari 800, "My Atari Christmas", that one is HERE. As you may have noticed, we're big fans of this site. Check it out! |
| 12/22 | Retrogaming Times #76: A new issue of Retrogaming Times is up in time for the holidays! Highlights include the return of MAME reviews, "What is Your Favorite Game from 1984?", "MAME Controllers, How Much is Too Much?" and a whole lot more! Check out the always fun and free newsletter right HERE. |
| 12/19 | Nintendo's Early 2004 Line-up: Nintendo has unveiled its GameCube and GBA line-up for the beginning of 2004. There is something for everyone here. Will the GameCube become the system of 2004? It's too early to tell but if this early line-up is any indication watch out Sony and Microsoft! A scrap of info worth noting: the much-hyped and anticipated multi-platform debut of Sonic, Sonic Heroes, will be appearing on the GC almost 3 weeks before the other versions. For more info check HERE. |
| 12/17 |
 The
End of the Q! The high-end GameCube produced by Matsushita known as
The Panasonic Q has officially been discontinued. Anyone who has been on
the fence about picking up this rare system should get one while the
gettin's good! The only GameCube item we can think of that might be
rarer is the Game Boy Player specifically designed to work with the Q.
Happy hunting game collectors! Details
HERE. |
| 12/17 | Find the Iraqi WMDs - Now Playing On a PC Near You! Want to find the infamous WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION ? Now you can! Seems somebody's developed a computer game based on the hunt. See if you can decipher all of the clues and documents, to locate the hidden trove. More info HERE, or go to the publisher's web site, HERE. |
| 12/16 | Famicom 20th Aniversary Museum Exihibition in Tokyo: Anyone up for Grand Theft Museum? Gamespot has recently covered the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography's "Level X" exhibit. The exihibit consists of over 1200 of the games released for the system, in the original box, as well as all its various official hardware incarnations. There will also be a series of lectures by such notables as Miyamoto, Yuji and Kojima. Must resist urge to go to Tokyo... Full story HERE. Level X site HERE. |
| 12/15 | NiGHTS 2 ... When, Sega? WHEN? G4's "Icons" recently conducted an interview and profile on Yuji Naka, head of Sega's Sonic Team. The interview was fairly recent, as evidenced by a Sonic Heroes demo running in the background. A question came up regarding the much anticipated title NiGHTS 2. Naka san stated that he and Sonic Team put in a proposal to Sega to get a sequel made but this would spread the ~100-member team too thin across other existing projects. It's not exactly the news NiGHTS fans want to hear but there is hope that it could get done. |
| 12/14 | Strategy Guide: Ghosts 'n Goblins: Guido and Needle Industries is back and have put together another hilarious retrogaming Flash animation, proudly mirrored here at DP. The "Strategy Guide" series promises to be a classic gamer classic series, we promise you will not be disappointed! Note: it's a little adult-oriented, so don't come after us with pitchforks and torches - you've been warned! Check it out HERE. |
| 12/13 |
 Advertisement
Gallery: A new gallery has been added to the Digital Press art gallery
archive - it's the "Gallery of Video Game Advertisements", scans of classic
adverts that spans all systems and eras in video gaming. It's starting small
but promises to be the largest advertisement gallery this side of the
time-space continuum. Check it out by starting at our gallery page
HERE. |
| 12/13 | Collector's Connection: The Official Video Game Collector's List, "Collector's Connection" has been updated today. Conveniently sorted by location, this is an excellent way to size up the competition and see who's in your area. Find a buddy to scour the town with! Over 450 video game collectors participate in this list. If you're not on it, the time is NOW! Check it out, brand new and updated, HERE. |
| 12/13 | Collector's Connection: The Official Video Game Collector's List, "Collector's Connection" has been updated today. Conveniently sorted by location, this is an excellent way to size up the competition and see who's in your area. Find a buddy to scour the town with! Over 450 video game collectors participate in this list. If you're not on it, the time is NOW! Check it out, brand new and updated, HERE. |
| 12/12 | Famicom 20 Year Anniversary DVD on Sale: FamitsuDVD has just released the Famicom 20 Year Anniversary DVD. For those of you that have the latest FamitsuDVD (previously Gamewave DVD) you'll have seen the preview. According to it, the new disc will feature a countdown of the best Famicom games, old commericals and adds, interviews with the designers, and a whole lot more. The cheapest place by far to get it is Amazon.co.jp. They DO ship internationally, but you'll need to read a little Japanese to brave through the site. Retail price is 5800 yen, but Amazon is offering it for 4640 -- more than $10 off. Give it a go, HERE! |
| 12/10 | Metal Warrior 4 Special Edition: Here we go, retro-gamers! it's Metal Warrior 4 - Agents of Metal, a brand new game for the venerable Commodore 64! This special edition consists of a labeled/numbered/signed disk with manual, big box, color cover, soundtrack CD and track list! Cool stuff. See if we're wrong, right HERE. |
| 12/9 | Black Isle Studios Closes: Interplay has closed the doors on Black Isle Studios (maker of such games as the Fallout series and Icewind Dale) and laid off about 14 of its staff. More details on who was laid off along with quotes from one of the members can be found HERE. Times are still tough, folks. |
| 12/8 | Sammy Owns Sega? Yeah... sorta. Sammy recently purchased a ton of Sega stock. Combine this with the stock in Sega that Sammy already apparently owned, and Sammy suddenly appears to be the majority stakeholder of Sega properties. Sammy is considering buying enough stock to own over 50% in Sega. What will this mean for the Sega faithful? Not sure yet, but expect Sonic on a lot of Pachinko machines! A bigger question around here is "will we ever get a console version of the graphically stunning Metal Slug-like Dolphin Blue? Please Sega/Sammy... PLEASE! |
| 12/6 | Did YOU Know?: Greg Wilcox' continuing spotlight on games that missed the spotlight continues! An anecdote by the anecdotal master. In this edition, Greg walks you through everything you need to play imports on your favorite game console. You'll always learn something from this column... so read it! |
| 12/5 | Space Invaders set the Conquer U.S. Again: Japanese game machine maker Taito Corp said on Friday it plans to restart sales of Space Invaders in the United States, almost 25 years after the game first appeared in video arcades. More information at CNN HERE. |
| 12/4 |
 Sega
Sues Fox, EA over Simpsons Video Game: Video game publisher Sega
of America on Thursday sued a division of Fox Entertainment and industry
leader Electronic Arts Inc. (NasdaqNM:ERTS - News), saying a game based on
Fox's well-known "Simpsons" characters infringes a Sega patent. Get the
details on this news right
HERE. |
| 12/3 | That PS3 Picture You've Been Seeing? It's a Fake: There has been a slick mock-up of the PS3 floating around various internet websites. It has been proven that it is a fake. A French guy made it as part of his portfolio. Just in case you've seen it and still have any reservations, trust us on this, it's not real. |
| 12/2 | 2004 Midwest Gaming Classic Dates Announced! Are you ready for a classic? The 2004 Midwest Gaming Classic will be held at the Brookfield Sheraton on May 22nd and 23rd. Along with this great announcement, the much-anticipated Midwest Gaming Classic Web site has re-opened and much like the 2004 event will be, it is bigger and better than ever! Digital Press is a proud sponsor of this event. Check it all out HERE. |
| 12/2 | The RetroConsole: 2600 Edition: A brand new 2600 compatible console is in development! All of the hardware logic resides in a single FPGA chip. This small, battery-powered system will allow you to play any 2600 game cartridge and will offer standard A/V, s-video or VGA video connection. It will also support enhanced stereo sound. It will come with a game built in, to be determined but looks like a high quality home-brew title. The case and release date are unknown at this time. The price is expected to be less than $50. For more information, please check out the development website HERE. |
| 12/1 | Human Pac-man: Permeation of technology into everyday life is made easier when the human experience it creates is made associable with day-to-day encounters. Human Pac-man, based on the classic arcade game Pac-man from the 1980's, is a novel and entertaining game which seeks to bring about such association through stimulating multiple human senses and perception. That's the best we can do to describe it. The rest is up to you, HERE. |
| 11/28 |
 Atari
2600 DP Kong X-Mas Now Available! EEevil Frosty has taken Ms. Space Fury
captive, and it's up to YOU, Space Fury Guy, to brave the mountain, avoiding
EEevil Elves and knocking out the supporting stones on the switchbacks. This
snowman must be stopped! A DP exclusive, very limited quantities. Hurry up,
screen shots, label art, and ordering information are all
HERE. |
| 11/28 | Santa's Helper at Digital Press: Janice is back and helping the various gaming elves at Digital Press. There are many goodies to be given away in this year's "12 Days of DP X-Mas" contests, including dozens of games and game systems. They're PRESENTS! So be sure to play and claim a few to put under YOUR tree. Contest details HERE. Janice as Santa is HERE. |
| 11/28 | Pressed For Time: One of our ongoing feature articles is for the gamer on the GO, and this doesn't necessarily mean handheld gaming. If you're the kind of person who finds that you have little time for video gaming but still need to quench that thirst for electronic entertainment, Laura Tisdale's "Pressed For Time" should be your monthly stop. Check out her latest observations at Digital Press right HERE. |
| 11/27 | Happy Thanksgiving! Happy Thanksgiving from your pals at Digital Press. There's a lot of holiday giveaways in the works. Stay tuned HERE. |
| 11/25 | Retrogaming Times #75: The results of the poll are in! Will Nintendo coverage be added or not? Did you vote? Also check "The Making of The Many Faces" as well as a new "Many Faces". There are also reviews of Intellivision Lives and Midway Arcade Treasures for the PS2, Sinclair Spectrum coverage and Classic Commercials to round out another excellent issue. Check out the always fun and free goods HERE. |
| 11/22 | MAMExpose: A new edition of our regular monthly installment of MAMExpose is now online! Jess Ragan explores our favorite software of all time and delves into a handful of the games that you simply need to know about if you call yourself a gamer! As always, there's a theme. Don't miss it, right HERE! |
| 11/21 |
 Spike
TV Video Game Awards: On December4th Spike TV will broadcast their
very first video game awards ceremony. Most categories contain 3 nominees.
Seems odd to us that many of the nominees came out over a year before the
broadcast though. For example GTA Vice City has been nominated for
"Game of the Year", they're nominating the PC version to conspicuously get
the name in there. Stay tuned, this could be a lot of fun, or
unintentionally funny. The SpikeTV website is
HERE. |
| 11/20 | Video Games and Exercise? Haven't we seen this all before? Well, it looks like they're gonna try it again. The new "Action Stick" (isn't that a creative name!) debuted at the Comdex show this week and should be available for sale by Christmas. Read more HERE. |
| 11/20 | Tecmo Bowl is Back! The first title to come from a deal announced last month between game maker Tecmo, Inc. and mobile game developer/publisher Mforma, Tecmo Bowl was released today for cell phone gamers.Tecmo Bowl is the first of an unspecified number of classic Tecmo titles due for wireless gamers. Mforma also has a deal with Taito Corp to bring some of that company's classic titles to mobile gamers, with Space Invaders and Puzzle Bobble due before the end of the year. |
| 11/19 | Atari 2600 Mod, The Perfect Picture: Atari2600.com has a modification kit for your Atari 2600 that is simply out of this world.The CyberTech S-Video Card provides true 75 Ohm S-Video output, stereo or mono operation, adjustable contrast, brightness, and color saturation, and is available for all Atari 2600 models. It's even compatible with Atari 7800 (in 2600 mode)! Best of all, it doesn't require permanent modification of your Atari 2600 (as many modern 'mods' do). You can easily return your console to its original ugly RF output configuration. This is essentially a plug and play mod. Go get it! Check the details and order page HERE. |
| 11/18 |
 Win
$1,000,500 from Namco & Sony...Sort of: Well, only if you happen to be
TOO lucky, buy a new PS2 Combo Pack this holiday season, register it
online here: www.us.playstation.com , and win the million bucks Sony is
giving away. The other $500 is yours in the form of a Gamestop shopping
spree if you head on over
HERE and
are the big winner in the cool I-Ninja Shuriken Challenge contest. Good
Luck! |
| 11/17 | Final Fantasy Radio: Square Enix has today announced the launch of its new Final Fantasy-themed radio station on America Online's Radio@ Network. The Final Fantasy radio station--which is available to listeners on Radio@AOL, Radio@AOL for Broadband, and Radio@Netscape under the "Soundtracks & More" category features around 200 music tracks taken from Final Fantasy games VII through XI. "Since Final Fantasy is one of the hottest series of video-games available today, music from the franchise is a perfect fit for our first video-games station on the number one online radio network." Get the scoop HERE. |
| 11/12 | Over 1000 Japanese Video Games and Consoles for Sale: You know normally we wouldn't post this as a NEWS item, but this is truly one of the most remarkable collection sales we've ever seen, from a trusted classic gaming community member, for a very good reason. Do you like imports? Then you can't go wrong here. Take a look HERE. |
| 11/11 | Free Astrosmash Music Demo CD! Astrosmash, the world's only Intellivision tribute band is offering free demo CD's of their latest release. Combining musical elements of various musical styles with Intellivision and other weird sci-fi sounds, Astrosmash is your supersonic rocket out of the insipid, repetitive music of today and into the beautiful and intense music of tomorrow. More details, right HERE. |
| 11/08 | Catching up With David Rolfe: One of classic gaming's most diverse talents, Rolfe is responsible for development on a gamut of systems including Atari 2600, Intellivision and ColecoVision, he's also the guy behind the arcade games Star Fire and Fire One and the handheld system Football II. Catch up with him and his work in our exclusive interview HERE. |
| 11/07 | Prince Of Persia to Include Previous Games as Unlockables: Ubisoft's forthcoming adventure/platform title, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time will include unlockable versions of previous titles in the long-running series, adding an extra incentive to progress through the title. Reports suggest that the PS2 version of the game will include the full original, the Xbox edition will get Prince of Persia 2, whilst GBA/Cube owners can expect the original and rejuvenated health when GBA and Cube are linked. The Sands of Time will also include a remake of one of the original game's favorite levels, again for the unlocking. More on this HERE. |
| 11/05 | Gradius: The Strategy Guide Cartoon: Needle Industries has put together one of the best retrogaming Flash animations we've ever seen, and we're proud to host it here at DP. Note: it's a little adult-oriented, so don't come after us with pitchforks and torches - you've been warned! Check it out HERE. |
| 11/03 | The Return of NAVA: The North American Videogame Aficionados (NAVA) reunite! If you're in the NY/NJ/PA/CT area be sure to set December 6th aside on your calendar now so you can attend the east coast's oldest organized classic gaming event. NAVA was founded in 1995 by Mike Etler and held at Videogame Connections in Howell NJ until earlier this year when Mike sold the store. The show returns in style and just in time for the holidays. There is always great trading and gaming at this event. For directions, details, and contact info, check in HERE. |
| 11/16 |
 Nintendo
at E3: New Console or Not? On the same day, we received contradicting
reports about Nintendo's plans at E3 2004. In one report,Nintendo will
reveal a new game console at next year's E3 show. It's not known
whether the system will be a new version of the Game Boy or a replacement
for the GameCube. Read about that
HERE. On the other hand, Nintendo has gone on record saying they will
not be showing any new hardware (home or portable). One interesting
note, Nintendo has said "We hope to present a new product in America's
expo [E3] next year, which will be completely different from the
traditional [machines]. We hope we can release it within the year in
Japan." No new hardware, eh? We'll keep you appraised as the news
trickles in. |
| 11/16 | 9 More Holes of X-Mas, Etc:We all know that Blockbuster has the new Outlaw Golf: 9 More Holes of X-Mas exclusive in, but this time there is a nice little deal to go with it! If you buy or rent 2 games, you get the exclusive for just $.99! Sweet deal, right? It gets better. Blockbuster is currently having a $3 off used games sale. All you have to do is find some games for cheap! Example: grab Legend of Legaia and Tomba for $6.99 each. After the discount they come to $3.99, and then the exclusive is only $.99!! So for a mere $9, you will have scored some pretty fantastic games! Get out there. |
| 11/16 | Sega to Sell Genesis ROMs Online: Answering the cries of classic gamers everywhere, Sega is set to launch a website where customers can download Genesis games. At launch, the Japan based service will cost 1000 yen (approx $9) per month, which will give customers unlimited downloads. 30 games will be available at launch, with ten new games to be added each month. Full story HERE. |
| 11/15 | Future Game Consoles... They're All Clones! According to published news sources, IBM is now the vendor for the main processor in all three of the next round of game systems. In addition, ATI has signed on to make the graphics processor for the next Nintendo and Microsoft systems. True, the article does mention that the processors may all be totally different, but it also speculates that while the Sony chip is being developed separately, the other two systems may get the same chip. Read all about it HERE. |
| 11/13 | Nintendo Gamecube Zelda Bundle $79.44 on Black Friday: Day AfterThanksgiving: Looks like there will be a very special sale in store for GameCube customers the day after Thanksgiving. Lookee HERE. It's going to be a day of thanks after all! |
| 11/13 |
 N-Gage
Cracked: It was bound to happen and it happened very fast. A few
people have been able to crack the Nokia N-Gage protection code allowing
them to play its games on any mobile phone that supports the same OS.
