PC World Australia may have beaten me to the punch, but the news about SEGA’s impending release of the Ultimate Mega Drive Collection for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 is still news.
Late last year, the SEGA Ultimate Mega Drive Collection had merely been a rumor. Now, it’s a reality, and it’s coming to video game store shelves this January 26, at least in Australia. Is it also slated for release in North America and Europe? I really have no idea.
All I know is what’s in the SEGA Ultimate Mega Drive Collection. Here’s a partial rundown: Sonic the Hedgehog (1, …read more

Ever wonder how the modern video game console controller came to be? Well, thanks to the ingenious Sock Master, we now have a pretty good idea. Here’s a little tidbit from his “study” entitled “Sock Master’s Game Console Controller Family Tree”:
How did the current home-console controllers come to be? How have they evolved? You may have noticed some similarities between the current generation controllers, or between them and the previous generations of controllers. So, how do they all tie together?
Let’s try to find out. I’ve put together a chart, or controller family tree, that tries to connect all the current …read more

I’m currently watching a video on the history of video games by YouTube user applemctom, and my wife, Joyce, keeps asking me why I know majority of the games featured in the video. I guess my video games addiction is finally showing, eh? To test my mettle, I tried to list down in order all the games shown in the two-minute footage. Unfortunately, I didn’t get them all. Before I show my list (rather, before you take a look at it), watch the video and try listing down in order all the games that you see. Let’s compare notes later.

Well, …read more

I’ve found this neat video on the Video Games Crash of 1983 by Normal Caruso, and all I can say after watching it from start to finish is, “Whoa!” Well, if we believe all points that Norman raised in the video, particularly the supposed factors that contributed to the fall of the video games industry in the early 1980s, well, then the video is in itself educational as well as entertaining.
Go check it out and judge for yourself:

Kudos to Norman Caruso for the superb voiceover.

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 which I can play the best fighting games. Unfortunately, consoles are expensive on my side of the planet, more so the game cartridges that come with them.
Sigh. I guess I just have to content myself with watching videos of the fights—at least until I get …read more

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 I know first-hand that a lot of video games can be played on the machine—that is, if any Apple computer is still intact to this day.

Well, it’s just how I see them, father and son (or mother and daughter). I remember looking for a PC version of Puzzle Bobble, also known as Bust-A-Move, a few years back but ended up downloading a copy of Dynomite, which is pretty similar.
What the hell was I doing looking for an arcade game when I had dozens of role-playing game titles waiting to be installed? I really don’t know, suffice it to say that I spent a considerable amount of time playing Puzzle Bobble in the arcades with, uhmm, lady friends.
Anyway, for those who have no idea or can’t …read more

If there’s one game that satisfied my thirst for explosions and destruction, it was Missile Command. Of course, I’m talking about my 80s self, since there are now dozens—if not hundreds—of video games that can sate this craving.
Well, my 80s self is starting to rear its ugly head again, which is why I’ve been scouring the web for either an authentic download or a remake of the 1980s arcade hit by Atari Inc.
The game may be simple, but I assure you, especially those who haven’t an inkling what Missile Command is, that it provides loads of fun. Want to find …read more

As with Tekken the retro status of the Tony Hawk’s series seems somewhat sketchy, but it was so long ago that I first played (and sucked at) Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater that I feel like it’s appropriate to mention it here…
I don’t normally do this, but I posted this on my personal blog, and have watched this video so many damn times that I just had to share it here… Check out the video after the blogger’s traffic generating dream, “the jump”…

Contrary to what was said in the previous post, Jeux France has the goods yet again with some great magazine scans of the next-gen Sonic offering, Sonic The Hedgehog.

More pictures after the jump… You should really check these out…