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The Memory Card .45: The birth of the cutscene

While a videogame’s story is one of the most important aspects of modern games, this wasn’t necessarily the case twenty years ago. True, retro designers would make sure to create a believable world for their videogame to exist in, but very rarely were stories integrated ...

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Destructoid — Before yesterday

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Portable SNES mod retains original controller design

Look! It’s a portable Super Nintendo Entertainment System that looks like an oversized Super Nintendo Entertainment System controller! It’s understandably a tad on the thick side – about double the depth of a SNES cartridge – but you get some good old fashioned retro gami...

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CrunchGear — November 11

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Are Neo-Retro Game Releases a Fad?

With modern console technology making it easy to develop and distribute small games, more and more companies are taking advantage of gamers' nostalgia to re-release decades-old hits, and to create entirely new titles in older styles. Gamasutra takes a look at what the retro game fad has become, a...

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Slashdot — November 08

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NES-inspired Nike sneakers take us back to '85

23 years in the making(Credit: Nike)When someone mentions a pair of video-game-inspired sneakers, the end result usually isn't something worthy of slipping on your feet. However, these new Nike Air Max sneakers not only pay tribute to the classic Nintendo Entertainment System console, but they ac...

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Crave: T...get blog — November 06

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NES Air Max Sneakers Are Dignified Even If Geriatric [Shoes]

They aren't exactly what we pictured, but we can't deny that Nintendo and Nike's dual venture NES Air Max sneakers do invoke fond memories of the drab Nintendo Entertainment System. Featuring two tones of gray and a stripe of muted reddishness, only the keen sneaker aficionado will know notice th...

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Gizmodo — November 06

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Are Video Games Really Bigger Than The Music Biz? [The Biz]

I'm an avid gamer, and I'm tired of the idea that videogaming is some sort of niche media populated by pimply Internet trolls who haven't seen the sun since World Of Warcraft came out. Sure, those guys actually exist, but Nintendo's strategy toward more casual games like Wii Sports—not to ...

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Idolator — November 05