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Clu Clu Land
Clu Clu Land
Take a deep breath and prepare for a puzzle game set in the underwater kingdom of Clu Clu Land. The greedy Sea Urchins have stolen all of Clu Clu Land’s gold bars and buried them in a series of mazes. As Bubbles, a brave bubble fish, you’ll set out to uncover all of the gold bars in each maze. But you’ll have to be careful: Sea Urchins will relentlessly pursue Bubbles, and there are also dangerous black holes that must be avoided. Bubbles isn’t defenseless, though, as she has the ability to stun Sea Urchins with sound waves and quickly change direction using posts scattered throughout the stages. Not only that, but the locations of the gold bars in each maze form the outline of another object—so once you know the object, you’re well on your way to finding the gold! With 20 stages to complete and increasingly complex conditions (like having to pass over the gold bars twice to uncover them), you might just want to bring along a friend for help.
Publisher: Nintendo
System: NES
Original Release: 1985
Genre: Puzzles, Action
Wii Points: 500
Wonder Boy in Monster Land
Wonder Boy in Monster Land
After the defeat of the evil king, the kingdom of Wonder Land was a paradise...for a time. The peace was broken when a ferocious fire-breathing dragon struck without warning and took over Wonder Land with a swarm of evil, monstrous henchmen, turning the once-peaceful land into one of utter chaos; turning it into Monster Land. Unable to fight, the people looked to Wonder Boy. Realizing that he was Wonder Land’s last hope, Wonder Boy set out on an incredible journey to rid the country of the monsters and to ultimately defeat the “invincible” evil dragon. Guide Wonder Boy through various environments and dungeons and defeat enemies, using Special Weapons and Spells during the course of your journey!
Publisher: Sega
System: MASTER SYSTEM
Original Release: 1988
Genre: Action
Wii Points: 500
Nintendo in the Sears Catalog
Heres a nice collection of scans from catalogs and ads from magazines. Includes Atari, CD-i, Nintendo, Sega and TurboGrafx-16 systems. The quality is pretty high so you can actually read how much everything cost when it was new.
Find more great scans at www.huguesjohnson.com
Most of us can recall scoring a great deal at some garage sale or flea market, some game you've been looking for or a complete console with games in some dusty old box for five bucks. I recently got a hold of a SNES2 with both controllers and a few games, a 3DO with controllers and some misc. cords for $10 at a garage sale. What was amusing was the kids were arguing with the mother about how much to price it for. They wanted 50 bucks for it but the mother didn't believe it was worth that much.
This blogger recounts making extra cash in Sydney by buying old games and reselling them on ebay.
Usually the (predominantly Atari 2600) games I was buying for a dollar or two would sell for $5-10 each, but some overseas buyers liked the uniquely (but common) Australian cartridges from veteran distributor Home Entertainment Suppliers and would pay even more, while particularly rare, pirate or prototype cartridges could attract a motza.
Atari Games that never were, brought to life with relabeled Atari cartridges. Maybe in an alternative universe they actually exist and are extremely popular. 15 in all, including Call of Duty 4 for the 2600 and a lolcat themed cart.
Via: www.flickr.com
Pacman Neon Lamps
Looking for something extra to add to your game room or home arcade? Then these neon lights might be up your alley. A set of 5, 4 ghosts and one pac man is up for auction on ebay.
Via: http://technabob.com
Ogre Battle for the Wii
The strategy classic Ogre Battle: The March of the Black Queen for the Super Nintendo has officially arrived on Virtual Console. The original is available on eBay, but as only 25,000 copies ever made it to North American shores, you're going to be paying a bit more than the 800 points ($8) that it'll run you on the virtual console.
Via: www.1up.com
Super Mario Kart for the SNES
According to Guinness World Records, Super Mario Kart is the top of the heap in console games. Factors in the decision process included the initial impact of the game and its lasting legacy.
Via: www.examiner.com
Most video games have bugs and glitches that weren't weeded out during the development process; some games have these coding mess ups actually make the game easier. One example is the -1 world on Super Mario Bros.
The NES version of the minus world is an endless underwater level. On the Famicom its what you see in the video. See 10 other famous glitches at the link.
Via: www.crispygamer.com
Mario reimagined
Some fun fan art of re-drawn video game characters. Including Earthworm Jim, Duke Nukem & Fox McCloud.
No matter how outdated a game systems graphics are compared to today's next gen game consoles most were considered at one point to have "great graphics" and "life like animations". Lets take a look some of the TV commercials that drilled video game lust into millions of impressionable youngsters.
Magnavox Odyssey - Lets play tennis, nah I'd rather play football this time!
Atari 7800 - We reinvented video gaming and we know it.
NES - Rob likes to watch from a dark corner.
SNES - The best 3d graphics until the Virtual Boy!
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ATARI FLASHBACK 3 CLASSIC GAME CONSOLE 60 BUILT IN GAMES US $39.99 |
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Atari Flashback 3 Classic Video Game Console 60 Games w Bonus NIB US $34.00 |
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Atari Flashback Classic Game Console System complete 2 controllers and cords US $19.95 |
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Xbox 360 20 GB White Console7 Games Modern Warfare 3 AND CLASSIC ATARI CONSOLE US $299.48 |
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PlayStation 3 160GB Classic White CECH 3000ALW Video Game Console Japan Import US $437.99 |