Nokia claims they will treat the situation in a very aggressive manner
with the hopes of discouraging future incidents. Good luck Nokia, SMASH
pirates! |
| 11/02 | Enter Your Game Review and Win a Boxed Sega Nomad! Come on... you've read lots of game reviews but you KNOW you can do it better. Here's your chance to show that AND walk off with some very cool gear. Even if you don't win there's a reward for a well-written review. You've got two weeks from today - check HERE for details! |
| 11/01 |
 Build
Yourself a SuperGun: Let's be honest here. We'd ALL like to play
arcade games in our home but space is usually a limitation. Rob Guernsey came, saw, conquered and now plays arcade games at home
with his very own creation. In this column, he walks us through all of the
steps he walked so you can do it yourself! Check out his journal
HERE. |
| 10/30 | What's Eating at Nintendo? George Harrison of Nintendo discusses where the GameCube went wrong and what they're doing to lead the next generation. More (a whole lot more, in fact) right HERE. |
| 10/30 | Retrogaming Times #74 is Online! Check out the review of the Intellivision 25-in-1! Also we have the Many Faces of Crystal Castles (one of the other great trackball games) as well as an excellent installment of Retrogaming Commercial Vault with the emphasis on the ColecoVision. Plus, you have a chance to vote on the future of Retrogaming Times... voice your opinion as it counts! Check out the always fun and free newsletter right HERE. |
| 10/29 | Mad Scientist Creates USB Atari 2600 Joystick: Our own Scott Stilphen has fashioned a standard 8-directional, one-button Atari joystick into a PC-compatible USB controller. What does that mean? It means he can play an Atari 2600 emulator with the proper controller. That's damn cool. Check out the "behind the scenes" and learn how it's done HERE. |
| 10/27 | GameCube Online Powered - Windows Alpha Released: After months of hard work, we have released our Windows Alpha 0.1.2 version software available for download and immediate public testing, thanks to the development team of Nathan Ford, Tushar Singh, and Matthew Herberg. Check it out for yourself, HERE. |
| 10/27 | GB Advance: Info On the GBA Smart Media Reader: Japanese manufacturer AM3 confirmed today what Nihon Keizai Shimbun revealed in the week: the service Advance Movie, which requires the first card reader Smart Media for Game Boy Advance, will be launched on November 20th in Japan. Check out the full story HERE. |
| 10/26 | NJ Classic XXVII: This home-grown local gathering of gamers continues as the twenty seventh edition of the event closes on an unsuspecting NJ dawn. As always, the highlights of this particular event are blockbuster trades, intense 4-player gaming, pizza and beer. Lots of terrific trade items changed hands and my stomach still hurts from laughing so hard all night. Sure, this isn't "game news" to most but I truly encourage everyone to do these kinds of things whenever they can. Gamers need to bond. Check out the captioned photo gallery HERE. |
| 10/24 | Club
Nintendo Begins in Japan: Japanese Nintendo fans can join the
Nintendo Club by buying Nintendo products. If you buy a game with in six
months of its release, you get points that can be used towards free
stuff. "Regular" members are those unlucky souls who earn less
than 200 points a year. If you buy between 200 and 399 points' worth of
games, you become a "Gold" member and receive a yearly
"members-only original e-catalog disc" (demos, we presume).
Breaking the 400 mark makes you a "Platinum" member and gets
you both the disc and one invitation a year to a Nintendo game
exposition to try out new titles. All members get a free monthly email
magazine. Original source HERE. |
| 10/24 | Sony Submits to Quebec: Sony's new Syphon Filter: The Omega Strain game has raised a commotion in Quebec for its depiction of a violent gang of trigger-happy separatists amok in Toronto will be modified before its official release next year. In the Canadian level, Logan has to obliterate a group of radical Quebec separatists intent on taking over the Toronto subway system. The Parti Quebecois and The Societe St Jean Baptiste plan to lobby Sony to remove the Quebec content from the game. News sources reported that they had received a release from Sony that the company planned to amend the game prior to its release, rather than face a real-life storm of angry Quebecers. All the rest HERE. |
| 10/23 | PSO
Episode 1 & 2 Plus Details: Sega today revealed more details on
its final hurrah for the Phantasy Star Online series, which will
be coming to a conclusion in Japan soon with the release of Phantasy
Star Online Episode III: CARD Revolution. Next month, Japanese
players will be able to snag a special package of the first two games in
the series for the GameCube, including added game features. The rest HERE. |
| 10/22 | La Pucelle Coming to US Gamers: What\'s La Pucelle. you ask? Why, it's a strategy/RPG for the PlayStation 2 by Nippon Ichi (Disgaea: Hour of Darkness, Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure). The US port is being handled by Mastiff Games (yup, the folks behind Easter Bunny's Big Day and Dirt Jockey for the PS One), and more info and screenshots can be found HERE. |
| 10/21 | Rockstar Sued Over Shooting: A $246 million lawsuit was filed against the designer, marketer and a retailer of the video game series Grand Theft Auto by the families of two people shot by teenagers apparently inspired by the game. The suit claims marketer Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc., designers Take-Two Interactive Software Rockstar Games, and Wal-Mart, are liable for $46 million in compensatory damages and $200 million in punitive damages. Full story HERE. |
| 10/19 | Enable Your Atari 5200's Greatness: Got dud 5200 Controllers? Best Electronics has just announced their new, all-gold-contact, replacement parts for the infamous CX-52. The new parts include replacement fire buttons, keypads, start|pause|reset buttons, and new flex-circuits. With these installed, you\'ll most likely never need to open your 5200 Joysticks again! Just do eet, man. |
| 10/18 | Scared Silly of Spiders? Horrified by heights? Terrorized by tight spaces? Play a video game -- doctor's orders. Apparently, some doctors have been using video games as therapy, trying to cure phobias by exposing their patients to computer game incarnations of what they fear the most. And the good news is, it works! Find out more about it HERE. |
| 10/16 | Is Nintendo Planning an External Storage Medium?: A rumor out of Japan claims that Nintendo may fix their memory card problems... We'll leave it to you to decide, read the full story HERE. |
| 10/15 | Intellivision Lives (Again): A new compilation disc is coming out for the Xbox and PS2. Intellivision Lives! contains 60 classic games going for a suggested retail price of $19.99! Astrosmash, Baseball, Basketball, Buzz Bombers, Football, Golf, Hockey, and Hover Force are but a few games you will get in this disc. We presume that all of these games will be "Intellivision"-perfect... only time will tell! Pick up Intellivision Lives! this holiday season. |
| 10/14 |  New
X-Box Exclusive at Blockbuster: Remember last winter when we tipped
you off about the Outlaw Golf 9 Holes of X-mas game? Well the
same players are at it again and we're on the spot. Now available at
your local Blockbuster Video, Outlaw Volleyball: Red Hot! $4.99
gets you "Hot 2 on 2 volleyball action in the pit of Hell".
Hey, we'd pay more than $5 for that. Peek into the forum for more info
and a pic, HERE. |
| 10/12 | Want a Degree in programming? Game programming, that is! If so, the University of Calgary is where it\'s at! A new curriculum now includes a course of study for programming PC games. Just for kids? I think not! Read the full story HERE. |
| 10/11 | More Classic Star Wars on the 'Cube: IGNcube learned today that the Factor 5 developed Star Wars Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike will not only feature the fully playable 1982 Star Wars arcade game, but also The Empire Strikes Back arcade title. The action-shooter sequel may also house another arcade title, too - but when questioned on the subject the software house refused to elaborate with details. |
| 10/11 | Rez Creator Leaves Sega: One of Sega\'s most innovative game creators has announced his decision to leave the company following the dissolving of his in-house development team. Tetsuya Mizuguchi was the man behind cult classic titles such as Rez and Space Channel 5, and has left following his internal team at Sega, United Game Artists, being broken up and the staff being merged with Sonic Team. Mizuguchi-san now plans to pursue new opportunities in game development. Read it all HERE. |
| 10/10 | GamerDad talks Pac Man: "I fell in love with the game the first time I played Pac-Man in that Kroger grocery store. What amazed me first about it was that it was all in color. And what vibrant color it was! A neon blue maze, candy colored ghosts, and bright yellow Pac-Man himself. A far cry from a few black and white lines and a ball. I also liked that you could move in four directions instead of just two, like in Pong. And all the way home I couldn’t stop talking about those crazy sound effects, the now familiar sound of Pac-Man eating dots (wakka wakka wakka), or the funny way Pac-Man died when you hit a ghost." Read this entertaining piece of nostalgia at one of our favorite sites, HERE. |
| 10/08 | Nokia
N-Gage Launches Today: Nokia released their portable N-Gage
system today. It is a phone, an MP3 player, and last but not least, a
video game machine. Unlike the Game Boy Advance, the N-Gage has dedicated
3D hardware said to be on par with the PlayStation and Saturn. Three major
road blocks. First, its entire software lineup (first party excluded) is
made up of ports of good but old games. Second, the GBA is selling like
hotcakes with no end in site. Last but certainly not least, it's $300
bucks. Good luck Nokia! Check out their site HERE. |
| 10/07 | Game Collectibles Selling for Charity: Last year's A Nite to Unite for Kids online auction raised tens of thousands of dollars for America's kids and at the same time gave gamers everywhere a chance to bid on items they could never have found anywhere else," said ESA president Douglas Lowenstein. "We're very pleased to be able to work with eBay once again this year, and we're hopeful that the game community will join us online starting October 10 to help raise even more money for kids in need. More details HERE. |
| 10/06 | New Turbo Duo Game Available, Free, HERE: "Meteor Blaster is the first shooter released for the PC Engine in over 5 years," said MindRec founder and developer Bt Garner. "I am really excited to get Meteor [Blaster] into the hands of PCE fans and hear what they think about it.". You can get the Digital Press Special Edition (you'll see why when you fire it up) right HERE. |
| 10/06 | Did YOU Know?: Greg Wilcox' continuing spotlight on games that missed the spotlight continues! An anecdote by the anecdotal master. In this edition, Greg walks you through everything you need to play imports on your favorite game console. You'll always learn something from this column... so read it! |
| 10/05 | Nintendo
Posts First Loss in 31 Year History: Nintendo posted a $27 million
loss. "Japanese video game maker Nintendo Co. Ltd warned Friday that
it will post its first-ever loss in the first-half of its fiscal year due
to massive foreign exchange losses and slack sales of its GameCube
console. The maker of 'Pokemon' games now forecasts a group net loss of
¥3 billion, or $27 million, for the fiscal first half, against its May
estimate of a net profit of ¥15 billion and a profit of ¥16.5 billion a
year earlier." Read more on this HERE
or similar stories HERE. |
| 10/03 | Big Money! Big Prizes! A new Mystery Game is afoot right here at Digital Press, courtesy of Tim "Sniderman" Snider! If you can guess the sound that this mystery sound byte comes from, you may win prizes that will make you king of all the land! Or maybe just a pretty happy gamer. Go play! |
| 10/02 | Video Game ROMs For Sale? Well now THIS is a first. StarROMs, Inc. is now selling arcade ROMs for use with MAME. For those who haven't tried some of the ROMs on MAME because of moral, ethical, or legal issues, this is the perfect way to jump into arcade emulation. Most of the ROMs available are from Atari and cost between $2-$6. There are approximately 60 games online, ranging from I, Robot to Gauntlet II. Check them out at http://www.starroms.com and start gaming today! |
| 10/01 |  Dark
Alliances Gathering Over the Midwest: What sinister purpose has
brought together so many of the RetroGaming
RoundTable members over the past two weeks? The first event, DP@CP03
(Cedar Point) found this alliance of retro gamers congregating around the
nation's wildest amusement park. In a separate yet stunningly related
event, a dozen members and future inductees met at Chi-Town Classic, an
event held at Syndicate leader Sean Kelly's new store, Videogames Etc. See
what all the ruckus is about, then see about joining in next time! HERE
and HERE. |
| 09/30 | Wild ARMs PS2 Remake: Wild ARMs, the classic RPG for the PSX, is getting another shot with a PS2 remake titled Wild ARMs F. The remake will feature a totally new script (ala Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete), the characters will be transformed from super-deformed to full realistic glory, and the battle system will receive an overhaul to compete with more current RPG systems. The game will be released in Japan this winter, no news yet on a North American release. To read more shoot your browser HERE. |
| 09/28 | Near Death Experience: Yes, the site was down for over 48 hours... you weren't dreaming. We've moved location and upgraded our equipment in the process. We're not completely "stable" at the moment but we're getting there, and when we do, watch out! Why? That's a secret. For now, enjoy the UP time! |
| 09/24 |  Final
Fantasy XI Included Free on PS2 Hard Disk Drive: March 2004 is when
Sony ships its long-awaited 40GB Hard Disk Drive (HDD) for the PS2. As a
really cool incentive for you $99.99 MSRP, the HDD will come pre-installed
with Square/Enix\' longer-awaited Final Fantasy XI, which will allow cross
platform play between PS2 and PC owners of the game. Talk about incentive
(although PC owners get the game first in October 2003)... |
| 09/24 | PlayStation 2 Receives Quiet Upgrades for Fall: The holidays will be happy this year for anyone buying a new PlayStation 2 video game console, as long as they aren't the jealous type. Interested? There's more info where that little teaser came from.... HERE. |
| 09/24 | Company Selling Arcade Game Machine For Home: You remember X-Gaming, right? Well, they're now selling a home arcade gaming machine. It's the first cabinet powered by a game system. HERE are the details, you're gonna need them. |
| 09/20 |  Game
Boy: Now It's a Videophone: Using new technology, called the Campho
Advance, Japanese GBA owners will be able to go from gaming to videophone
with the change of a cart! An analog phone line will be required. Sorry,
right now it looks like it\'s a Japan-only release! For the full story, go
HERE. |
| 09/19 | Xbox Ninja Gaiden Easter Egg! Acknowledging the history of the Ninja Gaiden series, Tecmo producer Tomonobu Itagaki mentioned that Ninja Gaiden for Xbox will include the Famicom/NES version of Ninja Gaiden as a mini-game. How cool is THAT?. Source: the-magicbox.com |
| 09/18 | GamerDad covers TRON: GamerDad put up another retro article today, this one covering TRON. The movie, the music, and of course, the video games, including the arcade game and Discs of Tron. "If you're of a certain age. And if you're a geek. Tron changed your life. Rarely has a fantasy been so fascinatingly realized as on the day-glo game grid of Tron. What a movie. What an extravaganza. What a geek raised on BASIC's dream come true. Do computer game geeks dream of electric sheep?" Check out one of our favorite sites HERE. |
| 09/17 |  Complete
32X Collection: A new edition to our Collector's Corner, my personal
latest complete collection, the oft-maligned Sega 32X library. This
includes all 31 US cartridge releases and 4 32X CD releases as well as the
Sega CD/32X CD multi-pack Farenheit. If you ever wanted to see them
all in one place, click HERE. |
| 09/15 |  MAME
0.74 Released: The greatest single piece of software ever created for
gamers has been updated, featuring featuring just a few new games (such as
Dancing Eyes, and Super-X) and the usual cast of clones and
program enhancements. For a complete list of new and updated titles,
saunter over HERE
and you can grab the emulator and its many supporting files from our MAME
hub HERE. |
| 09/15 | Design the "Next Big Thing": Game Editor allows you to create your own video games with little or no coding experience. With this, you can generate games for PocketPC, Windows and Linux in a single executable file. A few more clicks, export games to any supported platform. You know you want to design the wor'd's next big-time game. Check it out HERE. |
| 09/14 | "DP Interviews" Compilation: Over the years, Digital Press has interviewed dozens of video game icons and authors. Until now, you had to dig around the site to track them all down, but we've conveniently organized and standardized these interviews for your reading pleasure. Go forward and absorb knowledge! HERE. |
| 09/13 | NY Post Reports "GameCube Could Lose Final Round": The article lists sales figures for the PS2, Xbox & GameCube. It points out Acclaim and Eidos will no longer develop for GameCube. Nintendo is quoted as saying they are developing a new console.Unfortunately the Post is "pay per view" online, but HERE is the preview anyway. |
| 09/11 | PS2 Tops 60 Million Units Sold: Sony Corp on Tuesday announced global cumulative shipments for its PlayStation 2 video game console topped 60 million this month, reaffirming its place as one of the most successful consumer brands ever. HERE is the full story. |
| 09/09 |  Happy
Birthday, Dreamcast!: Remember 9/9/99? That day will live in infamy
for many a Sega fan in North America. That was the day that Sega's last
system, the Dreamcast, was launched. Although it was probably the most
exciting system to come along in a long time, it died a quick death on
January 31st, 2001. Happy birthday Dreamcast, we still love ya! Check out
our complete list of games HERE. |
| 09/09 | Teens Say Video Game Inspired Them in Deadly Highway Shooting: The family of a slain motorist has filed suit against the maker of a video game that two teens claim inspired them to shoot at passing cars on a Tennessee highway. For the complete story, check in HERE. |
| 09/07 |  eBay
Assistant Update: In case you haven't noticed, eBay recently changed
their categories which significantly affects your searches for video
games. If you've used our eBay Assistant since the change you may have
noticed some weird results. All of the links have been updated to reflect
eBay's new category structure, and while we were in there, we added a few
more systems to speed up your searches! Check it out, HERE. |
| 09/06 | MAMExpose: A new edition of our regular monthly installment of MAMExpose is now online! Jess Ragan explores our favorite software of all time and delves into a handful of the games that you simply need to know about if you call yourself a gamer! As always, there's a theme. Don't miss it, right HERE! |
| 09/02 | Gaming Site Makes a Comeback: Jess Ragan, the author of Digital Press' monthly MAMExpose column, has revived his own web site, The Gameroom Blitz, after a two month hiatus. The Gameroom Blitz now has a new look to accentuate its wide selection of game reviews and unique articles. If you'd like to visit the site, start HERE. We love Jess' insight into the world of electronic gaming. |
| 08/31 | Middle School Gaming: One of the Digital Press feature columns, Jessen Jurado's "Middle School Gaming" adds a new chapter today. In each of these columns, Jessen delves deep into a specific game, puts it under a microscope, rips the legs off of it, and then jots the resulting effects down into his secret handbook. Come along and witness his latest analysis. Start HERE. |
| 08/30 | Webcam Pics from CGE Now Online! Did we catch YOU on the CGE CAM? Lots of curious and funny pictures among the thousands captured by DP website visitors over the weekend, we've picked out over 250 of them. If you're in one of the pictures, e-mail us and let us know who you are and which picture you appeared in and we'll enter you in a drawing for a free Game ON Trivia Game set! To view the full gallery, click HERE. |
| 08/26 | The Basement Arcade Hits The Web:The Basement Arcade is the latest and greatest Retro Gaming site to be launched on the net. Reviews, Sounds, Pics, and Memories of Classic 1980's gaming all on one site. Check it out at HERE and give retro gaming a boost. |
| 08/25 | NiGHTS
Mini-Game on GameCube: Sega announced that the upcoming GameCube
action game Billy Hatcher & The Giant Egg will contain 4 bonus
games, which can be downloaded to the GameBoy Advance. The games include: NiGHTS
into Dreams, Puyo Pop, Chu Chu Rocket and an unannounced title. Billy
Hatcher & The Giant Egg is scheduled for a September 24 release in
US. More at Magic Box HERE. |
| 08/25 |  Super
Auctions Arcade & Pinball Gallery: Digital Press correspondent Wes
Southern was on hand for this week's Super Auctions in Mesquite, TX. This
gigantic coin-op auction simply needs to be seen, so here you go. Wes'
complete report, tons of pictures, and final auction prices... right HERE. |
| 08/24 | Did YOU Know?: Greg Wilcox' continuing spotlight on games that missed the spotlight continues! An anecdote by the anecdotal master. You'll always learn something from this column... so read it! |
| 08/23 | Slashdotted! Must have been a slow day for video game news yesterday as slashdot.com featured our "Ultimate Game Room" pages (and my personal "Room of Doom") on their home page. If you didn't know, slashdot.com is a huge, high-traffic site loaded with technology buffs. Our bandwidth went right through the roof and even though we can't technically be "shut down" (we own our own servers) we have thresholds - so the site may have seemed down but was actually moving in slow-motion all day. Should improve today as the news has dropped off of their main page. |
| 08/22 |  Game
On: The Retrogamer's Trivia Game: In what game might you see the words
