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Alex Kidd: The Lost Stars

Let's be frank. Alex Kidd: The Lost Stars is a very weird and very frustrating platformer from the early ages of the 8-bit era. It was one of my first Sega Master System games, and one of the only ones that I could manage to beat. The levels were colorful,...
Posted 31 Aug 2010 | Games,Reviews | 0 Comments

Mafia 2 Review & Strategy Guide

"I was expecting more action from this action...
Posted 30 Aug 2010 | Reviews | 0 Comments

GAMES COMING OUT SEPTEMBER 2010 FOR CONSOLES

Ah September the time when many go back to school and fall is just around the comer. Nah, forget about that, you can’t tell the seasons are changing if you are locked onto your television screen now can you? This month there is actually a good reason to succumb to...
Posted 23 Aug 2010 | Media,News | 4 Comments

Mafia 2 Release Party Miami

Our friends Kevin Wasielewski and Hector Penton at OriginPC invited us to come to the club Grand Central to celebrate the release of the Max Payne/GTA/Saints Row clone sequel Mafia...
Posted 23 Aug 2010 | Events,Featured,Previews,Promotions | 4 Comments

Games Coming Out September 2010 for PC

August had some nice releases but September looks like a heavy month for PC gaming as...
Posted 22 Aug 2010 | Featured,News | 0 Comments

Limbo Review

While we’re on the topic, let's talk about the deaths in Limbo. “Limbo is unforgiving” is a complete understatement. It’s more than unforgiving, it makes you look like a pathetic fool as well, should you make a mistake. Run too far without paying attention? Bear Trap has now turned your...
Posted 20 Aug 2010 | Featured,Reviews | 0 Comments

Stirge’s QuakeCON Diary – 4 days of glory!

Day two it was ready for the actual CON to start. We went upstairs to receive our badges and they were very happy to give them to us, we entered the vendor area and started looking around. In my time working for Alienware I had helped create some amazing convention...
Posted 15 Aug 2010 | Events,Featured,News | 0 Comments

Games Coming Out August 2010 For Consoles

It use to be August was the last change to get out and do what you really wanted to do for the summer before school started up again. Today, many of us stay inside because the sun burns. (It really really burns) Good thing the console market knows this and...
Posted 06 Aug 2010 | Featured,News,Previews | 1 Comment

Games Coming Out August 2010 For PC

A bunch of great games for PC are actually coming out this month! I talk about them...
Posted 02 Aug 2010 | Featured,News,Previews | 0 Comments

Classic Gaming Expo 2010 – Day 1

There are thousands of people and groups who create new games and products for hundreds of classic systems. In addition there are sites like Atari Age which showcase people from the industry and new ways to play classic...
Posted 01 Aug 2010 | Events,Featured,News | 1 Comment

Fury of the Furries

The further you go the more time you'll spend planning on how to complete each level since often you'll find yourself with only one or two of these fur-balls available and sometimes not even through the whole stage but only at certain areas. And in the World of Fury of...
Posted 28 Jul 2010 | Featured,Games,Old Skool,Reviews | 0 Comments

Frontier (a.k.a. Elite II)

Frontier is a game of undefined genre. It's a wild mixture of simulation, strategy with adventure and role playing elements. And as much as it seems that this kind of mix'n'match would not work out it actually does and the game is no less than brilliant! It's a true sandbox...
Posted 28 Jul 2010 | Featured,Games,Old Skool,Reviews | 0 Comments

UFO – Enemy Unknown (a.k.a. X-Com – UFO Defense)

UFO or X-COM as they call it in the US is a product built upon the idea that could've easily been transformed into three different, smaller games. First of, there's the strategy – Globe View – in which you build your bases, send intercepting ships to shoot of alien vessels...
Posted 28 Jul 2010 | Featured,Games,Old Skool,Reviews | 0 Comments

Moonstone: A Hard Days Knight

Moonstone: A Hard Days Knight is an action hack'n'slash game with role playing elements in fantasy medieval setting developed and released by Mindscape in 1991 & 1992 on Amiga and PC respectively. Both versions look and play nearly the same & use the same palette of 32 colors, but PC...
Posted 28 Jul 2010 | Featured,Games,Old Skool,Reviews | 1 Comment

Obsolete Gamer Profile Channel

We will accept pretty much all the videos on our YouTube page but the best ones will be featured in an article on Obsolete Gamer.com and on our Podcast. We hope you will spread the word so we can create this video library....
Posted 20 Jul 2010 | Featured,Media,News | 0 Comments

