A Look Into Video Games: Apple Bandai Pippin

Yes Apple was into gaming (besides Macs) long before the iPhone. They teamed up with Bandai to make a console of their own. The specs were pretty much like a Mac computer. It even ran on the same OS. Controller was a little plain and goofy though. Also less than 20 games were made for the system. Yikes.....

A Look Into Video Games: 3DO Interactive Multiplayer

The 3DO was a failed video game console back in 1994. It used CDs and was one of the most powerful consoles in it's day. However it was also super expensive.It was also one of the rare instances where multiple companies made the same system. Panasonic sold the most of them. Though companies like Gold Star also sold some. It received ports like Alone in the Dark. Gex also showed up. The Need for

A Look Into Video Games: PSX

PSX eh? No, this is not a post about the original PlayStation. It used to be nicknamed PSX back before the PS2 came out since PS sounded weird. Now most people call it the PS1.Sony did release an official PSX but only in Japan. It was basically Tivo meets PS2. It also didn't even come with controller, you had to buy it separately. It's high price tag pushed away consumers, and in the end they

A Look Into Video Games: Captain N: The Game Master

I never saw the series when it came out, however I have seen a few clips and pieces over the years.The show stars Kevin Keene as Captain N or something. Just some kid stuck in video game land. He meet some random princess. Teams up with Simon Belmont...Wait when did Simon Belmont look like a dork? He looks like he's ready for a Norwegian expedition to Antarctica not Dracula's Castle in Eastern

A Look Into Video Games: Barry Burton

Barry Burton is most notable if you've played as Jill in the first Resident Evil game. He never really teams up with Jill. He just manages to save you a couple of times when something major happens. Which makes you wonder how he can get through a whole mansion without killing one zombie?Oh well thanks for the help. And thanks for the Magnum. If you get a chance to wield this baby in the game,

A Look Into Video Games: Gameboy Camera

I think for many of us, when we were kids this was our first digital camera. It had horrible resolution, no color, and you could barely tell what anything was besides some faces. Yet it was really fun. I think the best combo was it with the Gameboy Pocket. Though you could still use it on a GBA. At least the original one. But yeah the Gameboy Camera was more of turning your pictures into

A Look Into Video Games: Slippy Toad

Slippy was by far the most annoying member of the Starfox crew. He would just babble babble babble. Or get stuck on some strange planet. Seriously froggie? He was worthless in both Gamecube games. I don't know how on earth he got engaged though. 

A Look Into Video Games: WonderSwan

The WonderSwan was a handheld created by Bandai in 1999 to compete with Nintendo's Gameboy. In never took off outside Japan, but was a decent hit there. It was actually designed by Gunpei Yokoi, the creator of the GameBoy. It sported mostly a bunch of ports and some original Japanese games. Some notable games included Megaman and Bass. A year later they put out the WonderSwan Color. It didn't

A Look Into Video Games: Ridley

Ridley is Samus Aran's favorite buddy to shoot apparently. This bad dragon is known to practically everyone who played the series. He's evolved a bit over the years. At first they were going to make him look like this. But he ended up like this on Metroid for NES. He truly became awesome in Super Metroid. He gave me one of the best boss fights that I can remember. Ridley would stay in a slumber

A Look Into Video Games: Captain Rainbow

Captain Rainbow was a 2008 video game made exclusively for the Wii and released only in Japan. It was also a game published by Nintendo themselves. Captain Rainbow was exactly bragged about being the best game ever but it certainly had it's own charm and style. It also featured washed up and deformed versions of classic Nintendo characters like Birdo and Little Mac. 

A Look Into Video Games: Rauru

Rauru was the Sage of Light in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. He made sure Link had time to grow into a hero, and gave us cool time traveling powers. After the events of Ocarina of Time, I guess he just died. He makes a cool window though in Wind Waker. 

A Look Into Video Games: StarFox 2

StarFox was a big hit on the SNES, so did you ever wonder why they never made a sequel until the N64? Well they actually did, and they even finished it. But Nintendo wanted a gap between 2D SNES games and 3D N64 games even though they had almost 2 years to work with. The game seemed to be a step up from the first game. Better graphics, more characters and probably more planets to fly through. 

A Look Into Video Games: Pikachu

Everyone's favorite Pokemon... Well not mine, but hey Pikachu is okay. Our lovable electric rat has done a lot since 1998. I honestly don't know why they picked Pikachu to be the main star of the anime. I guess picking one starter Pokemon would be a little biased. Pikachu was better in the manga anyway. I hate to admit, but I bought Pokemon Yellow so I could have Pikachu follow behind me. He was

A Look Into Video Games: Resident Evil 1 For Gameboy Color

Resident Evil 1 was a huge hit on PS1, but did you know Capcom tried porting the game over to the Gameboy Color? There's a whole lot of videos and pictures still left. This is it, Resident Evil 1 all de-made into Gameboy Color graphics. They even wanted you to use both Chris and Jill just like the PS1 game. Capcom eventually had to can the whole game because of development problems, but this

A Look Into Video Games: Mario & Wario

Mario is such a popular series, that we usually get every single game that ever came out with our favorite plumbers. Back in the day we did miss a few however. One of them was Mario & Wario which debuted on the Super Famicom which was the Japanese version of the Super Nintendo. I guess one of the reasons why we never got the game was because it was controlled by the SNES's mouse. It was a point

A Look Into Video Games: Billy Mitchell

He gets mentioned in the gaming magazines and websites every now and then. He's pretty cool, he loves America and old video games. Think you're hot stuff because you beat some Rock Band song on hard? Mitchell was the first person to get a perfect score in Pac-Man. If you don't think that's hard, then you haven't played Pac-Man. Most people can't get passed level 10 without losing all their lives.

A Look Into Video Games: Game & Watch

Long before the Gameboy, Nintendo started pumping out these little LCD handheld devices that played little games on there. Some ranged from simple game ideas. However some famous Nintendo franchises also got some love. I had the one based on Donkey Kong. 

A Look Into Video Games: Earthbound 64 (Mother 3 Beta)

Earthbound was a fan-favorite hit from the SNES. So fans were hoping for a sequel on Nintendo's next system, the N64.Fans were teased with an early view of Earthbound 64. It apparently had very good graphics back in the day and looked pretty promising. Granted I guess it was somewhat okay they let the game go since the graphics look like junk now. Earthbound did a get a Japan-only sequel called

A Look Into Video Games: Link: The Face of Evil

Link: The Faces of Evil is known as one of the worst games in history. Even though I've never played it (never even had the system) I know a lot about it. Basically Phillips gained the rights to some Nintendo franchises after a failed deal between the two companies to make a SNES add-on. This was one of them. It was known for it's awfully drawn FMV cut-scenes. Provided a lot of good and funny

A Look Into Video Games: Waluigi

Waluigi first appeared to the Mario crew in Mario Tennis for N64.  His name in Japanese pretty much means Bad Luigi. The reason he was created was because Wario needed a doubles partner for the Tennis game. He has appeared alongside his assumed brother ever since. Even in major games like Mario Kart. Oddly enough he's never been in the WarioWare series. He's also been a trophy in Super Smash Bros