Category Archives: Retro

retro posts

Any Old Iron?

Posted on April 4, 2011 5:56 pm by bedgell

This afternoon, I felt the final nail slip noiselessly into the coffin of ye olde world of video games. And what bastion of the old order was filling today’s tomb? The casual video games trader. Back in the day when … Continue reading →

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leonardo vs zitz, and yoshi vs ripter over on death battle

Posted on March 15, 2011 7:34 pm by lartens

Over on revision3.com (an internet video service that distribute the likes of diggnation, destructoid tekzilla etc) also has a relatively new show called Death Battle. Death battle are short 6 minute retro video game humour video that reals off facts … Continue reading →

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Shen Mue 3 News!

Posted on March 3, 2011 12:07 am by Dibbs Ahoy

Shen mue 3 news ahoy over on UK Resistance! Actually, to be honest, it’s barely anything at all other than the faintest glow at the end of a very long dark tunnel, but it’s better than nothing. Shen Mue 3 … Continue reading →

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The Legend of GRiG ORiG! A Link To Benny’s Past

Posted on March 2, 2011 9:10 pm by bedgell

Ahoy there retro fans – the bedgell Zelda challenge is officially… ON! Because we’ve finally (almost) got our happy little hands on a copy of the SNES beauty. Already our little Zelda adventure has seen our brave warrior (me) trek … Continue reading →

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The Beautiful Game? You Decide…

Posted on February 16, 2011 1:41 pm by bedgell

What to do with a girl who likes dusty old museums more than shooting the crap out of random kids on Modern Warfare 2? Lock her in a cupboard you say? What? No, no – just offer to take her up the Smithsonian.
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Awesome

Posted on February 16, 2011 12:10 pm by Dibbs Ahoy

Here you go Ben – pause at around 0.45 seconds and leave the screen on for over an hour to see the last 19 years just roll back. Yeah, it’s still good!

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Woo Hoo Yu! – Legend Honoured

Posted on February 15, 2011 7:15 pm by bedgell

Great news from awards season – and amazingly this story has nothing to do with the ongoing love-in for tepid stutterfest The King’s Speech or even carping on about blubby tosspot Ricky Gervais. Yu Suzuki, the veteran Sega developer behind … Continue reading →

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The SNES Zelda Challenge Starts Here!

Posted on February 13, 2011 10:56 am by bedgell

So even though I’m only part way through Twilight Princess, I’ve gone and got the bug for completing SNES Zelda… It actually started from completing MW2 and thinking how i hardly ever bother to actually complete games. And, true enough, … Continue reading →

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Interesting things i saw on joystiq

Posted on February 10, 2011 1:23 am by lartens

Theres too numerous things to single post about so i’ll lump them together, needles to say that there are a few moslty in respect to activision about cutting jobs and dropping franchises. cutting jobs Dropping Guitar Hero Oh and how … Continue reading →

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