There’s a time in a Nintendo Fans life when you go back to the well to see if there’s water left. If you’re still reading my philosophical first line, you’ll know I’m talking about the once “epic” Super Mario Bros. for the Nintendo Emulation System (NES). Coming later this month will be the New Super Mario Bros. for the Wii and we got some screens to show it off.
Growing up in the 80’s, sports and video games would go together like apple pie. My brothers and I were fortunate enough to be pretty good athletes and played the games at home as well. This article will cover the best of the best from the decade. It will cover all systems as well as arcades. Rankings depend on realism, fun factor, replay value, graphics and sound.
10. Summer Games – Epyx – 1984
Summer Games, this was a classic. It had variety, excellent graphics for its day and was lots of fun to play. I particularly enjoyed the diving event, one would need to make the most moves in the air and try to straighten the diver up for minimal splash. The judges always favored their home country diver, very realistic feature!
Epyx continued with this genre and created Summer Games II, Winter Games, World Games and California Games. These were all great games worth playing again any day of the week!
9. Micro League Baseball -1984- Micro League Sports Association
During a visit to my local CVS in North Bergen, NJ, I noticed something quite interesting in one of the aisles. It seems CVS is starting to sell video games at this particular location. The game that was on sale was the Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock Guitar / Game Bundle for the Wii for a damn good price of $49.99, especially when you compare GameStop is selling the same bundle for $79.99. Looks like Christmas is coming early for some lucky boys & girls!
This Week in Nintendo (TWIN) has one of the first RPG titles to grace the NES. That’s right, Square Enix’s Final Fantasy hits the VC this week for the great price of 500 points. When it came to RPG’s in the 80’s there were only two; Dragon Warrior and Final Fantasy. Now you can complete 50% of the 80’s RPG titles with today’s announcemnet of Final Fantasy.
Majesco Entertainment dropped a gaming bomb on classic arcade gamers everywhere with today’s announcement of 15 classic Data East Arcade titles hitting the Nintendo Wii in early 2010. Wii players will finally benefit from online multiplayer as well as having your hi-scores linked to your Mii characters.
Can you name the school where Edward and Sookie Bella met? or What color is the T-shirt Victoria takes from Waylon? That’s right ladies, I say ladies cause only women watch Twilight, right? Coming to the Wii and DVD, Twightlight Scene It? includes more than 500 multiple choice questions featuring clips and images from the film, new gameplay modes, and a user interface designed to please fans of the movie.
For those wondering if rumors of the Nintendo Wii dropping it’s price tag were just that.. rumors. No need to wonder. Nintendo has revealed through Press Release that on Sunday September 27th, you’ll be able to pick up the fastest selling console over the past 3 years, the Nintendo Wii for $199!
Last night during The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien, Dhani Harrison was invited to sit and discuss The Beatles: Rock Band with Conan.
During the interview, Dhani said he was the mastermind behind making The Beatles: Rock Band a reality when he accidentally met with MTV president Van Toffler right after MTV had bought Harmonix. Through their discussion, Van suggested Dhani meet with Harmonix President Alex Rigopulos, which was only the first step to bring their one in a million shot dream into what is being released today, The Beatles: Rock Band.
Of course, since Conan is a talented guitar player, he couldn’t help but try the game out for himself. The song selection was one I felt to be questionable. So many popular Beatles songs in the game, and they went with Birthday?
In Oct. 2008, Harmonix revealed a bomb-shell of an announcement. One of the most influential, and most sought after bands of all time was going to be in Rock Band. Not only will the music of The Beatles be made available to gamers around the world, but they were going to be the main focus of the game.
The Beatles: Rock Band is Harmonix’s first title dedicated to a single band. Find out if Beatlemania is alive and well in our review.
Last year’s Guitar Hero: World Tour was a huge success for the Guitar Hero franchise as it was turned into an obvious direction: playing in a band. Even though the title specifically mentions the guitar, music-based games such as Guitar Hero have become more than just two people wailing on their axes. It has now become a social experience that brings people together under one roof to rock the night away. Guitar Hero 5 is the latest iteration of Activision’s popular music game franchise. The question is: Is Guitar Hero 5 the latest and greatest?
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