For many, Wild Gunman is a Nintendo classic that was released on the NES. For others, it’s the arcade game Marty McFly was playing when he landed in Back to the Future in 2015. But what many don’t know is that Wild Gunman was previously a full motion video arcade game released in 1974. Also ...
The discovery of the lost Alpha 1.1.1 puts the community in a celebratory mood. Minecraft is always good for interesting stories. No wonder, after all, the block hit is still popular after all these years, and many players let off steam as builders in their worlds to let their creativity run free. But the current ...
Screenshot: Mojang / Microsoft Since its release in 2009, Minecraft has been updated many, many, many times. Over the years fans have started working together to find these earlier versions. Most were easy to find. But a version Alpha 1.1.1It was considered completely lost until a random tweet from a decade ago resulted in it ...
“What would you do to save the one you love?” That’s the question behind Last Day of June, an emotional adventure that’s all about reliving the final day of someone’s life, and trying to change events. If your answer is “buy a physical copy of the game, complete with special collector’s content,” then we’ve got ...
picture: Goodwill Industries / Evan Amos / Kotaku A Texas Goodwill employee found an extremely rare Atari 2600 game, and the company held an online auction to sell the game. After a week, on June 17th, it sold for $ 10,590. Earlier this month, Alex Juarez, a goodwill Texas ecommerce item processors searched donated video ...
picture: Sony / Kotaku The prehistoric 1990s was a different time for video games. Mascot platformer roamed the untamed jungles, with Mario and Sonic fighting forever, while Crash Bandicoot, Spyro, Croc, Rayman and countless copycats were strewn underfoot. Fast forward to today, and “mascot platformer” is hardly a genre anymore. There are still a handful ...
Welcome back to Box Art Brawl, our semi-regular retro box art poll to decide the best regional variants from two or more territories. Last time went on an epic JRPG Dragon Quest in celebration of the series’ 35th anniversary. Following a spirited duel between North America and Japan, it was the caricatured beast from the ...
Update [Wed 12th May, 2021 04:55 BST]: Following on from last week’s teaser, First 4 Figures has now officially revealed its Mumbo Jumbo statue and a Crocodile Banjo one. Pre-orders are now live on the official F4F website. The Mumbo Jumbo statue will be available as a standard and exclusive edition. Crocodile Banjo can be ...
Although today it is common for games to receive improvements through internet updates / patches, there was a time when this did not exist, or not at least as we know it today. Therefore the only way to improve the games back then was through special upgrade chips that went inside game cartridges to improve ...
