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The New Link To The Past Took Its Sweet Time… But So Did These Games

After 21 years, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past is getting a direct sequel. That’s quite the gap, 21 years. But it’s far from being the only big gap.


Listen To The Developers Talk About That Flashback Remake

Here’s how much I loved Flashback: The Quest for Identity: when a clearly unsanctioned version of the classic sci-fi platformer surfaced on the iTunes App Store a few years ago, I knew better than to buy it. But I did anyway. I think the janky code successfully ran only once. It wasn’t enough to rekindle my memories of the Genesis game.


Flashback Re-Release Trailer Sees Conrad Jumping To Modern Consoles

Ubisoft has revealed a trailer for a “re-imagining” of the 1992 cinematic platformer, Flashback. The game is coming soon, according to the trailer itself, to the PS3 and Xbox 360.


‘Nintendo’s Doomed, They Should Go Third-Party!’—Said Everyone, Ever.

Yesterday, former Epic Games designer and Dead Space aficionado Cliff Bleszinski was quoted by GamesIndustry International about what he perceived as the worst turmoil the industry’s experienced since the eighties. The situation was so bad, he suggested, that even Nintendo might throw in the towel and go software-only, like Sega did after the Dreamcast’s meager performance.


What Sony’s Past Console Reveals Could Say About Tomorrow’s PS4 Reveal

As you might have heard, Sony is (most likely) officially announcing the next PlayStation tomorrow. This isn’t the first console reveal Sony has done though. Let’s think back to those times. What information was Sony willing to part with during its very first reveals for its other big consoles? It might give us some insight into what we first details we might learn about the PS4.


What People Used To Say About The Game Boy

3D without glasses? No thanks. I’ll take my monochrome sprites and go and have some real fun.


What People Used To Say About The First Xbox

We don’t know every last thing about the new Xbox. Some leaked details, for the most part, sprinkled with a liberal helping of rumours. While we wait for new bits and pieces to be revealed, why not reminisce a bit? Let’s have a look at how the very first Xbox, turning 12 years old this year, was received.


What People Used To Say About The Sega Dreamcast

Today, we have Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony vying for control of the console market. But there was a time when Sega was also a contender. Its last home console, the Dreamcast, is still getting games (sort of) despite being 14 years old. But what was it about the Dreamcast that inspired such devotion? Let’s take a look.


What People Used To Say About The Original PlayStation

Everyone’s talking about the PS4. There are details popping up. Dates being announced. Hell, even mock-ups being created. So why don’t we take a break from all that, and check out what they used to say about the very first PlayStation? Let’s take a look!


What People Used To Say About The Atari 2600

Do you think people get emotional about today’s gaming consoles? Have you noticed that the people running PlayStation, Xbox and Nintendo sometimes say weird things? Or make some bold claims?


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