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Classics EXPAND STORY TEXTSSubscribe to this tag Get MechWarrior 4 for free maybe around Thanksgiving 34 PC gamers, get ready to bust out your old joystick...y'know, the one you've secretly kept in good condition, waiting on the announcement of Freespace 3, that joystick. MekTek.net may be rereleasi... Art Attack Friday: Andy Helms' Dude-A-Day project 15 [Art Attack Friday is your weekly look at videogame fan art created by a talented artist.] Back in February (which, if you'll recall, was the internet Stone Age), Hamza featured Andy Helms' Dude-... The Memory Card .75: The blind fighting the blind 21 “The Memory Card” is a seasonal feature that dissects and honors some of the most artistic, innovative, and memorable videogame moments of all time. Regardless of their varying types ... The Memory Card .74: Crono's trial 48 "The Memory Card" is a seasonal feature that dissects and honors some of the most artistic, innovative, and memorable videogame moments of all time. How many of you reading this right now have at... The Memory Card .73: Death by funnel 37 “The Memory Card” is a seasonal feature that dissects and honors some of the most artistic, innovative, and memorable videogame moments of all time. Halloween is always such a fun tim... Gorgeous Gamers revamps itself, stay here and play games 6 At some point in time GorgeousGamers.com was simply supposed to be a place to perv on attractive people who played videogames. Now, however, they've decided to not be quite as shallow and revampe... The Memory Card .72: The collapsing building 55 “The Memory Card” is a seasonal feature that dissects and honors some of the most artistic, innovative, and memorable videogame moments of all time.For the last two weeks, The Memory ... In case you've forgotten: 20+ new La-Mulana screenshots 8 I'll be the first to admit that I'm not familiar with Nigoro's action-adventure Metroidvania La-Mulana or the MSX games (like Maze of Galious) to which it pays homage. (In brief, you have to guid... Custom delights: seven of the Net's best custom Munnys 9 In case you've never visited sister site Tomopop.com, here's a brief rundown of the concept of a Munny: they're small (usually about 3") toys made out of vinyl, vaguely shaped like a monkey,... Sega Taikan Collection: tiny arcades for Lilliputians 8 In the golden years of arcade gaming, Sega ruled the school with their sit down coin-op arcade machines. Now, any tiny people living in your walls can relive the glory days with Kaiyodo's Taikan ... The Memory Card .71: The rotating room 44 “The Memory Card” is a seasonal feature that dissects and honors some of the most artistic, innovative, and memorable videogame moments of all time.Last week was the first edition of ... The Memory Card .70: Giant robot fish! 64 “The Memory Card” is a seasonal feature that dissects and honors some of the most artistic, innovative, and memorable videogame moments of all time.As a huge fan of retro games, I tel... Beneath a Steel Sky - Remastered hits iPhone this Friday 23 This really is one of those games you should feel guilty for not playing.Not only does the cyberpunk-themed point-and-click adventure game Beneath A Steel Sky take place in a dystopian Australia ... Are you a bad enough dude for Data East Arcade Classics? 20 The ESRB had kind of spilled the beans on this one, but now it's official -- Majesco will be releasing the Data East Arcade Classics for the Wii in early 2010. The collection will ... The Memory Card .68: Anton's love story 14 “The Memory Card” is a seasonal feature that dissects and honors some of the most artistic, innovative, and memorable videogame moments of all time.Love is portrayed in many different... The Memory Card .67: Scaling the waterfall 21 "The Memory Card" is a seasonal feature that dissects and honors some of the most artistic, innovative, and memorable videogame moments of all time.Online multiplayer is revolutionary. ... The Memory Card .66: Taloon the merchant 23 “The Memory Card” is a seasonal feature that dissects and honors some of the most artistic, innovative, and memorable videogame moments of all time.For years, role-playing games have ... Art from the canceled 2003 Earthworm Jim game re-surface 18 Here's your second dose of canceled game esoterica for the night, again courtesy of Unseen64: concept art and details about the ill-fated Earthworm Jim prototype for the Xbox and and PlayStation ... 'New' Earthworm Jim game actually the 15-year-old original 21 Well, we all know that Earthworm Jim 4 is being developed -- Shiny Entertainment founder David Perry has been dropping hints about it since 2007 and Interplay has been doing its best  to sta... Here's to twenty more years, Sega Genesis! 