Our friends over at ThinkGeek.com have come up with the answer to our portable emulation prayers! A single hand held unit that will run most of your favorite emulators and play all of your favorite roms.  We all love the Nintendo DSI, but this unit takes things to a different level with boundless possibilities for the user.

The unit has limited software when you first open it from the box. However, I am sure, all of our readers have all of the emulators and roms they need in some old hard drive stuffed away in the basement or attic.

The unit runs:

MAME
AMIGA
ATARI ST
Commodore 64
NES
SNES
GAMEBOY
GAMEBOY Advance
NEO GEO
and many many more…..

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We have seen great old school remakes or sequels lately from classic titles. We’ve seen Bionic Commando, 1942, Rygar, and Street Fighter impact this new generation of gamers thanks to developers reviving them.  Punchout and A Boy and his Blob will also be out soon.  However where are the forgotten games that we loved from the 80’s. This article will revisit some “forgotten greats” and through this avenue we hope to open the eyes of game developers looking to rekindle some old flames.

5. Karate Kid (NES) – 1987

YES! The great late Pat Morita, what a great actor, we really loved him in the movie.   Especially when he would flight and defeat enemies effortlessly.  I didn’t pick this game because I have been told I look like Ralph Macchio, it really has been a forgotten great from the NES.

I read mixed reviews for this game online but this is my article and I say its a great. The game featured tournament mode in which Daniel-San has to defeat the cobra-kai and others using punches, kicks and our all-time favorite the crane kick.  I must say , the film to game accuracy is very good in this game. Ice breaking stage, fly catching stage, tournament, Okinawa and the typhoon to mention a few.

Why it should be re-made – With today’s graphics and computing power, one can make an argument that this would be a good idea on the Wii.  Imagine trying to catch a fly with chopsticks using wii-motes? Ok, this might be a odd proposal but that’s why this one is at the bottom of the list at #5.

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