Gumpei Yokoi certainly made an impact in the videogames industry. Bringing us such things like the Game and Watch series, Game Boy and the Virtual Boy are to name a few. Read on to see what else this creative mind was involved in.
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Thursday, August 14, 2008
The History of the Sega Saturn
The Sega Saturn helped usher in the 32bit era of videogames but some design and marketing flaws allowed it to be eclipsed by the competition, read on to find out more. Click the link to find out more!.
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Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Things to do to prepare your self for Street fighter 4
Well like many people I’m just twitching in excitement eagerly waiting the release of the up and coming Street Fighter 4 and the more I hear about the game the more I want it. So I’ve decided to conjure up a list of things to do to keep your Streety skills up to scratch until its release.
5: Play the classics
The majority of the basic Street Fighter moves are executed using the same direction and button combinations so blow the dust of your older consoles and whack in one of the many released versions of Street Fighter and get practicing. Ok so not everyone is a retro console hoarder, luckily there are a number Street Fighter versions available for down load for all three of the current gen consoles.
4: Random Button Pressing
You can’t be around videogames all the time to practice your skills so the next best thing is to improvise. If you see any machine that has six or more buttons on it why not utilize that and start practicing your best Street Fighter button combinations. Just because you don’t have sprites jumping around on a screen in front of you doesn’t mean you’re not getting better at it. Note: this is not recommended for people that work in missile silos.
3: Harnessing Gaming Chi from Coins
After many years of coins being pumped into Street Fighter arcade machines across the globe, these coins have been slowly absorbing the elite gaming chi of Street Fighter masters and as one coin touches another this chi is passed on. Gather up as many coins you can get your hands on and surround your self with them while focusing your thoughts on Street Fighter eliteness. If done correctly you can absorb some of this gaming chi for your self. Note: Eating these coins has the opposite effect
2: Harnessing Arcade Gaming Chi
This has the basic principals as harnessing the coin gaming chi but multiplied 10 fold. Find your self a good old school type videogame arcade and I’m not talking about the woosy ones that have sensible lighting and security patrolling for safety either. Look for one where the cashier is sitting behind a 4 inch thick bullet proof piece of glass because this is where the hardcore Street Fighter players have played. Spending time in locations like these while having the right mindset will help you in sharpening your Street Fighter skills. Even if you are not playing anything just concentrate and absorb the gaming chi.
1: Real Life Hadoken
Be one with the game! Keep that Street Fighter energy flowing through your veins at all times by randomly going up to people and doing Hadokens at them. Practicing the most noted Street Fighter move of all time in public will help form a bond with the game. And as a added bonus you’re bound to run into some that will want to smack you around for being annoying, you can use this received pain to help develop a higher pain threshold which you will need for the long exhausting gaming sessions you’ll be doing once you get your hands on a copy of Street Fighter 4. Note: Walking into a martial arts tournament and doing Hadokens is detrimental to your health.
I hope these tips helped and please use them sensible…..enjoy!
Friday, May 23, 2008
Help Mii Out
I’m not a huge fan of the Nintendo Wii’s friend code system, having to sit there hammering a 16 digit code that basically just allows you to send mail back and forth. If you want to actually play Online against a friend you have enter another string of numbers for each game and your mate has to enter your friend code at his end as well, there’s got to be a more efficient way of playing against your mates online than that. I’m guessing this system is in place to make the Wii Online system more kid friendly.
But there is some good that can come from entering in other people Wii friend codes and that is the expansion of your Mii Parade. Watching various Mii creations travel across to your parade from all around the word, some are a representation of the users that created them, some look like celebrities, or some are just bizarre disfigured creatures. Either way it’s cool checking out what people have made with the limited options Nintendo provided in the Mii editor program and seeing how many of these Miis have decided to call your parade home and this is the reason I’m writing this little article up. See I’ve had my Nintendo Wii since launch and have been adding friend codes of people who also are interested in making their Mii Parade grow. So far I’m sitting on around 1400 Miis and would like to hit the illustrious 10,000 mark which at the moment I'm miles away from so if anyone is interested in adding my friend code to their Wii please add my friend code 2836-6892-7894-5950 and post yours below. I’ll make regular posts when I hit various milestones.
