Colors on the Nintendo DS and DS Lite
May 25, 2009 - 7:31 am - Posted by Sean
Christian Pearce, illustrator extraordinaire, sees no limits when it comes to his hot rod art, proving that even the touchscreen-enabled Nintendo DS and the homebrew app, Colors can be a deadly combo for imaginative creation:
Christian Pearce isn’t just some random illustrator with a knack for unusual media. The New Zealand-based man has amazing talent as proven by his employment at Peter Jackson’s Weta Workshop, creating the dinosaurs for the most recent King Kong movie.
Weta might sounds familiar to some of you as this is the same production studio that brought us the real-life Warthog, the gun-turret-wielding off-road beast from the popular XBOX franchise, Halo.
Colors! for Nintendo DS requires a homebrew enabled Nintendo DS or Nintendo DS Lite. Download Colors.
Posted in Homebrew + Nintendo + Nintendo DS + Videos
Nintendo Mario Kart Wii Used In Driver’s Ed
May 19, 2009 - 4:14 am - Posted by Sean
Students at Vail Christian High School in Colorado are learning the importance of not driving while distracted. They’re doing this with the help of Mario Kart Wii.
The high school created the “distracted and drowsy driving project” with the help of the Eagle County Sheriff’s Department, the Colorado State Patrol, the Eagle Country Fire Fighters and the Vail Valley Medical Center.
The kids “drive” Mario Kart Wii while trying to contend with text messages, turtle shells and powerslides.
Source: 9NEWS.com
Nintendo Wii: Punch-Out!!
May 10, 2009 - 2:50 pm - Posted by Sean
Now, with a little over a week between us and Little Mac’s ringside return in Punch-Out!! for the Wii, he’s getting back in shape with a bit of help from his bike riding den mother, Doc Louis:
For 15 years Little Mac has regretted losing the World Circuit Title to King Hippo, but now he’s throwing a welcome home party and he’s serving up some punch.
They say a comeback is like a yo-yo… you gonna go down, but you coming right back up… then you may end up walking the dog.
– Doc Louis
I’m really looking forward to the release of Punch-Out for the Nintendo Wii.
Until then, I’ll just have to play my classic Nintendo NES cartridge and get warmed up for the Wii version.
The Amazing Spider-Man: Game Boy
May 9, 2009 - 10:07 pm - Posted by Luke C.
Spider-Man has some pretty difficult powers to emulate in a video game. Making Wolverine’s claws and regeneration? That’s easy. Laser eyes, super strength, the ability to throw fireballs? Easy, easy, easy. Swinging around New York at breakneck speeds dangling from a thin line of artificial spider silk? That’s not so simple.
However, someone apparently thought they could do just that in 1990, and on the original Game Boy, even. While the game does allow you to swing on webs to cross the screen, you can only do it at a single height right smack in the middle of the screen where anything above ground height can hit you, and it’s even harder to move quickly and accurately while swinging than while walking. Even worse, in over a decade of owning this game I’ve never found a way to consistently trigger the high jump that leads into the swinging. Read the rest of this entry…
Sega: Marvel vs Capcom 2 – Teaser Trailer
April 28, 2009 - 11:14 am - Posted by Sean
One of the most celebrated fighting games in history is coming back for another round – Marvel vs. Capcom 2! Check out the first teaser trailer below:
Get ready to re-enter the New Age of Heroes on Xbox 360 and PS3 this summer.
Source: Marvel.com
Posted in Console Games + Downloads + PS3 + XBLA
GameBoy: Kirby’s Pinball Land
April 26, 2009 - 9:39 am - Posted by Luke C.
Do you like Kirby games but always wanted to know what would happen if you whacked the main character with a baseball bat? Well, nowadays I suppose you can actually experience that thanks to the Smash Bros. series, but back in the days of the original GameBoy your closest option was Kirby’s Pinball Land.
Kirby’s Pinball Land is essentially a Kirby game with pinball controls. You choose from one of three tables themed after a Kirby boss/level, then use your pinball flippers to launch Kirby at various traditional Kirby enemies. Maxim tomatoes and pep brews can keep Kirby from falling down the gutters.
This isn’t just a pinball game with a Kirby theme, however. Since it’s a video game, HAL Labs decided to do some things that aren’t easily possible with a physical pinball table. They eliminated the plunger, for instance – Kirby flies on to the table with his usual warp star, and if you lose a Kirby a new one pops in from a spring board in the gutter. Each table also has a boss you will eventually combat; defeat the bosses of all three tables and you’ll face King Dedede.
I like a lot of things about this game – it goes beyond what a real pinball table can do, it has a fun theme, it has variety. However, I’m not sure it’s actually a good game of pinball. It often felt like I didn’t have a huge amount of control over Kirby, and between that and things like the constant ricochets off moving scenery on the boards, my losses rarely felt like they were because I messed up.
All in all, I had fun with this game, but if you’re looking for a pure pinball experience you probably want to give this game a pass.
Battlefield 1943 Drops In June
April 23, 2009 - 7:02 am - Posted by Sean
DICE advances World War II by a year in June, announcing the release date and pricing details for their downloadable online multiplayer shooter Battlefield 1943.
A small slice of World War II is coming to the PlayStation network and Xbox Live Arcade on June 15th in DICE’s Frostbyte-driven update to Battlefield 1942.
It’s the US Marines against the Imperial Japanese Navy as gamers participate in 24-player battles across Wake Island, Guadalcanal and Iwo Jima.
Coming in at a mere $15.00 USD, or 1200 Microsoft points, this sounds like a bargain to me.
Be on the lookout for the Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network versions in June, with the PC version coming in September for some odd reason.
Posted in Console Games + Downloads + PS3 + Xbox 360
MAME v 0.131 Now Available For Download
April 23, 2009 - 6:57 am - Posted by Sean
It’s that time again, a new version of MAME was released today, so go grab MAME version 0.131 from the Modern Classic Gaming MAME download page:
Probably one of the best classic gaming emulators around, MAME now supports well over 8,030+ ROM sets and 4,162+ unique games.