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Sonic Ultimate Genesis Collection (PS3) Review

Friday, April 24, 2009

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Remember the Sega Genesis? There were so many good games. Now you can relive 49 of them on Sonic’s Ultimate Genesis Collection for the Playstation 3, for the retail price of $29.95. Seriously, for 30 bucks you really can’t go wrong. Armando Rodriguez from 411Mania rated this game a 9 out of 10, and while [...]

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Atari 2600 and How It Made History

Friday, April 24, 2009

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From Financial Times: Born in the early 1970s, I’ve experienced only a few world-changing events along the lines of the automobile, the telephone, and the television. Sure, I was around the campus computer cluster when NCSA Mosaic was installed in 1994, but the Internet didn’t make a grand entrance. (The UC Museum of Paleontology, a prominent [...]

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Coolest Dad in the World - Bella’s Arcade

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

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Well, second coolest dad according the author in this article. James, the man who built the pink arcade machine from scratch, did it just for his 4-year-old daughter named Bella. The entire 2 year building process is chronicled at Bella’s Arcade, which also includes detailed pictures and links to several arcade building resources. At only 50″ [...]

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MAME on the Xbox 360

Friday, March 13, 2009

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After many debates about whether it was possible to play MAME on the Xbox 360, a video has popped up on over the world wide web demonstrating that it can be done, or so it seems. The catch? Not much is known about the project except that it’s been dubbed MAME360 and that the author [...]

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King of Fighters XII for PS3 and Xbox 360

Friday, March 13, 2009

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More HD goodness is the works. This time it’s King of Fighters XII for the PS3 and the Xbox 360. Set to be released in July 2009, this fighter will feature 20 playable characters and the game will undergo complete graphical overhaul using newly drawn sprites and detailed backgrounds. Unlike other HD 2D games that [...]

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BlazBlue Arcade Brawler Coming to US

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

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From the makers of Guilty Gear comes BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger, a high definition 2D fighter set to be released on the Xbox 360 and the PS3 this summer. Originally released in Japanese and US arcades, this game features 12 playable characters, a branching storyline and over 30 hours of gameplay. Depending on the certain battles [...]

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PS3 and PC Fun on the X-Arcade Dualstick

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

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With the release of Street Fighter 4 on the Playstation 3 who wouldn’t want to play it with the X-Arcade? And don’t forget all those endless night playing arcade games on your computer. What better way to enjoy it than with the X-Arcade? Tim Hanlon from the Australia based magazine Gizmag decided to take our [...]

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