Thanks heaps :)
Wii Friend Code: 2836-6892-7894-5950
History of Videogames
What we have here is a quick reference list of all the videogame consoles that have been released over time and a list of all the portable systems that use cartridge swappable games.
The 70s
Magnavox Odyssey
- Released:1972
- Units sold:330,000
Atari PONG
- Released:1975
- Units sold:?
Magnavox Odyssey 100
- Released:1975
- Units sold:?
Magnavox Odyssey 200
- Released:1975
- Units sold:?
Atari Super PONG
- Released:1976
- Units sold:?
Coleco Telstar
- Released:1976
- Units sold:?
Coleco Telstar Classic
- Released:1976
- Units sold:?
Fairchild Channel F
- Released:1976
- Units sold:?
Magnavox Odyssey 300
- Released:1976
- Units sold:?
Magnavox Odyssey 400
- Released:1976
- Units sold:?
Magnavox Odyssey 500
- Released:1976
- Units sold:?
RCA Studio II
- Released:1976
- Units sold:?
Wonder Wizard 7702
- Released:1976
- Units sold:?
Nintendo Colour TV Game
- Released:1977
- Units sold:?
Atari Stunt Cycle
- Released:1977
- Units sold:?
Atari VCS 2600
- Released:1977
- Units sold:30 million (Includes all variants)
Atari Video Pinball
- Released:1977
- Units sold:?
Coleco Telstar Alpha
- Released:1977
- Units sold:?
Coleco Telstar Combat
- Released:1977
- Units sold:?
Magnavox Odyssey 2000
- Released:1977
- Units sold:?
Magnavox Odyssey 3000
- Released:1977
- Units sold:?
Magnavox Odyssey 4000
- Released:1977
- Units sold:?
Bally Professional Arcade
- Released:1978
- Units sold:?
Coleco Telstar Arcade
- Released:1978
- Units sold:?
Coleco Telstar Colortron
- Released:1978
- Units sold:?
Coleco Telstar Gemini
- Released:1978
- Units sold:?
Magnavox Odyssey²
- Released:1978
- Units sold:?
Atari 400
- Released:1979
- Units sold:?
Zircon Channel F System II
- Released:1979
- Units sold:?
The 80s
Mattel Intellivision
- Released:1980
- Units sold:3 million (Includes both version)
Epoch Cassette Vision
- Released:1981
- Units sold:?
Atari 5200
- Released:1982
- Units sold:?
Coleco Gemini
- Released:1982
- Units sold:?
Colecovision
- Released:1982
- Units sold:6 million
Emerson Arcadia 2001
- Released:1982
- Units sold:?
Mattel Intellivision II
- Released:1982
- Units sold:3 million (Includes both version)
Vectrex
- Released:1982
- Units sold:?
Sega SG-1000
- Released:1983
- Units sold:?
Atari 2600 Junior
- Released:1986
- Units sold:30 million (Includes all variants)
Atari 7800
- Released:1986
- Units sold:?
NEC Turbo Grafx 16
- Released:1989
- Units sold:10 million
Nintendo Entertainment System
- Released:1985
- Units sold:61.9 million (includes both variants)
Sega Master System
- Released:1986
- Units sold:13 million (Includes both variants)
Sega Genesis/Mega Drive
- Released:1989
- Units sold:29 million (Includes all variants)
The 90s
Sega Master System II
- Released:1990
- Units sold:13 million (Includes both variants)
SNK NEO-GEO (AES)
- Released:1990
- Units sold:?
CD-i
- Released:1991
- Units sold:570,000
Commodore CDTV
- Released:1991
- Units sold:?
Super Nintendo
- Released:1991
- Units sold:49.1 million (Include all variants)
NEC TurboDuo
- Released:1992
- Units sold:?
Sega Mega CD Mega Drive/Genesis
- Released:1992
- Units sold:6 million (Includes both variants)
Amiga CD32
- Released:1993
- Units sold:?