"Ferret Face" flash upon the screen? What game came packaged
with the NES “R.O.B.”? What was the name of the food-flinging kid you
play in Food Fight? Here are one of those things that made us
wonder "why hasn't anyone else done this before"? The game is a
set of 1200 trivia questions on double-sided cards that will test your
knowledge in classic, neo-classic, and modern gaming as well as arcade
games! Instructions are included and the game is even adaptable to other
trivia board games if you so choose. Limited supplies! Check it out, HERE. |
| 08/21 | Activision
Anthology Goes GBA: So you enjoyed the anthology on your PS2 but are
looking for a handheld version? What better system to emulate on your GBA
than Atari 2600 and what better stable of games than those Activision
classics? Well gang, we can finally play all of our favorite Activision
games on the go. More details HERE. |
| 08/19 | Big Money! Big Prizes! A new Mystery Game is afoot right here at Digital Press, courtesy of Tim "Sniderman" Snider! If you can guess the sound that this mystery sound byte comes from, you may win prizes that will make you king of all the land! Or maybe just a pretty happy gamer. Go play! |
| 08/18 | GamerDad Covers Berzerk! After clearing the robots in one room I dallied too long and my pursuer entered the room. A hideous bouncing smiley face named Evil Otto. A happy fun ball gone wrong! Was he bounty hunter, nefarious genius, or some child’s toy ball gone somehow awry? He’d bounce after me until I reached the exit, impervious to laser fire, and grinning like some 70’s pop icon button. “Have a nice day!” indeed. Get it all HERE. |
| 08/15 |  Phantom
Game Console Unveiled: At Midnight Sunday August 17th, Infinium Labs
will broadcast a high-energy video for the online "sneak
preview" unveiling of the Phantom Game Console. This video will bring
a high impact approach to the "sneak preview" and introduce not
only the look and feel of the product but include an overview of Phantom's
specs and services. This event will be followed up by an official public
launch of the product at the COMDEX trade show in November 2003. This is
where the public will get its first chance to get a hands on "test
drive" of the Phantom Game Console. Be sure to stay tuned to
Phantom.net and the Phantom News Net for further information, HERE. |
| 08/14 | America's Largest Arcade Auction This Weekend! The largest coin-op auction in the USA will be held this weekend in the Dallas area. Ever wanted to buy a Galaga machine for under $400? Well, best get a trailer and skip Quakecon Saturday. Find out more HERE, and a map to the event can be found HERE. |
| 08/13 |  Photo
Gallery and Recap of Classic Gaming Expo 2003: Over 200 pictures with
captions (sorry, some of them aren't completely informative... okay let's
call them outright silly) is the highlight of our in-depth coverage of
this year's Classic Gaming Expo. Take a peek at the show from our camera
and also from our web cam (see "Virtual CGE" below)! Good fun,
hopefully the pictures do the incredible show justice. Ready to go? Then
check in HERE. |
| 08/11 | Nolan Bushnell Appears at Classic Gaming Expo: On the first day of Classic Gaming Expo it was announced that Nolan Bushnell, the founder of Atari and father of arcade video gaming would be speaking in an extended keynote. Mr. Bushnell's talk was truly riveting, focusing on the early days of Atari, addressing and clarifying certain inconsistencies and answering many previously unsolved mysteries regarding those early years in video game history. The two-hour keynote presentation wound down with a fascinating moderated Q&A session and more autographs and picture-taking than we've ever witnessed in such a short amount of time. It was truly a pleasure to meet and listen to this first-time CGE guest, an event we hope continues in future years. For more info on Classic Gaming Expo, check in HERE. |
| 08/05 thru 08/10 |
Virtual Classic Gaming Expo: For those who could not attend this year, we've got something for you! The "Virtual CGE" page has been activated! The highlight is a web cam image that will update every 10 seconds. The web cam will be moved to various places during the course of the weekend, but the bulk of the time it will be behind the DP booth, the best vantage point of the show. The page also includes complete keynote speeches that you can download and listen to (MP3 format), a brand new exclusive interview with Don Bluth, a scavenger hunt contest that you can play from home, links to the museum and the musical guests' music, and we'll even have a game released to the public in ROM format for the very first time anywhere! All of the above will be ready by "showtime" on Saturday, but you can check it out at any time. Bookmark the page and check in on the show all weekend long! Enjoy it... HERE! |
| 08/01 | Licensed Star Wars: The Arcade Game Emulated with SWRS-]|[ Pre-Order: Publisher LucasArts Entertainment today confirmed reports that those who pre-order Star Wars Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike would receive an extra bonus disc with special features and demos on it. The bonus disc will include all of the following, according to LucasArts: A one-level demo of Hoth from Rebel Strike, a playable demo of the gladiator-RPG Gladius, A Rogue Leader demo, A Rogue Leader trailer, and best of all, the entire 1982 arcade game Star Wars in fully emulated glory. Read more HERE! |
| 07/29 |  Rush
Hour for Atari 2600: Classic Gaming Expo Services has announced their
third new release for this year's Expo. It's Rush Hour, one of the
"games that never were", advertised by CommaVid in the early
1980's but never completed or distributed to the gaming public. You're in
a hurry and you can't afford to be one minute late. As you drive along
smoothly, you're suddenly caught in a driver's nightmare - a traffic jam
during rush hour - but you can't just creep along! Good thing your super
auto is equipped with laser-blasting headlights. Blast, dodge, and weave
your way through high-speed traffic, but you must avoid the debris
cluttering the Autobahn to reach your destination! Check out a complete
preview HERE, |
| 07/29 | Eminem Renegs on Video Game Deal. Lawsuit Filed: Eminem is at the center of a lawsuit filed last week accusing his management and licensing representatives of fraud and breach of contract. Videogame maker Conspiracy Entertainment claims the rapper reneged on a contract he signed in February to release Mix TV Presents: Eminem, a game for PC's and PlayStation involving a collection of his videos. Read more at the MTV site HERE. |
| 07/29 | New Retro Articles @ GamerDad: A feature article about Space Invaders appears on GamerDad.com: "I heard the music. Bum-dump-dump-dump-dump (as relentless as Jaws) and saw the small gun at the bottom stuggling vainly against the digital onslaught. I took it all in. 'Mom! Can I have a quarter?'". Good stuff. Read it HERE. |
| 07/29 | DOOM 3 Multiplayer at QuakeCon: "What better way to celebrate QuakeCon than to unveil to our fans a preview of DOOM 3 multiplayer," said Todd Hollenshead, CEO, id Software. While everyone knows that DOOM 3 is the most terrifying and scary single player experience ever created, multiplayer delivers the intense competitive action that our fans can count on. It's a natural to debut the DOOM 3 multiplayer experience at QuakeCon, the world's preeminent fan-based multiplayer gaming event." Sounds like fun! Time to upgrade your PC. Full report HERE. |
| 07/28 |  Austin
Gaming Expo Photo Gallery: In the proud Digital Press tradition, we've
returned unscathed from another gaming event. The show was jam-packed with
games AND gamers of every shape and size, a terrific turn-out and an event
that MUST continue! As always, we've got photos. Get a gander at all of
this STUFF! Full gallery HERE. |
| 07/26 | Austin Gaming Expo! A reminder to all: Today begins the first annual Austin Gaming Expo in Austin, Texas at the Marriott Austin North hotel. This event is the first of its kind for the state of Texas, and will feature a large number of vendors and exhibitors showcasing both classic and modern video games and consoles. For more information please visit the Austin Gaming Expo website. Don't miss it! Source: AtariAge |
| 07/23 | Sony
Wants Emulator Programmers: Sony Computer Entertainment today listed a
job vacancy for an ‘Emulator Development Engineer’ on the official
SCEi website, fuelling speculation that the Playstation3 will indeed run
PSOne and Playstation2 titles or perhaps for use in the forthcoming Sony
PSP. All the dirt and more HERE. |
| 07/23 | Hiroshi Imanishi and the Nintendo Family Computer: Hiroshi Imanishi, Nintendo: "I tried remembering a lot of different things for this interview, but to be honest I\'ve forgotten about most things. (laughs) The Famicom probably began when Hiroshi Yamauchi, the former president, saw a Space Invaders game or something, learned what a CPU was, and asked us if there was some way we could bring that to the home. I think he has a keen eye for these sorts of things." For the full interview, check HERE. |
| 07/22 | Space Invaders: Invasion Day Announced: Bigben Interactive has today announced that it will release Space Invaders: Invasion Day for the PlayStation 2 in Europe on September 5. The budget-priced game, which is currently in development at Sammy, will see players going up against extraterrestrial invaders that have successfully managed to land in a major city on Earth. Each of the three playable characters will have different attributes, weapons, and paths through the game\'s story mode, which consists of no less than 50 stages and 10 bosses. In addition to the single-player story mode, Space Invaders: Invasion Day will feature a survival mode in which one or two players can compete for high scores for as long as it takes for their health meter to reach zero. Power-ups in the game will include energy, bombs, and more-powerful weapons, and a version of the original 1978 Taito Space Invaders game will also be available for players to unlock. More on this HERE. |
| 07/21 | MAMExpose: A new edition of our regular monthly installment of MAMExpose is now online! Jess Ragan explores our favorite software of all time and delves into a handful of the games that you simply need to know about if you call yourself a gamer! As always, there's a theme. Don't miss it, right HERE! |
| 07/18 | Homebrew Peeps Now Hear This! VideoGame Wiz is an up-and-coming supplier for video gaming homebrew projects, and there seems to be no stopping this relentless juggernaut. Their prices simply cannot be beat -take it from us, we do a lot of this kind of thing. Clear Atari 2600 plastic cases as well as the standard black ones are now in full production. We've seen these first hand and BAM, looks and feels like 1983! For more information and ordering in any quantity, visit them HERE. |
| 07/17 |  Looping
for Atari 2600: Classic Gaming Expo Services has announced their
second of three new releases to be sold at year's Classic
Gaming Expo in Las Vegas, NV on August 9th and 10th. It's Looping,
the VentureLine sleeper arcade game that made a splash on the
ColecoVision. Fly your bi-plane through multiple levels, taking out
targets and obstacles, navigating through tight mazes and reach the final
destination before time runs out! The title was announced for the Atari
2600 but has never been seen until now! Check out our preview,
which includes screen shots, box art, and original advertising promos!
NOTE: there will be plenty available after the show as well. Joy! |
| 07/16 | Afghan City Closes Video Game Stores: In a rather disturbing turn of events that could be considered "the beginning of the end" for many, and yet "inconsequential" to others, it seems this place that we never even realized video games had taken root has closed over 300 video game stores, citing the old standby "moral corruption". These startling developments can be found in greater detail HERE. |
| 07/15 | Shenmue Sequel in Development: Following weeks of speculation and an aggressive letter writing campaign from fans, Sega-AM2 has reportedly confirmed plans to develop another installment in the "Shenmue" RPG series. Planning on the game is said to be ongoing, although specifics regarding its storyline, target platforms, and potential release remain undisclosed. More details regarding the sequel are expected to be revealed in September. For reference, Sega-AM2 announced last week that they're also currently working on "Out Run 2", an arcade racing sequel scheduled to utilize the Xbox-based Chihiro architecture. Get the whole scoop HERE. |
| 07/14 | Nintendo
Famicom Celebrates 20th Anniversary: The Famicom, Nintendo's first
major video game system, celebrates its 20th anniversary on July 15, 2003.
Let's party with them! More details HERE. |
| 07/14 | Midway Brings Back NARC: Midway announced today its intentions to revive a classic franchise (on the same day they announced an update to the Justice League series) on next-gen consoles. The new NARC game will be a total remake set for release on the PS2 and Xbox in 2004. The original NARC debuted in the arcades in 1988 with an emphasis on anti-drug action and accompanied by a theme song written by punk rock legends The Pixies. In contrast to the side-scrolling nature of the first NARC, the new version will sport third-person shooting as well as a separate street-fighting mode. Sub-missions will also be included outside of the main flow of the game in order for players to build up their reputation by fighting other sorts of crimes ranging from petty theft to ban robberies. We're rather happy. Check their press release HERE. |
| 07/13 | Mark 3 and SMS game adapter for Genesis released! Believe it or not, it is on this otherwise uneventful morning in 2003 that a small development company in Hong Kong named TTK, released the world’s very first Mark 3 game adapter for MegaDrive and Genesis. And not only Mark3 (the Japanese games), but also US Master System cartridges can be played on your Genesis, making this cool adapter a 2-in-1 product as we all like them. The Master System/Mark 3 Game Adapter for MegaDrive/Genesis should be in stock on or before the end of this week and the price is set at US$ 29.99. Click HERE for details. |
| 07/12 | Pressed For Time: One of our ongoing feature articles is for the gamer on the GO, and this doesn't necessarily mean handheld gaming. If you're the kind of person who finds that you have little time for video gaming but still need to quench that thirst for electronic entertainment, Laura Truchon Tisdale's "Pressed For Time" should be your monthly stop. Check out her latest observations at Digital Press right HERE. |
| 07/12 |  Atari
2600 Entity Preview: As the game's tagline says: "What You Can't
See CAN Hurt You!", this 20th Century Fox non-release from the golden
age of video games will make its debut in 2003 at this year's Classic
Gaming Expo. The game will be packaged in authentic box, manual, and
label style - you won't even be able to tell it from other games of its
era! Check out a preview of the game here,
and hang in there a bit longer for the Expo. CGE Services has at least two
other such non-releases to announce in the coming days! |
| 07/11 | Sega Creating a Sequel to Out Run: The coin-op 1986 game is finally getting a true sequel. Out Run is one of the most popular arcade games of all time. Fans will be happy to see that it is getting a follow-up. Read the full story and get a glimpse of the screenshots HERE. |
| 07/10 | Infinium Labs Phantom Materializes Again: What was thought to be vaporware like its namesake, the Phantom has come back into the headlines. It's real and it's bringing the reality of a set-top subscription game box closer to reality. Check it out HERE. |
| 07/10 | You've Seen Video Game-based Movies. Now, How About This? Hollywood is beginning to use computer & video game engines, such as the Quake engine, to help produce animated movies, Wired reports HERE. |
| 07/09 | Miyamoto Tokyo University Lecture: A lecture was held recently at the Komaba campus of Tokyo University by Shigeru Miyamoto, Director and head of information development at Nintendo Co., Ltd. The main points of the lecture can be found HERE. Very good read, the rest is here. |
| 07/09 | Gaming with Children: GamerDad: Gaming With Children is now online. It's a video game (and movie) review site dedicated to covering the latest games (from Sesame Street Baby to Grand Theft Auto III) from a parental perspective. They love retro gaming too. So, if you're a retrogamer with children, give them a visit, HERE. Andrew S. Bub is EIC of GamerDad and a freelance writer with 5 years experience covering video games for USA Today, PCGamer, Computer Games Magazine, and more. |
| 07/08 | Data East Goes Bankrupt: Data East has declared bankruptcy after long years of financial struggling and a $28 million dollar debt. Hopefully the licenses to some of those great classic Data East games won't be lost forever! The sad details are HERE. |
| 07/07 |  New
World Record On Donkey Kong: One of the most revered classic arcade
records has fallen! On June 30th, 2003, Steve Wiebe who hails from
Redmond, Washington, has done it again. Last year he became the first
player in Twin Galaxies history to pass the one million-point barrier on Donkey
Kong Junior. This year, Steve's focus was on none other than its
venerable predecessor, Donkey Kong itself. The new world record, as
verified by Twin Galaxies, now stands at a lofty 947,200 points. Twin
Galaxies reports in full HERE. |
| 07/07 | Maybe We're NOT All Geeks? A new study proves that NOT ALL avid video game players are lonely, nerdy, white men. See? You may have survived this stereotype. Find out HERE, print it out and leave a copy for your mama. |
| 07/05 | MAME
0.71 Released: The greatest single piece of software ever created for
gamers has been updated, featuring featuring several new games (Boxer,
Star Sweep, Magical Spot) and the usual cast of clones and
program enhancements. For a complete list of new and updated titles,
saunter over HERE
and you can grab the emulator and its many supporting files from our MAME
hub HERE. |
| 07/03 | Midway Delivers Old School Flava to Next-Generation Consoles with Midway Arcade Treasures: Midway Arcade Treasures brings more than 20 classic arcade games Including all-time favorites like Spy Hunter, Defender, Gauntlet and Joust for the first time ever on next-generation consoles. More details HERE. |
| 07/03 | Christian Slater to Star In "Alone in the Dark" Movie: Christian Slater has been tapped to star as supernatural detective Edward Carnby in Artisan Entertainment's "Alone in the Dark", a movie based on the video-game franchise, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Filming is scheduled to begin July 14. HERE is a link, just for you. |
| 07/03 | Game Show Network becomes Video Game Show Network? Well, not quite, but according to THIS article on GameSpot, Game Show Network WILL introduce an afternoon programming block featuring two British series, Game Sauce and Gamer TV. In addition to this, GSN will add its own original video game coverage. Source: Insert Credit (www.insertcredit.com) |
| 07/02 | What's Sony Up To? That's precisely what Action4Life columnist Carl "CogLioStro" Kellogg wanted to find out. He's reported back after meeting with a SCEA rep. The results are rather interesting. Check them out HERE. |
| 07/01 | What Do Birds and Video Game Ads Have in Common? Nothing, until now. Acclaim Entertainment, looking for new ways to advertise its Sega Virtua Tennis 2 video game, is winging it at Wimbledon. The UK's Press Association reported that 20 homing pigeons - with a Virtua Tennis 2 logo prominently painted on each wing - have been trained to fly overhead during the two-week tournament that started yesterday. If you don't happen to see it televised then you can read about it HERE. |
| 07/01 | Video Games Keeping You Awake at Night? You\'re not alone. A new study shows evidence that playing video games late at night might be disturbing your ability to fall asleep! Read more HERE. |
| 06/30 | Tron Comic Books Due This Winter: 88 MPH Studios and Disney Publishing are reviving TRON this winter; a four-part, full-color miniseries will set the backstory for the Tron 2.0 PC game, while another four-part series due in spring 2004 jumps back in time to pick up where the original film left off. |
| 06/29 | McDonald's and Sega Handheld Games in Happy Meals: From June 27, 2003 to July 24, 2003, McDonald's will offer Sega handheld games from video games featuring Sonic The Hedgehog and Super Monkey Ball within their already popular "Happy Meal" menus. More details in Sega's official press release HERE. |
| 06/28 | Middle School Gaming: One of the Digital Press feature columns, Jessen Jurado's "Middle School Gaming" adds a new chapter today. In each of these columns, Jessen delves deep into a specific game, puts it under a microscope, rips the legs off of it, and then jots the resulting effects down into his secret handbook. Come along and witness his latest analysis. Start HERE. |
| 06/27 | Video Game Industry Changes Ratings:The video game industry has unveiled a revised rating system featuring more prominent rating displays on game boxes and more detailed information on the kinds of violence featured in some titles. It's true, as reported HERE. |
| 06/26 | UPN to Air Cartoon Video Game Sitcom: UPN has picked up the computer-animated SF comedy pilot "Game Over" as a series, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The network has given a six-episode midseason order to the Carsey-Werner-Mandabach show, which features the voices of Marisa Tomei and Patrick Warburton, the trade paper reported. "Game Over" centers on the Smashenburns, an ordinary suburban family who live in an alternate video-game universe inhabited by action heroes, monsters and cartoon characters, the trade paper reported. More HERE. |
| 06/25 | Big Money! Big Prizes! A new Mystery Game is afoot right here at Digital Press! If you can guess the sound that this mystery sound byte comes from, you may win prizes that will make you king of all the land! Or maybe just a pretty happy gamer. Go play! |
| 06/25 |  An
Intellivision Operating System! IntyOS is a multitasked operating
system for the Intellivision console. It includes a powerful GUI which
handles a mouse pointer, windows, menus, icons, etc. Right now, only
binary files are available. But IntyOS will soon be released under the GNU
General Public License (GPL) with complete source code and documentation.