33 Twenty years ago today, the Sega Genesis blast processed its way onto North American shores, ushering in one of the few times that Nintendo's console dominance has ever been legitimately challeng... Paper route: ddi714d's moveable papercraft machines 9 If I wanted to post all the great videogame-related papercraft out there, I would just post links to Cubeecraft everyday and close up shop. Every once in a while, however, truly amazing papercraf... The Memory Card .62: Leaving Midgar 44 "The Memory Card" is a seasonal feature that dissects and honors some of the most artistic, innovative, and memorable videogame moments of all time.The feeling of discovery. It’s ... The Memory Card .61: The dream of the Wind Fish 56 "The Memory Card" is a seasonal feature that dissects and honors some of the most artistic, innovative, and memorable videogame moments of all time.Wow. I can’t believe this is th... EA Sports introduces Madden NFL Hall of Fame 7 In the 21 years since its inception, EA Sports’ Madden NFL series has grown from a mere football videogame into a true cultural phenomenon. It’s the most renowned sports franchise in ... Bit Museum #4: what the hell is an Entex Adventure Vision? 7 If you ask most people to name a retro console that features bright red LEDs and monochromy and causes migraines and epileptic seizures, they'll start shaking in horror. "V-V-Virtual Boy...&... Play Mega Man on the Atari 2600, if you wanna 15 Two years ago, for the 2007 I Am 8-bit gallery, artist David Galloway (re)created Capcom's original Mega Man on the Atari 2600. If I were picky, I would insist that Galloway's de-make be played o... This is how you beat Final Fantasy Legend in two minutes 23 I like to think that I'm a fan of the Final Fantasy franchise, but I must admit that I'd never heard of Final Fantasy Legend until today, much less played it. It was kind of a big deal, apparentl... Team17's Worms 2: Armageddon gets an explodey new trailer 15 You know what's fun? Worms, that's what. You know what's not fun? The very first time you ever play Worms. My very first experience with Worms was an absolute disaster -- I happened to be visitin... Custom delight: Reactor-88's Dr. Mario and Dig Dug Dunnys 9 Just in time to prevent my ego from getting too inflated, designer Reactor-88's custom Dr. Mario- and Dig Dug-themed Dunnys come along to remind me just what a miserable, talentless hack I am. I ... Bubble Bobble NEO headed to Xbox LIVE Arcade 16 According to a rating found on Germany's USK ratings board Web site, Taito is set to bring a title called Bubble Bobble NEO to the Xbox 360. Previously rumors floating around the Internet ha... The Memory Card .60: Flint's rage 34 This is it, kids: the Season 3 finale of The Memory Card. Like always, though, this feature will be back before you know it for a hopefully star-studded Season 4.My love of classic 16-bit era spr... The Dark Spire: new screens and music samples 16 Remember our preview of The Dark Spire? We said it was pretty badass in a retro, ball-busting way. Since then I've spent a lot more time with the dungeon crawling RPG, and have died a lot more ti... A Boy and His Blob: gorgeous screens, details, squeals of delight 56 As we told you yesterday, A Boy and His Blob is being brought back for the Wii for its 20th anniversary. The 1989 NES classic is being revived by WayForward (Contra 4), and will feature hand-draw... The Memory Card .51: The flying cow 35 One thing that is great about videogames is designers can pretty much do anything they want within the virtual world they create. While, of course, there is a general audience they want to please... The Memory Card .49: Saving Santa 21 Ho, Ho, Ho! Welcome, everyone, to a very special Christmas edition of The Memory Card.Holidays and videogames are strange bedfellows. While Christmas is a huge holiday and celebrated by millions ... Oddworld titles hitting PC classics Web site Good Old Games 18 If you haven't had a chance to check out Good Old Games (or GOG.com), maybe it's time you do. The Web site is home to digitally distributed DRM-free PC classics that can be picked up for a nice p... Certifiably awesome: 8-bit classics built in Boom Blox level editor 10 LittleBigPlanet may be getting all the press these days for people recreating classic games in it, but it’s not the only game where that’s possible -- far from it, in fact. EA relea... Good Old Games: Bringing classic PC games to an Internet near you 32 I think CD Projekt might just be my new best friend. Sure, the Polish-based publisher’s announcement of the awesome sounding downloadable game service, Good Old Games, might have influenced... Digital Leisure celebrates the 25th anniversary of Dragon's Lair 10 Do you have fond memories of the first time you helped