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taito celebrates 30 years of space invaders with lots and lots of space invaders

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Space Invaders 30 Anniversary Taito

Space Invaders is turning 30 and Taito is rocking the Space Invaders angle in everything possible. They are even turning HMV and LaForet stores into complete Space Invaders headquarters.

First of all, knowing that Space Invaders is 30 years old: how old does that make you feel? Me, um, I’d say I feel somewhere around super old…

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August 9th, 2008 post a comment stumble it! digg it! author: karen

classic video games in lego form

filed under: just plain fun | video games

Katamari Damacy in LEGOs

The guys over at Brick Flick have painstakingly built a series of LEGO vignettes based on classic video games.

The scenes include Mortal Kombat, Castlevania, Shadow of the Colossus, Contra, Excitebike and my personal Favorite, Katamari (Block)acy - shown above. There’s also an awesome animated featurette, Grand Theft Auto LEGO CITY.

You can check out the complete photo set here…

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November 12th, 2006 post a comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

play nintendo nes games online for free

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vNES Classic Games Online

Can’t wait to get your new Nintendo Wii so you can download and play classic NES games? Over at vNES, you can get a head start by playing 395 games from the old Nintendo online, right now.

Although it’s a little annoying that the site requires Java (v.1.5 or later) to play, it’s done an admirable job of emulating these classics…

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October 8th, 2006 22 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

apple’s big news day: games, movies, new iPods, new iTunes, set top box

filed under: home entertainment | media players

iPod Multimedia Games, Music, TV, Movies

At today’s “It’s Showtime” event, Steve Jobs showed off a bunch of new iPod and iTunes features and products…

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September 12th, 2006 post a comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

rumor: psp “lite” due in 2007?

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Not the Sony PSP Lite

PlayStation Magazine has published an unconfirmed report from unnamed sources that state that Sony is working on a new model of the PlayStation Portable (PSP) for release in 2007. PSM’s Editors believe that the upgrade will be a revision of the existing hardware at the same retail price as the current model…

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August 31st, 2006 3 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

sega genesis compilation due on ps2 and psp

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Altered Beast Screenshot Sega Genesis

SEGA has announce a Fall 2006 release date for their new compilation, the SEGA Genesis Collection. The title will be released for Sony’s Playstation 2 and Playstation Portable systems.
The disc will include 30 titles from the Genesis system including classics such as Altered Beast, Sonic The Hedgehog, Shinobi III, Phantasy Star and Golden Axe…

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August 12th, 2006 post a comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

ubisoft announces wii launch lineup

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Rayman Raving Rabbid

Publisher Ubisoft has announced that they will release seven titles for the Nintendo Wii when it launched this holiday season…

Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WW II: As a squadron leader and ace fighter pilot, leverage the Wii controller to experience intense dog fighting in the famous air battles of WW II. Air combat simulation…

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August 4th, 2006 1 comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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