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Sega Dreamcast in stock at Amazon for $88

Thursday, May 6th, 2010

This isn’t a retro post about how good the Sega Dreamcast is, because if you’ve read this site more than twice, you’ll notice this is a leitmotif around here.

This is a post for all the people who never got a chance to own a Dreamcast. You people missed out on something, but luck is a lady tonight, because you now have the chance to rectify this for less than a Benjamin.

There are Dreamcast systems in stock at Amazon. And they are $88.99. I don’t know if they invented some kind of time machine or what. It doesn’t matter. Do you know why?

There are Dreamcast systems in stock. You could be buying one right now.

(via Gizmodo)

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Forgotten Favorites: The Combatribes

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

Here’s a question, readers: have you ever forgotten about a video game? I mean entirely forget it, like men in black wiped from memory. Absolutely no lingering recollection whatsoever. Totally gone.

This happened to me the other day. I found a reference to a video game called The Combatribes, a Technos beat-em-up arcade game. I had never heard of this game before. So I do what we all do when faced with needing more information: I Googled it.

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And then I saw the “Insert Coin” screen. And like a freight train, the memories came rushing back.

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Symposium ad Nauseum: 16-bit to Current Gen

Tuesday, October 13th, 2009

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We’re all about the nostalgia on the PV, so here’s a soft-ball for all you flower children who grew up cutting your teeth on the SNES or Genesis (sorry, the TurboGrafx doesn’t count).

What beloved 16-bit hit would you love to see given a current-gen treatment on the system of your choice?

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In Memoriam: The 10 Year Anniversary of the Dreamcast Launch

Wednesday, September 9th, 2009

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Has it been ten years already?   I remember when I scored Sega’s little white box in 1999 and proceeded to play the living crap out of Soul Calibur.  After that it was full-on Sega-support as I bought everything from Tech Romancer to Shenmue to 18 Wheeler ProTrucker.

Sure, it may not have been “thinking,” but taking a look at the software library, as well as the cutting edge things it brought to the console market (online play, controllers that were not made for human hands), it’s easy to see why gaming fans hold the console in high (ish) esteem.

I was a big fan and the PlayStation 2’s steamrolling of the box (buttressed by a nauseating media hype machine) led to a feeling of Sony resentment that just recently dissipated with Casino Royale.

Anywho, in honor of this important day, a list of some of my favorite games after the jump.

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Vote for the next Genesis XBLA game

Monday, August 17th, 2009

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To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Sega Genesis (a horrible scorecard outlining my own mortality and extreme agedness) Sega has an online poll up for fans to vote on the game they’d most like to see released on XBLA. Talk about Sophie’s Choice here–every game is a standout. Can’t we have them ALL?

In celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Sega Genesis, we’re putting the power back in the fans’ hands and letting you determine the next title we’ll release on Xbox LIVE Arcade! Just pick from the Genesis classics below and cast your vote between August 14th and August 21st.

The games up for consideration:

  • Earthworm Jim
  • Golden Axe II
  • Shining Force
  • Revenge of Shinobi
  • Streets of Rage
  • Toejam & Earl
  • Wonderboy

    As of this writing, over 40,000 votes have been cast (and amazingly almost half of them for Earthworm Jim, never saw that coming) so be sure and help Dave log AS MANY VOTES AS POSSIBLE for Streets of Rage. He needs your help!

    (via Genesis Poll)

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    11-Year-Old plays first game of Contra; hates it, puppies, and America

    Monday, July 27th, 2009

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    Here’s some lighter news to help all you players out there settle back into the work week grind.

    Our fellow stalwart champions of old-school gaming over at Nerdballoon have recently started a little something called “Project D”, in which older, more experienced gamers sit down with their youngling counterparts to try and beat some appreciation of classic digital entertainment into their media-corrupted minds.  This of course can only lead to tragedy.

    Episode 1 – has just been uploaded, in which we get to hear a slightly less than open-minded 11-year-old attempt to survive a session of Contra.  Surprisingly, the graphics “suck”, and the game is not as approachable as “Halo 3 and Call of Duty: World at War”.  Oh, and I almost forgot, the music is “boring”.

    Bottom line, this is an intriuging concept, and I long to see how today’s gamers deal with things like merciless halfway points, one-hit kills, and all other variety of challenges from the 8-bit era.  Please find the link  and video after the break.

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    Hollywood to adapt Asteroids movie. Wait, what?

    Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

    Universal has secured the rights to adapt the classic video game Asteroids into a feature film. If this statement in of itself was not strange enough, let me add to the story thusly:

    Universal has won a four-studio bidding war and secured the rights to adapt the classic video game Asteroids into a feature film. Yep, that’s right. Hollywood is fighting over this, ladies and gentleman. Fighting over a game that looks like this:

    Can't you just see Brad Pitt as the triangle?

    Can't you just see Brad Pitt as the triangle?

    Did they really need the actual rights to a game franchise from 1979 to make a movie about busting rocks in space? Is this not essentially the second and third act of Armageddon? I realize Hollywood and video games have an interesting, parasitic relationship where big stacks of money change hands, and fans pull their hair out in gigantic clumps, but who is clamoring for an Asteroids movie exactly? Does anyone even care?

    Hey Dave, now here’s a Symposium topic for you: Video Game Franchises That Should Never Be Turned Into Movies. I leave it to you to find a way to work Screech or Zack Morris into that, you glorious bastard.

    (via /film)

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    DVD Review — The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3: The Complete Series

    Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

    smb3cs In the interest of padding site content, here’s a blast from the past: my very first review for DVD Verdict, published almost exactly two years ago, for The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3: The Complete Series. Not exactly cutting-edge content, but hey, it’s not like Super Mario Bros. 3 was brand-spanking new back in 2007, either.

    Click here to read the review, and feel free to give me a belated hazing in the comments below.

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