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SDCC Exclusive Mad Catz Fightstick / Tiger Stick gets unboxed

Son Riku — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 19:28:56 +0000

SDCC Exclusive Mad Catz Fightstick / Tiger Stick gets unboxed

Street Fighter Nut Destroys Car

adm_snackbar — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:50:17 +0000

We love video games and we loves cars, and we love it even more when the two things come together. So of course we couldn’t pass up on this opportunity to show you a crazed Street Fighter nut dressed as Ryu demolishing some poor car in a junk yard. We don’t know what’s funnier: the fact that he’s trying to recreate the bonus stage where you beat a car to dust in the game or the fact that somehow doesn’t feel as satisfying as playing that stage in the game. We don’t know what we were expecting. Here’s the reference video below:

Punch-Out!! Pre-Order for Nintendo Wii Now Available – $40

adm_snackbar — Fri, 15 May 2009 22:15:03 +0000

Punch-Out!! was a much beloved game on the original Nintendo Entertainment System, and now the highly anticipated reintroduction on the Wii is now available for pre-order on Amazon for the low price of $39.99 with free shipping. The game is set to hit store shelves in a few days on May 18th.

What’s cool about this game is the controls. You can opt for the Wii Sports boxing inspired control where in one hand you hold the remote, and in the other you hold the nunchuk while you punch away into the air like a maniac. For those who want that old nostalgic feeling of the original game, there’s a special control for them too. You can simply turn the remote sideways and use the NES controller style of punching with the 1 and 2 buttons along with the direction pad.

Another great thing is the return of the original hero: Little Mac along with 12 familiar old enemies. This game looks to be a blast to play, and the cel-shaded 3-D graphics aren’t shabby either.

Images/Nintendo/Amazon

Death Race a la Mario Kart

adm_snackbar — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:29:53 +0000

Hey, we love anything Mario Kart related. Here’s a cool video of scenes from Death Race with a Mario Kart soundtrack playing in the background and some opportune sound effects. Who knew there were so many similarities between the game and the movie? We think we like this version better than the original.

How to Import Rock Band Songs into Rock Band 2 with Export Key (PS3)

adm_snackbar — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 20:45:13 +0000

If you own Rock Band 2, you may be keenly interested knowing how to import Rock Band songs into Rock Band 2 so that you can effectively double the number of songs to play. We personally find the original Rock Band songs a little more “accessible,” meaning there are more songs in the original that are familiar than in the sequel so if you just jumped straight into Rock Band 2, so do yourself a favor and import the original game songs. The trick is having a Rock Band 1 game disc available and buying something called an export key from the PSN (PlayStation Network) store. The process isn’t clearly documented anywhere, and game forums telling you “just get the export key” are vague and mysterious so we’re documenting the step by step instructions for PS3 with screenshots on how to import Rock Band songs into Rock Band 2.

To export songs from Rock Band you are required to possess the actual game disc, so borrow it from a friend, go out and rent the game from a video game store somewhere, or just buy it used off eBay and turn around and sell it after you’ve completed these steps for the export.

Log in to your PSN account and launch the PlayStation Store from XMB. Move the cursor down to the “Add-Ons” section and click it.
Click on the controller-and-disc icon (first one) to view disc-based game add-ons.
Navigate among the games and look for “Rock Band.”
Navigate to the last option past all the tracks to the “Song Export Key.”
Once you click it, you will be prompted to purchase it for $4.99, a small price to pay for all the great Rock Band 1 songs (minus a few you probably won’t miss due to licensing issues).
After purchasing, downloading, and installing the Rock Band song export key, insert the Rock Band 1 game disc. When the game loads, you will now see an additional option (under “Options”) that was not there before: “Export Songs.” Clicking on this will cause the game to dump all the Rock Band songs to your hard drive where you will be able to access them from Rock Band 2 similar to downloaded songs.

After exporting Rock Band songs to your hard drive, swap out the original game disc for Rock Band 2 and wave goodbye. You will no longer need the Rock Band 1 disc anymore so return it to your friend, return it to the video game store, or cash out and sell it on eBay for a decent price ($20 returns seem to be average).

Street Fighter 3 – The Worst Street Fighter Ever

Son Riku — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 23:43:16 +0000

Minor Rant!

Street Fighter 3 was released and promptly became a huge commercial failure. Capcom wasn’t even going to put Ken or Ryu in it to begin with. Why did they even call the game Street Fighter? I mean it would have been perfectly fine to just slap another name on it and call it a day. I propose from now on, we call it: “F’ing Assbackwards Game Sucks”, FAGS for short. FAGS is just a crappy Game with Ken and Ryu, no wonder it never really amounted for anything.

Cast of retarded characters:

Ibuki = Little kid trying to go to college and ninja about.
Elena = Little kid from an underprivileged village.
Makoto = Little kid to take over Sakura’s stalker job.
Necro = Mutated pedo with a little kid sidekick/wife. He can also generate electricity.
Yun = Little kid busy being a twin and saving China or something.
Yang = Little kid busy being a twin and saving China or something.
Urien = ??? He can change the color of his skin and shoot energy, supernatural enough for me.
Oro = Centuries old one armed man.
Dudley = Vigilante hell bent on getting his daddy’s car back.

DS-Lite Out, and DSi In!

Son Riku — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 01:05:59 +0000

According to Nintendo UK general manager David Yarnton, the company will most likely phase out the DS Lite handheld if the upcoming DSi ‘thrives.’

