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retro EXPAND STORY TEXTSSubscribe to this tag Flairs 'Truckers Delight' music video is awesome and NSFW 67 "Truckers Delight" is directed by Jérémie Perin who takes you on a ride full of rape and poop. It's all done in a 16-bit, Sega style game and at first glance, you would think this ... North America gets some sweet new Mega Man merch 33 Capcom has been working with FAB Starpoint on some new Mega Man merchandise so those of us in North America don't have to be so jealous of all the cool stuff they always get in Japan. Kramez over... Left 4 Dead gets an NES de-make 36 What you are no doubt watching right now, as you're reading this, is in fact a playable game. PixelForce, which mainly consists of a single person named Eric Ruth, brought it upon themselves to ... My sexy, nerdy, fertility boosting ReBirth wish list 54 By my definition, any time a new game in a series rejects technological advancements and changes in "mainstream" gaming trends, that's a rebirth. Final Fantasy IV: The After Years, Mega Man 9, an... Phalanx coming to WiiWare, banjo accessory not confirmed 13 I have never played Phalanx. The SNES/Sharp X68000 computer game was never something I had the pleasure of playing. Beyond the fact that it's a space shooter I know absolutely nothing about it. N... 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-... Free beats: Update available for Bit.Trip Beat 5 Not playing Modern Warfare 2? Well then, chances are high that you'd like Bit.Trip Beat. The game is pretty much the anti-Call of Duty, and it's one of my all time favorites. If you haven't playe... Smash TV 'will rise again' 25 Let's get the "I'll buy that for a dollar" quote out of the way. Right, now we can get on with the actual story. Did you know that the classic arcade game Smash TV was in line for a remake? It wa... Ten 'classic' games that did not age well 224 Videogames are a constantly and rapidly evolving medium. While this means that amazing advances in gameplay and graphics consistently surprise us, it also means that those very same advances are ... The Memory Card .74: Crono's trial 50 "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... New Kids on the Block NES game prototype on eBay 16 Jordan Knight, Jonathan Knight, Joey McIntyre, Donnie Wahlberg, and even Danny Wood wouldn't buy this piece of crap. Sure, it's a piece of gaming history, but it's also just some glossy paper tap... Golgoth working on Data East IP after Toki remake 22 Any studio who can so brilliantly capture the essence of a retro game and bring it into the modern era -- without going overboard -- like Golgoth is doing with Toki is fine by me. In an interview... Namco Zippos: Dig Dug, Xevious, Galaxian, and Pac-Man 9 While these Zippo lighters won't top the Sega console versions we showed you earlier, they all still have me considering taking up smoking so that I may have an excuse to carry one of these aroun... Come, take your pilgrimage to gaming’s one true mecca 30 [Editor's note: We're not just a (rad) news site -- we also publish opinions/editorials from our community & employees like this one, though be aware it may not jive with the opinions of Dest... Luigi rides again in fan made Luigi's Boo Hunt 10 Oh Luigi's Mansion, you, much like you protagonist, are always seen as a second stringer in the world of Mario, despite your obvious charms and uniqueness. But just because you're a second fiddle... Phanto: The scariest videogame character of all time 86 You are staring into the face of sheer terror.Halloween is only a few days away, and with it comes gamers everywhere thinking about (and dressing like) some of the videogame characters that scare... Sony: 3D Dot Game Heroes 'DEFINITELY' coming to NA 53 Fresh from the official PlayStation Twitter, it appears 3D Dot Game Heroes is definitely coming to North America. How do we know this? Well, because the tweet says:"No need to import - 3D Do... Nothing is sacred: killing God atop the Tower of Heaven 40 [Editor's Note: We're not just a (rad) news site -- we also publish opinions/editorials from our community & employees like this one, though be aware it may not jive the opinions of Destructo... Spelunker sells us on 3D Dot Game Heroes 14 Adorable "OMG Zelda" RPG 3D Dot Game Heroes features a cameo from legendary hole-digger Spelunker, and he seems quite excited to be in the game. From Software has been releasing a seri... Pato Pooh and his retro stylings 32 Normally we might skim over the music video above or save it for a Weekend Destructainment, but considering that just happened and we're all up in the listening to music anyway with dtunes, it's ... The one true gaming masterpiece of my generation 51 [Editor's note: We're not just a (rad) news site -- we also publish opinions/editorials from our community & employees like this one, though be aware it may not jive with the opinions of Dest... Sega Zippos make me want to start smoking 25 I'm one of those guys that just looks odd smoking. I don't have the face for it or something. Likewise, I can't wear hats.  But I might take up smoking anyway to have an excuse to carry arou... 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... Super Meat Boy's twitter updates got the 2600 meat funk 11 Looking forward to Super Meat Boy? Then should been keeping up with the game on Twitter, where all the major Meat Boy news first goes public. Here's a recap of the latest from Tweet Boy's meats, ... Cross SMW off the list of unique ways to propose 35 The hopeless romantic in me sort of cringes at the above video as I'm pretty sure that no girl in the world really wants to be proposed to while sitting on a stool in front of a TV while playing... 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 ... Run, jump, shoot: check out Sparky's Star Guard 4 I don't know about you guys, but it's a slow day here at work. It's raining and cold here and, to be honest, I'd rather be at home with a mug of hot chocolate and a controller in my hand. A First... 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 ... Sega offers up delicious USB Saturn pad for PlaySEGA 27 You may not have heard, but Sega's got this new thing called PlaySEGA, which is a browser-based service that lets you play old Genesis games and such. To both promote and enhance that experience,... Who needs graphics: three games in 15 pixels 18 Even if we all can't agree that games are art, we can definitely agree that games can inspire great art. I think Art Attack Friday proves this well every Friday. As part of the UK's Gamecity fes... 