Posted on 23 Feb 2010 | Tagged as: Video Games | 109 views
Send the hit game Peggle Nights to a friend or relative — absolutely free! All you need to do is sign up for the PopCap Passport, your first-class ticket to fun! You will also receive exclusive offers, game previews, contests and more! Peggle Nights is a very fun, addicting game that usually costs $20. Not sure how long this offer is good for so you may want to act now.
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Posted on 15 Feb 2010 | Tagged as: Ebay, Video Games | 190 views
Glyde is a new, easier way to sell video games, cds, books and DVDs. Instead of using your own keywords while searching for media like on ebay, as you search with Glyde you will see a window below the search bar with all the things you can possibly be looking for. Instead of starting your bidding at a certain amount when selling your media, Glyde automatically lists how much it will cost buyers based on the curent demand for the media which is based on things like days since release, rarity and popularity.
Shipping the media with Glyde is easy. Glyde will send you a pre-paid envelope for you to put your game in and ship to the seller. When the transaction is complete Glyde will take 10% of the final value of the game. Using Glyde could save you a lot of money in the long run vs going to trade-in stores like Gamestop.
More @ Glyde.
Posted on 06 Aug 2009 | Tagged as: Logo Design | 811 views
In two months the International Olympic Committee will name the city that will host the 2016 Summer Olympic games. That’s a whole seven years away giving the city that is chosen a ton of time to plan for the events. Although no city was chosen yet designs for the logo for each city in the bid to host the event has been created. It’s interesting to see what each city came up with. I personally think the Chicago logo is the strongest of the bunch.
View all the logos here.
Posted on 03 Jun 2009 | Tagged as: Video Games | 171 views
This week is E3 which means the big three (Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony) are all announcing their hardware and software news for the next few months. Sony’s big announcement today was the PSP Go!, the latest version and first total redesign of the PSP hardware. The PSP Go! is not going to replace the PSP right away but that could be something that happens a couple years from now. The most interesting thing about the PSP Go! is that Sony decided to completely ditch any kind of physical media and make the system strictly download only. The PSP Go! is due out October 1, will cost $249 and will have the following features:
Posted on 20 Feb 2009 | Tagged as: Video Games | 177 views
Nintendo’s latest handheld and third version of the DS, the DSi is ready to be released on April 5. The system will cost $169.99 and will come in either blue or black colors.
The DSi features:
Form: Nintendo’s slimmest DS yet.
Function: Backwards compatible with all DS games.
Features: new dual cameras and downloadable games.
Fun: all the Nintendo game and character fun you know and love.
Available for preorder from Amazon (limit 3 per household)
Posted on 09 Feb 2009 | Tagged as: Apple, Video Games | 211 views
If you’re looking to get some free demos on your iPhone, your prayers are being answered. Even though $10 isn’t too much to spend on a quality game, companies like Sega are still starting to release lite versions of app games which feature unlimited play of a limited number of levels. The latest lite apps released include some very popular games in Rolando and Super Monkey Ball.
Posted on 11 Oct 2008 | Tagged as: Nintendo Profiles | 159 views
In 2005, Nintendo came out with a puzzle game double pack, Dr. Mario & Puzzle League for the Game Boy Advance. Puzzle games never get old so when you have two addicting puzzle games like these together in one cartridge, you have something fun for years to come. Both games feature multiple modes and countless options. If you have a buddy with the game, you can play vs them in multiplayer mode in either game.
Dr. Mario
In Dr. Mario, you must remove viruses by throwing vitamin capsules into a bottle. Since many viruses are trapped at the bottom of the bottle, you must plan ahead in order to eliminate them all.
Puzzle League
In Puzzle League, you’ll need to form chains of three or more same-colored blocks. When colors are matched, they will dissapear, scoring you points and clearing the screen.
