In late 2015 Nintendo unleashed their most creative title to date for the Nintendo Wii U in Mario Maker. The incredible suite of level building tools not only inspired countless level designers around the world, but also brought along a multitude of new levels to the Mushroom Kingdom. Although unofficial, the Nintendo 64 is about to get the same treatment through the newly released Super Mario 64 Maker.
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Here it is, part 2 of the top 50 games of all time list! Already in part 1 we have covered classics for the Sega Megadrive, Commodore Amiga, Sony Playstation and more.
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In 1991 one of the hottest crazes was the newly released Barcode Battler LCD handheld. This standalone system featured a built in barcode scanner to which you swiped hero and enemy cards to do battle with. Additional items and power ups could be scanned too, all of which adding or subtracting to the simplistic number game made up of three values, attack, defense and energy.
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Back in April this year we asked the listeners to help us put together the Maximum Power Up Top 50 games. Each of our hosts put forward their favourite games to get the list started and then with all the other listener votes the list stood at over 450 games!
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Over the last decade a plethora of classic consoles and computers have been gifted aftermarket solutions to playing games without the need of original game cartridges or discs. From flash cards to compact disc emulators, there are so few systems out there still in need of a future-proof solution. This has left the talented developers behind these devices to focus their efforts on more advanced offerings, with the Game Boy seeming to be next in line for an overhaul.
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Seminal PC shooter Quake famously featured a soundtrack composed by rock band Nine Inch Nails, and the game was littered with nice little nods to the fact – who can forget the ammo crates emblazoned with the familiar NIN logo? The soundtrack comprised 10 original tunes, which according to the NIN Wiki weren’t actually given individual titles. It seems that fans of the industrial-themed US band will soon be able to rock out to the eerie ambience of 1996’s hottest Lovecraftian, neo-Medieval FPS though, and more importantly through the medium of vinyl. As reported by video game music site Blip Blop, the NIN website is now listing the official Quake soundtrack LP as coming soon. There’s little further information at present, but we’d hazard a guess that it’ll include the entirety of the game’s audio and possibly some nice extras. Expect more news soon on this intriguing release.
Source: Blip Blop
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Titan A.E. is a movie I hold very dear to my heart, and not least because it and the subsequent collapse of Fox Animation Studios were the subject of my disseration at college. For a short period in 2001 Titan A.E. was my life, and I was understandably dissappointed when the video game was cancelled. Very little is actually known about the interactive representation of Don Bluth and Gary Goldman’s animated magnum opus; and until now us Titan A.E. fans (yes, we do exist!) have only had Wikipedia entries to pore over.
Recently though, The Oliver Twins tweeted the image above, showing that various Sony PlayStation demo CDs, PC previews and what look like complete (or near complete) NTSC promos were indeed pressed. The Oliver Twins, as many people will be aware, are more well known for their Dizzy franchise but in 1990 they founded Interactive Studios…which later became Blitz Games – developer of the Titan A.E. game. No further details on the game have been released by The Oliver Twins, but this glimpse at the various demo discs and potentially complete versions at least shows that the game was playable on stock PlayStation hardware. Sadly, my amazing dissertation has been lost to the mists of time (filed in a tutor’s bin, most probably), but if you’d like more information on the fascinating tale of Titan A.E., its all star cast and the subsequent implosion of Fox Animation Studios, check out the Wikipedia article here. Or simply join me in pestering the twins on Twitter until they yield and release screens, video and (ideally) the game itself. Extra points if it includes the original theme song too!
Source: The Oliver Twins on Twitter
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In this episode Paul interviews legendary games journalist Julian ‘Jaz’ Rignall. In over 30 years in the industry Jaz has worked on many well loved games magazines including Mean Machines, Zzap64, C&VG and more.
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In 1995 the belt-scrolling brawler Iron Commando smashed on the Super Famicom. Although packing quite the punch and satisfying fans of the genre, It’s safe to say that the game arrived a little too late to impress those who had seen it all with the Final Fight series. Whilst remaining a Japanese exclusive for quite some time, the neo-retro publisher Piko Interactive acquired the rights to the game last year and has begun closing in on funding for the game’s re-release on cartridge.
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From prank phone calls, to notorious rants, and of course nostalgic gameplay, Battletoads is one of the most memorable Nintendo NES games to ever see release. Although the game is anything but a breeze, the addition of co-operative multiplayer gameplay was a stroke of genius from Rare – something ROM hackers have just upgraded by adding in compatibility for up to four players simultaneously.
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