Entries Tagged 'Retro' ↓

Like Transformers… a lot? Know your Generation 1 Hot Rod from your Armada Hot Shot? Are your shelves groaning under the weight of your TF toy collection? Named your first born Megatron? Excited about the upcoming War For Cybertron game? Then you’re among friends here and you’ve come to the right place.

As part of the build up to their soon to be released Transformers: War for Cybertron game, Activision is looking for the UK’s biggest Transformers fan.

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If you used Google this last Friday (May 21st) then you would have seen Pac-Man, of all things. A totally playable version of Pac-Man (complete with 256 levels) in a Google maze.

Google, the most popular search engine on the web, likes to change its logo on prolific dates to what they call ‘doodles’. If you haven’t noticed, they’re re-workings on the Google logo which add in pictures and icons relevant to the specific date.

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Ask any Wii owner whose playing habits don’t revolve around Wii Sports Resort and mini-game compilations, and they’ll lament the lack of core games (for lack of a better term).

Of course there’s a reason for that. They don’t sell. Most Wii owners aren’t that bothered by engrossing single-player gameplay and more unique gaming concepts.

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Leet Games Blog has finally got round to sitting down and watching 2007′s Donkey Kong ‘thon – King of Kong on DVD.

The film follows the attempts of family man Steve Wiebe in his quest to smash the Donkey Kong world record held by Billy Mitchell for over 20 years (no, he’s not the new-found drug dealer from Eastenders). Here’s what we thought…

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Us at Leet Games Blog like to think we could take anyone at any game. And after a few pints down the pub, a challenge always ends up at the local arcade to settle some dispute.

So when we saw the new machine, we almost died of shock.

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It seems to us that when a game comes out to accompany a film, it does quite badly in the eyes of the gamers playing it.

The story and characters are never thought about enough, but then after all, that’s what the films are for right? We decided to take a look at some game adaptions and see why they were good.

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Here at Leet Games Blog we know it’s all about giving to the community, so we pride ourselves at our present-giving skills, and Christmas 2009 was no exception. Whilst stumbling around the internet looking for presents, we found the best company in the world!

Yobo Gameware is a company based in the states that makes console clones. You’ve seen emulators – these are several levels higher than that. They’re new versions of your favourite old school bad boys (and you can even get combos)!

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Mega Man 10 has been announced for 2010! It’ll be another retro NES-style game much like Mega Man 9.

We’ve got the trailer, screenshots and full details of the game’s robot form of swine flu – ‘Roboenza’…

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Do you remember the original NES pad? That square, cumbersome block which forced your thumbs into diagonals and made the sides of your fingers ache the longer you played?

It was a monochrome wash of grey and black – with a splash of red – and looked more like a car tyre than the ergonomic controllers of new. But we loved it anyway.  We get all misty-eyed about gaming.

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New Super Mario Bros on the Wii is a return to the Mario-style gameplay of old. But does it still have that charm?

Leet Games Blog had half-an-hour with the game to see if the Wii gets another long-awaited exclusive classic, or just a money-grabbing Mario game.

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