Posted on 21 Sep 2008 | Tagged as: Nintendo Profiles | 678 views
In June 1985, Nintendo unveiled its American version of the Famicom at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). It rolled out its first systems to limited American markets on October 18, 1985, following up with a full-fledged North American release of the console in February of the following year. Nintendo simultaneously released eighteen launch titles: 10-Yard Fight, Baseball, Clu Clu Land, Donkey Kong Jr. Math, Duck Hunt, Excitebike, Golf, Gyromite, Hogan’s Alley, Ice Climber, Kung Fu, Mach Rider, Pinball, Stack-Up, Tennis, Wild Gunman, Wrecking Crew, and Super Mario Bros.
1: 10-Yard Fight is a 1983 American football arcade game that was developed and published in Japan by Irem and published in the United States by Taito. The Nintendo Entertainment System version was developed and published in Japan by Irem and published in North America and Europe by Nintendo in 1985.
2: Baseball is a simple baseball video game made by Nintendo in 1983 for the Nintendo Family Computer, making it one of the first games released for the Famicom. It was later one of the NES’s 18 launch titles when it was released in 1985 in the United States. As in real baseball, the object of the game is to score the most runs. Up to two players are supported. Each player can select from one of six teams.
3: Clu Clu Land is an arcade and Nintendo Entertainment System game released in 1985 and was later released in North America on the Wii Virtual Console on September 1, 2008. The game was called Vs. Clu Clu Land in video arcades. The game has been re-released for the Nintendo GameCube in the game Animal Crossing.
4: Donkey Kong Jr. Math is a Nintendo video game where the player must solve math problems in order to win. It was released in 1983 for the Famicom and then outside Japan for the Nintendo Entertainment System two years later. The game was released in the United States before the NES ports of Donkey Kong Jr. and Donkey Kong.
5: Duck Hunt is a video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System game console system in which players use the NES Zapper to shoot ducks on screen for points. The game was developed and published by Nintendo, and was released in 1984 in Japan. The ducks appear one or two at a time, and the player is given three shots to shoot them down.
6: Excitebike is a motocross racing video game franchise made by Nintendo. It first debuted as a game for the Famicom in Japan in 1984 for a price of 5000 yen. It is the first game of the Excite series, succeeded by its sequel Excitebike 64 and the spiritual successor Excite Truck.
7: Golf is a sports-simulation video game released in 1985 for the Nintendo Entertainment System. It was originally released in Japan in 1984 for the NES/Famicom. The golfer is a mustached man who resembles Mario.
8: Gyromite is a video game released in 1985 for the Nintendo Entertainment System, designed for use with the Robotic Operating Buddy. Gyromite is one of two games in Nintendo’s Robot Series.
9: Hogan’s Alley is a 1984 arcade game by Nintendo. It was one of the first games to use a light gun as an input device. The game flashes “cardboard cut-outs” of innocent civilians and thugs in front of the player and the player must react quickly to “take down” the bad guys and spare the innocents.
10: Ice Climber is a vertical platformer developed and published by Nintendo for the release of the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1985. The video game features Popo and Nana, collectively known as the Ice Climbers, venture up 32 ice-covered mountains to recover stolen vegetables from a giant condor.
11: Kung-Fu is a 1984 arcade game developed by the Japanese company Irem Corporation. It was manufactured under license in the United States by Data East. It was released in Japan as Spartan X and credited “Paragon Films Ltd., Towa Promotion”, who made the movie starring Jackie Chan, called Spartan X (Wheels on Meals) upon which it was based. The game contains elements of Bruce Lee’s Game of Death.
12: Mach Rider is a futuristic driving video game created by Nintendo. It was first released on October 18, 1985 for the Nintendo Entertainment System. A month later, on November 21, the title was released in Japan. On March 15, 1987 it was released in Europe and Australia.
13: Pinball is a 1984 arcade game created by Nintendo. It was ported to the Nintendo Entertainment System later that year. In 1985 it reached North America. The Nintendo Entertainment System version added an alternating two-player mode
14: Stack-Up (a.k.a. Robot Block) is a video game released in 1985 for the Nintendo Entertainment System, designed for use with the Robotic Operating Buddy. Stack-Up is one of two games in Nintendo’s Robot Series, the other being Gyromite.