More on this right HERE. |
| 06/24 | Evanescense, Cold, others to perform with the "Nintendo Fusion Tour": Evanescence, Cold, Revis, finger eleven and Cauterize will be hitting the road together in August as part of the Nintendo Fusion Tour, a trek which will feature live performances from the aforementioned bands along with a host of Nintendo games. The trek is planned to kick off on August 4th and wind down in late September. More on this right HERE. |
| 06/20 | Working on a Homebrew Project? VideoGame Wiz is an up-and-coming supplier for such projects, and there seems to be no stopping them. Clear Atari 2600 plastic cases will soon be available, as well as the standard black. Their prices are tops! For more information visit them HERE. |
| 06/20 | Next
Xbox Release Date Announced: Microsoft will deliver the next version
of its Xbox game console in 2006, CEO Steve Ballmer said. According to
reports by Japanese newspaper Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Ballmer made the
remark during a press conference in Japan. Many had expected the new Xbox
to arrive a year earlier. More from the source HERE. |
| 06/20 | A Case Mod Our Kind Can Appreciate: Andy Hutson has taken an old Atari 800 8-bit computer and transplanted a modern PC into it. It\'s a neat hack, with lots of pretty pictures HERE. Don't miss his custom mouse, either! |
| 06/19 | MAMExpose: A new edition of our regular monthly installment of MAMExpose is now online! Jess Ragan explores our favorite software of all time and delves into a handful of the games that you simply need to know about if you call yourself a gamer! As always, there's a theme. Don't miss it, right HERE! |
| 06/19 | Nintendo Wins Piracy Case Against Hong Kong Firm: Japanese videogame maker Nintendo Co Ltd said on Thursday it has won one of its "most significant anti-piracy judgments ever" against a Hong Kong firm that sold devices capable of copying its games and putting them on the Internet for limitless downloading. HERE is the full story from Reuters. |
| 06/19 | Major League Gaming Has Arrived; Console Based Video Gaming League Set to Debut: NY Video gamers unite! This summer marks the launch of Major League Gaming (MLG), the preeminent worldwide console gaming league for professional video game players. To kick off the start of the league, MLG will host a series of events called "Throwdowns" which will introduce the concept to celebrities and tastemakers in the worlds of entertainment, business, fashion and sports - serving as a springboard for formal organized competitions this fall in major markets and college campuses across the country. MLG founders Michael Sepso and Sundance DiGiovanni have organized a governing body and infrastructure for players of popular console gaming systems, as well as professional console gaming "teams", a professional console gamer ranking system, and professional console gaming tournaments for money and prizes. check it out HERE, and/or join our discussion on this HERE. |
| 06/18 | Euro Pricing Details Emerge: The SCEE president hints at European pricing for PlayStation Portable games at the first ELSPA Games Summit. More HERE. |
| 06/18 | Top Video Games May Soon Cost More: What price happiness? Today a top new title for your game console debuts at $49.99. But as development costs for some titles continue to climb, change may be in order - either in the price of games, or the kind of games themselves. Check out the editorial HERE. |
| 06/18 | Cube Protection Cracked by Pirates? Hackers working on breaking the copy protection systems employed by Nintendo's GameCube have caused a stir by posting binary images of several Cube games to the Internet - but their claims are more than slightly exaggerated. More on this news HERE. |
| 06/16 | Basement Arcade Feature on HGTV's "Incredible Basements": Eric Clayberg's collection of classic early '80's video games was featured in HGTV's "Incredible Basements" show on June 15th. Eric, if you're reading this, please get in touch with us! More right HERE. |
| 06/15 | Nintendo and Microsoft to Partner? It could happen and is not as crazy as you might think. Get the scoop (even two scoops with sprinkles) inside... Read it from the source, HERE. |
| 06/14 |
Portable Intellivision to Debut at CGE: Intellivision Productions will be debuting a brand new product sure to thrill fans of the classic game system. Now you can play your favorite Intellivision games without a console or computer! They plan to exhibit Intellivision 10 and Intellivision 25 at Classic Gaming Expo, along with a few other surprises. This will be the first opportunity to purchase these units in the US, and you could even have the boxes autographed by the Blue Sky Rangers themselves! Get all of the details HERE. |
| 06/13 |  Go
to Classic Gaming Expo for $10? The game is afoot! One lucky entrant
will go to Classic Gaming Expo for just $10, the entry fee for entering
the contest. Air fare, hotel accomodations, $100 spending money, and the
unique experience of joining this year's industry legends at the alumni
dinner await. Only the first 50 entries will qualify. Check HERE
for the details! |
| 06/13 | Wolfenstein Download Maps Fake Confirmed: An independent Xbox gamer has been able to confirm that the extra maps advertised as being downloadable are in fact only unLOCKable. Need to see more? You do if you're a fan of the game! Check HERE. |
| 06/12 | Would You Like Fries With that Hedgehog? According to fast food industry trade publication QSR Magazine, Sega and McDonald's will team up to include a free handheld video game with every Happy Meal sold. These games, presumably similar to the dedicated Tiger handhelds of the past, will be based on the games Sonic the Hedgehog and Super Monkey Ball. You\'ll be able to start collecting them at the end of June, so shift those appetites into high gear! An incredible coincidence, considering the NEXT story... |
| 06/12 | Fat Tax Proposed: Sitting around on your butt playing video games? Well, you could be taxed for it if New York lawmakers have their way. Check out the full story HERE. |
| 06/12 | MAME
0.70 Released: The greatest single piece of software ever created for
gamers has been updated, featuring featuring several new games (among
them, Evil Stone, Glass, Mustache Boy, Space Cruiser) and the
usual cast of clones and changes. For a complete list of new and updated
titles, saunter over HERE
and you can grab the emulator and its many supporting files from our MAME
hub HERE. |
| 06/11 | 112,000 Diablo II Accounts Closed for Cheating: Take THAT, blarsted cheaters! Blizzard closes a large number of Battle.net accounts tied to use of cheat programs. On its Battle.net Web site, Blizzard has announced that more than 112,000 Diablo II accounts have been closed as a part of its aggressive campaign to prevent cheating on its online service. These closed accounts were tied to the use of a hack or cheating program, and the CD keys associated with the accounts will be disabled in the case of repeat offenders. Blizzard also noted that it has identified accounts that have used a third-party map-hack program, and these accounts will be closed if use of the map-hack continues. Blizzard asks Battle.net players to report instances of cheating by sending e-mail to hacks@blizzard.com. and join this riveting discussion in our FORUM. |
| 06/11 | Mario 128 at This Year's ECTS? According to sources out of Europe, Mario 128 may make an appearance at this year's ECTS at the "Nintendo Show". The gossip came about today because of the reminder that Nintendo did show the "128 Marios" demo in Europe back in 2000. Also, this is the only logical place to show the game, since the next E3 isn't for another year. Nintendo Europe only commented, “As of this time, our plans for that time haven’t been decided”. As Always, GCN will keep you updated on this and other news around the world. More on this HERE. |
| 06/10 | Space Ace and Dragon's Lair Comics Announced: Two of the most innovative, challenging, and fondly recalled video games of the 1980's will leap from the game screen to the printed page when CrossGen Entertainment MV Creations introduce a new generation of readers to the worlds of Dragon's Lair and Space Ace in two six-issue mini-series. Full story HERE. |
| 06/10 | Dreamcast Game Servers Going Offline: Sega has announced that, with the exception of Phantasy Star Online, all game servers for the Dreamcast will be going offline. Farewell to the first online console games. The official announcement can be read HERE. |
| 06/09 | Game Boy Advance is Selling More Than 10 per Minute: Nintendo revealed today that it's new portable hardware, the Game Boy Advance SP, has sold over 1.1 million units in North America since the handheld first shipped less than ten weeks ago. To put this in perspective for you folks, that means more than 10 GBA's have sold every minute. On the eighth of September, Onyx (black) and Flame (red) variants of the GBA SP will ship to retailers. Full story HERE. |
| 06/09 | Sega Ages Coming in August: Remakes of Phantasy Star, Fantasy Zone, and Monaco GP will be available this August in Japan. A little more HERE. |
| 06/08 |  The
Return of SNES Controllers: Think about it. It was one of the most
comfortable controllers ever. Functional, loaded with buttons, innovative
"shoulder design" (the first to do this), Not so tiny that you
cramp up like the NES pads but not so huge that you had to fumble for the
buttons, either. Get the familiar feel on the GameCube's Game Boy Player
with Hori's upcoming controller. HERE
is the rest! |
| 06/08 | Did YOU Know?: Greg Wilcox' continuing spotlight on games that missed the spotlight continues! An anecdote by the anecdotal master. You'll always learn something from this column... so read it! |
| 06/08 | The History of Shinobi: If one of your favorite game series is Shinobi, then you'll love this article ArcadePerfect.com is running. It catalogs the entire history of the Shinobi series from the arcade orginal to the upcoming 2004 PlayStation 2 Shinobi 2 and covers the storylines and gameplay aspects of all the games. Read the article HERE. |
| 06/08 | Build Your Own Arcade Machine: Want to save yourself a trip to the arcade miles away just to find they don't have your favorite classic games? Well, Gamespy.com has a 3-part article showing how to build your own aracde machine starting from building the cabinet to deciding which games to add to the cabinet! Point your browser (and possibly your checkbook) HERE. |
| 06/07 | Meet
the Odyssey2 Graphic Designer: Ron Bradford of Bradford/Cout Design
was the principal graphic artist for the Odyssey2, responsible for
producing all the game box art, advertising direction and packaging
design. Not only that, but he also developed the Master Strategy games in
tandem with his partner and longtime friend, Steve Lehner. He was also
responsible for the packaging designs and screen overlays for the original
Magnavox Odyssey console. The Odyssey2 Homepage! has a new interview with
Ron where he discusses his involvement with Odyssey and provides some
incredible never-before-seen photos, including designs for the unreleased
Odyssey2 Sherlock Holmes game! For the interview, head on over HERE. |
| 06/06 | FAQ 'n A! GameFAQs Acquired by CNET: Jeff "CJayC" Veasey announced recently that his popular web site GameFAQs has been sold to CNET, the web publishing magnate responsible for such sites as Download.com and GameSpot. CJayC strongly feels that little will change about GameFAQs after the CNET acquisition. That remains to be seen, but fortunately, all contributed content will remain the property of its respective authors after the deal is finalized. You can read more about the GameFAQs acquisition HERE. Shocked? Get it out of your system in THIS discussion. |
| 06/06 | Jack Black to Star in "Video Game Warrior" Movie: Actor Jack Black ("Shallow Hal," "High Fidelity," and half of the band Tenacious D) is working on a film tentatively titled "Rad Brad" and is about the world's greatest video game player recruited to save the world. Sounds like Last Starfighter with traces of Tron. More on this HERE. |
| 06/05 | Metallica to Star in Video Game: Vivendi Universal Games (VU Games) announced Wednesday (06/04) that it has signed an exclusive multi-year agreement with renowned rock band Metallica. The contract grants VU Games the worldwide rights to publish and distribute a multi-platform vehicle combat action game featuring music, voice-overs and inspiration from the band. Scheduled for release in 2005, the game will be produced in collaboration with Segnana, Inc. (www.segnana.com), a company that partners with Metallica on interactive and online endeavors. For the full story, check HERE. |
| 06/04 | Video Games Protected by First Amendment, Says Court of Appeals: The 8th Circuit US Court of Appeals has ruled that video games are protected by First Amendment rights in response to laws passed by the state of Missouri, overturning those laws. It is now unconstitutional to restrict minors from buying or renting games with adult content such as violence. The court says that the responsibility to restrict such materials lies with the parent and not retailers! From the court"s opinion "...we are obliged to recognize that "[video games] are as much entitled to the protection of free speech as the best of literature" To check out the court's official stance on this matter, click HERE. More on this HERE. |
| 06/04 | Spec of PlayStation 3"s "CELL": Hiroshige Goto is one of most famous specialists about emerging technology. Semiconductor-related topics are his particular expertise. He wrote a rather impressive article about PS3's chip named "CELL" through reading patent paper unveiled recently. This is the english translation of the of the Japanese article. HERE it is in its entirety. |
| 06/04 | The VCSp SE vs. The Gameboy Advance SP: Almost one and a half years has passed since Nintendo released its last incarnation of the Game Boy, and we were getting worried. Since GameCube sales have been less than stellar, we anticipated they might find yet ANOTHER way to get every Game Boy owner to buy their system all over again to make some quick bucks. But guess what? The rest is HERE. |
| 06/04 | Get a Degree in Gaming: And your parents thought you"d never get anywhere playing video games.. Now you can prove them wrong, when you attend college and come home with a diploma, earned by playing games! It appears colleges are catching on to the ever-growing field of entertainment that is video games. HERE is the link for more info: |
| 06/03 | Xbox
1.5? A weekly Japanese magazine called WAM has reported that Microsoft
is planning on releasing a newer Xbox called Xbox 1.5. The system is
allegedly going to launch along side the MMORPG True Fantasy Live in
Japan. According to the article the only thing known about the new Xbox is
that it is going to be much smaller than its predecessor. A bit more on
this right HERE. |
| 06/02 | Nintendo Considers Phasing Out Mario: According to The Magic Box, current Nintendo president Satoru Iwata is giving serious thought to replacing Mario with a new mascot. Apparently he's forgotten who made Nintendo a household name in the first place. You'll find more information by clicking THIS LINK and scrolling to the bottom of the page. |
| 06/02 | Nintendo to End Famicom and Super Famicom Production: Nintendo revealed today that it will stop manufacturing its Famicom (NES) and Super Famicom (SNES) consoles in Japan in September. Likewise, Nintendo will also stop its disk-rewriting services for the Famicom Disk System, a supplemental device released in 1986. While the Famicom Disk System is no longer manufactured, the Famicom and Super Famicom consoles have been kept in production, with the Famicom going through a model change for its 10th anniversary. The Super Famicom also went through some cosmetic changes in 1998. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the original Famicom, which was released in 1983. It's true because it's HERE. |
| 06/01 | The Kunkel Report: Bill Kunkel's "The Kunkel Report" (now however did we come up with THAT name?) continues! You may know Mr. Kunkel from his work on Sega Visions, Arcade Alley in Video magazine, his various game development projects, his writing for the Richie Rich comics in the 70's... OH! And perhaps as one of the pioneers of video game publications, one of the triumvirate who brought Electronic Games magazine to our homes way back in the day. Check out his latest musings HERE. |
| 05/31 | Sega CD Fan? I'm sure I'm not the first person to complete the entire US Sega CD library of games, but I may very well be the first to photograph them, especially in this "altar" style. Check out the complete collection in high resolution right HERE. |
| 05/30 | Duke
Nukem 3D : Duke It Out On DC! Duke Nukem 3D is a 3D first
person shooter released 1996 from 3D Realms, a very popular game in the
early days of the genre. As a 2003 April Fools gag, the DUKE3D source code
was released under GPL. "Duke It Out On DC" is a Dreamcast port
based on Linux port using SDL for Dreamcast. The subtitle is a goof on
"Duke It Out In D.C.", a Duke Nukem 3D add-on from WizardWorks.