Dirk the Daring rescue Princess Daphne from the evil dragon all those years ago? Well, lucky you -- I think they stopped making the arcade... The Memory Card .40: In memoriam 38 It is that time again. After twenty weeks of celebrating the most amazing and memorable videogame moments of all time, the second “season” finale of The Memory Card has finally arrive... The Memory Card .39: Del Lago! 47 I love to be scared.I don’t know why -- me being scared usually involves a lot of running around like an idiot with my arms flailing -- but I love the feeling of shock and subsequent nervou... The Memory Card .38: Running outside the castle 47 While everyone enjoys videogames for different reasons, we all have one thing in common: we love to play them.When thinking about this week’s Memory Card, the word “play” kept p... The Memory Card .37: Thinking outside the DS 47 When the Nintendo DS came out it was full of new and exciting features never before seen in a videogame system. Sadly, most of these features -- in particular the touch screen and microphone -- w... The Memory Card .36: The Master Sword 41 Regardless of the power of the console or the quality of the graphics and sound, some videogame moments offer visual moments so affecting that you will never forget them for the res... The Memory Card .35: A leap of faith 26 Acting on instinct – it’s something we all do in our daily lives, but very rarely are allowed to do when playing a videogame. Yes, many videogames offer numerous sequenc... The Memory Card .34: Learning to wall jump 46 Tutorials in videogames are very strange things. They are obviously important — as players need to learn how to play somehow outside of reading their dust-covered instruction ... The Memory Card .33: Peach dances with TEC 32 We all have them: certain videogame moments that we are ashamed to love as much as we do. It may be a moment that makes you scream out loud at your television set, only to make you ... The Memory Card .32: In Tentacle We Trust 50 If a random person walked up to on the street and asked you what your favorite type of gameplay was, what would you say? Jumping from platform to platform? Shooting down enemies wit... The Memory Card .31: The end of The End 63 Boss battles are awesome. Wait, no, let me correct that. Some boss battles are awesome. Others tend to be lazy, hack-and-slash fests that don’t offer the exciting, creative co... The Memory Card .30: The Phantom Train 50 People say the hardest thing you will ever go through in life is losing a family member. As someone who has experienced this, I can tell you that it is most definitely true. The pai... The Memory Card .29: The Hunter attacks 43 Have you ever gasped out loud while playing a videogame? Even better, have you ever been so surprised by a moment that you have looked over and expressed your shock to someone that wasn... The Memory Card .28: Fight for Marian's love! 18 I really wanted to do a Memory Card on my favorite two-player videogame moment and, immediately, the original Contra came to mind. More specifically, the memory of playing with a friend... The Memory Card .27: The battle with the Hydra 30 When was the last time you experienced a moment in videogames that really hit you like a shot to the gut? And I’m not talking about something emotionally devastating (such as ... Vintage arcade-style football is back: the Game X Change Iron-Man of Gaming 19 Boy, that Ace Bricka is a regular Vince Lombardi, isn’t he?As Destructoid’s resident sports gamer, I see tons of comments on my posts along the lines of “I only care about sport... The Memory Card .26: The return of Rydia 32 In real life, people age. It’s a basic and inevitable part of life, whether we like it or not. Why, then, do videogame characters not experience this same phenomenon? If the s... The Memory Card .25: A McCloud family reunion 54 Last week I mentioned I would dedicate the next two installments of The Memory Card to cool, surprising videogame moments in two genres not known for their strong stories or deep ch... The Memory Card .24: The assimilation of Kerrigan 38 Certain videogame genres are known for not possessing rich or complex stories. These genres usually focus entirely on action and gameplay, ignoring even a basic narrative structure ... The Memory Card .23: It was all a dream? 51 Sometimes videogame moments can be memorable without being very good. Take last season’s StarTropics Memory Card induction, for instance: I will never forget that damned subme... The Memory Card .22: Ganon's tower 63 Final boss battles are significant for many reasons, mainly because game players desperately want to see their character’s long journey come to a satisfying end. Sometimes the... 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