15: Tennis is a video game released for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1984. The concept of the game is very basic in that the player controls one person faced against an opponent CPU player. This game uses the same scoring system as “real-life” tennis. The game also features a doubles (2-player) option. The opponent CPU player can be set at 5 difficulties.
16: Wild Gunman is a light gun game created by Nintendo for use with the Zapper peripheral was released in 1985. The Famicom version was also available packaged with a plastic, western-style revolver accessory that could be used instead of the Zapper. Perhaps due to the public outcry at the time over realistic-looking toy guns, which resulted in a 1988 US Federal Law banning unmarked toy weapons, this accessory was never released in the US or European markets.
17: Wrecking Crew is a game for the Nintendo Entertainment System where the player controls Mario and attempts to destroy all of a certain set of objects on each of 100 levels. Each level takes place on a playfield divided into an invisible grid, each space of which can contain one object. Objects include destructible walls, pillars and ladders, indestructible barrels and ladders, bombs that destroy all connected destructible objects, and various enemies that Mario must avoid.
18: Super Mario Bros. is a platform game developed by Nintendo in late 1985 and published for the Nintendo Entertainment System, a sequel to the 1983 game, Mario Bros. In Super Mario Bros., Italian plumber Mario must save Princess Peach (Princess Toadstool in the US version) of the Mushroom Kingdom from the evil Bowser, king of the Koopas. In order to save Princess Peach, the Mario Bros. must conquer the eight worlds that comprise the Mushroom Kingdom.
Posted on 17 Sep 2008 | Tagged as: Video Games | 160 views
There’s a game that I was glued to earlier this year called Peggle. I downloaded the trial version which limited me to 60 minutes of gameplay but didn’t purchase the full version because I was afraid I’d be too addicted to it. Popcap has just released Peggle Nights which features 60 levels and 60 Challenges of Peggle goodness. I’m sure it’s just as good as the original and I want it almost as bad as Bejweled 3.
Posted on 16 Aug 2008 | Tagged as: Video Games | 200 views
Probably like most larger companies, Sega has a room somewhere deep in their Headquarters with a copy of every product they’ve ever made. Sega is one of my favorite development companies so I found this picture awesome. Jammed inside the room (they ran out of room in just the bookshelves) are games, consoles, controllers, accessories and more Sega nostalgia stacked from Floor to ceiling and everywhere in between. More pics can be seen on Segas Flick Page and in the Sega Blog.
Posted on 31 Jul 2008 | Tagged as: Deals, Video Games | 211 views
Similar to both the Playstation and the PS2, Sony has introduced greatest hits games for the PS3. The series features the full versions of the games we all know and love for the PS3, only in a special colored case and at a cheaper $29.99 price which is half as much as the games cost when they were first released. PS3 Greatest hits games can be found on store shelves starting this week.
The first batch of greatest hits games include: Warhawk, Motorstorm, Resistance: Fall of Man, Call of Duty 3, Fight Night Round 3, Need for Speed: Carbon, Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Vegas, Assassin’s Creed, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion and Ninja Gaiden Sigma.
Posted on 18 Jun 2008 | Tagged as: Video Games | 202 views
Well I review the Wii. I only had to wait 3.5 hours in line at a Wal-Mart in Charles Town, WV to buy one. Here is a video of me opening my Wii:
The controls of this are amazing. Instead of a controller you control the screen with something called a Wii-mote which is similar to a remote that you point to your screen only this one has a sensor that shows you exactly where your pointing similar to a mouse cursor. Well this is the first and I’d say biggest update for the system.
The new Wii menu Operating System is pretty nice too. There are a number of channels on it and you can download new ones. One of the neat things is the Virtual Console channel which lets you download video games from old systems from Nintendo, Sega and Neo Geo. The games cost a minimum of $5 or 500 Wii points which can be bought online or in stores.
The games I’ve tried are Wii Sports, Wii Play and Super Smash Bros. Brawl. I’d say that I see Wii Sports being one of the best games on the system. Good thing is that Wii Sports comes with the system. The two-player mode in Wii Sports is a lot of fun. You battle your friends to a game of tennis, boxing, baseball, golf or bowling. Some games are more fun than others with baseball being the most fun out of all of the.