There is an alpha version that you can download, however, and more
information HERE:. |
| 05/30 | Nintendo's Investment In Next Consoles: The president of Nintendo Co. Ltd, Satoru Iwata, has come out again to say that the direction of the company is not to join the other console manufacturers in making gamers pay extra for online games. The full thingy HERE. |
| 05/30 | Shareholders Query Porn Star Presence at Nvidia Party: 'Nuff said? Check THIS out. |
| 05/29 | New Study: Playing Video Games Makes You Smarter! All those hours spent playing video games may not be wasted time after all: A new study suggests action-packed video games like Grand Theft Auto III and Counter-Strike may sharpen your mind.. Get the full story HERE, smarty! |
| 05/29 | Free Return to Castle Wolfenstein Expansion Released: The once planned retail expansion pack which was originally canceled has now been released as a free standalone game. Activision decided to finish development on the canceled title and release it for free on the Internet. Thespians, these Activision folks. Full story and download links are HERE. |
| 05/28 |  New
Music/Rhythm Game for Dreamcast: Well, homebrews may have taken almost
20 years to gear up to speed for the classic consoles, but they're already
rocking on the Dreamcast. Case in point: A new music/rhythm-based game,
with head-to-head combat-type play - Feet Of Fury! Available for
pre-order (release date June 7, 2003), Check it out HERE. |
| 05/28 | So. Is THIS the PlayStation 3? Sony, under pressure to cut costs and roll out hot new products after dismal earnings news, unveiled a game machine on Wednesday, the "PSX," that puts a TV tuner, DVD recorder and game player in a single box. Check out the new machine HERE. |
| 05/27 | PS2
Clustered and Used as Supercomputer: Research Scientists at National
Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign have clustered 70 Playstation 2 consoles, running Linux,
and are using the resultant system as a Supercomputer. Full details over HERE. |
| 05/27 | Super Mario Bros. on DVD: The Super Mario Bros. film makes its way onto DVD just in time for its tenth anniversary. Come on. Admit that you liked it. More on this story from our hidden warp link HERE. |
| 05/26 | Interact Pulls Out of the Industry: Lik-Sang reports the end of an era as Interact pulls out of the Videogame market, and any market for good. Lik-Sang has bought the last remaining stock, apparently, but we won't be seeing any new products from this line. Full story HERE. |
| 05/25 | Microsoft Buys An Xbox Exclusive: Atari has today announced that Dungeon & Dragons: Heroes, will be released for the Xbox in October but is no longer scheduled for release on the PlayStation 2 or GameCube. Full details HERE. |
| 05/24 | Everquest 2 footage from E3: Just when you thought you had kicked the habit, they keep sucking you right back in! Caster's Realm has posted a 15 minute long video of EQ2 in action. Sites in the video include the new Freeport, a romp threw an amazing looking Nektulos Forest, a look into a new Dungeon for the EQ world Nektrupos Castle, and a quick look at a raid on my favorite EQ Dragons Naggy (Nagafen) who, apparently, is still around to drop one cloak of flames every 2000 years.. plus quite a bit of story about what happened in the years between EQ and EQ2. Very cool stuff. You can download the 38 meg preview right HERE. |
| 05/23 | MAME
0.69 Released: In what may be the smallest release ever for this
popular arcade emulator, MAME. v0.69 has been released, featuring just
four new games but lots of clone additions. For a complete list of new and
updated titles, saunter over HERE
and you can grab the emulator and its many supporting files from our MAME
hub HERE. |
| 05/21 | Austin Gaming Expo! The first annual Austin Gaming Expo has been announced for July 26th, 2003 and will take place in Austin, Texas at the Marriott Austin North hotel. This event is the first of its kind for the state of Texas, and will feature a large number of vendors and exhibitors showcasing both classic and modern video games and consoles. For more information please visit the Austin Gaming Expo website. Source: AtariAge |
| 05/21 | Big Money! Big Prizes! A new Mystery Game is afoot right here at Digital Press! If you can guess the sound that this mystery sound byte comes from, you may win prizes that will make you king of all the land! Or maybe just a pretty happy gamer. Go play! |
| 05/21 | Atari 2600 Plastic Cases Available Soon: Attention homebrewers! VideoGame Wiz announces that Atari 2600 plastic cartridges are going to be available soon. The cartridges were tested successfully in various Atari 2600 consoles as well as in an Atari 7800 system and the appearance of the cartridge as well as functionality is the same as the original Atari cartridge. Large quantities will be available for homebrew projects shortly. For additional information, check their homebrew hardware page HERE. |
| 05/20 |  E3
2003 Mini-Photo Gallery: We're back from E3 with lots of booth babe
pictures! We'll get more gaming pictures online for now but to catch a
glimpse of some of the atmosphere that was E3 2003, look no further than HERE.
There's also a discussion in progress about the show, so if you're hot for
views about Sony's new handheld and the state of affairs for the video
game industry, check in HERE. |
| 05/17 | MAMExpose: A new edition of our regular monthly installment of MAMExpose is now online! Jess Ragan explores our favorite software of all time and delves into a handful of the games that you simply need to know about if you call yourself a gamer! As always, there's a theme. Don't miss it, right HERE! |
| 05/16 | First Official Doom III
Benchmarks Posted: [H]ardOCP has the first scoop on what frame rates
to expect from the upcoming 'killer app': "Doom III is likely to have more impact on the gaming and hardware industries overall than any other game to come in the next decade, as it is surely one of those quantum leaps in technology that are becoming so rare." For the full scoop, check in HERE. |
| 05/16 | MAME
0.68 Released: Yet another update to the arcade emulation favorite,
MAME. v0.68 brings a ton of new games into the mix including Birdie
King 3, Dark Tower, Fantasy Land, Galaxy Gunners, Lethal Justice,
Operation Wolf 3, Steel Gunner, The Deep, and Zero Point 2! For
a complete list of new and updated titles, visit our friends at MAME.DK HERE
and you can grab the emulator and its many supporting files from our MAME
hub HERE. |
| 05/15 | E3 2003: GameCube 2 Comes Early: Iwata reiterates that the GameCube successor won't launch after Microsoft's and Sony\'s next-gen consoles. But enough of our jibber-jabber. Get the whole deal HERE. |
| 05/15 | River City Ransom Returns: The classic NES game River City Ransom will make a return this year thanks to Atlus, as the company will release River City Ransom EX for the Game Boy Advance by year end. The game will feature two different game modes: Story Mode and 2 player Battle Mode. A special link mode allows you to use one Game Boy Advance for actual gameplay and another to display the status screen and watch how your NPCs are doing. No release date has been revealed, but we\'ll try to get the first screens at the show. Source: IGN.com |
| 05/14 | Microsoft Doubles Loss in Xbox Division: Microsoft Corp. lost nearly twice as much on its Xbox console, games, and consumer hardware businesses in the most recent quarter than it had a year earlier, according to a regulatory filing on Monday. The full monty HERE. |
| 05/14 | Sony Cuts Price of PlayStation 2 Console: We expect these things once E3 kicks in! Sony Corp. lowered the price of the PlayStation 2 video game console to $179 in the United States ahead of the introduction of an updated version next month, a company spokeswoman said on Tuesday. More on this HERE. Source: Reuters |
| 05/14 | Microsoft Cuts Xbox Game Console Price: The obligatory counter-punch. Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday cut the price of the Xbox video game console to $179.99 in the United States, one day after chief rival Sony Corp. did the same with its PlayStation 2. More info HERE. Source: Reuters |
| 05/13 | Sony Enters the Handheld Market: The electronics giant, whose PlayStation 2 games console has outsold rivals from Microsoft and Nintendo three-to-one, announced plans Tuesday for a handheld game player. But Sony obviously has grander plans than a nice game of Tetris. The "PSP" will have a screen capable of showing 3D images, stereo sound, USB 2.0 connectivity and a custom processor built on cutting-edge technology. The device will also use a new media format. The UMD disc is an optical disc about half the size of a DVD or CD and capable of holding 1.8GB of data. Sony did not offer a projected price for the PSP, but said it plans to release it late next year. It's all true, check it HERE. |
| 05/13 | Super Mario Bros 3 Returns to GBA: Contrary to earlier reports, Super Mario Advance 4 is actually an updated port of the NES classic, Super Mario Bros 3. Should be more info as E3 heats up this week. For now, check out the screenshots HERE. |
| 05/13 | Producer Yoshinori Kitase Announces Possible Final Fantasy VII Sequel: According to Quiter, in an interview witihin the magazine, Kitase says that he would like to make a continuation to FFVII - and lots of other people do, too, including character designer Tetsuya Nomura (who recently debuted as a director in his own right with Square's immensely popular Kingdom Hearts). Read about it HERE. |
| 05/13 | Sony
Bundles $40 Modem Device Free With PlayStation 2: In an attempt to
boost sales and lure more video-game players online, Sony Corp. plans on
giving buyers of its PlayStation 2 system a free modem device that
previously cost $40. More on this HERE. |
| 05/13 | Interested in Video Arcade Machines? Check out an auction near you. You might find that Tron, Galaga or Ms. Pac-Man coin-op you\'ve been looking for. Peruse HERE. |
| 05/12 | So You Can't Be at E3? The excitement of E3 right in your home! E32002 is offering over seven hours on two dual-layered DVDs, free shipping, a chance to win E3 memorabilia, and less than half the price of a game. Seems like a solid deal to us, check it out HERE. |
| 05/11 | Pac Man Comes to GameCube: Well, here it is, that "baffling game" that you\'ve heard IGNcube rumoring about. Nintendo insiders have confirmed that the company is working with Namco to bring an all-new Pac-Man title to GameCube. Full story HERE. |
| 05/11 | More Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles Details Revealed: The conference call is over and more truth has been spread over GameCube's anticipated Final Fantasy title. What we learned today about Crystal Chronicles was a little bit of everything: some things we already knew, some we could have guessed, and some which surprised us. More on this HERE. |
| 05/10 | The Ultimate Game Room: We're always on the hunt for video game collectors' ultimate game room, that area set aside as a museum of sorts to store and display their fascination with video games. Do you have a "Room of Doom"? If so, send your picture in and join the legion of collectors on these pages. It matters not if your collection is large or small, but rather how proudly it is displayed! Check out today's updates to our Ultimate Game Room gallery HERE. |
| 05/10 | Spy Hunter Movie is a GO: Universal Pictures has obtained the rights to develop a movie based on the 1980's version of the videogame featuring spy commander Alec Sects and his G-8155 Interceptor. Chuck Gordon and Adrian Askarieh have been brought on board as producers for the project, while Michael Brandt and Derek Hass (who paired to write the screenplay for 2 Fast 2 Furious) have joined as writers. Universal is creating the property with an eye towards casting The Rock (Dwayne Johnson) in the lead role. Midway will release a new SpyHunter videogame, SpyHunter 2, this fall for the PlayStation 2, Xbox and GameCube. Source: GameDaily.com |
| 05/08 | Sega, Sammy Scrap Merger Plan; Namco Pulls Out: It's like a soap opera, isn't it? Except it's got Sonic in it, so we're happy. Reuters reports struggling Japanese video game developer Sega Corp suffered a major setback in its search for a partner on Thursday after it scrapped a merger plan with game machine maker Sammy Corp. and peer Namco Ltd. withdrew its merger offer. The full article is HERE. |
| 05/07 |  Every
Page of Every Atari Age. Ever. Now on Digital Press! Ah, Atari
Age. It is a publication that has emblazoned it's pages into our very
souls. In retrospect we can now see the sheer advertising gimmick that it
was, but what Atari fan can deny the thrill of seeing what these wizards
of gaming had in store for us next? What special offers would we, and we
alone, as Atari Age members be privvy to? Behold, the hallowed pages of Atari
Age.
We've even got the pre-color "newsletter-style" Atari Age publications here. Like we said. Every one. |
| 05/07 | A NEW Street Fighter? A speaker for Capcom recently told Japanese publication Dorimaga that the company has plans to create a successor in the Street Fighter series to celebrate the series' fifteen year anniversary. According to the article, the game may be ready for release before the end of this year in Japan. More on this right HERE. |
| 05/07 | It's Official. Infogrames is Now Atari: Franco-American video game publisher Infogrames Inc. (Nasdaq:IFGM - news), in an effort to increase its profile with consumers by reaching back into gaming history, on Wednesday said it would change its name to Atari. The full story can be read HERE. |
| 05/06
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New
Xbox Live Features at E3: At E3, Microsoft will debut new software for
their Xbox Live service. Two major changes are expected, including the
ability to chat with friends on Xbox Live even if you are not in the same
game as them, nor have a disk in the Xbox. The other big change is the
addition of a version of the Windows Media Player for the Xbox, under the
name "Xbox Music Mixer". Gethca red hots HERE. |
| 05/05
|
The Man Who Invented Video Games: A man we have personally met and have the utmost respect for, Ralph Baer reflects on conceiving an industry - and looks at what it has become. He's a legend for a reason, read what he has to say HERE. |
| 05/04
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Zach Meston's Vault: If you've been involved in gaming for any amount of time, you've seen the name Zach Meston. Zach has been a freelance video game journalist for 14 years and counting, reporting and analyzing the field in dozens of print magazines and websites (such as Wired, PSE2, GameSpy, and SamGoody.com) with his insightful musings. He also spent three years as the Vice President of Game Content at the videogame publisher Working Designs, where he wrote the localizations of a half-dozen Saturn and PlayStation RPG's. Zach has opened his vault and is sharing with everyone some of the more interesting documents that have crossed his desk over the years. We've started the archiving process HERE. |
| 05/04 | Sega
Dances with Sammy, Leaves Namco on the Bench: According to Bloomberg
(reported by Kyodo news), Sega has decided to merge with Sammy in response
to Namco's ultimatum (see our news item from 05/02)! The Japanese merger
will move forward as soon as Sega finishes their audit of Sammy's
finances. Heating up... check it out HERE. |
| 05/04 | Virtua On Marz: First Movies News: The site is in Japanese, the movies are in mpeg format. Sweet! You need to check this out, over HERE. Altavista and Google translators do an OK job of translating. |
| 05/02 | Namco Gives Deadline to Sega for Merger: Can you tell we really love this story? Sega will have to give an answer within nine days. Namco revealed that it has sent a notice to Sega today, giving the company until May 9 to respond to the merger proposal. Get the full story HERE. |
| 05/02 | Movie Composers Headline Game Music Seminar: Further proof that video and computer game music is going mainstream in America: the Los Angeles Film Institute is hosting a seminar, "Writing Music For Games," presented by the Society of Composers and Lyricists, on May 15th. Panelists will include legendary Hollywood sound FX guru Alan Howarth, Michael Giacchino, Danny Pelfrey, Russell Brower, Billy Martin and Jack Wall. According to soundtrack fan site filmscoremonthly.com, the event is free to SCL members, $15 for non-members, and $10 for students with valid IDs. For reservations, contact the SCL at (310) 281-2812, ext. 2. |
| 05/01 |  MacMAME
Community Grows Exponentially: There's a new kid on the block,
Invader. A newcomer to the MacMAME community, this site brings all the
MacMAME goodness to the growing MacMAME fan base. With monthly
competitions, highscore submissions, game reviews and a brand spanking new
forum, Invader is the bomb. Visit them HERE. |
| 05/01 | Nintendo Gears Up With Secret Mesh Basher: Computer and Video Games reports that Nintendo will show a brand new version of the mech fighter Custom Robo at E3 later this month. This multiplayer action title is believed to take advantage of LAN network play, according to their sources. Get it from the source HERE. |
| 04/30 |  Deee-Lite
singer sues Sega over Space Channel 5: According to Rolling Stone
magazine, Deee-Lite singer Lady Miss Kier is sueing Sega regarding
similarities between her and Space Channel 5\'s Ulala. Check HERE
for more details on this cosmic event. |
| 04/30 | Nintendo Announces SD Card Adapter and ' e+ to Card reader: Nintendo communicates that the SD Card adapter for the Gamecube will appear to 18.07.03 in Japan. More information on this can be found HERE. But you may need the handy Babel Fish language translator, found HERE. |
| 04/30 | Psikyo Shuts Down! In the newest issue of Japan\'s Arcadia Magazine, a publication devoted solely to covering the arcade scene, an ad was taken out to announce the demise of Psikyo, the beloved creator of the Gunbird series, Strikers 1945, Zero Gunner, and a host of others. It\'s truly sad to see such a legendary group go. Full story HERE. |
| 04/30 | SNK NeoGeo USA Consumer is Now in Business: Somehow we always knew SNK would end up in our backyard. Don't ask how we knew. Just remember that we have special powers that allow us to know such things. That said, SNK has opened an American office in New Jersey called SNK NeoGeo USA Consumer. It will focus on software sales. Its first projects will be 3D versions of Metal Slug and of Capcom vs. SNK , developed by Playmore's SNK NeoGeo USA division in California. More information can be found HERE. |
| 04/29 | SEGA's
E3 Lineup: Illustrating its power as an independent content publisher,
SEGA today announced its fall and winter lineup of nearly 20 entertainment
and sports games to be featured at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3)
2003. For full coverage, check HERE. |
| 04/29 | Atari 2600 Emulator "Z26" Ported to Xbox: Looks like everyone's favorite emulator is now on Xbox. Has Starpath Supercharger support and the missing sound channel (which we all noticed on the Stella Xbox emu) is now emulated. News as follows: HERE. |
| 04/28 | Metroid Prime Sequel to be Shown in Video Form at E3: IGNcube today learned that the GameCube sequel to Metroid Prime will be unveiled for the first time at the Electronics Entertainment Expo 2003 HERE, |
| 04/27 | Atari VCS Emulator for GP32 Released: Fabrizio Zavagli has created an Atari 2600 emulator for the powerful GP32 gaming handheld called VCS32. This first release of the emulator supports most of the 2600 hardware, including sound, both joysticks and console switches. Paddle support has not yet been implemented. A menu system is provided for easier configuration. Compatibility is far from 100%, but many games work quite well. Get the emulator and the details HERE. |
| 04/27 |  Did
YOU Know?: Greg Wilcox' continuing spotlight on games that missed the
spotlight continues, as Greg explores the oft-overlooked Sega Mega CD
console and its games. If you've ever wondered what you missed in the US
as a Sega CD owner, You're about to learn a thing or two today. You'll always
learn something from this column... so
read it! |
| 04/25 | Shining Force II: The Sword of Hajya on the Palm: Sega is releasing Shining Force II: The Sword of Hajya (which is a side-story to Shining Force II), for Palm users! The Sword of Hajya was orginially a Game Gear title and won praise as a portable strategy RPG. Sword of Hajya has already been released and can be downloaded for $19.99. Hopefully this is the start to bringing other RPG's to the Palm. You can download this title and many others HERE. |
| 04/25 | P-Diddy...the Video Game! Holy shades of Vin Diesel, Batman! P-Diddy is now on the road to making a new game, based surprisingly, on himself! The rapper/director/fashion designer/big honkin diamond wearer has now decided to enter the world of gaming with a game that allows you to build a music empire, just like P-Diddy has done! More on this right HERE. |
| 04/25 | Nintendo E3 Website: This year, the E3 Expo is being held May 14-16, 2003 at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California. This year, Nintendo is making some huge announcements for Nintendo GameCube, Game Boy Advance and more. Many of the year's most anticipated titles are playable in Nintendo's booth, along with some cool surprises which you can learn about by exploring Nintendo's E3 Expo website. |
| 04/25 | Nintendo to publish and distribute 3 Square Enix games: A joint press release from Nintendo and Square Enix has announced that Nintendo will publish and distribute Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles for the GameCube, and Final Fantasy Tactics and Sword of Mana (US title for Shinyaku Seiken Densetsu) for the Game Boy Advance. Details abound HERE. |
| 04/24 | Beta Testers Needed for Astrocade CD - Beta Release 3: Direct from Bally Alley's Adam Trionfo: "This is NOT the final CD - not even close - but I want to check how well other Astrocade users are able to load programs. Beta Release 2 of the CD contains 50 tracks (programs); I expect release 3 to contain about 60 tracks. In order to test the CD, here's what you need: 1) A working Astrocade 2) An AstroBASIC cartridge (the one with the built in mic jack) 3) A CD player that can play CDR's 4) A little bit of patience - I want EVERY track tested 5) A willingness to give feedback; you can't just get the beta CD and never say a word about it. I want about five beta testers, so if you want to participate, be quick about it. The beta CD will cost $5". If you would be interested in beta testing the "Astrocade CD - Beta Release 3", please contact Adam HERE. |
