- So! Nintendo, as usual, has been aggressive pursuing fan
games using their characters, with the latest target being a mash-up of Mario
and No Man’s Sky. Those developers
responded by turning it into DCMA’s Sky.
You can read more on Polygon here.
- From The Dreamcast Junkyard, a
great series of articles on their hunt to find a legendary barber from some
commercials.
- The Couch Potato over at New Castle News has a fine personal
essay on his experiences with Super Mario
Bros. 3, the Super Nintendo and other gaming stuff. Read it here.
- Reddit and YouTube deliver this week with Midway’s pitch
video to the NBA for a little game called NBA
Jam. You can check out the video here,
and listen to our episode on Jam here!
ON THIS DAY IN VIDEO
GAME HISTORY…
- A little deep, story-driven game known as Final Fantasy VII came
out for the PlayStation on September 7, 1997. The indie darling sold a ton of
copies, and it’s wildly recognized for popularizing RPGs outside of Japan. (And
by the way, the
PlayStation itself came out on September 9, 1995.)
- Parasite Eve,
an oft-mentioned favorite of Steve, came out September 9, 1998. It was an odd
action RPG with guns that spawned an incredibly underrated
sequel, and an
iffy PSP game with a completely indecipherable plot.
- Also from 1998: Spyro the
Dragon! The little purple dragon started doing like, dragon stuff, on
Sept. 10. By Insomniac Games, it was pretty popular with a wide range of
gamers, including more casual folks.
- 9/9/99 for $199! The Sega Dreamcast came out
on Sept. 9, 1999. God, it was such an awesome little system, but Sega
eventually lost its stomach for the console business. It had a strong start
that it ceded as hype for the PlayStation 2 ramped up.
- Ready 2 Rumble
Boxing by Midway came out in 1999 for the Dreamcast, and then later for
the N64, PSX and Gameboy Color. The colorful boxing came made people more
nostalgic for better boxing games, but it sold well.
- Also for the Dreamcast in 1999: Soulcalibur!
The fighter from Namco featured a heavy emphasis on weapons, and it was highly
rated at the time and in ensuing years as the series continued.
- Final
Fantasy Tactics Advance bastardized a great PSX game, but, well, it
came out this day in 2003 for the Gameboy Adance. Some people like it. Those
people are wrong.
Video game history
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