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Due to the airtight contract that Nintendo forced third party developers to sign in the 1980′s and early 1990′s, many other hardware manufacturers such as Sega and NEC were left out in the cold when it came to great third party software. In many cases these companies were forced to legally imitate the popular NES [...]
0(CLICK THE IMAGE TO WATCH THE VIDEO) Nowadays the quarter-century old “Castlevania” franchise has graced every platform imaginable, but stateside back in the early nineties this wasn’t the case. Castlevania remained a Nintendo exclusive, and when Konami announced a brand new installment for the Sega Genesis, it left critics and fans in absolute shock. So, [...]
0(CLICK THE PHOTO TO WATCH THE VIDEO) Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth was developed by M2 for Konami and was released as a WiiWare product exclusively for the Nintendo Wii. Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth does away with the RPG elements of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night and brings back the linear platforming elements of the 8 [...]
0(Click the picture to go to the video) Pilotwings was released in 1991 as a launch title for the Super Nintendo. Although it received high marks from critics, many still believed it to be a shallow tech demo that was used to show off the Super Nintendo’s “Mode 7″ hardware. So, looking back at this [...]
0(CLICK THE PICTURE TO SEE THE REVIEW) The “Doom” series burst onto the PC gaming scene in 1993 and changed an entire industry overnight. It’s immersive visuals, first person perspective gameplay, responsive controls and graphic violence made “Doom” a huge success and subject to quite a bit of controversy. One year later ID Software releases [...]
