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Google made a free-to-play ninja cat RPG to celebrate the Tokyo Olympics, and it’s awesome!
- Casey Baseel
Jul 23, 2021 - Tweet
The Google Doodle for the Tokyo Olympics’ start offers retro fun, insight into Japanese culture, and a skateboarding tanuki.
- Internet, Japan
- (2020 Olympics • 2021 Olympics • awesome • clever • cool • culture • cute • Google Doodle • Olympics • retro games • sports • Tokyo Olympic • video games)
Japanese retro gamer completes collection of every Nintendo Famicom cartridge ever released【Pics】
- Casey Baseel
Jul 22, 2021
Collection of over 1,000 games cost far less than you might expect.
- Japan
- (awesome • collection • complete • cool • crazy • famicom • NES • nintendo • Nintendo Entertainment System • retro games • video games)
It’s the Nintendo Famicom’s 38th birthday, so let’s bust out the Famicom Disk System!
- Casey Baseel
Jul 16, 2021
38 years ago today, the Famicom everyone knows and loves went on sale, but what about its often forgotten upgrade?
- Japan
- (COK • dating simulators • famicom • Famicom Disk System • idol singers • Idols • NES • nintendo • retro games • romance games • SNJO • Square • Square Enix • video games)
Retro game dream — A massive collection of 99.36 percent of every Game Boy game ever released
- Casey Baseel
May 21, 2021
Collector approaches achievement of 100-percent completion.
- Japan
- (awesome • collection • cool • crazy • Game Boy • nintendo • retro games • video games)
End of an era – Sony announces end of online, PlayStation Store support for PS3 and Vita
- Casey Baseel
Mar 31, 2021
If you’re planning any digital purchases or downloads, the time is now.
- Japan
- (playstation • PlayStation 1 • playstation 3 • PlayStation Store • Playstation Vita • retro games • video games)
There’s a Lego Nintendo Entertainment System on the way…and it’s playable?!?
- Casey Baseel
Jul 14, 2020
Teaser video takes teasing to the ultimate level as we’re dying to know more.
- Global, Japan
- (awesome • cool • LEGO • NES • nintendo • Nintendo Entertainment System • retro games • toys • video • video games)
Sega announces Game Gear Micro, an extra-tiny retro system with a startingly high price
- Casey Baseel
Jun 3, 2020
Revisiting a part of video game history will be nostalgic, but not necessarily cheap.
Every single Nintendo Super Famicom game offered for sale in one bundle by Japanese collector
- Casey Baseel
Apr 3, 2019
Over 1,000 titles, including ultra-rare unreleased games and prize versions, could be yours with just one click (and a lot of cash).
- Japan
- (awesome • cool • crazy • nintendo • retro games • Super Famicom • Super NES • video games)
Retro Showa-era cafe in Tokyo features good food and nostalgic game fun【Photos】
- Krista Rogers
Oct 14, 2018
Visit this tucked-away cafe in a popular sightseeing area to experience the atmosphere of a place where time has stood still.
- Japan
- (Asakusa • cafe • cafes • COK • cool • food • restaurants • retro games • Showa • SNOJ • Tokyo • video games)
Classic 16-bit Nintendo controllers get modern makeover for use with Switch, current-gen consoles
- Casey Baseel
Nov 14, 2017
Everything old is new again with these awesome reimaginings of the beloved Super NES and Super Famicom pads.
- Internet
- (nintendo • nintendo switch • retro games • Super Famicom • Super NES • switch • video games)
Adapter released that allows SNES, PS1 systems, and more to run in HDMI
- Master Blaster
Oct 19, 2017
The future of the past is here!
- Japan
- (cool • HDMI • playstation • retro games • SNES • technology • Thanko • video games)
Is a Game Boy Classic Edition on the way? Alleged Nintendo trademark application sparks rumors
- Casey Baseel
Oct 10, 2017
The word “Game Boy” doesn’t appear in alleged document, but there’s no mistaking that image for anything else.
- Japan
- (Game Boy • NES Classic Edition • nintendo • retro games • SNES Classic Edition • video games)
Retro freak classic game console returns in cocktail table form【Video】
- Richard Simmonds
Aug 18, 2017
Relive the classic games of your childhood on a piece of stylish furniture.
- Japan
- (cool • furniture • interior • retro freak • retro games • tables • video games)
Instead of waiting for Nintendo’s Switch, this awesome gamer made his own portable Super Famicom
- Casey Baseel
Mar 2, 2017
Sure, Nintendo’s upcoming hybrid system looks cool, but retro gamers are already gushing over this cool customization of a classic console.
- Japan
- (awesome • cool • nintendo • retro games • Super Famicom • Super NES • technology • video • video games)
Impress clients and colleagues with the Nintendo Famicom controller business card case from Japan
- Oona McGee
Nov 11, 2016
Now there’s a perfectly valid excuse for keeping a video game controller in your pocket.
- Japan
- (business • business cards • cool • famicom • nintendo • retro games • video games)
Sega’s Mega Drive/Genesis lives again, is back in production 28 years after its initial launch
- Casey Baseel
Nov 4, 2016
The first 16-bit video game console won’t be manufactured by Sega, though, or even in Japan.
- Japan, S America
- (Brazil • cool • Genesis • Mega Drive • retro games • Sega • video games)
Non-profit organization creates database to reunite lost video games with their original owners
- Casey Baseel
Sep 5, 2016
Overseas shopping trip leads to creation of Japanese NPO that deeply respects the sentimental value of old-school video games.
- Japan
- (cool • nintendo • NPO • retro games • video games)
30 things that come to mind replaying the original Super Mario Bros.
- Casey Baseel
May 5, 2016
Seriously, Hammer Bros., we hate you so, so much,
- Entertainment, Global, Japan
- (8-bit • famicom • NES • nintendo • retro games • Super Mario • video games)
Web-based emulator adds cool retro quasi-3D effect to classic NES games 【Video】
- Mike
Mar 11, 2016
Vietnamese hobbyist Trần Vũ Trúc, using mostly undisclosed programming wizardry, introduced this Firefox browser-based emulator that adds a pixelized 3-D effect to many of the NES’s best games.
- Internet
- (3-D • emulators • NES • nintendo • retro games • technology • video • video games)
Japanese gamer gets attention online with gorgeous NES and SNES decals for Forza Motorsport 6
- Preston Phro
Jan 4, 2016
Yo, dawg! I heard you like game systems, so we put game systems in your game system!
- Internet, Japan
- (cars • Forza Motorsport 6 • itasha • retro games • video games • Xbox)
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