Monthly Archive for October, 2009

Elevator Action Death Parade

Remember the old man Elevator Action? EA was one of the great successes of the 80s arcades by Taito, and it was like most games of that time, a platform game. Basically the player had to go up and down the elevator to go eliminating multiple enemies appearing from various ports.

Elevator Action

Taito has released this year a new Elevator Action, named Elevator Action Death Parade, this title presents an arcade unparalleled interactivity with the main game mechanic as you can see in the video below.

This new title more in the style of Time, is presented in a true arcade elevator doors that open and close as the game demands. At least one original and proof that the arcade games still have much to give!

Darius Burst for the PSP in Japan



It was announced at the Tokyo Game Show this year one more iteration of the famous shooter from Taito, Darius. Exclusive to PSP, Darius Burst has 3D graphics but with the classic gameplay of the genre.

Darius Burst will be released in Japan on Christmas Eve, but still no release dates for the West.

Waiting ...

PlaySega Free with VIP access!

PlaySega

Sega released at the end of last year PlaySega , a service of casual games for personal computers (a kind of mixed with WiiWare XBL) which includes a VIP area with games Premium, is paid through a subscription.

Is this the VIP area we find the games that attract fans of Sega, ie, the Mega Drive classics such as Sonic, Golden Axe, Streets of Rage, etc ... and this month we can try free for 10 days. In addition to the classic Mega Drive can find many other types of casual games, but the most interesting will probably be a level editor for Sonic, where we can create, edit, play and share levels we have created with other members of the portal.

In addition to games, we can also customize the look of our avatar, and buy clothes and accessories. Every month we can enter a sweepstakes portal and beat high scores to earn "achievements" and more rings that serve as currency for some areas of the portal.

If you continue as a VIP member, Sega has subscription plans for 1month, 3 months, 6 months and 1 year. In any of the last three subscription plans to offer a Sega Saturn gamepad similar to the Japanese and considering that the cheapest subscription (3 months) is only 17 €, it is a good price for a gamepad :)

If you are interested, they can enter the promotional code 'segafans' at the time of payment for a 15% discount.

Gmail Theme 8-Bit

One of the new themes available for Gmail is inspired by arcade video games of 8-Bits.

Gmail 8-Bit

Reminds the graphics of Super Mario Bros.. NES although the background is dark, but that's just because I took the screenshot at night. Enter in your Gmail with this theme during the day and see a blue sky :) The originality of Google to score points!

Geekalhadas

Today I bring you two mods. inspired by Nintendo hardware. The first is a flashdrive made ​​from a command from an NES which has access only after introducing the Konami Code :)

The second is probably one of the best mods. I've seen so far and it is a "portable NES" to work within one of a NES cartridge. Complicated? Sure, but watch the videos to see how it works.

NES Konami Kode FlashDrive Activated


Source - ProtoDojo

Portable NES


Source - 8BitFix

Sega SG-1000 says anything to you?

Sega SG_1000

Here in Portugal has never been marketed, but the first successful console from Sega in Japan was the SG-1000.

Chris Kohler's blog Game | Life from Wired.com got its SG-1000 from the chest and shows it to the world still operating with a small review on the console and some games.

Interesting for all fans of Sega and Retrogaming.

Mega Drive Championship in Portugal

These gentlemen organized Mega Drive Championships at European level since 2007 and this year's tournament was held earlier this month in Lisbon. The championships have games like Super Street Fighter II, Road Rash II, Sunset Riders and other successes of the console from Sega. For more information, visit the official website of the organization.

8BR Blog of the Month in Smash

Recorte Smash

Already my thanks for the prominence given to the 8-Bit Revolution Smash this month.

Once again the folks at Smash proof that is attentive to the gaming community nationwide. Congratulations on the growth of the magazine this month is more "fat" with over a few pages :)