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... Sega's ignorance of Toejam & Earl explained 17 Sega has always been ridiculously keen to exploit and whore out every franchise that's ever been popular, cramming them into remakes, re-releases and crossover games at the drop of a hat. However... There's lots of jumping in Arkedo's JUMP! 31 Arkedo, the studio behind Big Bang Mini and Nervous Brickdown, have come out with a new game called JUMP! for the Xbox Indie Games Channel. It’s a retro style platformer where you have to b... Mega Man Lego recreation is pretty epic 14 There's no shortage to the number of amazing things gamers do to express their love for the games that inspired them, and we bring you another one today courtesy of Capcom Unity. Created by Brazi... A new Rocket Knight game is coming to XBLA, PSN, Steam 62 Brace yourself, Internet. The mere rumor of Climax developing a new 2.5D Rocket Knight game made you guys bananas (myself included), and now that said rumor has been verified as truth, I don't ev... Two real life Paperboy fan films, both full of violence 6 In the first Paperboy in real life sketch, a man deals with the Paperboy who continually ruins his morning. The man strikes back by attacking the Paperboy with various obstacles, such as Japanese... Innex releasing two new systems for Genesis games 12 Innex has announced a couple of new systems they're releasing that comes packed full of licensed Sega games. First up is their portable handheld unit which has 20 Sega games built in. It will inc... New No More Heroes 2 trailers are over 24 hours old 18 What do you do when you're a professional blogger JOURNALIST and you come across something that you think is really cool, but you know that it's already days old? Do you ignore it, preventing the... Americana and Space Invaders collide 7 At first glance these Photoshopped images from Life Magazine are just kind of cool. Combining Space Invaders with American hunters looks pretty neat, but upon a moments reflection there's somethi... 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. ... This moves: first footage of 3D Dot Game Heroes 67 Ever since we got our first look at From Software's 3D Dot Game Heroes, the general sentiment has been that we love the way it looks, but we're all dying to see some actual video. Well, today you... Pac-Man world record is broken 42 A perfect score in Pac-Man was obtained ten years ago by Billy Mitchell, meaning that no one can ever score higher. How then does a person break the world record in Pac-Man? By doing it faster of... Destructoid celebrates 10 years of Dreamcast: the games 89 Yesterday marked the official 10th anniversary of the Sega Dreamcast, and I was both honored and delighted to be able to talk shop about its hardware for a while. What I didn't have room for in t... Toys R Us doing trade-ins, ALL games considered 27 Toys R Us is today rolling out its huge nationwide videogame trade-in program, a new initiative that will allow customers to sell back all manner of games, including classic titles that retailers... Space Invaders Extreme 2 screens, PAL release date 19 Taito and Square-Enix have just announced that Space Invaders Extreme 2, the sequel to what was easily one of my favorite DS games of last year, will be arriving in PAL region territories on Octo... Destructoid celebrates 10 years of the Sega Dreamcast 85 Ten years ago today (9/9/99), the Sega Dreamcast made its debut in North America. For M. Bison, it was a Thursday. For the rest of us, it was the day that forever changed console gaming as we kne... Medabots is coming to the DS (seriously) 79 Do you remember Medabots? I know it's difficult, but try to think back as far as 1997, a time when small creatures fighting for your approval was all the rage. Medabots was basically Pokém... Contra ReBirth comes stateside to WiiWare on Monday 24 You may not have known it, but Konami has recently published a new Contra Game. Japan, Europe and Australia have already been enjoying the new Contra ReBirth on WiiWare -- some since May, and now... Magical Drop III headed for Wii with Data East collection 22 According to another information leak from the trusty ESRB, it appears the jiggly arcade puzzle game Magical Drop III is on its way to the Wii. It comes as part of a compilation of classic Data E... Working it in 8 Bit: No More Heroes 2 goes low def 45 One of my favorite parts of the original No More Heroes comes about two thirds of the way through the game, when our hero Travis Touchdown suddenly comes down with a case of narcolepsy while ridi... First video of Spelunker HD for PSN 11 Not to be confused with Spelunky on XBLA, which Ashley told you about the other day. That's an indie game by Derek Yu. Spelunker is the classic Irem title, possibly best remembered for its theme ... 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 ... Grue renewed: Fallout 3's Reign of Grelock is playable 7 Sadly, this article isn't about a Zork remake (not that a text-only game would benefit from bump mapping or bloom lighting) -- I just needed a catchy headline that would attract text adventure en... 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 ... MEAT! Bonk: Brink of Extinction to hit WiiWare/XBLA/PSN 17 Hudson is really mining the hell out of its TurboGrafx-16 library these days, and I for one couldn't be happier about it. Before the SNES was released, the TG-16 was my 16-bit system of choice, d... 3D Dot Game Heroes features Zelda-like items, sword boners 21 Just when you thought From Software's upcoming 3D Dot Game Heroes couldn't possibly get any cooler, this week's issue of Famitsu touts evidence to the contrary. Not only will the game have skelet... Vampire Killer theme throughout the ages 23 The Vampire Killer theme from the Castlevania series is by far one of the most recognizable gaming themes out there, and it's probably one of the best themes from the days of 8-bit gaming. It has... 3D Dot Game Heroes screens, release date and bonus skeleton 24 Last week, Colette brought us news of From Software's charmingly blocky new RPG, 3D Dot Game Heroes, which was set to be released in Japan sometime in November. Today, Dengeki Online reports the ... RetRose Tinted: Godzilla 18 [A critical eye takes time to develop. RetRose Tinted is a regular feature in which I re-examine games of yesteryear to see if my memories of them live up to the reality.] I was probably about el... The Adventures of D and B dropping an album later this month 15 The Adventures of Duane & Brand0 have fast become one of my favorite videogame musical cover groups. 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