Category Archives: Nintendo

Wireless gameplay on Nintendo NES made easy

Posted on May 8, 2016 by frankeivind

Back in the day, Nintendo released the NES Satellite for wireless infrared gameplay on the grey 8 bit box. Technology have moved on since 1989 and wireless gaming on the NES is back with the Retro Receiver from 8bitdo. 8bitdo, … Continue reading →

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Review: Super Mario Bros. (Famicom/NES, 1985)

Posted on September 14, 2015 by frankeivind

Super Mario Bros. was one of the the first games I’ve played on the Nintendo NES. But when it was released in Europe in 1987, the game was already two years old. Super Mario Bros. was released on the Famincom in Japan … Continue reading →

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A look at… Nintendo Virtual Boy

Posted on July 21, 2015 by frankeivind

The Virtual Boy might be the black sheep of the Nintendo console-family, but it is an impress hardware. And it’s easy to see why Nintendo wantet to make Virtual Boy. The early 90’s was the years of VR. Gunpei Yokoi … Continue reading →

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Nintendo president and CEO Satoru Iwata dies at 55

Posted on July 13, 2015 by frankeivind

In a short pressrelease, Nintendo of Japan announced that Satoru Iwata, the president and CEO at Nintendo of Japan, died on Saturday July 11 due to cancer (bile duct growth). Satoru Iwata  (1959-2015) started his carrier in HAL Laboratory. He became president … Continue reading →

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Is this a prototype of the Nintendo PlayStation?

Posted on July 3, 2015 by frankeivind

The Internet more or less exploded today when news about the Nintendo PlayStation surfaced. I learned aout it first on nintendolife.com. This might very well be a prototype of the Nintendo PlayStation, all though some think it’s a fake. The … Continue reading →

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Review: Ball (Game & Watch, 1980)

Posted on April 19, 2015 by frankeivind

I’m not sure if Nintendo knew what sucess they starter, when they released their first Game & Watch game on April 28, 1980. Ball is a game where you controll a juggler. You have to make the ball stay in … Continue reading →

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The Story of… Pokémon

Posted on February 28, 2015 by frankeivind

In 1996 some small animals appeared on the Nintendo Game Boy in Japan. These Pocket Monsters is later known as Pokémon when the games was released in USA and Europe some years later. In Pokémon you controll the main character … Continue reading →

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Super Mario Bros. (NES) – The Continue trick

Posted on February 1, 2015 by frankeivind

I’ve been playing Super Mario Bros. on the Nintendo NES for nearly 30 years. But it’s only recently that I discovered (through GoNintendo) that the game support continue. When you have lost all your lifes and are back at the … Continue reading →

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Review: Duck Hunt (NES, 1987)

Posted on December 28, 2014 by frankeivind

Duck Hunt is one of the Nintendo NES classics. It’s a very funny and entertaining game. The game was released in Europe in 1987, but it was already out in Japan in 1984. In short, you use the NES Zapper … Continue reading →

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Donkey Kong Country turns 20

Posted on November 25, 2014 by frankeivind

I played Donkey Kong Country a lot back in the days. At the end of this November, makes the 20th anniversary of Donkey Kong Country. The game was released in USA on 21 November. Europe followed on November 24 and … Continue reading →

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