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Nintendo World Championship Cart is Nearly ‘Traded In’
If you’ve ever worked at a store that deals almost exclusively in 2nd-hand games, you know that the vast majority of the time when people walk through the door with a bag full of games it is often not going to be a very exciting experience. There is, however, always…
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Nintendo Start Selling Refurbished NES Classics on eBay
Since the release of the NES Classic, it has proven to be very difficult for many to actually get their hands on one of the systems. This was, admittedly, relieved somewhat when Nintendo did a re-issue of the console last year, but today, finding one ready to buy on a…
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Microsoft Is Shutting Down Their Windows Internet Games
With the release of Windows 10, Microsoft took a shift away from providing free ‘casual’ games with the platform. While you can still play solitaire and the like, there was, however, a clear emphasis that some of the more popular releases that you could play with other Windows users were…
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TurboGrafx-16 Mini Console To Launch in March
Despite the colossal flop seen in the PlayStation classic, mini-retro consoles are clearly still a very popular product with consumers. The sales figures for both the NES and SNES classic systems are a clear indication of that. It seems, however, that the next upcoming system to get the ‘mini’ treatment…
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The PlayStation Classic Bombs To Just A $25 Price Tag
PlayStation Classic Despite not even being released for a year yet, it’s pretty clear that the PlayStation Classic is turning into a lemon of a system. In fairness, a conclusion that many made on it’s launch, but things only seem to be getting worse for the system. Following a sale…
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Older PC Cases that are Still Awesome Today!
The PC case market moves as fast as any other technology these days. However, with almost 10 years of case reviews under my belt, and several hundred having passed through my fingers, I thought I would take a look back at some of the big hitters from my earlier eTeknix…
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The PS1 Games Everyone Forgot, But Shouldn’t Have
The PS1 will always be my favourite console. Sure, the hardware wasn’t that powerful, and some of the game’s graphics have aged pretty damn poorly. However, that doesn’t negate the fact the console had one of the richest gaming libraries of any system ever released. Iconic RPGs, superb fighting games,…
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Microsoft Plans to Revive Classic RTS Game Age of Mythology
Another Microsoft Classic Returning Age of Empires creative director Adam Isgreen has confirmed (via Eurogamer) that an Age of Mythology revival is on Microsoft‘s horizon. For now, the focus is obviously on getting through the Definitive Edition releases of all Age of Empire games. This includes the upcoming Age of…
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Full-Sized Commodore 64 System to Go on Sale This Christmas!
Commodore 64 Looking back today, it’s difficult to appreciate just what a powerhouse Commodore was. While the Atari 2600 was carving a name for itself in America, the Commodore 64 was, without a doubt, the biggest name in gaming throughout Europe. It is, therefore, perhaps not without some further coincidence…
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Transparent Neo Geo Mini to Launch in Japan Next Month
Neo Geo While growing up a kid in the early 90s, the Neo Geo represented one of those mythical consoles that was much talked about but never seen. With it’s near arcade level of graphics, however, I would’ve probably had happily traded in my SNES for one. Albeit, probably with…
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Command & Conquer Remaster Teased with Construction Yard Image
Remaster Now Finishing Pre-Production Phase The much anticipated Command & Conquer Remaster is chugging along nicely. In fact, according to EA producer Jim Vessella (via Reddit), it is now almost out of the pre-production phase. He even showed off the first remastered asset in the form of a GDI construction…
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Bill & Ted 3 Confirmed For Summer 2020
Bill & Ted 3 Last summer, it was confirmed that both Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves were ‘on-board’ with a project to create Bill & Ted 3. Given that it had been well over 20 years since the 2nd film in the franchise, this was definitely something of a surprise.…
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Video Shows Eight Voodoo 2 Graphics Cards Running In SLI
Eight Voodoo 2 Graphics Cards Running In SLI Anyone who owned a PC in the 90’s will have undoubtedly encountered the 3DFX Voodoo graphics cards. They were, at the time, amongst the best you could buy and the ‘Holy Grail’ of graphical quality. Admittedly, times have changed quite significantly since…
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Diablo 1 Is Available To Buy Digitally For The First Time!
Diablo 1 Is Available To Buy Now! While fans of the Diablo series have been able to purchase both Diablo 2 and 3 from the Blizzard store, one game has always been missing from the line-up. Namely, the original game which released back in 1996. Since then, while it did…
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Unknown Wrestling NES Game Surfaces After 30 Years
Unknown NES Game Surfaces You would think at this point, given the rather excessive nature in which some people both covet and collect for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) that pretty much everything related to the system had been discovered. It seems, however, that in a report via Kotaku, a…
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