"Oh God, it smells like the '80s! It's got that '80s plastic smell!" said Bill Smith as he unfurled a Power Pad, a plastic floor mat controller for the original Nintendo game system. Players step on red and blue buttons to play dance and sports games.
Smith works at Super 1UP Games on King Street East, a local hub for a subculture of gamers who play video games from the 1980s and 1990s.
Gamers seek out these retro games for their simple graphics but exciting gameplay.
The store is one of tw…
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One of the pioneers of gaming, Atari founder Nolan Bushnell, recently did an interview with The New York Times where he gave his two cents on the new Nintendo Wii U console.
And Bushnell didn’t have many good things to say, if any at all. He doesn’t believe the Wii U will be a success, and actually thinks that this will be the last Nintendo console. When asked about this thoughts on the Wii U, he said,
“I actually am baffled by it. I don’t think it’s going to be a big success.”
Classic Gaming Expo 2012 Announcement by David Crane on his new project,
David Crane's Jungle Adventure. Includes kickstarter launch and launch
video of the project, along with information about how to donate.
David Crane's Jungle Adventure website:
http://www.jungleventure.com/
A question often asked is "How do you record video game footage?". There's a handful of options out there, each with their own pros and cons. If you want to record commentary
along with your videos, the process can get even trickier. Here are some common methods.
This is the RX method of choice.
Our camcorder has the very nice feature of letting us plug
the game console directly into the camcorder and recording everything straight on to a…
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Join video game industry expert Roberto Dillon on this fascinating
journey tracing the history of video games, consoles, and home computers
from their beginning in the 1940s through the mid-nineties, when some
very important changes took place. Dillon explores how the definitive
affirmation of IBM PCs as the standard home computer, the bankruptcy of
previous home computer leader, Commodore, and the debut and rise of
Sony's PlayStation console marked the end of the gaming world as it was…
