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Re:Retro

Archive for the ‘DS’ Category

April 30th, 2008

Video game consoles, then and now

Did you know that there have been at least 63 video game consoles and personal computers in the past 50 years? Well, I didn’t … honestly. So imagine my surprise when I came across this video:

The author of this mish-mash, however, missed the entire Apple line of personal computers. I owned an Apple IIc, so […]

By Joel -- 1 comment

August 11th, 2006

FFIII Gameplay Video Preview - Neat

DS Fanboy serves up this delicious appetiser of in-game footage for the hugely anticipated DS remake of Final Fantasy III. Check it out, then let’s talk about it a little…

If you’re a fan of the series I’m sure you’ll join me in saying that this game looks damn fine… You know, like so fine you’d […]

By Jonic Linley -- 5 comments

July 3rd, 2006

New Super Mario Bros - Final Castle Speedrun!

Already? Hot damn!
I haven’t really featured New Super Mario Bros that much on here, but I saw this today and knew I had to share it with you… Jamie Wilson, AKA “Chronorox” (for some reason), YouTubed this video of his record speed run of the final level of the aforementioned platformer.
105 seconds was the time, […]

By Jonic Linley -- 6 comments

March 25th, 2006

New “New Super Mario Bros” footage

I’m still not sure that’s a very good title for a game, as it’s not going to be new for very long is it?
1up recently wrapped their withered claws around a pair of shiny, almost effervescent, DS Lite handheld gaming systems to enjoy a short race on the new SMB.

The game is looking great (and […]

By Jonic Linley -- 6 comments

March 25th, 2006

Zelda: Phantom Hourglass Video

I’ve been AFK for about two weeks, but I’m back now and my oh my… What on Earth has been happening in my absence?
Of all the news that this past weeks GDC has brought, this is arguably the most exciting development yielded. This thing is currently looking what can only be described as “smoking hot”. […]

By alewing -- 2 comments

March 8th, 2006

N64 on PSP?

The inimitably intrepid British Gaming Blog delivers the goods once again, with news that an emulation fan by the name of PSMonkey has successfully installed an N64 emulator on Sony’s handheld.
More and more consoles are getting emulated on the PSP, and it seems N64 is underway now. PSMonkey has got Mortal Kombat to work on […]

By Jonic Linley -- 11 comments

February 22nd, 2006

New Tetris DS screenshots!

The British Gaming blog has uncovered an abundance of screenshots showing off Nintendo’s forthcoming puzzler…
You know how excited I am about this game, so it’s safe to say that I nearly wet myself when I saw these…
Ch-ch-check it out…
Tags: DS, Nintendo, Re:lease, Re:spect

By Jonic Linley -- 1 comment

February 22nd, 2006

Mario DS date revealed!

Not that it was ever concealed you understand…
The chaps over at 4cr bring about the delivery of great news for fans of the series; The first “real” Mario title in nine years will hits shelves on May 7th… Well in America anyway…
Footage of a demo of the game being played (very badly) surfaced recently and […]

By Jonic Linley -- 6 comments

February 15th, 2006

Tetris DS Videos!

Following on from my last post concerning Tetris DS, three video have surfaced showing in game footage of the forthcoming brick clearing-em-up.
Standard Mode:

Touch Mode:

Push Mode:

This is looking more and more like a “must own” title every time I find out more about it… One thing’s for sure, Sony don’t have a title this big on […]

By Jonic Linley -- 0 comments

January 20th, 2006

Re:James Kochalka

Recently I had the pleasure of taking to comic artist, musician and self-proclaimed superstar James Kochalka (WikiPedia entry) about old video games.
Most well known for his work on American Elf, the sketchbook diaries of his life, James is also a musician and has recently released a greatest hits of his works called ‘Our Most Beloved‘. […]

By Jonic Linley -- 4 comments

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