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After A Long Search I Finally Picked Up A Nintendo Classic!

After searching for the last couple months to find a used NES Classic I finally found one. After scouring the local retro scene and Craiglist I finally just lucked into picking one up from someone at work that no longer wanted it. It's in great condition as it wasn't used much and it was quite a bit of fun to play this evening. Looks like there is a lot of choices for buying a second controller as well as controller cord extensions that are not too expensive. I decided to buy two cord extensions so if I get a SNES Classic and the cords are too short I can use them with it.

One thing I hope to do is write up a quick review for each of the games on the NES Classic and... Read All

Everyone's Favorite Puffball Turns 25!

In 1992 Kirby's Dreamland hit Gameboy and the Nintendo puffball train hasn't stopped since. There is a new Kirby game coming to the Switch next year but until then we can pour one out for the little marshmallow that can eat... anything. One thing I didn't know as I was watching the 25 years of Kirby video above is how many Kirby puzzle games there are. It makes some sense as Kirby is a lovable puff-thing that you can put in any game to make it instantly more charming.

Brink is Now Free to Play On Steam

Brink didn't get great reviews when it launched or garner much praise but today it went free to play on Steam. If you are looking for a free multiplayer shooter to play that offers interesting character customization, parkour gameplay mechanics and a bit more... the price is right. If you want you can still pickup the games DLC but the base game is entirely free and right now there are quite a few people playing it on Steam so if you do try it out, you won't be the only one playing.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/22350/BRINK/

SNES Classic Trailer & Pre-Orders Go Up And Are Sold Out In Seconds

The US release Super Nintendo Classic trailer has gone up and this retro feast confirms many details that were in the Japanese Famicom Classic trailer. Live rewind & game borders are coming to the Super Nintendo Classic. Last night pre-orders went up on Amazon and Best Buy and sold out quickly. Many were happy to secure one but many were sleeping, including myself. Hopefully the rest of the pre-order sites go live today and there is a brief window where I can pick on up.

If you are interested in getting on I urge you to check the Nintendo page for retailers that have yet to go live with pre-orders like Walmart & Target:

https://www.nintendo.com/super-nes-classic... Read All

Travis Admin wrote on 08/22/2017 at 05:26pm

Just saw an email that it was in stock at Walmart... went to check and they're sold out.

Uuuuuuuggggghhhhhh

Will_Ball Game Mod Super Member wrote on 08/22/2017 at 07:01pm

Looks like they are selling out in around 30 seconds.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 08/22/2017 at 07:22pm

Yep. I've a had a few in my virtual hands and then click buy either killed the site or it was snatched away by Gremlins.

Will_Ball Game Mod Super Member wrote on 08/22/2017 at 09:32pm

I thought I had one at gamestop but the site crashed.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 08/23/2017 at 01:12am

Right. I think the only options we have now are ... getting lucky to find one in a store.

So yeah, looks bleak.

Travis Admin wrote on 08/26/2017 at 04:20am

There's hope. Let's see if Walmart sends me an email in a couple days saying "Ooooohhh sorry. We shouldn't have sold you that."

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 08/26/2017 at 01:07pm

A little context there, Travis and I JUST pre ordered a SNES Classic at Walmart. I'm going to wait a bit before posting about it though as last time... well it didn't work out

Travis Admin wrote on 08/28/2017 at 06:24pm

So how comfortable do you feel today? I got an email that there had been a change in my order and freaked out a bit, but it was just a release date change.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 08/28/2017 at 06:35pm

What was the change? I haven't seen that email yet.

Travis Admin wrote on 08/28/2017 at 07:25pm

It went from a delivery date of Oct 6 to Oct 3

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 08/28/2017 at 07:36pm

Oh nice!

Will_Ball Game Mod Super Member wrote on 08/28/2017 at 09:41pm

Did you order me one?

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 08/28/2017 at 09:51pm

Sorry, I only ordered 50. 49 of those are saved for EBay!

J/k I think Walmart just allowed pre ordering one.

Will_Ball Game Mod Super Member wrote on 08/29/2017 at 02:35am

You have to pay for your kid's college somehow.

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Watch This Japanese Super Famicom Classic Trailer While We Wait For More Details on the US Release

There is a brand new trailer out for the Super Famicom Classic that you need to watch. Firstly the trailer is incredibly charming even though I don't understand most of it. That said, it's still fun to watch and it's a bit sad to notice how many games we didn't get released in the states that look like fun. At the end of the trailer they go over some new features to the Super Famicom Classic that I imagine will be in the Super Nintendo Classic such as a setting to select different borders for games AND the ability to live rewind a game. There also appears to be some kind of feature where you can control Mario in the menu to select a game.

I hope when Nintendo said... Read All

Age of Empires IV & All Future Age of Empires Definitive Editions Announced At Gamescom!

