Sega has unveiled Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode I, previously Project Needlemouse, on Gamespot (linked above) which will be downloadable on Sony’s PS3, Microsoft’s XBox 360 and the Nintendo Wii console.
While the game retains the classic 2D gameplay that made the series great, Sonic 4 will include 3D visuals, and be digitally released over Xbox LIVE Arcade, PlayStation Network, WiiWare and the iPhone. Continue reading »
Super Street Fighter IV is a 2D fighting game. And what’s the best way to promote a 2D fighting game? With some classy 2D animation, of course.
This trailer for the game was whipped up by GONZO, the Japanese animation studio behind stuff like Afro Samurai. And, yeah, it’s pretty great.
Interesting revelation here, the late Michael Jackson actually played a huge helping hand in creating the soundtrack for Sonic 3. The news comes via Brad Buxer who conducted an interview with Black and White which was spotted by Spong.
We have just heard that Nintendo has today lost a major court case against the Divineo group in the main court of Paris. Nintendo originally took the group to court over DS flash carts, however the judge today has ruled against Nintendo and suggested that they are purposely locking out developers from their consoles and things should be more like Windows where ANYONE can develop any application if they wish to.
The ramifications of this are huge, as it indicates that flash carts are actually legal. Moroever, it could have bigger implications for developers and the like because Nintendo is deemed to be ‘illegally’ protecting their system by locking users out. Therefore, developers should not actually require separate development kits and should just be able to develop applications as they wish on retail versions of Nintendo’s consoles. Continue reading »
In a surprising – and arguably illegal – move Finnish mobile giant Nokia has chosen to highlight the emulation functionality of its N900 smartphone on its Nokia Conversation blog, according to ME.
The promotional video, which can be seen below, shows a dedicated emulation menu sporting buttons for the likes of the Game Boy, Game Boy Advance, NES, SNES, Spectrum, MSX and Game Gear.
Gameplay clips of both Super Mario World and Super Mario Bros 3 are also shown in the video.
Emulation programmes themselves aren’t illegal but downloading ROMs – which are essentially digital forms of games that are loaded within an emulator – are illegal unless the person downloading possesses an original copy of the game. The distribution of ROMs is illegal no matter the circumstance.
Check out the video below:
As we all know, Nintendo has been making quite an effort to fight against DS flash carts. However, their complaints against devices such as the R4 have been dismissed by a Spanish Judge who ruled that the respective devices can actually ADD functionality to the DS and it’s not all about piracy!
This full scale Lego NES reproduction is exactly like the original, complete with video and audio connectors, gamepads with flexible cables made out of solid pieces, pushable buttons, and a working front-loading mechanism to insert the included Tetris cartridge.
I can’t work out if this is cool or not….
Beneath a Steel Sky is a game that was released in 1994, it was a point and click adventure game similar to Discworld and Broken Sword..but a good game in its own right.
“Beneath A Steel Sky (BASS) is set in a post-apocalyptic Australia where you’re an orphan living with a tribe in the wastelands the ‘gap’ when a helicopter comes to take you to the enormous Union City. The game starts with the helicopter crashing down in the city and you making your escape into one of the large tall plants. Your goal? To discover who you really are and why you were taken to the city.”
This is the intro animation..
As the game is now over 10 years old, its classed as abandonware, meaning you can download/play/distribute for free 
so here it is…
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