Gaming Nostalgia

Super Mario RPG: The Legend of the Seven Stars was the first RPG with Mario on the spotlight. Created by Square Enix in 1996, took 12 years to reach European territory and is now available on the Wii Virtual Console. The plot is the usual one. Peach, who this time was still called Princess Toadstool, is in trouble and the people of the Mushroom Kingdom deposit all their faith in Mario to rescue her. Being the first of this type, we find in Super Mario RPG an experience that blends Final...

The game was first released for PC (MS-Dos-1993) and in 1994 had his first video game version. Doom had great influences of the films Aliens and Evil Dead 2. Doom is a first-person game with graphics that give the impression of 3D. The player will control a space marine who has the mission to exterminate all the monsters he encounters. Well, the game itself does not make clear its history. The game's graphics are very dark and sometimes poorly defined, giving a somber aspect to the game. In...

Eathworm Jim on its time, and even today is considered one of the most bizarre and senseless games of history, and one of the causes of the success of this game was really that! The protagonist is nothing but a worm in a cybernetic outfit that fights against evil. More original idea than this? Still to come. The story is in a universe close to Earth, where the evil Psy-Crow cornered a rebel spaceship containing a "Ultra-high-tech-indestructible-super-space-cyber-suit" built by Professor...

Nowadays, retro is really in fashion. The classic videogames could not be left out. There is nothing official, far from it, this is something made by a big fan of Nintendo with much much spare time, this new portable is called Grape 64 and nd he shows in his blog how to assemble it. Should not be too hard for someone who understands a bit of electronics. That is not my case. Below there is an explanatory video. Here is the link with the instructions on how to build it....

"The last Metroid is in captivity. The galaxy is at peace" are the first words we heard when we start the game. However, an unexpected happened, and Samus is forced to return to the station to see what happened. Arrival at the station, a real catastrophe. Corpses everywhere, material destroyed, and worst of all, the Metroid captured is gone. From one moment to another, appears Ridley, the eternal enemy of Samus. After a short battle, Ridley flees, but not without activating the mechanism of...

Ecco is a young dolphin very strong and intelligent, even for a cetacean. Ecco can swim, jump out of the water, catch some fish to eat, fight hostile creatures with his head and use sonar. He has 5 marks on his head in the form of stars, symbolizing the constellation of Delphinus. One day he was swimming with his family and friends, enjoying the good life to lead the Dolphins. Talking with other dolphins, we learn that Ecco was challenged to see how high he could jump into the air. But the...

What would happen to the flash games if SOPA or PIPA were approved. I think everyone who visits the blog already know what it means SOPA and PIPA. But those who still do not know, I explain: They are acronyms that title laws or an act of Congress intended to censor any online content protected by copyright that were not purchased. On Kongregate we have a funny version of Super Mario that would show us how the games would be if this legislation was moving forward. Try The Game Here:...

What is SOPA? From Wikipedia, The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), also known as House Bill 326 is a bill that was introduced in the United States House of Representatives on October 26, 2011, by House Judiciary Committee Chair Representative Lamar S. Smith (R-TX) and a bipartisan group of 12 initial co-sponsors. The bill, if made law, would expand the ability of U.S. law enforcement and copyright holders to fight online trafficking in copyrighted intellectual property and counterfeit goods....

Headdy jump, attack with his head in 8 directions and uses it to hang in certain places. The power-ups in the game are... heads. There are several, and among them are a ball with spikes, a vacuum cleaner and also a pig that snorts projectiles. As you move forward in the game the difficulty becomes quite difficult and we have to stay focused if we do want to have to go back to the beginning of the game. The gameplay is great, the soundtrack is hardly remarkable, but all that brings retro...

Who has never played the famous Duck Hunt? Developed by Nintendo Research & Development, Duck Hunt was officially launched on April 21 1984 in Japan, 18 October 1985 in the U.S. and August 15, 1987 in Europe. It was one of the best-selling games of all time. In Duck Hunt, players use the Nintendo Zapper Light Gun (or you can call it only pistol if you prefer) and try to shoot ducks in mid-flight. A very simple game. The game has 3 modes A duck - In each round you have 10 ducks to knock...

In this post I will talk about Tetris, one of the simplest games in the world that became a hit and still manages to have fans today, because of its addictive style, after all fit pieces of various shapes to make points that has no end is extremely fun. The game was created by a Russian trio, Alexey Pajitnov, Dmitry Pavlovsky and Vadim Gerasimov in 1984, but have they thought they would do so much success? The game evolved over time, adding new modes and difficulties and with games that use...

Space Invaders is one of the most popular video games. Released for the arcades in 1978 by Taito Corporation and licensed for production in the U.S. by Midway Games, the game is rated as one of the most important ever created, is also the precursor of the style of game known as Shoot 'em up. It was designed and programmed by Toshihiro Nishikado for Taito. In Space Invaders the player controls the movements of the gun "Laser Base", which is a laser cannon at the bottom of the screen. From the...

Star Fox is a game that was very successful in the Super NES and Nintendo 64. In the Super Nintendo, this game used the new 3D chip (SUPER FX), then bringing the revolutionary 3D graphics and games making the fans pirarem with the Star Fox Team. Let's talk about the game. Strange activities are happening on the planet Venom, where the evil scientist Andross was exiled due to his research that endangered the entire population. So, Corneria, governalmental Planet of the Lylat System, ordered...

This little game popular in the arcades of the 80s has been ported to many different systems and had the joy of kids with simple and addictive gameplay! All very colorful and intuitive. The concept of the game, in fact, comes from the arcade game "Breakout" released in 1976 and was later ported to the Atari 2600. It consists of a "pong" with blocks, and the player controls a "bar" at the bottom of the screen and bounces the ball, in order to destroy the colored blocks, each with a different...

Pong has a great importance for the history of the video games, it was simply the first profitable game in history by starting an industry that moves billions. Created by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney, was installed on a console connected to a monitor and to play it was necessary to insert a coin. To test their new creation, the inventors have left the machine in a bar in San Francisco, California. The next day, they had a surprise when they arrived, the machine was full of coins. Those...