Retro gem "The Last Ninja" today leads the charge of Commodore 64 titles to the Nintendo Wii's Virtual Console service. Priced at 500 Wii Points, you can find the chiptune-filled adventure right next to fellow martial arts title "International Karate," and the split-screen racer "Pitstop II." All three titles are currently published under a 2006 [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Dutch graphic designer and illustrator Marshall Alexander pays tribute to the video games of his youth with his latest edition of Foldskool Heroes -- "papertoys" you can make yourself with a single sheet of paper. Templates and instructions for each papertoy can be found, free of charge, on Alexander's site. Simply download the PDF of [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, October 23, 2008
Ah, good old Good Old Games. The opportunity to actually play Fallout 1 and 2 so I'm not just excited by Fallout 3's hype for no reason? A chance to relive underappreciated classics like Sacrifice and MDK2? Fully-functional, XP and Vista-compatible retro titles with added bonus content and completely removed DRM?! Where do I sign [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Ever since we spoke last month with CD Projekt's Tom Ohle about the company's new digital delivery system for recent-retro PC games, we've been looking forward to getting our hands on some Good Old Games. GOG.com, at present, is in the early stages of beta testing, looking to fully launch in September. GameCyte has had a [...]
Continue reading...Monday, August 4, 2008
Back in May, GameCyte attended the unveiling of Nokia's mysterious "Project White Rock," a new game for the phone giant's relaunched N-Gage platform. That game turned out to be Reset Generation, a retro-themed head-to-head puzzle/boardgame/combat mashup which would also be free available, for free, on PC. We later had the chance to play Reset Generation on its [...]
Continue reading...Monday, August 4, 2008
Reset Generation has launched today, and as promised, the PC version is available for free. Why not play it right here? You could maybe rescue some princesses, fire a cannon or two. What's not to like? Live a little, Bubelah. The game's right after the jump!
Continue reading...Tuesday, July 29, 2008
You may recall our hands-on preview of Reset Generation, the mysterious "Project White Rock" from Nokia which was unveiled to us back in May. Since then, the game's been undergoing its final revisions and preparations, and is all set to launch in August. To kick off the nostalgia, Nokia has a few events underway which [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, July 10, 2008
Earlier today, CD Projekt announced a new distribution system for PC gaming -- a service called Good Old Games, so named for its intent to focus on the treasured classics of our youth. Including semi-old-school favorites like Fallout, MDK, Freespace, and others, GOG's intent is to re-invigorate gamers' enthusiasm for these disappearing titles -- selling [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, July 9, 2008
We go hands-on with Yuke's first XBLA title, and yes, we do explain the name.
Continue reading...Saturday, May 3, 2008
"An unfairly addictive action-puzzle title which is both cross-platform and multi-platform; furious online four-player action." When we asked Nokia's Scott Foe, Executive Producer and Concept Author, to describe Reset Generation, this is what he said. The game, scheduled for release in Summer 2008 for the PC and N-Gage platform, had been known until now by the codename "Project White Rock." Nokia, and Finnish developers [...]
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