Tag Archive | "console games"

Microsoft Continues Its Policy Of Blocking 3rd-party Hardware From The Xbox 360

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

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Datel is just the latest victim of Microsoft’s heavy-handed 3rd-party hardware lockout. As part of the latest update to the 360 dashboard, Microsoft will be locking third party memory units so they won’t work with  the Xbox 360 anymore. “Don’t use unauthorized Xbox 360 storage devices,” is the message being sent from Microsoft’s Major [...]

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R2-D2 Arcade Machine’s Got Game

Saturday, October 17, 2009

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Star Wars and Gaming fans unite in awe at this R2 with more gaming power than the original Star Wars special effects computers and C-3PO combined! PopSci reader and engineering student Brian De Vitis converted this R2-D2 cooler into the ultimate Arcade Droid with eight game consoles, even including a projector in it’s dome just [...]

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Peter Moore on MS and Sony Motion Plans

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

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EA Sports president Peter Moore thinks Sony and Microsoft are not planning to simply replicate Nintendo Wii-style motion control, but instead go one step further. “I think that, knowing Microsoft in particular obviously, that they are constantly thinking three to five years ahead of where consumer behaviour is going to be, how do people want to [...]

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8-Bit GoodNES

Saturday, February 3, 2007

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8-Bit GoodNES

MTV's Stephen Totillo profiles some of the people who have made it their goal to collect all 700+ NES games in their original boxes. Between them they've sold everything from PS3's to T-shirts to fund a quest that can easily run into the thousands of dollars.

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Metal Slug Anthology Wii Released

Tuesday, January 2, 2007

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Metal Slug Anthology Wii Released

The Metal Slug™ franchise offers some of the most hardcore traditional shooter gameplay to date, and is jam-packed with awesomely animated 2D art. It's kind of like Contra™ with a sense of humor. For arcade fans this compilation has been a long, long time coming.

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USA Legalizes Abandonware

Friday, December 1, 2006

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USA Legalizes Abandonware

For archival purposes: copy protection on software no longer being sold or supported by its copyright holder can be cracked. What does this mean? Well, those retro games -- classic or otherwise -- that you can't seem to find anywhere can now be preserved without fear of ramifications.

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Tower Defence: Free Download

Friday, December 1, 2006

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Tower Defence: Free Download

This has to be the most addictive game since Solitaire. You set up guns to defend your castle from the evil marching balls... trust me on this one. Play it with the trackball (which just so happens to be only $50 right now), all it takes is one button.

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