Happy B-day to the NES!

Feel that something special in the air? Why that would be millions of excited gamers across the globe as they rise wearily from their beds to discover that the Nintendo Entertainment System has turned 25 years old!

Super Mario Bros., Excitebike, Kid Icarus, Duck Hunt, Metroid, and Legend of Zelda to name only a few of the early titles that I burned hundreds of hours playing in my youth. Good memories.

Of course how does one celebrate a day like this? Well, you can do what I'm going to do and play some M.U.L.E. but I personally think that should be done everyday. I guess I'll just have to browse this crazy series of tubes to find suitable photos worthy of the 25th birthday celebration of a classic gaming system.

A big thanks to Kotaku for the heads up and to Smithore.com which is just an incredibly awesome site about M.U.L.E. so make sure to head over there and give them a look!

Pardon me but I need more tea and I should see if the Vault has anymore of the Nintendo cereal in stock.

It Must Be Thursday.

Mr. Driller, son of the main character from Dig-Dug, thanks to Namco celebrates with the rest of the world the safe return of the trapped 33 Chilean miners. I really do not know what to say...

...except thanks to Kotaku for the above pic, they too seem just as confused by the picture.

Say Hello To Captain America!

Based on the upcoming Joe Johnston big screen Captain America: The First Avenger comes its prequel game developed by Sega and Next Level Games, Captain America: Super Soldier. What little we know thanks to Kotaku is that the good Captain is infiltrating Hydra's Castle during WW 2 (You can see some Hydra banners in that second pic from the top) and supposedly there is some artwork that shows Arnim Zola as he appears in the title.

Much like most of the gaming public I am hesitant though to get to excited as the last Sega Marvel game, Iron Man 2, was practically unplayable it was so bad. Now I must say I actually enjoyed their fist Iron Man title and the Incredible Hulk game they produced...which puts me in a minority.

Still, I do like what I'm seeing graphics wise in the above photos from Kotaku!

Saturday Supercade!

Sorry, but there is only the one post today. The Victory Pellet Vault has been busy beyond belief the last few days. It seems that Radium Chimp #34 contracted some type of strange flu during his brief journey to the Moon and spread it to me...which is of course when the electrical systems start to fail and my hands are just full with keeping my prisoners-ahem, I mean guests from leaving their cells. I mean suites.

Thanks to Kotaku for the heads up on this photo snapped by Meeko from the South Coast Plaza Mall in Costa Mesa, California. It seems the mall made this display to celebrate Pac-Man's 30th anniversary. Wow, that makes me feel old.

Everyone have a great weekend and assuming I can crawl out of bed come Monday I will see you all then. If you get some spare time though make sure to jump over to:

http://games.retroist.com/

They were kind enough to post my review of the Spider-Man Atari 2600. While you are there make sure to check out all the other great reviews and hop over to the main site, the Retroist just put up a podcast about the classic Adventures of Superman television show!

Great Scott!

Remember how bad the Back to the Future game was for the Nintendo Entertainment System? I know I sure do...collecting bowling balls indeed. Sigh. Luckily the fine fellows at Telltale Games are bringing us a new Back to the Future title with Bob Gale as consultant on the characters and storyline (a good thing since he co-wrote and was co-creator of the original trilogy) with Christopher Lloyd performing as Dr. Emmet Lathrop Brown, at least vocally. Though if you look at the photo sent to Kotaku up above it doesn't seem like he is just reading his lines does it?

To say I am excited by this bit of news is an understatement. Look for the first chapter in this episodic game to debut next year for most gaming platforms!

It Must Be Thursday.

Who hasn't been playing any of the various Mega Man games and thought to themselves that wouldn't he be pretty dang tasty sugary treat on a stick? Well thanks to a vendor at the Tokyo Game Show you can now find out how great Mega Man would taste!

Thanks to Kotaku for the above pic!

Tape Invaders?

I loathe days that it is so busy at the Victory Pellet Vault that I can't sneak away and do a proper post. Thanks to Kotaku for picking up my slack with the heads up about Space Invaders packing tape. They are going for $4.50 for a 3-pack roll over at A Brand Called Ed though they are in Australia and there is no word if they'll ship it all over the world. I hope they do though because I can think of a few things in the vault that need to be repaired with some of this tape!

Happy 25th To Mario!

A mighty thanks as always to Kotaku for the above pic and for reminding me that today is the 25th anniversary of Super Mario Bros. release back on Sept. 13th, 1985! As far better writers have pointed out, we gamers all owe the mustachioed plumber a great deal of thanks and respect. So today I'll continue to post various photos and videos relating to Mario for this celebration...so break take your NES from the closet and grab a bottle of Jolt cola...it's going to be a long day!

It Must Be Thursday.

What a wonderful day. The wife and I have just returned from eating at our favorite pizza place, stopped by on the way home and picked up some delicious donuts, and Netflix delivered the first disc of the Planet of the Apes television series. It just can't get any better than-OH MY GOD, WHAT IS THAT?!

We have Kotaku to thank for the above nightmarish image, dear readers. Just try to close your eyes and not see this Okami cosplay slowly stalking you...just try...

Big Girls Don't Cry - Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons

Need A Light Cycle?

Well, courtesy of Sideshow Collectibles you will be able to have your very own Light Cycle in it's own display case if you lay down the $129.00 for the Collector's Edition of Tron: Evolution. I'd report some more but it's kind of difficult to type and reserve my Collector's Edition at the same time.

