You got to be a true enthusiast if you spend more than a year to port your favorite game to a really old platform. Toni Westbrook has spent a lot of time developing Shredz64 – a guitar hero clone for the Commodore 64. Amazingly enough it’s very playable. Check out some videos after the jump.
Today I got an exciting package delivered by UPS from the US. It was a nice Star Wars – Luke Skywalker mimobot and of course you are invited to share the holy unboxing procedure.
It looks like Microsoft want to move some serious volumes of their XBOX 360. This is a snapshot from a dutch magazine that comes out tomorrow morning and it looks like the new retail price for the 360 in Europe will be €199 (around $300) instead of the old price of €280 (around $430). Dutch [...]
Here is a nice Nintendo poster showing the graphical development of their most popular characters going from pixellated dots into highly detailed 3D rendered graphics. Nintendo all-stars poster [imageshack.us]
During March we will get two new Playstation 3 bundles in Europe. One of them is a movie pack giving you a PS3 along with the top movies 300, Casino Royale and Spiderman 3. The other bundle coming in the end of March is a Gran Turismo pack. Both of them will cost €399. Nice [...]
If you are interested in playing Nintendo Wii games from other regions than your current one you can buy a copy of Wii Freeloader. It is a software only product that apparently makes it possible to boot up a game from any region. If you have any experience using this one please comment below. Wii [...]
Microsoft is about to launch games for their mediaplayer Zune later this year (probably this autumn). Engadget took a closer look at the current state of the gaming platform and it looks pretty plain, but who knows… Games for Zune details, hands-on [Engadget]
Today Logitech unveiled the official wheel for Gran Turismo for Playstation 3. It is engineered specifically for Gran Turismo 5 and even features an adjustment dial for on-the-fly control of brake bias, traction and damper settings. The wheel is available beginning in May for $149.99. Press release inside.
I haven’t played all of the games on this list, but I remember the annoying dog from Duck Hunt – the winner of the 15 Most Annoying Video Game Characters (From Otherwise Great Games). Pretty neat list if you have a gaming history. The 15 Most Annoying Video Game Characters [cracked.com]
One of my favorite arcade games of all times is Space Invaders. It came out in 1978 and the original game was designed by Tomohiro Nishikado and was the first real arcade shooter. This year it is 30 years since the original game hit the market and to celebrate this you can buy a $20 [...]