Age of Empires IV was just announced at this years Gamescom with a brand new trailer. As a huge Age of Empires fan I'm really interested in this news and hope Microsoft can work amazingly well with Relic Studios(the developers creating Age of Empires IV) to make a game that fits in with the style of Age of Empires. The original Age of Empires featured early progression from very early tribes to bronze age and later early civilization level units. Age of Empires 2 started you in a later civilization stage to end up solidly in the Dark Ages / Castle age. Age of Empires 3 was set around the time that America was colonized roughly around the years 1492 to 1876 so my... Read All Age of Empires IV was just announced at this years Gamescom with a brand new trailer. As a huge Age of Empires fan I'm really interested in this news and hope Microsoft can work amazingly well with Relic Studios(the developers creating Age of Empires IV) to make a game that fits in with the style of Age of Empires. The original Age of Empires featured early progression from very early tribes to bronze age and later early civilization level units. Age of Empires 2 started you in a later civilization stage to end up solidly in the Dark Ages / Castle age. Age of Empires 3 was set around the time that America was colonized roughly around the years 1492 to 1876 so my thinking is that Age of Empire IV will be set after that. Getting an Age of Empires that starts in the 1800's and ends up in the 90's, 2000's or later era seems really interesting to me. Traditionally Age of Empires has featured older civilizations but i'm interested in seeing a new take on modern RTS combat.

All that said, the details on Age IV are sparse to non existing so as more information drops i'll keep you updated.

https://www.ageofempires.com/news/age-of-empires-event-at-gamescom-live-wrap-up/

All The Definitive Editions!

Age of Empires Definitive Edition is coming which is a 4K HD revisioning of the original Age of Empires that should release at some unspecified date. In keeping the Age of Empires hype train rolling Microsoft released that they will also create Definitive Editions for Age of Empires 2 and Age of Empires 3.

"We started off announcing the release date for Age of Empires: Definitive Edition, October 19th, 2017! What a great way to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the original game! AoE: DE will launch with a ton of awesome new features, but we have kept a lot of things the same to preserve the feel of the original game. Take a look at the list:

Attack Move

250-300 population cap

Rally Points Basic

Rally Points Contextual (Intelligent Villagers)

Grid default key layout

Select Idle Military

Select Idle Villagers

Unit queueing

Right-click mouse scroll

And MORE!

We then announced that we will be releasing Definitive Editions of both Age II and Age III, keep an eye out for more details about those!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3rDhoWcVgQ

I wonder how Age of Empires 2 Definitive stacks up to Age of Empires 2 HD? I thought Age of Empires 2 HD was an incredible rebuild of the game and it works great on Steam so i'm wondering what Microsoft is going to for the definitive edition? I suppose they could remake the graphics in 4K but i'm not sure Age of Empires 2 HD really needs that but then again, I love the original 2D graphics.

What are you looking for in Age of Empires IV and what do you think about Age 2 and 3 Definitive Editions?

Do You Want To Be Sedated With The Gameboy? Latest Episode Of Angry Video Game Nerd Let's You Do Just That!

New episodes of The Angry Video Game Nerd are a bit few and far between these days so when one comes out it's pretty special. The latest one is all about the Gameboy, which is pretty amazing up front but the Nerd focuses on the many odd Gameboy accessories. The Gameboy had a lot of accessories and some really strange stuff was made including a Gameboy sewing machine? The video wraps up in the typical Angry Nerd style making me happy that James is still doing these video after all these years.

Checkout This Majora's Mask Promo VHS!

Nostalgia Games recently found an old Toys R Us promo VHS for The Legend of Zelda Majora's Mask and recently dropped it on their YouTube channel. It's a fun snapshot of the NES dominated era and features a Nintendo counselor talking about the game and giving it high praise. Majora's Mask is one of those Zelda games that does get quite a bit of love still but even so the video really does seem a bit forced and even so, it would have totally worked on me as a kid to seem like some kind of real news expose on how great this game is.

A Chess Review

Chess came out on the NES in 1988 and this is a really good review of it. The reviewer takes point with some of the games graphical and gameplay choices, which makes sense considering Chess doesn't seem like it wasn't well designed.

Good News Everyone Battle.net Is Called Battle.net Again!

Good news everybody, Battle.net is back and it's... the same?

Back in September Blizzard announced that it's Battle.net online game service would be called "Blizzard." It was an interesting idea but one that was a bit sad and strange because they didn't seem to consistently stick with it. That and most people still called it Battle.net. Well it seems Blizzard is heading back to calling Battle.net Battle.net and I think that's a really good idea.

"Battle.net is the central nervous system for Blizzard games and the connective tissue that has brought Blizzard players together since 1996. The technology was never going away, but after giving the branding change further... Read All