Category: "NES"

The King Nintendo Fanboy’s Collectors Journal 2/7/2012

The King’s Nintendo Collectors Journal is back and everyone should enjoy it!

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10 Free NES Titles Are Now Available To 3DS Ambassadors

The 10 free NES titles that are being given to 3DS Ambassadors are available NOW!

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Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!! Controlled By Kinect

Ever have the desire to step into the ring with Mike Tyson? One man made this a reality by hacking a Kinect unit to play Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!!

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The History of Gaming – From a First-person Perspective (Video)

A group of College students from Munich have put together this terrific video which takes you through the history of gaming from a first-person perspective.

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Original Legend of Zelda Prototype Found

It seems that a prototype of the original The Legend of Zelda for the Famicom Disk System has surfaced. This earlier prototype features different dungeon layouts …

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The Miracle at the New Meadowlands – Recreated in Tecmo Bowl

Yesterday the Philadelphia Eagles stunned the New York Giants in an amazing comeback victory. They won on the last play of the game via a remarkable punt return by Desean Jackson. The only thing that could make this more incredible? If it happened in Tecmo Bowl.

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3:05 Fan Art: Mega Man 2′s Title Screen, Rendered in Beads

Among the many video game title screens which have appeared throughout the medium’s history, few are more iconic than Mega Man 2‘s, featuring the visage of Capcom’s Blue Bomber, Mega Man, standing high atop the tallest skyscraper in the city, looking out over …

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Nintendo Collectors Journal 10/21/2010

This week I was able to obtain a decent amount of Nintendo goods. I was able to pick up …

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Nintendo Collectors Journal 9/30/2010

This is my largest Nintendo Collectors Journal to date, so hang in there! The first thing I have to show off this week is my latest issue of Nintendo Power Magazine. I love the cover and am especially happy …

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The Legend of Pants

Since Nintendo revealed The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword at E3, people have been abuzz about the game. Some have spoken of the 1:1 motion controls, as well as the potential issue that presents for left-handed folk. Some have discussed the art style, and others the plot.

And some… have discussed Link’s pants.

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Lost Nintendo Games Volume 4. Nazo no Murasamejō

Nazo no Murasamejō was released for the Famicom Disk System on April 14, 1986. Since then this title has never left Japan even though it has been re-released as part of the Famicom Mini series for the Game Boy Advance and was also put on the …

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Marvel at This Mighty Mass of Marios

Here at RipTen, we love Mario. Heck, who doesn’t? But even we haven’t played everything.

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Emulation: Breathing New Life Into Old Games?

I recently found out that I can play PSX games on my Droid phone. That was a good day. It was also a day that my productivity plummeted. I found a lot of the same games I played as a kid, and got hours of nostalgic enjoyment from it. With the growing power of cell [...]

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Wanna Play Super Mario Hands-Free?

Think Kinect as the only hands-free option? Think Again. Waterloo Labs has modified an NES controller port by combining it with the latest in eyetracking technology to create a version of Super Mario Brothers that users can play with just their eyes.

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Abobo Returns in Oldschool Video Game Parody

On the show floor of the San Diego Comic-Con, one doesn’t usually expect to find a small, independently-developed parody game the likes of which you would play in your web browser. And yet, that’s exactly what appeared in Abobo’s Big Adventure.

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