Technabob » starforce http://technabob.com/blog Cool Gadgets, Gizmos, Games and Weird Science Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:30:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 One From the Old School: Classic Arcade Games Coming to Virtual Console [Wii] http://technabob.com/blog/2009/03/26/classic-arcade-games-coming-to-virtual-console-wii/ http://technabob.com/blog/2009/03/26/classic-arcade-games-coming-to-virtual-console-wii/#comments Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:02:57 +0000 Alisha K. http://technabob.com/blog/?p=10822 At this week’s Game Developers Conference, a number of incredible new (and old) additions were announced for the Wii’s downloadable game services, but the one that really gets me going is this: arcade titles will be added to the Virtual Console lineup. There’s just nothing like the classics.

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Nintendo didn’t mess around with any of this fancy advance warning business, either; bam! The arcade additions were announced, and bam! You can already download a few via the Virtual Console. Here’s the list of games that have been announced:

  • Gaplus (Namco Bandai): 600 Wii Points (available now)
  • Mappy (Namco Bandai): 500 Wii Points (available now)
  • The Tower Of Druaga (Namco Bandai): 500 Wii Points (available now)
  • Starforce (Tecmo): 500 Wii Points (available now)
  • Space Harrier (Sega) (coming soon)
  • Solvalou (Namco Bandai) (coming soon)

[via The Tanooki]

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