| 04/23 |  "lucky
wander boy" Book Review - Yeah I know what you're thinking. THEY
don't read BOOKS at Digital Press! Well guess what, Jack? We can FIND
people to read books for us and then do our bidding! So a good friend of
mine and noted scholar Adam Gugliciello provides this review on the first
fiction NOVEL based on video gaming. Check it out HERE. |
| 04/23 | Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past Beat in Under 2 Hours: Michael Damiani, from Texas, USA now holds the verified record for beating the SNES classic, Zelda: A Link to the Past, under 2 hours with a time of 1 hour, 57 minutes and 15 seconds according to Twin Galaxies. The previous record holder was one Mark Waterfield from Ontario, Canada, who had a time of 2:07.10 and verified on July 28th, 1999. Read more about this amazing feat HERE. |
| 04/21 | Intellivision Operating System in Development! IntyOS is a multi-tasked operating system for the Intellivision console. It includes a powerful GUI which handles a mouse pointer, windows, menus, icons, etc. IntyOS will be released under the GNU General Public License (GPL). The project is still in development and has not been released yet. Screenshots are available at the website HERE. Incredible! |
| 04/21 | "The Great Escape" Video Game in the Works: Based on its critically acclaimed 1963 MGM movie "The Great Escape", the Gotham Games video game has licensed Steve McQueen's name, likeness and voice characteristics, making it possible for gamers to be McQueen as his character, Captain Virgil Hilts ("The Cooler King"), and his fellow prisoners of war break free from the notorious Stalag Luft III prison camp and battle Nazis throughout World War II-era Germany. More HERE. |
| 04/21 | PS3 to Use "Cell" Chip: Sony announced their plans to invest $1.6 billion into a new plant to finally start building their powerful "Cell" chip. This puts the earliest date of release of the PlayStation 3 at late 2005, or more likely 2006, considering the amount of time needed to develop the process technology and mass-produce the new chip. For details, check HERE. |
| 04/20 | Middle School Gaming: One of the Digital Press feature columns, Jessen Jurado's "Middle School Gaming" adds a new chapter today. In each of these columns, Jessen delves deep into a specific game, puts it under a microscope, rips the legs off of it, and then jots the resulting effects down into his secret handbook. Come along and witness his latest analysis. Start HERE. |
| 04/19 | Big Money! Big Prizes! A new Mystery Game is afoot right here at Digital Press! If you can guess the sound that this mystery sound byte comes from, you may win prizes that will make you king of all the land! Or maybe just a pretty happy gamer. Go play! |
| 04/17 | Namco Wants to Merge With Sega: Japanese game software developer Namco Ltd. said on Thursday it had proposed a merger with fellow game software developer Sega Corp, who are already in unpopular merger talks with Sammy Corp. A Namco spokesman said the company had already approached Sega but details had not been worked out. He declined to comment on Sega's response, and Sega officials were not available. A Namco-Sega merger, if realized, would create Japan's largest game software company with annual sales of 350 billion yen ($2.9 billion). Details HERE. Discussion in progress HERE. |
| 04/16 | No "Shock and Awe" Campaign for Sony PS2: Responding to criticism that it was trying to take advantage of the Iraq war for commercial gain, Sony Corp. said on Wednesday it will not use the phrase "shock and awe" for PlayStation videogames made by a subsidiary. Read the full story HERE or HERE. |
| 04/16 | Kansas City Game Auction: Attention arcade game collectors. On April 27, 2003 at 409 Southwest Blvd. in Kansas City, Missouri you'll find one of the country's sweetest game room auctions. Insiders tell us to show up around noon, as the auction begins at 1pm. Games go for as low as $25. The auction will have 100 to 175 games (small by comparison to those in Texas). Something for every budget! |
| 04/16 | More Revivals from Sega! The latest news brings Sega's revival of two classic Sega Genesis games. PlayStation 2 updates of both Altered Beast and Vectorman are in development - the former from Wow Entertainment, the latter from Cel Damage developers Pseudo Interactive. We can naturally expect to get our first looks at both games come E3 time. For more details, check in HERE. |
| 04/15 | Xbox
Modded Without a Chip? Hackers have now discovered how to mod the
system without a physical mod chip. The only physical alteration needed to
the box is a very minor soldering task to link up two jumper points on the
system board. This then allows the user to flash the original BIOS chip on
the Xbox itself - rather than installing a replacement BIOS to bypass the
original chip, as most Xbox mod chips do. It remains to be seen how
Microsoft plans to respond to this new form of cracking attempt on the
Xbox. For details, check HERE. |
| 04/15 | Earthbound Announced for GBA: Nintendo announced the remake of Mother 1 + 2 for GameBoy Advance, both titles are scheduled to release in Japan on June 20, for 4800 yen. In addition, the previously canceled N64 game Mother 3 is likely to re-appear on GameBoy Advance in the future. (Note: Mother 2 is known as Earthbound for SNES in North America). See HERE for more, or join the discussion in progress HERE, or check out the discussion on this HERE. |
| 04/14 | Sony to Sell PS2 With DVD-R Playback Feature! The suggested retail price for the new model will be Y25,000, SCEI said. The current model, based on an open pricing system, sells for around Y24,000 at retail shops in Japan. SCEI said it doesn't intend to price the new model differently. The company hasn't decided yet whether to launch the new "SCPH-50000" model overseas, an SCEI spokesman said. For more details, check HERE. Discussion in progress HERE. |
| 04/13 | Square-Enix Accepting Applicants for FFXI Beta Testing: Square-Enix is hlding a public contest ontheir website to give a few lucky fans the chance to beta test the upcoming Final Fantasy XI for the Playstation 2 console or the PC. All you gotta do is fill out the form, decide whether to do the PS2 or PC beta testing (long as your PC and PS2 meets the heavy system requirements) and you\'re good to go! Read more about it and sign up for this HERE. |
| 04/12 | Postal 2 Earns First 'Intense Violence' Rating: Postal 2 will be the first game in history to be labeled as containing "Intense Violence." Rated M by the Entertainment Software Ratings Board, Postal 2 will also carry labels to indicate that it contains mature humor, adult language, use of drugs, and blood and gore. Postal 2 is scheduled for PC release in North America and Europe on April 14. Read all about it HERE. |
| 04/12 | Metal Slug 5 Ad Appears! The advertisement to Metal Slug 5 has been released by a site operated by an arcade store, "Alpha Station". Aside from the series' four main characters apparently still being in the game, no details are known about the title. For the advertisement, check HERE. |
| 04/12 | MAMExpose: A new edition of our regular monthly installment of MAMExpose is now online! Jess Ragan explores our favorite software of all time and delves into a handful of the games that you simply need to know about if you call yourself a gamer! As always, there's a theme. Don't miss it, right HERE! |
| 04/11 | Three Stooges for PSX Released as Budget Title: Cinemaware has released a port of the Amiga game The Three Stooges for PSOne as a budget title only available at Sam's Club and Costco. See HERE for details. |
| 04/11 | Nintendo Scores Most Q1 Game Sales in Japan: Thanks to its hit "Pokemon" games, Nintendo Co Ltd remained Japan's number one game software maker in the business year to March 31 as measured by domestic sales, game magazine publisher Enterbrain Inc said on Friday. Nintendo's "Pokemon Ruby" and "Pokemon Sapphire" were the nation's best-selling games on the year. Total sales of game software rose 8.5 percent to 56 million units, Enterbrain said. Need more info? Check HERE. |
| 04/10 | Senators Lieberman and Brownback Propose Federal Program to Research Electronic Media's Effect on Children: Senators Lieberman and Brownback are concerned about the effect on children caused by electronic media portrayal of violence, sex, and drug and alcohol. In particular, "Lieberman said that a new and disturbing trend in hot-selling video games – most notably Grand Theft Auto III – is to link violence with sex and reward players for degrading and killing women. 'This is sick and indefensible,' Lieberman said. 'But beyond being offensive to our values, we should know whether this is helping to nurture misogynistic views and behaviors among young boys.'". More on this right HERE. |
| 04/10 |  Xbox
Burnout 2 Developer's Cut Coming! In less than 3 weeks, one of ther
best modern arcade-style console racers gets a mega-upgrade that makes it
worth checking out even if you've played the PS2 (or plan to play the
just-released Game Cube) version to death. Featuring increased polygon
counts for all cars, an exclusive worldwide Xbox Live leaderboard, a 60
fps 2-player splitscreen mode, HDTV support, and loads of other extras,
the game promises to be a bigger smash (pun intended) than ever before! If
you're never played this game before, you're missing out on some fast,
smashing good fun! Read up on the PS2 & Game Cube versions HERE. |
| 04/09 | It's the Big House for this Mod Chip Retailer: David Rocci, who sold the Enigmah mod chips for the Xbox from his site, Isonews.com, pleaded guilty to breaching the DMCA by selling illegal copyright circumvention devices last December. His full sentence is five months in prison, five months of home detention, three years of probation and a $28,500 fine. The sentence will send an extremely powerful message to anyone else involved in the production or sale of Xbox mod chips in the USA. Expect a lot of mod chip projects and websites to quietly disappear in the next few days. Full story HERE, or voice your opinion HERE. |
| 04/07 | MAME
.67 Released: This is ALWAYS an "event" for us! The latest
version of MAME supports a bunch of new games, most notably Outrunners,
Lethal Enforcers II, Violent Storm, and Sexy Parodius. You can find the
entire list of new and changed titles over at our friends at mame.dk
and of course you can get the emulator from mame.net,
or voice your opinion HERE. |
| 04/07 | More Bad News For Nintendo: In Japan, the company has cut its estimated 2002/2003 profit forecast by 18 percent, mostly due to the poor sales of the Game Cube worldwide. As popular as the Game Boy Advance is, it's just not enough. The company could definitely use a few million more dedicated Cube fans! Read about it HERE. |
| 04/05 |  PhillyClassic4
Photo Gallery: complete with our personal observations! The show was
held last weekend and we're finally getting around to showing you some
pictures. Truth is, there were so many goodies brought back that we were a
little busy playing with our new toys! If you missed it, or just want to
reminisce, take a peek HERE. |
| 04/04 | Capcom-GameCube Relationship On the Rocks? Key Japanese publisher/developer Capcom is re-evaluating its support for Nintendo's GameCube, with plans to bring previously exclusive games such as Resident Evil to other platforms later this year. According to reports in today's Nikkei Business Daily, the next Resident Evil title (Resident Evil 4) will be a Cube exclusive as dictated under the company's deal with Nintendo, but from then on the series will return to being multiplatform. More on this HERE. |
| 04/03 | Image To Publish Street Fighter Comic: Image Comics has announced that it will publish comics based on the vintage videogame property Street Fighter, beginning in August. Full story right HERE. |
| 04/03 | We DO Need Another Hero! ...RENT-A-HERO, that is! Come late spring, AIA Games is planning to release an Xbox version of the Dreamcast upgrade of the Mega Drive classic RPG/Action game (whew!). From the press release: “This game is a non stop riot of laughter,” says Ken Koyama, Manager of PR/Game Development at AIA USA Ltd. Set in a comic-like environment, gamers will play as a hero for hire helping out many of the townspeople in the game. You must work part time jobs in this game in order to raise money for yourself as well." Get more info on this "super stupid excellent game" HERE. |
| 04/02 | Grand Theft Auto: Tokyo 2010: Rockstar Games mentioned that the next game in the Grand Theft Auto series will be named Grand Theft Auto: Tokyo 2010, some of the key features in this game include flying cars and artificial life-forms. Check it out from our Source: Magicbox |
| 04/01 | It's Here, It's Square, Get Used To It! Yup, folks - April 1st, and the Square/Enix logo is revealed for all the world to see (and no doubt comment on in assorted message boards worldwide, hint, hint). Go take a peek HERE now, and share your thoughts (and NO, they're not gonna change it no matter what you say, Kupo!) |
| 04/01 | What's an Arx, Anyway? DreamCatcher Games has announced that it's publishing the Xbox port of one of the best PC RPGs of 2002, Arx Fatalis. For those of you that have never heard of it, AF is a first-person RPG set entirely underground, with a solid character growth system and a rather unique method of casting spells that will test even the most experienced RPG player. Take a peek HERE for info on this amazing-looking title. Winter 2003 is a long time away, but this definitely looks worth the wait! |
| 04/01 | More Low Income Video Gamers: People in homes where the annual income is less than $35,000 a year spend about 50 percent more time a week playing video games than those in homes with incomes above $74,000, according to a study released on Tuesday. Read more HERE. |
| 03/31 |  Did
YOU Know?: Greg Wilcox' continuing spotlight on games that missed the
spotlight continues, as Greg explores the history of Square and Enix,
their games that are both beloved by American gamers, and the many more
that were never released on these shores. You'll always learn something
from this column... so
read it! |
| 03/31 | Paypal Charged Under PATRIOT Act: While not exclusively gaming related, Yahoo is reporting that Paypal has been charged under the Patriot Act. Considering many of us use the service to pay for auctions and such it may be newsworthy. Who knows what if any impact this will have on their service. More on this HERE. |
| 03/31 | No Online Titles for Nintendo at E3: Nintendo has announced that it will not be showcasing any online titles at this year's E3 in May, claiming that networked gaming isn't yet mass market enough to merit its attention. The news, which scotches rumours of appearances by titles such as Mario Kart Online, Pokemon Online or Animal Crossing 2 Online at the show, highlights once again Nintendo's isolated stance as the only platform holder without any (official) online ambitions. More on this HERE. |
| 03/30 | Attention Kansas City Area Gamers: A coin-op auction is held every quarter at Kansas City Classics auto shop in the downtown area. The next date is coming up soon, save your quarters! Typically there are 100 to 150 games to be had, some at incredible prices (but always beware the dealers who bid up their own games). Look for an auction in April, stay tuned right here! |
| 03/27 | Gamecube Leads in UK: Following both the drop in price from the Dixon's and Argos retail chains (who are now re-considering whether to drop the console or not) and the release of "Metroid Prime", the Gamecube is now, for the first time ever, the biggest weekly seller in the UK. Sales rose more than 60% following the new incentives, with a console, pad, memory and game now available new for as little as £80 ($120). Go Cube! |
| 03/27 | Piracy On the Xbox...and That's GOOD News! Bethesda Software and Disney Interactive have announced that both Xbox and PC versions of the upcoming summer film Pirates of the Caribbean will be released in June, with a PS2 version to follow later this year. According to the press release: "The Pirates of the Caribbean game transports players to the 17th Century where they can experience life as a pirate in any way they see fit,"... "Whether they want to be feared by all and welcome nowhere, or just enjoy compelling missions or a life at sea, we\'re creating a game that fits their gameplay style." The film stars Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, and a boatload of other folks- check out the movie info here and the game info HERE. |
| 03/26 | New Legislation for Violent Games: Following the passage of Washington State House Bill 1009 earlier this week, employees of businesses who knowingly sell or rent violent video games to minors could soon be fined up to $500 by police officers. The legislation was introduced by Mary Lou Dickerson, chairwoman of the House Juvenile Justice and Family Law Committee in Seattle, after she reportedly made numerous attempts over a period of some months to instigate a voluntary program that would see games publishers taking responsibility for educating retailers on how to properly sell games of a violent nature. Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| 03/25 |  Support
Your Favorite Classic Gaming Source! Hey wait, COME BACK! We meant US!
That's right, the Digital Press 2003 "Game On" T-Shirt is now
available! For a paltry $15 and change we'll ship you the coolest of all
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some help from you. Buy one and be known as THE coolest retro gamer on the
block, if not the whole world! Really. Check it out HERE. |
| 03/24 | Metal Gear Solid 4 to be GameCube Exclusive? Reports emanating from Europe today suggest that Konami is working on a remix of the original, however the big rumor is that Metal Gear Solid 4 will be exclusive to the GameCube! The information apparently comes from the Official Nintendo magazine in France, however it should be noted that these guys have been wrong in their speculations from the past. There are a few question marks over the integrity of this report; firstly if No.4 is in development for the GameCube this suggests that it is being developed alongside Metal Gear Solid 3, if Konami hopes to get both games out before the launch of the next generation of machines scheduled for release in 2005 - pretty heavy demands even for a team such as KCEJ. Details HERE. |
| 03/24 |  Activision
Patches Gallery: We've now got a complete gallery of Activision
patches online, as well as a rarity list and even a good deal of the
commendation letters that Activision sent with the patches in PDF format!
This is the best source on the 'net - but we still have a few holes and
doubts. Take a look, right HERE. |
| 03/23 | Pressed For Time: One of our weekly feature articles is for the gamer on the GO, and this doesn't necessarily mean handhelds. If you're the kind of person who finds that you have little time for video gaming but still need to quench that thirst for electronic entertainment, Laura Truchon Tisdale's "Pressed For Time" should be your monthly stop. Check out her latest observations at Digital Press right HERE. |
| 03/20 | Acclaim in Legal Trouble (again): The suit, which has been issued by a US law firm on behalf of investors who purchased Acclaim stocks between January 11 and September 19 last year, lists five "adverse facts" about the company's performance which, it says, were not disclosed or were misrepresented in official statements during the period. Get the XXXtra story HERE. |
| 03/20 | Voice Actors Cast For UPN's "Game Over" Sitcom: According to Daily Variety, Marisa Tomei, Patrick Warburton (Seinfeld), D.L. Hughley (The Hughleys), E.G. Daily (Rugrats) and SNL's Rachel Dratch have been cast as the lead voices in the animated UPN sitcom "Game Over", about a family of video game characters. Other actors already cast include James Sie and Marie Matiko. |
| 03/18 | Remember The Lost Vikings? Of course you do. Three guys, kinda old, helpin' each other out to get various tasks done? Kinda like the Classic Gaming Expo organizers? Yeah, that one. Well. Blizzard Entertainment, a studio of Vivendi Universal Games, has made a Flash-based demo of The Lost Vikings available on its website. The demo is part of a celebration of the game’s release on the Super Nintendo 10 years ago, and a look forward towards the game’s release on the Game Boy Advance platform on March 26. The GBA title will be published under Blizzard's new Classic Arcade label. Source: GameDaily |
| 03/16 | The Kunkel Report: Bill Kunkel's "The Kunkel Report" (now however did we come up with THAT name?) continues! You may know Mr. Kunkel from his work on Sega Visions, Arcade Alley in Video magazine, his various game development projects, his writing for the Richie Rich comics in the 70's... OH! And perhaps as one of the pioneers of video game publications, one of the triumvirate who brought Electronic Games magazine to our homes way back in the day. Check out his latest musings HERE. |
| 03/16 | Big Money! Big Prizes! A new Mystery Game is afoot right here at Digital Press! If you can guess the sound that this mystery sound byte comes from, you may win prizes that will make you king of all the land! Or maybe just a pretty happy gamer. Go play! |
| 03/15 | Grab a New GameCube for $66.98: FAO Schwartz recently announced that it's doors will be closing after a long, illustrious history of catering to "society kids", but it looks like they're going to be throwing a few treats out to the masses before they do. Witness this excellent sale. Looks like NOW would be a good time to buy a GameCube! UPDATE: They're on backorder now - not sure if that means you'll get one or not, we'll keep you posted. |
| 03/13 |  A
New OS For Your Commodore 64: an incredible OS that not only fits onto
a 1.44mb floppy but also has perhaps the tiniest, efficient web browser
ever is now available by Contiki. You can learn more about the Contiki
Desktop OS at this link.
