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15
May

Bu Retro Gamer Vs. The Spectrum #2 Every Second Counts

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Every Second Counts was a quiz show presented by the never-changing magician Paul Daniels. As its title implies, the basis of the show saw couples take it in turns to answer questions on various topics in a bid to bank as much time as possible. The couple that had accumulated the most time then got to use it to play [...]
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27
Apr

RoundUp 030 – Two Pop Bumpers And An Out Hole

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The April show has landed and features our longest ever Top Ten debate, and something a little unique afterwards. Don’t miss it! Bi Winning! # Hardware Flashback – (00:00) # It Came From MAME – (8:15) # Guinness Gaming Records – (15:27) # Tim Arnold Interview – (16:52) # Top Ten Pinball Machines – see our results – (33:36) # Diane Sauer [...]
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04
Apr

Commodore USA Announces New Exciting Products!

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Commodore USA has just announced some exciting new retro/modern systems and cases for all of the classic computer enthusiasts. Commodore recently has released the Commodore Phoenix computer system which is an all-in-one style computer like the Commodore 64 and Amiga with the computer hardware sitting within the keyboard case. The unit itself has some decent specs including a Intel Core 2 Duo or Core 2 Quad processor, Intel G31 Express Chipset, upto 2 PC2-6400 memory slots for a total of 4 GB, internal 2.5" internal SATA hard drive and a DVD burner.

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06
Apr

Vote for Smithsonian's Art of Video Games exhibit through April 17

Written by 8-bit.

The Smithsonian Institute is taking your votes until April 17th on what games you would like to see added to there "Art of Video Games" exhibit. With five different eras to choose from like Start of the video game industry with the Atari 2600 all the way to todays generation with the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3. Era's include:

  • 1970s to early 1980 - Atari 2600, ColecoVision, Intellivision
  • 1983 to 1989 - Commodore 64, NES, Sega Master System
  • 1989 to 1994 - Sega Genesis, Super NES
  • 1995 to 2002 - DOS/Windows, Nintendo 64, Sega Dreamcast, Sega Saturn, Sony Playstation
  • 2003 to Current - Xbox, Xbox 360, Modern Windows, Gamecube, Wii, PS2, PS3 

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04
Apr

The secret history of Super Mario Bros. 2

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ars technica just posted an interesting article by Chris Kohler about "The secret history of Super Mario Bros. 2" which makes for a very interesting read. Almost everybody knows that Nintendo thought Americans couldn't handle the real Super Mario Bros 2 as they thought it might be to tough for us. They then took another game that was to be released, updated the graphics and sound and re-released it as Super Mario Bros. 2 in the United States. No the original Super Mario Bros. 2 can be played by a game called Super Mario Bros: The Lost Levels which is available on Super Mario Bros All-Stars for the Nintendo Wii. Add a comment

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