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The man behind chippy video game crossover greats like the Jersey Shore RPG, Dr. Horrible's Sing-along Game and the best console war fight ever is assaulting your nostalgia with a new project, chiptunes remakes of 80s themes and jingles. More »
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Arcades hold a very special place in my heart. More »
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The star of classic films such as Silver Bullet, Lucas, and The Lost Boys, as well as Digital Pictures' Double Switch for the PC, Sega CD, and Saturn, actor Corey Haim died today at the age of 38. More »
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It's easy to post pictures of your current gaming rig, your oodles of games, to brag about achievements and trophies, but none of that means a thing. More »
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What if Grand Theft Auto had been released in the 80s? Well, aside from being the best game ever (When you play Grand Theft Auto, it's like you're really in the game!), it would have featured an awesome commercial. A kid would have been sitting in his room on the brink of dying from boredom. But just in the nick of time, a leather-clad "biker type person" would pound down the door, do a few shots of tequila and discover where a friendly night of Nintendo could lead once the lights went out. Hit the link for a glimpse of history we missed only by a decade and some puberty. More »
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The 80s has a special place in most of our hearts. As a decade, it captures Man's best and worst in music and fashion. Uncontrolled decadence, often in the form of very large hair, defines an era that was big on execution and low on taste. More »
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Cnet's News.com is hosting a gallery of what they consider to be some of the greatest arcade games of the eighties. Pretty much everything you imagine would be on there is present including all the old standards like Frogger, Super Mario Bros., Pac-Man, Donkey Kong, Pole Position and Space Invaders. There are twelve picks in all including short blurbs about each game 9mostly culled from klov.com). Not really a whole lot of new information here, but it's a nice little gallery and they even have a section where you can vote for your favorites. More »
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Microsoft tells me that they will be making an announcement at their big Pac-Man tournament in New York City tomorrow. I don't expect anything ground-shaking, but it will probably be interesting news. More »
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The totally rad website for Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80's has launched and while it may only be one page it does hold some new information. At the bottom of the page, an audio player plays tracks from the game and reveals three new tracks that were heretofore unannounced. The three new tracks are: More »
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What better way to bring back the 1980's with Mario and Rubix cubes. This six-colored New Super Mario Bros. puzzler breathes new life into old favorites. The cube has been out since last November and retails for ¥2,079 (US $17). Two words: Must have. Brian Ashcraft More »
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Oh Destructoid, it's been so long since I've written you one of my little mash notes. I don't mean to neglect you, I just got distracted. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=195751&view=rss&microfeed=true The Nintendo Cereal song has to be the catchiest tune ever dreamed up by an 80's jingleer. Although the shapes of the cereal pieces themselves resemble the 8-bit pixellated forms of Mario and Link not a bit, it's that "NIN-TEN-DO! IT'S FOR BREAKFAST NOW" chant that caused us to hold our breath in the cereal aisle at the local supermarket until we began having a series of spastic asphyxiation seizures and our Mom caved and bought us a box. More »
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