Support these guys, this is great stuff! |
| 03/13 | Game Boy Advance Beats Mobile Phones at Their Own Game: Ajile Systems, Inc. has created a peripheral for the Game Boy Advance called JAMiD that allows players to download and play games originally designed for cellular phones. Ajile implies on its site that these games will be more enjoyable on the Game Boy Advance thanks to the system's user-friendly control scheme and more powerful hardware. Furthermore, the JAMiD is compatible with the popular MP3 music format, giving users the chance to listen to their favorite songs whenever they like. You'll find more information about this product HERE. |
| 03/12 | Final Fantasy Origins Contest: Squaresoft has launched a Final Fantasy Origins Official Sweepstakes that will award one-winner three Final Fantasy titles and a collection of art from the game. Interested parties can register on the sweepstakes website until Thursday, March 20. Five first place winners will get a copy of Final Fantasy Origins (due out April 8) and a Brady Games strategy guide. Full contest rules and prizes are listed on the sweepstakes page. Source: GameDaily. |
| 03/11 | eBay To Shut Down Half.com: It may seem a little off-topic, but let's face it: as retro-gamers, most of us have come to rely on the online world to acquire vintage items. So it's not particularly good news for us when we hear that Half.com will be dumped by eBay. Read more about it HERE. |
| 03/10 | Microsoft Taking Xbox into Arcades: Hoping to open another avenue for its video games and broaden its front in the war against Sony and Nintendo, Microsoft is expected to take its Xbox game console into arcades later this year. The project, code-named Chihiro after the heroine of the Japanese anime film Spirited Away, has been in the works for a couple of years. Microsoft and Sega announced in fall 2001 that they would jointly create arcade machines based on the Xbox technology. But the partners have been quiet since that time. Now the project is closer to fruition. For more details, check HERE. |
| 03/10 | Sony to Release PS3 in 2003? It seems that Sony is going to push the PS3 out into development FAR faster than anyone realized! In fact, it's coming this year, even though the "Cell" technology is still in development! Read more about this incredible decision HERE. |
| 03/09 | Digital Press' 3rd Annual Achievement Awards: You waited long enough! It took buckets of blood, sweat, and tears to come to a conclusion over who would take home the 2002 Classic Gaming Achievement awards, but it's finally time to announce them! Join us as we hand out the extremely coveted "Commander" awards, and check out who we considered to be the cream of the crop in 2002, HERE. |
| 03/08 | New Game from Steve Woita (Quadrun, Taz): This news comes to us direct from Mr. Woita himself. "I just finished a game that I hope people will like, it's called Clickum & it's for the PC. It's a 'Pool Ball' theme... there's a couple of touches that may remind you of some of my old 2600 stuff :)" Here's the URL so you can try it: http://www.tinygames.com |
| 03/08 | No HALO 2 for 2003! Bungie, the developer of Halo for Xbox, has updated its official site with news that Halo 2 will not be released in 2003. "This game is a vast undertaking, considerably more complex than any of our previous efforts, and there is just no way to squeeze all of the necessary work into this calendar year. We know many of you were hoping to get your hands on Halo 2 during the holiday season, and we're sorry to disappoint you - but making this game as good as we possibly can is our paramount concern," said a Bungie representative. "Microsoft understands and supports our decision, and we hope you will too. Our ultimate goal is to make Halo 2 a great game; when the game comes out next year, we think you'll agree we made the right choice." The company also stated that it plans to give a brief glimpse of Halo 2 at the upcoming Electronic Entertainment Expo to be held in Los Angeles in mid-May. |
| 03/08 |  Sid
Meier and Tron Starlet Cindy Morgan to Appear at PhillyClassic4: PhillyClassic
show organizers have announced three special show guests scheduled to
attend their upcoming event March 28 - 30: Cindy Morgan, star of Tron, and
Sid Meier and Jeff Briggs of Firaxis Games, one of the most influential
computer-game development houses in business today. |
| 03/07 | Rarity Guides Updated: The ever-growing list of ... well, LISTS, continues! Mike Etler has joined us to tackle the Game Boy section, Dieter Koenig (who also assisted us with several of the systems in the previous edition of our book) has put together a comprehensive Game & Watch Guide, and we've thrown the Watara SuperVision in there for good measure. If you haven't checked out our massive online library yet, now would be a good time! Right HERE. |
| 03/04 | Big Money! Big Prizes! Play Digital Press' 2nd Annual "eBay Insanity" Contest! Create the most outrageous video game auction and win some really great video game collectibles. The contest started today, check in HERE for the rules and enter before Sunday, March 9th 6pm EST to be part of the insanity! |
| 03/02 | Did YOU Know?: Greg Wilcox' continuing spotlight on games that missed the spotlight continues, as Greg touches the tip of the iceberg on the many quality racing games that didn't get the recognition they deserve. You'll always learn something from this column... so read it! |
| 03/01 |  NJ
Classic XXVI: Pictorial highlights of the regular NJ-based video game
player/collector gathering that happens right here at Digital Press HQ! If
you're local and missed it, take
a look at what you missed, and BE THERE next time! |
| 02/28 | Who's Buying Sega? Microsoft and Electronic Arts are both considering bids for Japanese videogame developer Sega, according to Friday's Wall Street Journal. Sega last week announced a curious agreement to basically be acquired by pachinko machine manufacturer Sammy. Sega's properties, including Sonic the Hedgehog and several sports games, have appeal. Sega would also help each of Microsoft and Electronic Arts to strengthen its presence in Japan. Although the two companies have the resources to acquire Sega, S&P thinks Sega's pending deal with Sammy and its history of losses reduces the likelihood of a combination. Full story HERE. This is big news. Feel free to join in on our discussion HERE. Source: Business Week Online |
| 02/26 | Original Activision Guys win "Penguin Award": The International Game Developers Association (IGDA) has announced the recipients of two more Game Developers Choice Awards. The Penguin Award, a new category debuting this year, was designed to acknowledge developers who have taken risks in the game industry. The winners of the first Penguin Award are David Crane, Larry Kaplan, Jim Levy, Alan Miller and Bob Whitehead, original founders of Activision, Inc. This year’s IGDA Award for Community Contributions goes to Doug Church, a technical director at Eidos. Church has served as a co-chair of the IGDA Education Committee and is being honored for his 12 years of effort in building a game development community. The Game Developer Choice Awards will be handed out in a ceremony on March 6, in San Jose, California. |
| 02/23 | X-Arcade vs. HotRod: Check out our in-depth review of X-Gaming's X-Arcade stick, compared side-by-side with the Hanaho HotRod SE. We've been applauding the HotRod for quite some time now... has the guard changed on our MAME station? Read on to find out! |
| 02/19 | Bandai Withdraws From Handheld Games Market: According to Bloomberg.com, Bandai has decided to slowly withdraw its support of its struggling WonderSwan handheld due to relatively poor sales. In addition, the company has scrapped any plans for future handheld technology, but will continue to manufacture the current WonderSwan Crystal handheld on a per-order basis. Bandai will continue with its plans to release software for the Game Boy Advance, which includes a game based on the company's Digimon series. For more, check in HERE. |
| 02/19 | Sega Characters to Appear in Happy Meals: SEGA of America, Inc. today announced it has entered into an affiliation with McDonald's Corporation, the world's largest quick service restaurant to create a new line of McDonald's Happy Meal premiums. Based on two top-selling SEGA franchises, Sonic The Hedgehog and Super Monkey Ball, the premiums will come alive this summer at participating McDonald's restaurants throughout North America. |
| 02/17 | Three Copies of Classic Video Game Novel, "Lucky Wander Boy" Being Given Away: Courtesy of Classic Gamer: We're fortunate enough to be giving away three copies of "Lucky Wander Boy" to coincide with it's March 4th release. To enter, just let us know (briefly) what your most favorite obscure arcade game is and why. Head over HERE to enter. |
| 02/17 | Pressed For Time Debuts: One of our weekly feature articles is for the gamer on the GO, and this doesn't necessarily mean handhelds. If you're the kind of person who finds that you have little time for video gaming but still need to quench that thirst for electronic entertainment, Laura Truchon Tisdale's "Pressed For Time" should be your monthly stop. Check out her debut at Digital Press right HERE. |
| 02/15 | Square Enix Corporation Approved: On 2/13/03, the stockholders of Square and Enix met in Tokyo to vote on final approval of the much anticpated Square/Enix merger. The merger was approved and on April 1st, 2003, their new name will be Kabushikigaisha Square Enix, or Square Enix Corporation. Read more aobut it HERE. |
| 02/14 | Dave Mirra Sues Acclaim: BMX star Dave Mirra files a lawsuit against the publisher of BMX XXX. According to a report on Newsday.com, BMX star Dave Mirra has filed a lawsuit against Acclaim that reportedly accuses the publisher of breach of contract, unfair competition, injury to reputation, false advertising, and invasion of privacy. Mirra initially agreed to appear in an adult-humored BMX game, but he retracted his support when he found out that the game's concept had been changed from what was initially decided upon. Though he was officially disassociated from the product before it was released, Mirra is still seeking $21 million in damages. Acclaim told Newsday.com that it will fight the lawsuit. Source: Videogames.com |
| 02/13 | Pacific Northwest Gaming Event: The NorthWest Classic Games Enthusiasts club has announced the dates for the 7th annual NWCGE Expo. This year's event will take place on March 15th and 16th in Kirkland, Washington. The NWCGE Expo is an event where video game enthusiasts of all ages can attend to see, play, buy, sell or trade classic video games and memorabilia. The expo itself takes place on March 15th, followed by the 6th annual Atari Championship in downtown Seattle on March 16th. For more information, please visit the NWCGE Homepage. |
| 02/12 | Portable Nintendo, Anyone? That right! Portable Nintendo's, and while they may not be hand held, they offer a lot. They're more like a laptop or table top kind of portable, but you can still take 'em with you whereever you go from any room in your house, to a friend's house, and even on the trip there. These units sport a 5.4" LCD screen, a big ol' NES Advantage on top, 2.5 hours of running time, and compatability with any game and even the Game Genie. For more info check out THIS SITE. |
| 02/11 | Have You Seen an NES Do THIS? Similar hacks have been done before, so it's not as amazing as it might have been 5 years ago, but somebody has converted an NES into a personal computer. For a mirror of the site, click HERE. |
| 02/11 | New Zelda Title in the Works: Zelda: WindWalker isn't even out in the US yet but Shigeru Miyamoto, the man behind Zelda, Mario and Pikmen has announced developments on a new Zelda title already! Along with this, a follow-up to Pikmen and Mario are already in the works as well. Read more of this story HERE. |
| 02/10 | Middle School Gaming: One of the Digital Press feature columns, Jessen Jurado's "Middle School Gaming" debuts today. Jessen delves deep into a specific game, puts it under a microscope, rips the legs off of it, and then jots the resulting effects down into his secret handbook. Come along and witness a page. Start HERE. |
| 02/09 | 3D Vic Viper appears in Zone of The Enders: 2nd Runner: As posted at www.gamesarefun.com and stated in Famitsu, after players complete Zone of The Enders: The 2nd runner (due March 12th in the US), an "Extra" level appears in which players take control of the Vic Viper in a series of 3D shooter missions in a nod to the classic SHMUP Gradius. No word yet on how many missions are available. |
| 02/09 | New England Classic Gaming: Just back from last night's collector/gamer event, lots of very cool retro video game goodies changed hands and of course much alcohol was consumed. It's not exactly "coverage", but we were there, took some pictures, and have some comments to make. See HERE, yo. |
| 02/08 | No More Sega Sports on GameCube: Sega of America has officially announced that it will no longer produce Sega Sports games for the Nintendo GameCube. The company will instead focus its efforts on bringing sports games to the PlayStation 2 and the Xbox at the start of each season. What does it all mean? Find out HERE. |
| 02/07 | Classic Gaming Expo 2003 Dates Announced: It's official! The Classic Gaming Expo will be held in Las Vegas at the Jackie Gaughan Plaza Hotel and Casino on August 9th and 10th. Want to know more? Check out the CGE Website or feel free to ask questions at our CGE Forum. |
| 02/07 | Midway Closes Former Atari Games Corp: Midway has released the remaining 30 employees at Midway Games West, formerly known as Atari Games Corporation, and has officially closed the doors on Friday, Feb 7th. 'Tis surely a sad day for the slowly dying arcade business. While there has been no official word out as of yet, www.classicgaming.com has a small news post from one of the people from the Atari Historical Society. |
| 02/07 | StrongBad does Megaman: quite possibly the funniest StrongBad e-mail to date. And if you don't know who this StrongBad fellow is, this is a perfect time to be introduced. Check it out HERE. |
| 02/06 |  RARE
Title Alert: The jig is up! Microsoft announced on February 6 that
they will institute a world-wide recall for Kakuto Chojin. The recall will
be instituted due to "inappropriate expressions" related to
religion in the North America version of the game that might be offensive
from a religious standpoint. Even the Japanese version which did not
contain the expressions will be recalled. The software can be returned at
the store of purchase. The planned release of the title in Europe has also
been canceled. Though you won't be able to read it with an English
browser, the news can be found HERE. |
| 02/05 | Metroid Prime 2 in Development: According to Gaming Age, Retro Studios is working on a sequel to Metroid Prime. It is also listed on Nintendo's website. It's not a hoax! |
| 02/04 | GBA to Play Anime: AM3 - the designers of the GBA and GBA-SP have something new up their sleeves. They've created a device (aptly named the AM3 Adapter), which will allow media to be viewable on your GBA or GBA-SP via Smart Media Cards. Anime, educational media, original animation and digital comics were mentioned as salable items within these cards. The SMCs will not be writable by the users for 'security reasons', and thus the cards must be purchased individually. The adapter will cost $2,800 yen, blank media cards 2,000 yen (media content must be downloaded from Nintendo for about $5). The AM3 Adapter will be on display at E3." For more details, click HERE. |
| 02/03 | Super Zaxxon 20-year Old World Record Broken: Twin Galaxies reports that New Hampshire resident Donald Hayes beat the standing 20-year old record of 339,750 set by Greg McLeod with his own record of 496,950 points on stage 15! He did this on the hardest difficulty setting with three ships to start. It's to be noted that Super Zaxxon was produced by Sega in 1982, and this title is harder and faster then the orginal where most gamers don't last longer then 3 to 5 minutes at most. The whole story can be found HERE. |
| 02/02 | The First Unreal Tournament 2k3 Level Pack is Available: That's right, the first level pack for this outstanding FPS is out.. We'd post a quick link to it but all of the sites are getting bombarded with hits, so just head over to www.unreal.com and have patience... it's 72mb! |
| 02/01 | The Kunkel Report: Bill Kunkel's "The Kunkel Report" (now however did we come up with THAT name?) debuts today! You may know Mr. Kunkel from his work on Sega Visions, Arcade Alley in Video magazine, his various game development projects, his writing for the Richie Rich comics in the 70's... OH! And perhaps as one of the pioneers of video game publications, one of the triumvirate who brought Electronic Games magazine to our homes way back in the day. Check out his musings HERE. |
| 01/31 | Most Anticipated Games of
2003: ElectricArtists,
a strategic marketing services agency, has compiled a list of the most
anticipated games for 2003. Respondents from 40 gaming enthusiast sites
were polled, resulting in the following top 10: 1. Halo 2 2. Final Fantasy X-2 3. Legend of Zelda: WindWaker 4. Devil May Cry 2 5. Doom 3 6. Unreal 2: The Awakening 7. Star Wars Galaxies 8. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 9. StarCraft: Ghost 10. Enter the Matrix |
| 01/29 | PC plays Tetris!: An unbelievably amazing accomplishment. Colin Fahey has created a Tetris AI system, whereby one PC, equipped with an off-the-shelf webcam and an interface board to control another PC's keyboard, actually plays a game of Tetris, running on the second PC. Witness it for yourself right HERE. |
| 01/29 | Recruiting
firm Mary-Margaret.com
has launched
a promotion that will award one winner a Classic Pass to the 2003 Game
Developers Conference. The winner will be picked on February 3 and announced on the company's website the next day. The drawing is for a pass to the show only; the winner will be responsible for all other costs associated with attending the conference. |
| 01/28 | JagFest 2003: Thriving in the Jungle: JagFest is going "On Tour" this year, with multiple events scheduled for 2003. JagFest will be combining with three larger gaming events, Classic Gaming Expo, Midwest Classic and the Video Game Summit. JagFest 2003 "Thriving in the Jungle" will demonstrate the Jaguar is still alive and kicking with numerous hobby game efforts underway nearly a decade after the Jaguar's first release. Each event will feature demos of lost and upcoming games, as well as one or more tournaments with prizes for some of the best Jaguar games out there. For more information, check in HERE. |
| 01/28 | 2002 Was Record-Breaking Year for Video Game Sales: According to sales figures from The NPD Group, the total U.S. retail market for videogame hardware, software and accessories grew to approximately $10.3 billion in 2002. The figure represents growth of about 10 percent over 2001’s total of $9.4 billion. Software sales were up across the board, gaining 21 percent in dollar volume and 15 percent in unit volume for 2002. Hardware sales declined four percent in revenue, posting an estimated $3.5 billion in sales versus $3.7 billion in 2001. Hardware did gain 10 percent in unit volume however. The dip in hardware revenues was obviously affected by the price drops on all three major next generation videogame systems. The lower price also contributed to the increased unit volume. The console and portable accessories category realized growth of nine percent dollar wise in 2002. NPD also noted that online-enabled console games represented 15 percent of next generation software dollars in 2002. Richard Ow, senior account executive for NPD looked ahead to next year, “In 2003, the video game industry should expect unit volume growth to outpace dollar volume growth in the hardware category.” He added, “Dollar volume will struggle for continued growth throughout 2003. The majority of the growth will come primarily from software sales, capitalizing on the hardware sold to date.” (GameDaily) |
| 01/27 | MAME v.64 Released: From our friends at mame.dk: Exciting new games await in this release: Ultimate Tennis (probably one of the best tennis games ever made), Jurassic Park (now put that Actlab light gun to some use) and the usual handful of mahjong games and Street Fighter clones. The emulator itself can be downloaded HERE and for a detailed list of added games and changed romsets take a look HERE. |
| 01/26 | Did YOU Know?: The debut of Greg Wilcox' "Did YOU Know?" column! This will be your ticket to all that has been hidden from you in the vast universe of video gaming. In this edition, Greg explores the world of "rhythm and music" games and comes up with a batch that aren't as talked about as DDR or the Bemani series but are just as much fun. You NEED to read this, HERE. |
| 01/24 | Playmore Goes After Bootleggers: Playmore, formerly SNK, has filed suit against Worldwide Video Entertainment, Inc., NeoGeo Freak, and Arcade-Infinity, Inc. for alledgedly selling counterfeit materials. Good news, especially for Neo Geo fans. See the official notice HERE. |
| 01/24 | Buyer Needed For Historic Arcade: Got $2.5 million? If so, the "Save Tillie" preservation group wants to talk to you. According to the Associated Press, the group is seeking a buyer to rescue the Palace Amusements building in Asbury Park, NJ. Though it hasn't been an arcade for a long time, Palace Amusements is on the National Register of Historic Places. If no one steps forward to buy and renovate it (and the renovation costs alone could top $15 million), the building will be demolished in April. Save Tillie has put the building up on eBay's real estate site for anyone interested. |
| 01/23 | Nintendo to Launch a New Console in 2005-06: Nintendo president Satoru Iwata said on Thursday they plan to launch a next-generation home game console in 2005 or 2006. "We will get ready for a (new) battle in 2005 although foreign game developers are now saying that rival next-generation systems won't come until 2006.". More about this HERE. |
| 01/23 | The Supreme Court. Finally Getting It? The Supreme Court refused Tuesday to revive a lawsuit that blamed violent games/movies for school shootings. Let's just file this one away in the "well DUH!" folder... No, wait! That's the trashca... >>deleted<<. More details HERE. |
| 01/23 | Video Sales On the Rise: According to a Reuters report, video game sales rose 7 percent in December when compared with the same period in 2001. Full story HERE. |
| 01/22 | UPN Planning Video Game Sitcom: According to Electronic Media Online, Carsey-Werner-Mandabach (the production company behind Roseanne, among other sitcoms) is producing an animated sitcom called "Game Over" about a family of video game characters for UPN's 2003-2004 season. More speculation HERE. |
| 01/22 | Activision and Dreamworks Team Up: Activision and DreamWorks have today announced that they've signed a multiyear, multiproperty publishing agreement that grants Activision the exclusive rights to develop and publish games based on the upcoming animated movies Sharkslayer, Madagascar, and Over the Hedge. |
| 01/21 | New Player in the Console Market Coming in November: The company Infinium Labs are planning to develop and launch a new game console they claim will out perform the current consoles on the market. For a further look at the company check HERE. |
| 01/21 |  Jeff
Minter Returns: The announcement was going to be Friday but seeing as
the subscriber issues of Edge (UK gaming mag) this month have hit the mat
today (and it features "Yak" and what he's up to) then obviously
things are forward three days so... Jeff's new project will be on the
GameCube (about the industry's worst kept secret ) under the auspices of
Peter Molyneux's Lionhead studios. It is pre-emptively called
"Unity" at this moment in time. Expect something colorful and
most likely fluffy sometime in the future. To find out more, check HERE
(or check HERE
for the IRC transcript earlier today). |
| 01/19 | MAMExpose Premier Column: One of our five new features, Jess Ragan's "MAMExpose" debuts! This column is for arcade game lovers who play arcade games at home via emulation and is dedicated to our favorite piece of software in the universe, MAME. Check out Jess' debut HERE. |
| 01/18 | Digital Press Easter Eggs Update: Scott Stilphen's ever-growing compendium of Easter Eggs, tricks, glitches, and undocumented classic gaming features has been updated! Check here for all the details. |
| 01/18 |  Silent
Hill 3 "Extras": Konami
of America announced that, when Silent Hill 3 hits the
PlayStation 2 this summer, the game will be accompanied by a 70-minute
music soundtrack. The music on the disc will be composed, performed and
edited by the game’s producer, Akira Yamaoka of Konami Computer
Entertainment Tokyo. The soundtrack will contain four vocal tracks from
the game along with its musical score.
