Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Go And Save The City!



A little late to the party on this announcement but the Konami arcade classic X-Men after 18 years is finally coming to home consoles on X-Box Live and the Playstation Network! A big thank to Pixel Enemy for the above video. No pricing or release date info has been given at this time...but I'll gladly take the Dazzler slot for online play!

Monday, October 11, 2010

Who Is Gillian Seed?





Let me start off this post with a huge thank you to loyal reader CritAnime for directing me to this incredibly awesome Sega CD cyberpunk graphic adventure released back in 1994, Snatcher. In the game you take on the role of Gillian Seed, a amnesiac with a vague recollection of something called Snatcher when he is awakened from Cryogenic sleep in Siberia. He joins J.U.N.K.E.R. in the hopes of reclaiming his lost memories.

The game was originally developed by famed Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima for the NEC PC-8801 and MSX 2 back in 1988 before being ported to the Sega CD. There have been some changes from the the original Japanese version due to fit in with what would be allowed by the censors in America. Such as nudity and a few very graphic death scenes. Check out the intro I've included below for the rest of the story...and some very nice music to boot!


Saturday, October 9, 2010

Saturday Supercade Pt. 3

Would you like a Tron watch like those seen in the art mock-up above? Then head over to : http://www.tokyoflash.com/blog/2010/10/tron-inspired-led-watch/ and vote for these things...there is a little over two months to go before we are able to see Tron: Legacy and it would be nice if I was wearing one of these when I did so.

Everyone have a great weekend and I'll talk to you on Monday!

Saturday Supercade Pt. 2!


The Lego genius known as DM Meister created the above giant sized Luigi and now thanks to YouTube you can watch a time lapsed construction of Yoshi!

Saturday Supercade!


Fun fact: Every time I type Saturday Supercade! I hear the announcer for the Medieval Madness pinball game when you start the multi-ball.

Fun Fact 2: See that image above of Luke, Leia, and Han? That is done completely with Legos. The person responsible for this hereby never has to pay taxes or work again for the rest of their life. I hereby decree this.

Friday, October 8, 2010

Friday Flyers.






Click the awesome pics above to make 1980 sized!
There is not a single pinball machine pictured in these flyers that I wouldn't put good money down to be able to play this very evening. I'd probably have to pick the Buck Rogers one as my favorite for this week.

When you are finished reading the flyers above make sure to hop on over to the Retroist site, you might even find a couple of movie reviews that I have done. Give it a look and join the rest of us in the enjoyment of retro discussions on the forum at www.retroist.com

Thursday, October 7, 2010

It Must Be Thursday.

The awesome folks over at UberEnt have taken some of their cast of Monday Night Combat (One of the greatest games online beside something called World of Warcraft!) in this piece of art to honor the late Stephen J. Cannell, the man responsible for many hours of enjoyment on television in my youth. Because when it is all said and done we gamers as a whole "Love it when a plan comes together."