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We're all well aware that every console comes with a bunch of accessories. But did you know the Game Boy especially, had some of the most absurd and wacky accessories you can think of? In fact, there's 10 of them you probably never knew existed and that will leave you scratching your head. Check it out!
"Nintendo’s first attempt (and failure) at bringing 3D to video-gaming began with the Virtual Boy. Using chromatically different colors to create the illusion of depth, they decided to make every game red to make things easy on the eyes. Even still, turning up the brightness settings was (and still is) a must just to see the crappy graphics and cheese-tastic 3D special effects."
"For those that have stopped their drooling, the N64Boy Advance is missing a D-pad, an AV port and a multi-controller port. As creator Hailrazer states in the video above, however, most of the popular tites on the system don't even utulize said D-pad, so that's one less thing to worry about. As for me, I don't have friends that want to sit that close to me for multiplayer sessions on a portable screen...at least I hope they don't."
"Looking back at days of old it's interesting to see where we started and how the evolution of consoles has changed from being dedicated videogame machines to the multimedia platforms we have today. Remember your first console or home computer, whether it was the Atari 2600 or the later generation Playstation, we all have a history of playing video games. Mine was the Commodore 64 a computer that would load games from audio cassette or floppy disks. In 1988 I would own my first cartridge based..."
'Bacteria', a British modder, has recently turned several "cheap plug 'n play games" into a his own, GBA-styled creation called the "Mini-Platform Plug'n'Play Console System". He has made it so that you can actually play the GBA and all of its game on it!
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After a leave of absence this year, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts has announced that the British Academy Video Games Awards will be returning March of 2009. The award ceremony will be on March 10th at the London Hilton, Park Lane.
So far, there have been 13 categories revealed for the show. Some include Action & Adventure, Artistic Achievement, and their newest category: Handhelds. The goal of the awards is to "support, develop and promote the art forms of the moving imag...
Well according to a Japanese Gaming Magazine this is what they currently believe is going to happen as they already claim this is under production by Capcom.
Nothing has been claimed on the matter in the view of Capcom though Capcom's producer Yoshinori Ono did claim in the past it was possible for the game to come over to the Nintendo Wii but then again he also said it was possible for it to come over to the Gameboy.
All we do know however is this game is still being planned for both ...
Ever wondered what the top gaming characters with the munchies could be? Well GameGirl have posted up on there blog there Top 7 Gaming Characters with the Munchies (with the help of Tim-kun). The selection ranges from the old and the new with Crash Bandicoot, Donkey Kong and even a bit of King Dedede being involved. Follow the source to find out the full list.
Nintendo released their Half-Year Financial Report [PDF, both JP and EN respectively] for Fiscal Year 07, posting a net income of 132.421 billion JPY (1.15 billion USD) for the six month period ending September 30, 2007
Nintendo's net sales for the first half of this fiscal year amount to 694.803 billion JPY (6.08 billion USD), a 132.5% increase over the previous year at this time (298.817 billion JPY/2.62 billion USD). The operating income results in 188.784 billion JPY (1.65 billion USD...
Gameboy has been a well known trademark of Nintendo for almost two decades. When the Nintendo DS was first shown, it was called a "third pillar". Now it seems like that the Nintendo DS might just be the flat out replacement for the Gameboy. They haven't completely said goodbye to Gameboy yet, but it looks like it will have to "retire" eventually.
Wow. These consoles are smoking hot! We all know that there have been some ugly looking consoles made but most of the time these consoles get remade eventually. This list goes over the top ten best looking consoles. Definitely worth checking out. I just love the Panasonic Q GameCube.
