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filed in Classic Gaming, DS, Games, Nintendo, PSP, Powet Alphabet, SNK, Sega, Sony on Aug.22, 2010
Since the alphabet is the building block of our language, the Powet Alphabet is the building block of what makes us geeks.
In the short time they had been around, manufacturers took steps to make video games available in as many formats as possible. After their arcade origins, games were made available on home computers, [...]
filed in Arcade, Capcom, Castlevania, Classic Gaming, Contra, Donkey Kong, Final Fantasy, Games, Konami, Mario, Mega Man, Metroid, Midway, Mortal Kombat, Nintendo, Playstation, Powet Alphabet, SNK, Sega, Sonic, Sony, Square-Enix, Virtual Console, Wii, Zelda on May.08, 2010
Since the alphabet is the building block of our language, the Powet Alphabet is the building block of what makes us geeks.
The sixteen bit era of video games is considered by many to be the bridge between the past and modern eras of video gaming, and there were two kings of the ring: Nintendo’s [...]
filed in $20 Game Of The Week, Bioware, Capcom, Classic Gaming, Contra, Games, Konami, Mass Effect, Mega Man, Powet Alphabet, SNK, Street Fighter on Aug.29, 2009
Since the alphabet is the building block of our language, the Powet Alphabet is the building block of what makes us geeks.
Now we all love video games. At least most of you do. I can’t imagine that the majority of our visitors would be here if they didn’t, let alone reading this article. [...]
filed in $20 Game Of The Week, Games, SNK on Jun.09, 2009
When one discusses the glory days of the forth generation of console gaming (that would be the Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis), one must be careful to exclude SNK’s Neo Geo from the discussion. Between the 16 and 32 bit systems in power, the Neo Geo console’s hardware was unique in that it allowed [...]
filed in $20 Game Of The Week, Games, SNK on Apr.23, 2009
Before SoulCalibur, Samurai Showdown bought weapon to weapon fighting to the fighting game genre. With the franchise’s historical Japan setting, progressively complex battle systems, and interesting cast of characters, the Samurai Showdown series stands as one of the fighting game genre’s most unique games, 2D or 3D. It also managed to create some [...]
filed in $20 Game Of The Week, Classic Gaming, Games, SNK on Dec.26, 2008
Before Capcom vs SNK, there was, well, SNK vs SNK. While the Neo Geo had several good shooters and platformers, it would be fighting games which would really put SNK and the Neo Geo on the map. Games such as Fatal Fury, Art of Fighting, and Samurai Showdown would show that SNK was [...]
filed in $20 Game Of The Week, Games, Reviews, SNK on Sep.22, 2008
In the late 90s, Metal Slug was to the Neo Geo’s answer to the NES and SNES Contra games. It was a side-scrolling 2-d blastfest which bought back memories of classic shoot-em-ups of old, while at the same time injecting a twisted sense of humor. After picking a character, you (and a friend [...]
filed in PS2, PSP, SNK, Wii on Jan.21, 2008
Back in September, we reported near-live from the Tokyo Game Show floor about an upcoming SNK arcade collection, which SNK elaborated upon over the weekend with a complete game listing:
SNK PLAYMORE USA CORPORATION, the U.S. publishing arm of the SNK PLAYMORE CORPORATION, today announced SNK ARCADE CLASSICS: VOLUME 1 for the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system [...]