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Retro game prices are rigged, lawsuits

Retro game prices are rigged, lawsuits

screenshot: Heritage Auctions/Kotaku The market frenzy leads to Record prices for retro games appears to have slowed since last year, but the frustration with the collectibles grading firm at the center of apex hasn’t changed. Earlier this week, a number of Wata Games customers filed a class action lawsuit to put an end to some ...

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Nintendo acquires Super Mario and Zelda Programmer SRD

Nintendo acquires Super Mario and Zelda Programmer SRD

With these gold coins. photo: BEHROUZ MORE / AFP (Getty Images) Today Nintendo announced it‘S Acquisition of long-term partner SRD (Systems Research and Development), a company that has helped program some of the company’s most well-known games, including Super Mario Bros. Nintendo acquired 100 percent of SRD’s outstanding shares for an undisclosed sum, making the ...

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Nintendo sends copyright alerts to YouTube Music Channel

Nintendo sends copyright alerts to YouTube Music Channel

photo: Nintendo / Kotaku A YouTube channel that uploads video game soundtracks Reportedly over 1300 copyright blocks were sent in one day. This news isn’t shocking when you know Nintendo’s track record of fan creations and communities, but it’s still a frustrating situation given that much of the music that’s being removed from YouTube still ...

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Princess Peach was floating so Rosalina could fly

Princess Peach was floating so Rosalina could fly

picture:: Nintendo 35 years later, Princess Peach’s Lot is still mostly about being kidnapped and rescued. But is there hope on the horizon? And could it have been necessary to add a second regular woman to the line-up to make the changes? Super Mario’s world is a look at the characters who made the Mario ...

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Super Mario Bros. 3 cartridge sells for $ 156,000

Super Mario Bros. 3 cartridge sells for $ 156,000

This is a nice looking copy of the Super Mario Bros. 3 exactly there.photo:: Heritage Auctions A rare copy of Super Mario Bros. 3 for NES is the new king of video game auctions, selling for a staggering $ 156,000 last Friday. While much of that price is included in the sealed game’s near-perfect quality ...