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If Creative Classic Mario Paint’s Theme Had Lyrics, They Might Sound Like This

2:40AM December 21, 2011 | Mike Fahey

Retro game lyricist Brentalfloss rings in the holiday season with a musical tribute to the only Super Nintendo game to come bundled with a mouse and a mouse pad. Take that, uDraw!


Nintendo

A Nintendo Console So Small, It Fits In Your Hand

10:30PM December 13, 2011 | Brian Ashcraft

For years now, Japanese capsule toy makers have churned out miniature (non-working, of course!) game consoles and miniature portables. More »


Mobile

One Of The Greatest Role-Playing Games Of All Time Now Available On IPhone

8:41AM December 9, 2011 | Mike Fahey

Take a trip back in time on your iPhone today as Sqiare Enix finds a new way to get folks to pay $US9.99 for Chrono Trigger. Makes you wish they’d just sell lifetime version subscriptions. [iTunes]


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What If The SNES Was Modded For Minimates Fighting?

6:30PM December 8, 2011 | Brian Ashcraft

It cannot be, but what if? Filmmaker Kyle Roberts created this stop-motion short using Minimates, a SNES, and tin foil. More »


In Real Life

This Secret Of Mana Rap Will Make You Wistful

4:40AM October 19, 2011 | Evan Narcisse

There’s nothing like old-school JRPGs to make you nostalgic, and this rap about the plucky lads from Potos tuugsa at the old heartstrings. But, what this really needs is a video. Can’t be too hard to mock up SNES-era graphics along with this track, right? More »


Retro

Enjoy This Badass 16-bit Title Screen Art

7:30PM October 5, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

We’ve seen title art from modern games. And from NES games. Today, we’re hitting the ground somewhere in between with a collection of animated title screen art from the Genesis/Mega Drive and Super Nintendo. More »


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‘Super Mario Ceremony The 30th Anniversary Medley’ Is An 18-Minute Mariogasm Of Sight And Sound

10:30AM September 14, 2011 | Michael McWhertor

Jamming 30 years worth of Mario tunes and visuals into an epic 18-minute long video remix, the creators of “Super Mario Ceremony The 30th Anniversary Medley” doing an impressive job of honouring Nintendo’s famous mascot. More »


Nintendo

This Isn’t The First Time Nintendo Has Stacked Something On Top Of Something Else

7:30PM September 7, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

The 3DS’s new second thumbstick is, to be blunt, horrific. It’s an ugly, quick fix to a problem that should have been identified during the handheld’s design phase, not six months after. More »


In Real Life

Akira Was A Great Comic, An Amazing Movie, But Its Games, Hrm…

2:00PM September 6, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

It’s one of the defining works of modern popular culture, and features plenty of stylised, graphic action. So why is it nobody has ever made a good game out of Katsuhiro Otomo’s Akira? More »


Retro

If 1992 Had Limited Edition Consoles…

7:00AM September 6, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

We started to see limited edition consoles pop up regularly in the late 1990s. They’re of course commonplace now. In the early ’90s and before, though, they weren’t really around, which is where Ricepuppet’s console customisation service comes in handy. More »