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Entries from March 2010

VGB Week in Review: 10/20/08 - 10/26/08

October 27th, 2008 · No Comments

OK, I’m in agony right now. The Steelers just lost a heartbreaker to the Giants on such a silly, fluky botched punt because their long-snapper got hurt. Makes me sick. At least it’s just a regular season game, I’d be crying right now if this was in the Playoffs… But anyway, lamenting aside [...]

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Atari 7800 Emulator PSP7800 v1.2.0 Released

October 27th, 2008 · No Comments

Atari 7800 Emulator for PSP Zx-81 has updated his Atari 7800 emulator PSP7800, now with an over all speed improvement, new render modes making this the best 7800 emulator around. Note: There is a file embedded within this post, please visit this post to download the file. Full changelog: Improve global emulation [...]

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PSP7800 v1.2.0 Released: Atari 7800 Emulator

October 27th, 2008 · No Comments

PSP7800 v1.2.0 Released: Atari 7800 Emulator greg | October 26, 2008 Kick back and enjoy your Sunday evening with ZX-81’s PSP7800. It’s the classic Atari console shrunken down to mere bits and bytes fitting nicely onto your memory stick. And most enjoyably, with the latest round of changes, you can now cheat your [...]

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Devils broken beyond repair

October 27th, 2008 · No Comments

Photo: Matt York/AP There was a little optimism in the air surrounding Arizona State Football this week. The Sun Devils had lost 4 straight games after being stomped 28-0 by USC two weeks ago. But there were, believe it or not, bright spots in that loss. They were coming off of a bye week, [...]

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Sacred 2: Fallen Angel - PC

October 27th, 2008 · No Comments

Sacred 2: Fallen Angel - PC Sacred 2: Fallen Angel es un juego de acción RPG para PC que promete novedades que encantarán a los fanáticos de este género. Distribuido por Atari y desarrollado por Ascaron, todo hace indicar que muchas horas de entretenimiento y emociones se aproximan. Esta vez nos situaremos [...]

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‘Family Trainer’, primer contacto

October 27th, 2008 · No Comments

De un tiempo a esta parte ha habido un aumento considerable de juegos con temática simplista, basada en minijuegos. Antes los encontrábamos en juegos propios, siendo los mayores exponentes de ello los ‘Bishi Bashi’, los ‘Wario Ware’ y los ‘Mario Party’, todos ellos divertidos a más no poder estando en compañía. Ahora ya es [...]

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October 27th, 2008 · No Comments

Incredible Hulk DVD or Blu-Ray and witnessed the newest take on the character in cinematic form. Of course, there has also been the occasional video game tie-in, and this hero is no exception. Let’s once again take a look back at the Jade Giant’s anthology of gaming…as green as it may be. [...]

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Atari Punk Console

October 27th, 2008 · No Comments

The Atari Punk Console is a simple DIY noisemaker circuit that is inexpensive, easy to build and easy to mod. The circuit is based around an astable oscillator (square wave) driving a monostable oscillator which creates a single (square) pulse. Here’s an example of a dual Atari Punk Console in action: Click here to view [...]

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Live Review: Diplo at Abbey Pub

October 27th, 2008 · No Comments

I made it just in time for Mad Decent label honcho Diplo to take the stage at 11pm sharp but I could instantly tell the crowd had been steady sweating through opening sets from Telepathe, Boy 8-Bit and Abe …
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Gaymer

October 27th, 2008 · No Comments

  El fenómeno Gaymer ahora es algo mucho más visible que hace años, donde prácticamente era invisible, y que al igual que el resto de la sociedad, en los videojuegos también se ha ido haciendo un hueco el público gay. En un medio donde predominaban chicos adolescentes heterosexuales (lo podemos ver con lo [...]

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