• By Mark Wilson
    May 24, 2007 1:00 PM 683
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    This Day in Gaming, May 24th

    1999: Namco announces that the only game they intend on releasing for Deamcast for the year is Soul Caliber—a decision based solely on the Playstation's lack of computing power. Because apparently the Dreamcast wasn't beefy enough to run ports of Pac-Man and Dig Dug.

    2004: Nintendo releases Mario vs. Donkey Kong for GBA in Japan. And we have nothing snarky to say. Damn you Nintendo. Damn you!!! Mark Wilson

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