July 2010
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A chance to actually use DQIX's tag mode!
If the number of guests you’ve managed to bring to the Quester’s Rest inn is approximately zero, you’ll be happy to hear that Nintendo’s planned several events where you might be able to take advantage of Dragon Quest IX’s Canvas/Tag mode and grab some special treasure maps.
Tomorrow (1PM-4PM), select GameStop stores across the country will hold a DQIX event with...
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Pulsewave contest winners!
Not that we want you to stop sharing your Game Boy memories, but we’ve picked our winners for the Pulsewave/Nonfinite/8bitpeoples/us contest. So now if you craft a heartwarming tale about your childhood love of TMNT Fall of the Foot Clan, it’ll have to be for your own reasons.
The grand prize of two Pulsewave tickets, $25 at Nonelectronics, a Pulsewave poster, and an 8bitpeoples...
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Henry Hatsworth for $10 and more →
Amazon is currently selling Henry Hatsworth in the Puzzling Adventure, Kyle Gray and EA Tiburon’s creative platformer/puzzler hybrid, for just $9.96! The sale is through a third-party retailer, though, so you’ll need to pay a few extra bucks for shipping.
These two discounts are straight from Amazon:
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers (Wii) for $19.99 - deal of...
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Reminder: Pulsewave contest ends tonight →
If you want to win tickets to this Friday’s Pulsewave show in NYC, a Pulsewave poster, gift certificates to Nonfinite’s shop, or an 8bitpeoples Prize Pack, make sure to submit your contest entry before 11:59 PM EDT tonight!
All you need to do is leave a comment with your favorite Game Boy anecdotes, and we’ll pick the best stories.
See also: Super, super awesome Pulsewave...
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Awesome Fort90 event in NYC August 5 →
Though it makes me incredibly sad to report on yet another amazing event in New York City that we won’t get to go to, I’m passing it along in the hope that some of you will actually get to attend the damn thing.
Our friend (and Tiny Cartridge guest blogger) Matt Hawkins is curating a selection of games at Babycastles, some kind of indie… game… place… and the venue...
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Pix'n Love publishing in English! →
We no longer have to be jealous of our Francophone pals who get to read awesome books about game history and culture. Publisher Pix’n Love has announced plans to translate some of its works into English, starting with The History of Nintendo, Vol. 1, (part of a series Eastern Mind’s Bruno de Figueiredo called “must have”) which will be released August 25. It covers...
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Super creepy Pokémon hack
I stumbled on this unsettling story of an obscure Pokémon bootleg/art-hack that I thought might be neat to share on here. I think this originated from 4chan, so I’ve no idea if this hack actually exists. It probably doesn’t, but it’s still a great concept/tale!:
I’m what you could call a collector of bootleg Pokémon games. Pokémon Diamond & Jade, Chaos Black, etc....
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Sega collecting System 16 music in huge CD set →
Through its Wavemaster label, Sega is releasing an impressive three-disc collection of old music. This collection, out August 16, includes music from games released for Sega’s System 16 arcade board, including Alex Kidd: The Lost Stars (a game which I am alone in the world in liking), Alien Syndrome, and Fantasy Zone, as well as stuff like Action Fighter and Sega Baseball League.
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Virtual Boy wasn't Gunpei Yokoi's downfall
With the Virtual Boy’s 15th anniversary for Japan having passed last week and its U.S. birthday coming up, I thought I’d take a moment to correct a long-held misconception about the maligned red and black console.
As if the system doesn’t already receive enough hate from gamers, you’ll find many online sources claiming as fact that the Virtual Boy’s failure...
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Reminder: TC x Pulsewave giveaway →
In case you missed last week’s post, we’ve teamed up with the organizers of NYC chiptune show Pulsewave to celebrate the Game Boy’s 21st birthday by asking readers to share their favorite memories of the cherished handheld.
We’re giving away tickets for this weekend’s Pulsewave event to the commenters with the best stories. Even if you’re nowhere near New...
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Castlevania soundtracks on Amazon MP3! Also, an...
GoNintendo posted this random Amazon deal yesterday, in which purchases of Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia include a voucher for the soundtrack through the retailer’s MP3 store. I thought that a pre-order style bonus for a game that’s been out for almost two years is weird, but I also thought the soundtrack must be available on its own if it’s being offered in this manner.
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New camera-controlled DSiWare games, Line Attack...
HAL Laboratory has a Pilotwings-esque game headed to DSiWare — Camera de Asobu: Kao Glider, or Play With Camera: Face Glider. As you can tell from its awesome name and the video above, the game uses the DSi’s internal camera to track your face’s movements, guiding the in-game glider accordingly. You can play the game by either placing your system on a table or holding it in...
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Tiny Contest: Tickets to NYC's Pulsewave,...
Are you in or near NYC — or will you be on July 31? If so, why not check out this month’s Pulsewave show, featuring chip artists like Sadnes, Nonfinite, and Battle Lava, with NO CARRIER visuals, for free?
The event’s organizers are celebrating the 21st birthday of the Game Boy with this special show, and we’re celebrating their celebration with a giveaway! We have free...
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Dragon Quest IX cheats fix game flaws
As much fun as I’m having with Dragon Quest IX, the game isn’t without its flaws — minor technical issues that distract from an otherwise very polished JRPG.
What makes them especially frustrating, for me at least, is that some of these imperfections can be corrected with the right cheat codes, a fix that doesn’t really work for those of us not playing the game with an...
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WatchIS-NITRO-CAPTURE unit explained and opened up by ASSEMblergames. This neat but expensive device from Nintendo’s Intelligent Systems team is used for capturing screenshots/videos from GBA and DS games, and also for outputting video to televisions — DS videos are displayed on either two TVs or on a single TV rotated on its side.
I’ve seen these lurking in the background of photos...
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“Picross 3D II” Flipnote by Scott Kurtz. The PVP cartoonist drew this amusing Flipnote as a promotion for Picross 3D, which of course it doesn’t need because the game’s wonderful and everyone bought it already.
Kurtz’s other Picross Flipnote:
Maybe it’s just me, but I think Kurtz is really funny when he’s just screwing around like this. I find...
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Tactics Ogre remake headed to PSP
Famitsu’s latest issue revealed a new title in development at Square Enix: Tactics Ogre: Wheel of Fate for PSP. Why bother mentioning it here when it isn’t a DS title?
It’s a remake of Quest’s beloved Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together, which originally released for Super Famicom (eventually coming to the States on the PS1), with new side stories, characters, and...
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Work begins on homebrew DS port of Spelunky →
Programmer Guillaume Saby is porting Derek Yu’s PC/XBLA side-scrolling roguelike Spelunky to DS! It’s in an early state, and Saby doesn’t intend to get too ambitious with it, as it’s his first DS project. Right now, version 0.1.8 features movement, collision detection, and (almost) the code to randomly generate levels.
In Version 1.0, Saby intends to include:
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