Welcome to Cover Art! A section of the site where we look at a retro video game’s box cover art and briefly discuss it’s gameplay and legacy.
Ironsword: Wizards & Warriors II, good game, great cover! Released for the NES in 1989, Ironsword was the follow up to the hit Wizards & Warriors. A single player platformer developed by Zippo game and published by Rare; the game … [ Read More... ]
You read that right. The number one selling book on Amazon.com, the worlds largest online bookstore, is Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia. Hyrule Historia is Nintendo’s official encyclopedia for all things Zelda, penned by the father of Zelda himself, Shigeru Miyamoto. Don’t think this is just a heartless cash grab either, fans are loving it as can be seen by the ecstatic reviews…
“The Holy Bible … [ Read More... ]
Chris Manning has transformed Nintendo’s Wii U GamePad into a PC friendly device. The video below shows how you can re-map the GamePad to almost anything needed for a game’s input.. If you can configure the code you could use it for most contemporary titles as well, even the Dolphin emulator.
Here is his video of the Wii U GamePad in action (playing Zelda)..
In his description he states … [ Read More... ]
Among the mass of games announced in the latest Nintendo Direct, there was one little announcement that some may have missed. Eiji Aonuma, the head honcho of every major Zelda title since the historic Ocarina of Time on the Nintendo 64, announced that he was working on a brand new game in The Legend of Zelda series for the Wii U. Ok, so maybe no one … [ Read More... ]