NES Dragon’s Lair
Posted on July 4, 2009 in Blog, Games
I’m sure that anyone who has had at least and inkling of interest in consoles at one time or another through out the last twenty years must at least have heard of Dragon’s Lair at least ones. There have been literally dozens of versions of the Dragon’s Lair games but recently someone dug up the old Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) version...
Read MoreMonkey Island SE & Tales of Monkey Island
Posted on July 2, 2009 in Games
This post is specifically for all point and click adventure games who have somehow missed the news that the original Monkey Island is being re-released as a Special Edition with redrawn graphics and voiceovers this summer for PC and X-Box Live Arcade. But that’s not all, Lucas Arts have also tasked Telltale Games with continuing the Monkey Island...
Read MoreScummVM
Posted on April 9, 2009 in Games
ScummVM is an application that allows you to run classic graphical point-and-click adventure games and it is most likely the greatest achievement of open source reverse engineering I’ve come across. ScummVM started out as a project to run Lucas Art’s SCUMM ( SCUMM stands for “Script Creation Utility for Maniac Mansion”) based engine...
Read MoreThe future of gaming: OnLive
Posted on March 27, 2009 in Games
GDC is being held this week and what seems to have grabbed everyones attention after the first day on Monday is the introduction of OnLive a new online gaming service which promises to abolish the need for a powerful computer or a specific console to be able to play the latest and greatest games. They offer to create one unique gaming platform available for...
Read MoreNintendo DS
Posted on January 22, 2009 in Games
When I decided to move to London I thought about what I would do on all those numerous train rides I’d have to take. At first I thought I’d just read books and listen to music but I felt maybe there was something else I could do with my time. So to have something utterly pointless and fun to do I bought a Nintendo DS. The Nintendo DS is the ultimate...
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