Atari Jaguar
- Released:1993
- Units sold:500,000
Nintendo Entertainment System 2
- Released:1993
- Units sold:61.9 million (includes both variants)
Panasonic 3DO Interactive
- Released:1993
- Units sold:2 million (including all variants and Sanyo and Goldstar versions)
NEC PC-FX
- Released:1994
- Units sold:?
Atari Jaguar CD
- Released:1994
- Units sold:20,000
Sega Mega CD for Mega Drive/Genesis 2
- Released:1994
- Units sold:6 million (Includes both variants)
Sega Mega Drive/Genesis 2
- Released:1994
- Units sold:29 million (Includes all variants)
Sega Mega Drive/Genesis 32x
- Released:1994
- Units sold:200,000
Sega CDX/Sega Multi-Mega
- Released:1994
- Units sold:?
SNK NEO-GEO CD
- Released:1994
- Units sold:?
Apple Pippin
- Released:1995
- Units sold:42,000
Panasonic 3DO FZ-10
- Released:1995
- Units sold:2 million (including all variants and Sanyo and Goldstar versions)
Sega Saturn
- Released:1995
- Units sold:17 million
Sony PlayStation
- Released:1995
- Units sold:102.49 million (includes all PS variants)
Discussions about the PSone & PS2 can be found here.
Nintendo 64
- Released:1996
- Units sold:32.9 million
Super Nintendo 2
- Released:1997
- Units sold:49.1 million (Include all variants)
Sega Genesis 3
- Released:1998
- Units sold:29 million (Includes all variants)
Nintendo 64DD
- Released:1999
- Units sold:15 000
Sega Dreamcast
- Released:1999
- Units sold:10.6 million
Year 2000
Sony PlayStation 2
- Released:2000
- Units sold:Over 127 million and counting(includes all PS2 variants)
Discussions about the PSone & PS2 can be found here.
Sony PlayStation PSone
- Released:2000
- Units sold:102.49 million (includes all PS variants)
Discussions about the PSone & PS2 can be found here.
Microsoft X-Box
- Released:2001
- Units sold:24 million
Discussions about the Microsoft X-Box can be found here.
Nintendo Game Cube
- Released:2001
- Units sold:21.74 million
Discussions about the Nintendo Game Cube can be found here here.
Atari Flashback
- Released:2004
- Units sold:?
Sony PlayStation 2 Slim
- Released:2004
- Units sold:Over 127 million and counting(includes all PS2 variants)
Discussions about the PSone & PS2 can be found here.
XaviXPORT
- Released:2004
- Units sold:?
Microsoft X-Box 360
- Released:2005
- Units sold:Over 19 million and still counting
For all the Microsoft X-Box 360 information that you could possibly need check out My360.com.au
Atari Flashback 2
- Released:2005
- Units sold:?
Game Wave Family Entertainment System
- Released:2006
- Units sold:?
Mattel HyperScan
- Released:2006
- Units sold:?
Nintendo Wii
- Released:2006
- Units sold:Over 21.56 million and counting
For all the Nintendo Wii information that you could possibly need check out MyWii.com.au
Sony PlayStation 3
- Released:2006
- Units sold:Over 12 million and counting
For all the Sony Playstation 3 information that you could possibly need check out MyPS3.com.au and if Blu-ray movies interest you then take a look at MyBluRay.com.au
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Portable Videogame Systems
The 70s
Microvision
- Manufacturer:Milton Bradley
- Released:1979
- Units sold:?
The 80s
Game Pocket Computer
- Manufacturer:Epoch
- Released:1984
- Units sold:?
Game Boy
- Manufacturer:Nintendo
- Released:1989
- Units sold:118.7 million (Includes all variants)
Lynx
- Manufacturer:Atari
- Released:1989
- Units sold:Under 500,000 (Includes both versions)
The 90s
Game Gear
- Manufacturer:Sega
- Released:1990
- Units sold:11 million
TurboExpress
- Manufacturer:NEC
- Released:1990
- Units sold:1.5 million
Lynx 2
- Manufacturer:Atari
- Released:1991
- Units sold:Under 500,000 (Includes both versions)
Watara Supervision
- Manufacturer:Watara
- Released:1992
- Units sold:?
