Curious to see how Universal will write a story around shooting rocks in space. Also giving the same treatment to the board game, Battleship. The Article.
Asteroids game screen
Posted by Zoyx on July 2, 2009 at 9:21 am
I had to post this. I didn’t know about ANY of the tricks this guy does in the video. I’m totally gonna pack an NES and fire up Super Mario II over the weekend.
Posted by Madaracs on July 2, 2009 at 8:10 am
Sony may be planning to reintegrate backward compatibility for their PS3 platform. However, this time it might be for all of their PS3 consoles–not a select few. Since the inception of the PS3, backward compatibility with the console for older Ps1 and PS2 titles has been spotty. First it was only available in the 60GB units. Then the 80GB units. Then only as a software emulated option in 80GB units. Quite frankly it has been a bit confusing.
Sony has been struggling to gain market share with the PS3 with their floundering console since it’s release a year after the Xbox in 2006. It goes without saying that the Nintendo Wii, although not considered a ‘hard core gaming system’ by many, has been figuratively slaughtering both the Xbox and Playstation markets for the past few years now. That said, the Xbox 360 has the largest inventory of online games available for any system with their Xbox Live system. Microsoft’s relationships with companies like Namco and Sega have left the PS3 wishing for the glory days of the PS1 and PS2 domination they once experienced.
The patent for the Emotion Engine Emulation system filed on the 25th of this month is a good indication that Sony is planning to either boost their online sales with PS2 back catalog or to allow backward compatibility in their unit with a firmware upgrade. Who knows? Maybe it’s both. Whatever their plans are for the new emulation software, we hope their beneficial in keeping their flagship console afloat. If they don’t start emulating some of the things Microsoft has done right with their less-than-adequate hardware, Sony has no chance to ever catch up to the speeding wreck that is the Xbox 360.
Have a look at the patent: Read More »»
Posted by Madaracs on July 1, 2009 at 1:05 pm
Life got in the way guys. Won’t be back today to record.
In other news, I did have time to walk down to All Game again. Love that store. Left with some goodies:
- Commodore 1702 Monitor
- Suncomm Apple II Joystick
- Super Mario Land Gameboy Game
- Star Trek 25th Anniversary Gameboy Game
- Pinball Spectacular cartridge for the C64
- Centipede for the Colecovision
- RF/Coax adapter thingy
- This thing for $9
They’re closed today. That’s probably a good thing.
Posted by Madaracs on June 28, 2009 at 9:10 am
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