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Re:Retro

Archive for the ‘NES’ Category

July 24th, 2008

Double Dribble? Arch Rivals seems better

Curious. I remember playing Double Dribble. I remember enjoying every minute I spent playing Konami’s sports masterpiece on my Nintendo Entertainment System. I remember executing those righteous dunks with my faceless players. So what’s so strange about my recollection?
This picture comes to mind whenever I think of Double Dribble:

Actually, according to some serious retro gamers […]

By Joel -- 2 comments

July 15th, 2008

Video game commercials of the 80s and 90s

Sigh. This is something we never had in this little tropical archipelago when every member of my generation was still young.
Oh, sure, we had tons of toy commercials, especially during those weekend cartoon marathons common in the 1980s to early 1990s. But, no, we didn’t have video game commercials—at least, I don’t remember watching them […]

By Joel -- 1 comment

July 6th, 2008

Street Fighter: More Touch of Death combos

Picking up from where we left off, I was talking about Ken Masters’ Touch of Death combo on Street Fighter II. After a few tries (I’m trying to master it, but my fingers are kind of stiff, having been overused in MMORPGs), I’m thoroughly convinced that you can do a Touch of Death combo with […]

By Joel -- 0 comments

June 30th, 2008

Ken and Ryu versus Ken and Ryu

It’s really amazing what video game developers can do with today’s technology. I remember playing Street Fighter on the Nintendo Family Computer and that game is a far cry from today’s version of Street Fighter. Viewing several videos of fights between Ken and Ryu has made my loins ache for a good gaming rig on […]

By Joel -- 3 comments

June 30th, 2008

Ken and Ryu animated gifs

I just love animated gifs. I call them the poor man’s Flash animation. I love animated gifs even more if they feature stuff that I’m really into, like video games. In my search for these gems, I’ve found three interesting animated gifs of Ken and Ryu of Street Fighter fame. Here, take a gander:

By Joel -- 0 comments

June 30th, 2008

The Evolution of Ken and Ryu

I’ve found this really neat article about this very subject, The Evolution of Ken and Ryu. Actually, I’ve been wanting to write something just like it for the longest time, but since I don’t have the entire Street Fighter collection within my grasp, I decided not to push through with it.
Here’s the introduction to the […]

By Joel -- 0 comments

June 29th, 2008

The Goonies: Music video and video game

Hahahaha! I can’t stop laughing. I don’t know which is funnier: seeing The Goonies video game being played to the beat of Good Enough by Cyndi Lauper or watching Captain Lou Albano (who played Mario in the Super Mario Brothers animated series) in the music video for the movie The Goonies. I can’t make up […]

By Joel -- 0 comments

June 29th, 2008

The Goonies: 8-bit gaming goodness

As promised, I’m here to talk about The Goonies, not really much about the movie of the same name, but the 8-bit video game that inspired an entire generation of video game addicts.
Actually, there’s not much to talk about as game features go. The only news concerning The Goonies is the fact that it has […]

By Joel -- 0 comments

June 28th, 2008

Stupid Mario Brothers? Fanfic makes them look more stupid

I’m starting to feel sorry for Mario and Luigi. So much fan fiction, most of which on YouTube, and a majority of them plays up the plumber brothers’ negative traits to the point of absurdity.
Take, for example, this video series, dubbed Stupid Mario Brothers, by Rich Alvarez. They portray Mario and Luigi in the worst […]

By Joel -- 1 comment

June 22nd, 2008

Speed Run: Goonies on the NES

Yeah, I’m supposed to post only one speed run a month. But, they, times change, and I need this speed run to introduce another old game I’m planning to write about soon. So here it is, The Goonies on the Nintendo Entertainment System:

Stay tuned to Re:Retro for my take on this classic movie tie-in.

By Joel -- 1 comment

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