Presented by CRTGAMER, Ziggy587 & Ack

This article is based upon CRTGAMER’s guide on the Racketboy forums indicating how to identify copies of Gyromite for the NES which house an adapter to play Famicom games on the US NES.  Special thanks to CRTGAMER and Ziggy587.

Once in a while the inside of the Gyromite game cart has an NTSC-J Gyromite game PCB with a 60 pin Famicom to 72 pin … [ Read More... ]

In a brand new blog series we compete in a series of games based on popular television quiz shows from the Eighties. First up, Blockbusters. Let’s see how we did…

Round 1 I didn’t get off to the best of starts. Geography was one of my worst subjects at school, but I was confident I could guess the answer – after all, how many American states begin with the letter … [ Read More... ]

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Note from racketboy: It’s been quite a while since we’ve had a platform-specific entry in the Defining Games series, but we haven’t forgot about the entries we still need to flesh out. BTW, if you want to dig into the GBA library further, check out the GBA Hidden Gems

The Game Boy Advance launched in 2001 as the next successor in the Game Boy line. It … [ Read More... ]

Chris Melissinos, Curator of The Smithsonian’s  “The Art of Video Games” Exhibit

Chris Melissinos is a long time gamer, an innovator in the games industry, and a public voice about the importance of games in contemporary culture.  He is also the curator of the upcoming “The Art of Video Games” exhibit at The Smithsonian American Art Museum.  In this episode, Chris talks about some hopes for the exhibit, explains how … [ Read More... ]