Yarnton would not commit the company to any such plans, but did note that if enough buyers purchased the updated handheld, the DS Lite would most likely be discontinued, just like its fatter brother, the original DS, was.

“We’ll let the market decide,” he said. “We expect some people will upgrade, but we also anticipate that we’ll win over people who were still undecided on DS — the extra features will help convince them. There’s an extra incentive.”

The DSi is slated for an April 3rd release date in Europe followed by a North American release two days later.

The system will cost $169.99 USD in North America and will cost around GBP 149 in Europe, both 50 dollar premiums over the current model, the DS Lite.

Catch Regigigas at Toys R Us Pokemon Download Event

adm_snackbar — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 18:16:20 +0000

To get Pokemasters hyped over Pokemon Platinum which will be released this month for the Nintendo DS, Nintendo has teamed up with Toys R Us to bring a special download event to avid Pokemon fans. For a limited time from March 8 until Saturday March 21, Pokemon gamers can bring their Pokemon Diamond or Pearl games to their local Toys R Us to take advantage of TRU’s Nintendo Wifi hotspot where the rare golem Pokemon Regigigas can be downloaded for free. Regigigas, Pokemon number 486 on your Pokedex, cannot be caught easily unless you want to gather a Regirock, Regice, and Registeel and trek your way to Snowpoint Temple. This is by far the easiest way to get Regigigas legendary Pokemon just in time for you to transfer to Pokemon Platinum when it launches the day after this TRU Pokemon event ends. So hurry up because this special download event ends in two weeks!

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Free Download of Grand Theft Auto, GTA2 Classics from Rockstar Games

adm_snackbar — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 18:11:31 +0000

Rockstar Games, known for its legendary Grant Theft Auto series, is re-releasing the original game and GTA2 for free under its Rockstar classics program for free download. These games were both innovative and ground-breaking in gameplay, freestyle exploration, and plain addictive fun. All you need is to fill out a small registration form and you’ll be happily on your way to retro gaming bliss. Wild Metal is another game being offered for free download. These games have all been ported to run on today’s latest hardware.

From Rockstar Games:

In 1997, a band of developers that would come to be known as Rockstar North and Rockstar Games released the original Grand Theft Auto on an unsuspecting public. The groundbreaking non-linear urban crime game shook up a complacent game industry with its irreverent gameplay, humor and style- and a phenomenon was born.

We are now offering this classic progenitor of the Rockstar Games lineage as the first in a recurring series of Rockstar PC game downloads, absolutely free of charge. It’s a chance for new fans to experience the roots of Rockstar as well as our way of saying thank you to our long-time supporters feeling that pang of nostalgia. Simply fill out the form below and check your email for a direct link to the file – we’ve even optimized the game for play on the latest and greatest computers. Now, don’t say we never gave you anything.

Grand Theft Auto Warning/Disclaimer:

This version of Grand Theft Auto is modified from its original version to enable support for modern PC’s and current Microsoft ® Windows ® platforms. However, we unfortunately cannot guarantee that Grand Theft Auto will work correctly on your PC. Installation and execution of this software is entirely at your own risk.

Grand Theft Auto Important Notes – Please read the following before downloading and installing:

The size of this file is 328 MB.

Due to overwhelming response, we have had to limit the number of concurrent connections to our download server. If you receive an error page, please try again later.

This game requires the latest version of DirectX to run. If you do not have the latest version of DirectX installed on your system, you may download it from http://www.microsoft.com/directx.

After downloading Grand Theft Auto, double-click on the file (GTAInstaller.exe).

The Install program will start; follow the on-screen install instructions and choose where you would like to install Grand Theft Auto.

Grand Theft Auto will then be installed and a program group created for you in "START > PROGRAMS > Rockstar Games > GTA".

You will NEED to run "GTA Settings" from the Program Menu BEFORE running the game for the first time.

In GTA Settings you can customize your control options and select a language (English is default).

Once you are done with GTA settings, choose "Save" to save your settings.

You can now run Grand Theft Auto! Just click on "START > PROGRAMS > Rockstar Games > GTA > GRAND THEFT AUTO" to start.

Once in-game you can change the resolution by pressing ‘F11′ and choosing any of the listed resolutions.

If you experience choppy or jerky gameplay, try turning the frame limiter off by pressing ‘F8′. You may need to then increase your resolution to slow the game down, but it should play smoothly.

Have fun!

Image/Rockstar

StarCraft Running on PS3

adm_snackbar — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:40:41 +0000

Think this is impressive? Want to play StarCraft on your PS3 as well? It’s definitely possible. The requirements? You need to take advantage of your PS3’s little known capability to run Linux. Linux you ask? Yes, because that’s the only way to run Windows. Since StarCraft came out way back in the day when Windows 95 was king, that’s all you need to install on top of Linux through an emulation layer. Fortunately, the PS3 has enough horsepower to run Windows 95, even via software emulation, so StarCraft is actually playable. Just imagine it, playing StarCraft on your big screen TV!

The steps to running Windows on your PS3 are a little bit involved, but we have step by step guides for you. Follow our guide on how to install Linux on your PS3. Then follow our guide on how to install Windows XP on your PS3 or Vista, except replace XP/Vista with Windows 95. Unlike Vista, Windows 95 is actually usable so StarCraft is playable.

After you’ve got Windows 95 running on an emulation on top of Linux, you can then install StarCraft on it.