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Dentist Acquires Treasure Trove Of Rare Retro Games For $US1.02 Million
1A dentist named Eric Naierman sunk a cool $US1.02 ($1) million on some first-edition, sticker-sealed games in September, the Washington Post reported today. It was one of the biggest-money sales in gaming history.
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Speedrunner Achieves ‘Impossible’ Super Mario Bros. Record Time
The original Super Mario Bros. is tightly optimised, as far as speedruns go. Runners have been shaving off milliseconds using highly-skilled play and glitches, all in the hopes of someday reaching a theoretically perfect run. Previously, this was only achievable using special programs, but yesterday, a runner did what some people thought impossible, matching those…
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YouTube Video Breaks Down Some Of Nintendo’s Best Gear
The YouTube channel Boundary Break usually checks out what goes on out of bounds in video games, but their latest video breaks down some of Nintendo’s most well-known hardware to show secret messages and exactly what made your Zapper sound so weird.
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Happy 30th Birthday, Nintendo Entertainment System
On October 18, 1985 Nintendo of America took a huge gamble, releasing a console into a North American market that seemed to have washed its hands of video games completely. Thirty years later those hands are filthier than ever.