Archive for the ‘Retro’ Category

Controller Origins…teh hawt!

Friday, February 17th, 2006

2600I’ll keep this short since I don’t want to know steam out of our Lost discussion! I thought this was awesome:

Game controller evolution, Leeched from Sock Master.

T.G.I.F. the 13th

Friday, January 13th, 2006

Friday the 13th - NESIn case you haven’t looked at your calendar today, it’s Friday the 13th. If you’re superstitious, you’re probably trying extra hard to avoid black cats, open ladders and the like. (F00l!)

However, if you’re a gamer, and we’d be willing to bet that you are, then this image probably comes to mind…

Yes Ladies and Germs, that’s a screenshot of Friday the 13th for the Nintendo Entertainment System. So while everyone else is making corny jokes about the 13th, we gamers will be reminiscing about a time when The Power Glove was the hottest thing around and 16-Bit was considered “Next-Gen”