The Forza Motorsport 3 World Class Car Pack

This month’s car pack puts you behind the wheel of some of the world’s newest and most sought after vehicles. From the elite McLaren MP4-12C supercar and the luxurious power of the 2010 Mercedes-Benz CL 65 AMG, to the tuner-friendly 2010 Acura TSX V6 and the agile 2011 Citroën DS3,...
Posted 13 Jul 2010 | News | 0 Comments

NEXUIZ TO BE POWERED BY CryENGINE®3

Nexuiz is a fast paced Arena first-person shooter with competitive game play built specifically for consoles. Featuring the innovative mutator system, players progress through the ranks opening up new mutators that allow players to alter the rules for each match....
Posted 13 Jul 2010 | News | 0 Comments

Ninja Gaiden

Then it had the worst learning curve of any game. Pretty much from Act 3 on you were in hell and when you reached Act 6 you were in hells toilet....
Posted 07 Jul 2010 | Featured,Games,Images,Reviews,Summaries,Videos | 0 Comments

World of Warcraft – Ask a CDev

As shown in the World of Warcraft Special #1 comic, Algalon is currently monitoring the activities of the mortal races of Azeroth. His outlook on life and the titans' plans has been called into question, so he seeks to understand what makes Azeroth so different from the countless worlds he...
Posted 06 Jul 2010 | Featured,MMO,News | 0 Comments

Heroes of Newerth – Free to Play Weekend

Heroes of Newerth will be FREE TO PLAY this weekend for anyone who had a beta account. Starting Friday at noon EST and ending Sunday at 11:59 PM EST, all beta accounts will be reactivated and players can login with their old accounts and enjoy HoN once...
Posted 02 Jul 2010 | MMO,News | 0 Comments

Spider-Man – The Video Game

While playing the “far-away” mode I wondered why Spider-man didn’t just use his webbing like this all the time. When you are in “close-up” mode you can use a web spray attack that hits multiple enemies, but it uses some of your health. You can also jump and swing on...
Posted 02 Jul 2010 | Featured,Games,Images,Reviews,Summaries,Videos | 0 Comments

Tecmo Bowl

Another funny thing was you could pick a running play, run backwards and bunch together the defense and then run around them for a touchdown. This worked with better players like Walter Payton, but could be done with almost...
Posted 01 Jul 2010 | Featured,Games,Images,Reviews,Summaries,Videos | 0 Comments

Cataclysm Closed Beta Begins

Cataclysm will reshape the world of Azeroth changing many of the areas from what is known as “vanilla” W.O.W. In addition there will be new areas, features and a increase in levels from 80 to 85. Oh and did I mention two new playable...
Posted 01 Jul 2010 | Featured,MMO,News | 0 Comments

Sexy Parodius

I’ve played a lot of strange games in my time, but it has been a while since I have constantly yelled out WTF during gameplay. Sexy Parodius is an arcade shooter made by Konami and from the research I did is the fifth and last in the series. Sexy Parodius...
Posted 30 Jun 2010 | Featured,Games,Images,Reviews,Summaries,Videos | 0 Comments

Final Fantasy XIV – Release & Pricing

The beta is set to go live sometime in July and pre-orders begin today. When you pre-order you will receive Garlond Goggles with the standard edition and an Onion Helm for the collector’s...
Posted 30 Jun 2010 | Featured,MMO,News | 0 Comments

Superfrog

Every 16-bit platform of yesteryear had their own unique best selling point. Quite often being a platformer game for that matter. Two main ones – SNES and Genesis had Mario and Sonic games respectively. Both very different to each other yet both awesome in their own ways. So, when others...
Posted 29 Jun 2010 | Featured,Games,Images,Old Skool,Reviews | 0 Comments

Stunts (a.k.a. 4D Sports Driving)

When I was just a young boy and have seen today’s review’s game for the first time on my friend’s Amiga I knew I had to have it. In fact I wanted it more than badly! I needed it as one needs to find a toilet after a huge plate...
Posted 29 Jun 2010 | Featured,Games,Old Skool,Reviews | 0 Comments

Games Coming Out For PC July 2010

Not that much coming out but we do have StarCraft 2 finally coming out...
Posted 29 Jun 2010 | Featured,News | 0 Comments

GAMES COMING OUT JULY 2010 FOR CONSOLES

Ah July, the time for weddings, bbq, fireworks and general outdoor fun or you can skip all that and just play some video games because a number of good ones are being released for consoles for the upcoming...
Posted 29 Jun 2010 | Featured,News | 0 Comments

Rick Dangerous & Rick Dangerous 2

I realized I cannot review Rick Dangerous without taking a look at Rick Dangerous II - as these games are like Star Wars - sure, you can watch one and have fun but until you've seen them all you know nothing of the dark side... Or until you'll push some...
Posted 24 Jun 2010 | Featured,Games,Images,Old Skool,Reviews,Videos | 1 Comment