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Discounted NES-games week 2

Posted on July 30, 2014 by frankeivind

So, it’s week 2 of the NES discounted games on the Nintendo Wii U Virtual Console, if you are the owner of NES Remix 1 or 2 and live in Europe. This game are discounted between July 31 and August … Continue reading →

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RETRO volume 6

Posted on July 29, 2014 by frankeivind

From time to time, the magazine games collect all their articles about retrogaming and makes a bookazine out of it. This is some of the things to read in RETRO volume 6: Life after Sinclair: The second comming of the ZX … Continue reading →

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Discount on Virtual Console NES games

Posted on July 22, 2014 by frankeivind

If you are the lucky owner of either NES Remix 1 or 2 and live in Europe, you are qualified for discounted NES games on the Wii U Virtual Console. In the next month (for four weeks), new NES games … Continue reading →

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Retron 5 have support for the Super Nintendo mouse

Posted on July 5, 2014 by frankeivind

I bought Mario Paint here the other day with the mouse. I plugged the mouse into the Retron 5 console and it worked. You could even use the Super Nintendo mouse on the Retron 5 homescreen. Cool! Check out the … Continue reading →

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Retro Gamer #130

Posted on June 29, 2014 by frankeivind

In isse 130 of Retro Gamer you can read about: Back to the Eighties – September 1980 Back to the Nineties – May 1997 The History of Crazy Taxi Ultimate Guide: Yie Ar Kung-fu The Making of Theme Hospital Sugar’s … Continue reading →

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My Retron 5 has arrived

Posted on June 19, 2014 by frankeivind

Back in February I pre-ordered the black Retron 5 on Amazon.com. That was a mistakes in two ways. One, I realy like black consoles, phones etc. But the do collect dust heavily. Forgot that! The second, was that at release … Continue reading →

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Brain Training first DS game on Wii U Virtual Console

Posted on June 14, 2014 by frankeivind

Wayback in January, Nintendo announced that they would release Nintendo DS games on the Virtual Console on Nintendo Wii U. Brain Training: How Old Is Your Brain? (also known as Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day!) is … Continue reading →

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Mario Maker lets you make you own Mario levels

Posted on June 10, 2014 by frankeivind

At the Nintendo Digital Event at E3 2014, Nintendo announced Mario Maker. Appart from what was shown in the Mario Maker trailer, we know not much about the game. But it will let you create levels in the good old … Continue reading →

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Retro Gamer #129

Posted on June 3, 2014 by frankeivind

Retro Games issue 129 contains the following: Back to the Eighties – August 1980 Back to the Nineties – April 1997 The Bluffer’s Guide to Maze Games The Making of… Heartland Ultimate Guide: Midnight Resistance Lynx Awakening: An Atari Lynx … Continue reading →

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Preview: Retron 5

Posted on May 25, 2014 by frankeivind

There have been much talk about the new multi-console from Hyperkin. But after much delay, the Retron 5 will be released in USA early June. I had a chance to test the console at retro gaming expo in Sandefjord, Norway … Continue reading →

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