The next chapter in the horror series puts gamers in the role of Heather Morris, a “regular teen” thrust into battle against monsters and half-dead creatures. |
| 01/17 | Surely You've Visited bbspot.com: bbspot has posted the 2k3 GEEK horoscopes. they = teh funney! :D Read 'em HERE. |
| 01/17 | 50 Million PlayStation 2's Sold: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. announced that global shipments of its PlayStation 2 console reached the 50 million mark on Wednesday. The company stated that growth of the PS2 is on a much faster track than its predecessor, the PlayStation. The new mark includes 16.02 million units shipped to Europe and PAL markets, 21.48 million to North America and 12.53 million shipped to Japan. The console hit the 40 million mark just under four months ago after surpassing the 30 million shipped mark early in May 2002. SCE added that over 300 million software units have been shipped globally life to date, covering about 1,500 game titles. |
| 01/16 |  SNES-Type
Controllers For the GameCube: Hori is planning to release an SNES-like
controller for the GameCube! No release date for the US has been set.
Scheduled for February 21st in Japan at approximately $13 USD, this
controller WILL work on US systems. For more, check HERE. |
| 01/16 | Link, Spawn, Heihachi confirmed for Soul Calibur II: Nintendo's Link (on GameCube), McFarlane's Spawn (on Xbox), and Tekken's Heihachi (on PS2) have all been confirmed special characters for Soul Calibur II on their respective systems. Get the full story HERE. |
| 01/15 | D&D Heroes Site Opens: Atari announced the launch of the official Web site for Dungeons & Dragons Heroes, its upcoming four-person multiplayer co-op video game. The site features downloads, news, images, background and links related to the title. D&D Heroes is due in June for the PlayStation 2, Nintendo GameCube and Xbox gaming systems. |
| 01/15 | Everquest's new Expansion!: Sony's thestation.com has set up a new web page for a yet unreleased Everquest expansion. According to the web page the announcement will be made TODAY. Apparently it will be called Legacy of Kesha. Check HERE. |
| 01/14 | Celebrity Deathmatch Video Game!: Set to be released later this year, we now know most, if not all, of the celebrities that will appear in the game. For the list check HERE! |
| 01/14 | MAME/MAME32 v.63 Released!: Ah, now you can play Killer Instinct and Burning Rivals. Or more importantly, Mighty Monkey! You know the drill. Get MAME from www.mame.net, MAME32 from www.classicgaming.com/mame32qa/ and the ROMS from anyone brave enough to host 'em! |
| 01/13 | Online Myst Sequel On The Way: Ubi Soft Entertainment and Cyan Worlds announced the development of Uru: Online Ages Beyond Myst, an online adventure game that follows up the companies\' hit Myst and Riven games. Uru will let players explore and interact with meticulously crafted environments in, around and beyond the newly discovered underground D\'ni empire that predates human civilization, the companies said. Beta testers are still needed for the game and you can apply at THIS LINK. |
| 01/13 | Gamespy Takes a Tech Look at the PS3 Proposed Hardware: Destined by all indicators for a 2005 release, stories surround the PS3 pointing toward the incorporation of a complex microprocessor, a supercomputer-on-a-chip bearing the moniker "Cell." Being championed by the hardware triumvirate of IBM, Sony, and Toshiba, these companies have pledged $400 million to the project. Read more from our friends at Gamespy.com right HERE. |
| 01/12 |  Atari
Set to Publish Ikaruga for GameCube: Ikaruga, the Treasure
mega-blasting shooting masterpiece is coming to the GameCube on January
16th of 2003 and preorders are taken right now.
For collectors, Ikaruga is known as the sequel to the elusive "Radiant Silvergun" from the Sega Saturn, and as one of the last few Dreamcast games (released in Japan). |
| 01/11 |  Dead
or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball Receives Mature Rating: Tecmo has
announced that its highly anticipated and controversial beach volleyball
game, Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball for the Xbox, featuring the
girls of the Dead or Alive series, received an "M" rating by the
Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB). Tecmo had initially expected
the game to receive a teen rating, but will honor the ESRB¹s verdict.
"Based on the level of sexuality we perceived in the game, we were a
bit surprised to hear the ESRB's decision to give DOAX an M rating,"
John Inada, Director of Marketing and Sales for Tecmo, said.
"However, we've always trusted and respected the ESRB in the past and
have decided not to appeal their decision.
Needless to say, DP'ers everywhere anxiously await the release of this game, scheduled for January 21st. |
| 01/10 | Activision Still Marvel-ous: Activision has announced that it has extended its agreement with Marvel Comics for exclusive rights to the X-Men, Spider-Man, Fantastic Four, and Iron Man properties through 2009, the GameSpot Web site reported. The agreement also gives Activision the rights to develop games based on movies featuring characters from each property, according to the site. An X-Men game, X2: Wolverine's Revenge, based on the upcoming X2 film, is currently in the works. Also on the development slate are games based the comic books Iron Man and Fantastic Four. |
| 01/10 | Everquest for PS2 To Hit US Shelves in February: January 6th, Sony Online Entertainment announced that EverQuest Online Adventures will be shipping to US retailers in February 2003. The new EverQuest realm will offer over 300 square miles to explore, in addition to 9 races and 14 job classes from which players can choose their character. The game will support both dialup and broadband connections, which will certainly be a welcome relief to gamers who SOCOM turned away with its broadband-only online play. Cost, however, may be a problem for some. Subscription to the EverQuest service will be $9.99 per month, a costly investment when one also factors in the game's retail price, which hasn't yet been announced. |
| 01/09 | Afterburner Price Drop: From TritonLabs.com: "My fellow gamers, the Afterburner has been a great success since its release in May of 2003 as a result of the unprecedented level of support it received from customers like you and the gaming press. It has offered gamers around the world an unbeatable value in enhancing their ability to play the Game Boy Advance. As of January 9, 2003, we are proud to announce that the price of the Afterburner kit has been lowered to $25. We intend to remain competitive with our flagship product despite the recent weather change in the portable gaming industry. Indeed at this new price point the Afterburner's value for current GBA owners is even more impressive than before. Keep an eye out for two new product releases (neither light related) in the next three months. We are expecting to roll out our newest creation by the end of January. And the subsequent product is of epic proportions. To all of our customers: we will never forget your support and we hope you enjoy your Afterburners for years to come." -Adam Curtis, President/CEO |
| 01/08 | G4 Now Appearing on Cox/Mediacom Cable Systems: G4, the TV network dedicated to video games and the gamer lifestyle, has signed carriage agreements with Cox Communications and Mediacom. G4 was added to Cox cable systems in San Diego on October 29, 2002. Systems in Orange County, California, will launch the network in early 2003. Mediacom systems added G4 on November 1, 2002. See details HERE. |
| 01/08 | Playstation 3's Processor: 100x Faster than Pentium 4: Sony and Toshiba have sealed a deal with Rambus for a hot new memory chip which will ensure that the Playstation 3 will have blaring speed and unparalleled sound and graphics capability. The two companies are also working on a complex new processor for the Playstation 3 called "Cell", which will be able to perform about 100 times faster than a 2.5 GHz Pentium 4 chip. The Rambus memory that Playstation 3 will use must be able to deal with a processor this fast. "Yellowstone" can process data three times faster than currently available, over 100 gigabits per second. more HERE. |
| 01/07 | AOU 2003: The Amusement Machine Operators Union has announced that the next AOU arcade show will take place on February 22 in Japan. A number of companies will be showcasing their latest arcade hardware or games at the show, including Sega, Capcom, Taito, Sammy, Konami, and Namco. Last year Nintendo revealed its Triforce arcade hardware.who knows what will happen this year? |
| 01/07 | Nintendo Game Boy Advance SP to be Launched in Europe in March: A new luxury version of Nintendo's Game Boy Advance is to be released for sale on March 28th through-out Europe. The price is to be approximately £90. The SP version is only a little bit bigger than a packet of cigarettes. After users of the Game Boy Advance complained about the short battery life, and poor lighting, the SP has been given extra lighting, and a 10 hour battery life. It can also be recharged in the same way as a mobile phone. more on this HERE. |
| 01/06 | Los Angeles to Investigate Internet Cafes: An investigation into violence at Internet cafes in Los Angeles is to be conducted at the request of city councilman Dennis Zine, according to a Reuters report. The investigation was prompted when two rival groups playing in a Counter-Strike tournament started brawling and, according to witnesses, wielded metal chairs and pipes. It's also been reported that an unidentified teenager was shot in the leg outside the NetStreet café at the time of the brawl. more on the story HERE. |
| 01/04 | YS I&II Coming to PS2: The PC version of Ys I & II will be ported over to the PlayStation 2. The updated version of Ys I & II features new cut scenes, remixed music, and additional new features. Ys I & II Eternal Story is scheduled for release in Japan in spring 2003. |
| 01/04 | Pokemon for GameCube will need a Game Boy Advance Connection: According to gamers.com the new GameCube Pokemon game will not work without the Game Boy Advance and link cable. Read the full story HERE. |
| 01/03 | 2003 Game Console Updates: The true next generation of hardware is pegged for a 2005 launch, with Microsoft planning Xbox Next and Sony planning PlayStation 3. But 2003 might see a portable take on GameCube and cheaper variations of Xbox and PlayStation 2, Envisioneering analyst Richard Doherty predicted. For the full story, check HERE. |
| 01/03 | Xbox Hacker Contest Backer Revealed: Michael Robertson, a longtime Microsoft opponent, has emerged as the mystery backer and mastermind behind a contest that offers $200,000 to anyone who successfully hacks into the software giant's Xbox video game console, a top technology news site reported. Click HERE for the full story. |
| 01/03 | Wired Names Top 10 Vaporware Products of 2002: Wired Magazine has released a list of the Top 10 Vaporware products of 2002. Among the "no shows" are a new version of the Commodore Amiga computer, Ubi Soft's Shadowbane online RPG, Master of Orion 3, and Duke Nukem Forever. Check it out HERE. |
| 01/03 | British Telecom objects to Video Game: British Telecom has objected to a Video Game called "The Getaway" where a London criminal wears a BT uniform and drives a BT van with logos to gun down police officers. The game maker has agreed to remove the offending scene from future releases of the game. The game has been popular since it's release in December and has sold more than 250,000 copies more from the source HERE. |
| 01/03 | Michigan Votes for Fine on Violent Video Games: The Michigan House of Representatives approves a bill that will penalize retailers for selling certain games to minors. According to the Macomb Daily, Michigan's House of Representatives recently voted 98 to 2 in favor of a bill that fines retailers for selling mature- or adult-only-rated games to minors. According to the bill, sale or rental of an M- or AO-rated game to anyone under 17 years of age can result in a misdemeanor punishable by a 90-day prison sentence, a $1,000 fine, or both. The bill will move into the Michigan Senate for a vote sometime this year. |
| 01/03 | The Atari Times 2002 Issue is now available! The Atari Times 2002 year end issue is now up for sale! Go HERE to order your copy today! It is over 100 pages of classic gaming goodness! |
| 01/03 | Zelda Wind Waker pushed back to March 24th: REDMOND, Wash., Dec. 17, 2002–The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker is set to launch for Nintendo GameCube on March 24, 2003. But in North America, consumers already are pushing for an early pre-sell effort so they can be guaranteed a copy of the game. |
| 12/31 | Happy New Year, gamers! Seriously... we've got big things in store for 2003. Don't let these shallow holiday greetings mislead you. We're going to make a lot of noise THIS new year >:) |
| 12/25 | Merry Christmas, gamers! |
| 12/21 |  What
are the holidays all about? Good friends, good gaming, good trades. Oh
yeah, I know there are religious implications for most everyone, but for
many of us, video gaming is a religion too! So for the first time,
photographs were taken at Northern NJ's "NJ Classic" (XIV). And,
as expected, good friends, good gaming, and good trades ensued. Re-live a
few moments of it with us right
here. |
| 12/13 |  Added
Nintendo Super Famicom, NEC PC Engine, Atari Lynx, Commodore CD32, and
Sega Game Gear to our Master List Archive. We're working on pricing and
scarcity ratings for these systems but for now have complete lists and
details are being added regularly to these and all of the systems on this
page.
And if you haven't already done so, grab our special "DP Guide Advance" cover and the sections that would make up this book in progress! Check it out! |
| 11/28 | Happy Thanksgiving, gamers! |
| 11/24 | From our archives: Scott Stilphen interviews Howard Scott Warshaw, whose initials are indelibly etched into any Atari 2600 gamer worth his or her salt - the designer of Yar's Revenge, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and E.T. speaks to us about his life with and without Atari. Read it here. |
| 11/23 | A new Mystery Game is afoot! If you can guess the sound that this mystery sound byte comes from, you may win prizes that will make you king of the land! Or maybe just a pretty happy gamer. Go play! |
| 11/22 |  We've
added a NEW Tony Fox NYC track to our MP3 page. If you've been hiding
under a rock since August then perhaps you've missed the release of the
greatest classic gaming music CD ever. You can grab the new, exclusive
track HERE and purchase the CD HERE!
Do it. |
| 11/19 | The Official Video Game Collector's List has been updated. This has become a quarterly event. If you're STILL not on this list, open it up and read the EZ instructions. Or just open it up. |
| 11/14 | Christmas-time is fast approaching, no need to struggle over what to buy whatzisname or what does so-and-so "need". Everyone NEEDS this stuff, our exclusive Digital Press line of clothing solutions and magical items! Good prices, genuine goods. Take a look. |
| 11/04 | Got Virtual Boy? If you've been looking for a complete list or rarities for this short-lived Nintendo anomaly, look no further than our Master List Archive. |
| 10/27 | For those of you who've purchased the DP Classic Video Game Collector's Guide and want to keep up-to-date, we're now maintaining an ADDENDUM of updates! Print 'em out and keep them handy with your book. While you're in there, check out the psychOpedia, a 100+ page summary by manufacturer. Scroll down to the bottom of our lists page for both. Sweet, free deal. |