Mega Duck/Cougar Boy
- Manufacturer:Creatonic, Videojet, and Timlex
- Released:1993
- Units sold:?
Nomad
- Manufacturer:Sega
- Released:1995
- Units sold:1 million
Game Boy Pocket
- Manufacturer:Nintendo
- Released:1996
- Units sold:118.7 million (Includes all variants)
Virtual Boy
- Manufacturer:Nintendo
- Released:1996
- Units sold:770,000
Game.com
- Manufacturer:Tiger Electronics
- Released:1997
- Units sold:Less than 300,000
Game Boy Light
- Manufacturer:Nintendo
- Released:1997
- Units sold:118.7 million (Includes all variants)
Game Boy Color
- Manufacturer:Nintendo
- Released:1998
- Units sold:118.7 million (Includes all variants)
Neo Geo Pocket
- Manufacturer:SNK
- Released:1998
- Units sold:2 million
Neo-Geo Pocket Color
- Manufacturer:SNK
- Released:1998
- Units sold:?
WonderSwan
- Manufacturer:Bandai
- Released:1999
- Units sold:?
Year 2000
WonderSwan Color
- Manufacturer:Bandai
- Released:2000
- Units sold:?
GP32 (GamePark 32)
- Manufacturer:GamePark
- Released:2001
- Units sold:Around 30,000
Game Boy Advance
- Manufacturer:Nintendo
- Released:2001
- Units sold:81.06 million (Includes all variants)
For discussions on the GBA Click Here!
Check out some of the popular GBA titles here!
SwanCrystal
- Manufacturer:Bandai
- Released:2002
- Units sold:?
GameKing
- Manufacturer:TimeTop
- Released:2003
- Units sold:?
Game Boy Advance SP
- Manufacturer:Nintendo
- Released:2003
- Units sold:81.06 million (Includes all variants)
For discussions on the GBA Click Here!
Check out some of the popular GBA titles here!
N-Gage
- Manufacturer:Nokia
- Released:2003
- Units sold:3 million (Includes both variants)
Zodiac
- Manufacturer:Tapwave
- Released:2003
- Units sold:Less that 200,000
N-Gage QD
- Manufacturer:Nokia
- Released:2004
- Units sold:3 million (Includes both variants)
Nintendo DS
- Manufacturer:Nintendo
- Released:2004
- Units sold:Over 70.6 million and counting (Includes all variants)
For more DS information Click Here!
For a comprehensive games list Click Here!
The DS was released in multiple colours and you can check them out Here!
PlayStation Portable
- Manufacturer:Sony
- Released:2004
- Units sold:Over 34 million and still counting (Includes all variants)
For more PSP information Click Here!
For a comprehensive PSP games list Click Here!
Pocket Fami
- Manufacturer:GameTech
- Released:2004
- Units sold:?
Game Boy Micro
- Manufacturer:Nintendo
- Released:2005
- Units sold:2.42 million
For discussions on the GBA Click Here!
Check out some of the popular GBA titles here!
Gizmondo
- Manufacturer:Tiger Telematics
- Released:2005
- Units sold:Less than 25,000
GP2X
- Manufacturer:GamePark Holdings/li>
- Released:2005
- Units sold:Over 30000
VG Pocket
- Manufacturer:Pelican Accessories
- Released:2006
- Units sold:?
Nintendo DS Lite
- Manufacturer:Nintendo
- Released:2006
- Units sold:Over 70.6 million and counting (Includes all variants)
For more DS information Click Here!
For a comprehensive games list Click Here!
The DS was released in multiple colours and you can check them out Here!
PlayStation Portable Slim & Lite
- Manufacturer:Sony
- Released:2007
- Units sold:Over 34 million and still counting (Includes all variants)
For more PSP information Click Here!
For a comprehensive PSP games list Click Here!
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