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Category Archives: NES
Wireless gameplay on Nintendo NES made easy
Back in the day, Nintendo released the NES Satellite for wireless infrared gameplay on the grey 8 bit box. Technology have moved on since 1989 and wireless gaming on the NES is back with the Retro Receiver from 8bitdo. 8bitdo, … Continue reading
Review: Super Mario Bros. (Famicom/NES, 1985)
Super Mario Bros. was one of the the first games I’ve played on the Nintendo NES. But when it was released in Europe in 1987, the game was already two years old. Super Mario Bros. was released on the Famincom in Japan … Continue reading
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Super Mario Bros. (NES) – The Continue trick
I’ve been playing Super Mario Bros. on the Nintendo NES for nearly 30 years. But it’s only recently that I discovered (through GoNintendo) that the game support continue. When you have lost all your lifes and are back at the … Continue reading
Review: Duck Hunt (NES, 1987)
Duck Hunt is one of the Nintendo NES classics. It’s a very funny and entertaining game. The game was released in Europe in 1987, but it was already out in Japan in 1984. In short, you use the NES Zapper … Continue reading
Retron 5 review
With Retron 5, you get a hardware that plays 9 different consoles out of the box: NES, Famicom, SNES, Super Famicom, Genesis, Mega Drive, Game Boy, Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance. And with the Power Base/Master System-converter, you … Continue reading
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Discounted NES-games week 4
So, it’s last week of the NES discounted games on the Nintendo Wii U Virtual Console, if you are the owner of NES Remix 1 or 2 and live in Europe. This game are discounted between 14 and 21 August: Ballon Fight Donkey … Continue reading
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Discounted NES-games week 3
So, it’s week 3 of the NES discounted games on the Nintendo Wii U Virtual Console, if you are the owner of NES Remix 1 or 2 and live in Europe. This game are discounted between 7 and 14 August: Tennis … Continue reading
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Discounted NES-games week 2
So, it’s week 2 of the NES discounted games on the Nintendo Wii U Virtual Console, if you are the owner of NES Remix 1 or 2 and live in Europe. This game are discounted between July 31 and August … Continue reading
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Discount on Virtual Console NES games
If you are the lucky owner of either NES Remix 1 or 2 and live in Europe, you are qualified for discounted NES games on the Wii U Virtual Console. In the next month (for four weeks), new NES games … Continue reading
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Mario Maker lets you make you own Mario levels
At the Nintendo Digital Event at E3 2014, Nintendo announced Mario Maker. Appart from what was shown in the Mario Maker trailer, we know not much about the game. But it will let you create levels in the good old … Continue reading