A big thanks to Kotaku for the heads up on this!
Main Titles - Don Davis (House on Haunted Hill Motion Picture Soundtrack)

God Of...Wear?

Thanks to Kotaku for the heads up on these rather awesome custom made tennis shoes! Jacob Patterson is the man...solely...responsible for unleashing these God of War shoes. Check out the awesome chains that are used instead of shoestrings, of course what else would be more appropriate for the Blades of Olympus you see dangling beside the illustration of Kratos?

Hop on over to Jacob's site at http://www.jacobpattersonart.com/ there isn't much there just now, a couple of links to various sites including YouTube where you can watch him showing off his creation to the Stig, the creative director of God of War 3.

It Must Be Thursday.

Do not stare long into the eyes of this Tanooki Suit Mario for I assure you that you shall hear the wailing cries of the Dark Void calling to you...or possibly that is just the tea kettle whistling. This plush Mario was created by the talented Michele Legendre over at her spot on Deviant Art...hop on over and check out the awesome Creature From the Black Lagoon she created!

http://misscoffee.deviantart.com/gallery/

Thanks to Kotaku for the heads up!

War Of Thrones - Piano Version (Blind Guardian's At The Edge Of Time)

I Am Iron Man...Play Me!

Dear readers, what you see posted above is the work of Zachirah Perry Cruse, a 19 year old student, who worked this miracle before you. Apparently the 120GB hard drive has the Stark Industries logo upon it.

This beauty is up for sale on E*Bay...and I'm tempted to ask for an increase in my credit card limit!

Thanks to Kotaku for the heads up!

Adam-12 Podcast - Retroist

It Must Be Thursday.

Wow. I like that at the bottom of her Lancer rifle it says Deadly Cute. In the upcoming Gears of War 3 game we are introduced to the female Cog soldier. To celebrate the occasion the lead producer of Microsoft Game Studios, Chris Wynn, obtained this special Lancer model...boy does it look heavy...for his daughter.

Thanks to Kotaku for the heads up!

The Hero's Hallway - Brian Tyler (Bubba Ho-Tep Soundtrack)

Billy Mitchell Holds Donkey Kong Record Again!

Billy Mitchell on Aug. 7th cracked the top score on both Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong Jr., the very day he was inducted into the International Video Game Hall of Fame. Scoring 1,062, 800 on Donkey Kong and 1,270,900 nabbed Mitchell the ultimate in bragging rights.

Mitchell held the top score over Steve Wiebe which was documented in the King of Kong but lost his place on the throne when Hanks Chien netted 1, 061, 700 in March. Billy apparently stopped playing the game as soon as he bested Chien's high score. Mitchell is quoted as saying about his actions, "Some say I'm being cocky. Some say I'm being lazy. I say, I'm being Billy Mitchell."

I'm not quite sure how I missed this news but a big thanks to Twin Galaxies for the info and photo above, as well as to Kotaku.

I'll try to post some more info from the celebration last week at Ottumwa, it certainly sounds like a very big deal for those of us that love video gaming and its history.

This Looks Familar - Paul Williams

Saturday Supercade!

Just the one post this Saturday Supercade...enjoying the very last minutes of my vacation...but the above picture, which you need to click to really Embiggen, is pardon the pun Mega Awesome!

Marvel Characters transformed into 8-bit Mega Man versions of themselves. There is just so much to enjoy about the artwork above but I believe my two favorite characters that I would have given a Power Pellet to actually play are Doctor Strange and Machine Man. Now that would be an epic Marvel Two-In-One comic, eh? I do wish the Sentry hadn't been included though.

A big thanks to Suzuran from DeviantArt for the above picture as well as to Kotaku for giving me the heads up!

Update-For a better look at it go to and click the pic: www.blogcdn.com/www.comicsalliance.com/media/2010/08/marvelmegasbysuzuran.png

Bring The Hammer Down - Hammerfall

It Must Be Thursday.

"Hey! Hey! Blanka, eyes up here, man!"

Thanks to Kotaku for the above pic from Super Street Fighter IV.

How You Like Me Now - The Heavy

Lex Luthor Messes Up Again!

This is a pretty epic intro to the upcoming D.C. Universe Online game that is going to be on the PC and Playstation 3 come November 2nd. Pretty dark and gruesome too. On that first reveal you can just make out Green Arrow in the rubble and at first I thought that was Elasti-Girl from the Doom Patrol who comes crashing to the ground but after re-watching it I see that something green hits her in the noggin, so it's Giganta, especially since Green Lantern swoops down just a moment after.

I'm pretty excited to see what this MMO has in store for us players.

Thanks to Kotaku for the heads up on the video above!

Ready For That New Goonies Game?

Well, if you have an MSX computer laying around then you can now purchase the brand new title, Goonies 'r' Good Enough. Kralizec who created and designed the title has been working on it for four years and has now released it for purchase in celebration of the Goonies 25th anniversary.

The cart goes for $45.00 and can be ordered here: http://www.msxcartridgeshop.com/

Included below is a vid for it by the way of Youtube.



A huge thanks to Kotaku for the heads up on this title!

Goonies 'R' Good Enough - Cyndi Lauper (C'mon would I've actually picked any other song for todays post?)

Friday Flyers Interrupted...For It Must Be Friday!

You readers whom put your hard earned money into my coffers shouldn't have to miss a single post...so I'm making up missing the It Must Be Thursday post by bringing you a It Must Be Friday post instead.

Witness the excitement and awe of Batman and Donkey Kong as seen on Deviant Art by the talented Dean Kotz! Thanks to Kotaku for the heads up on the picture above.