Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!! Easter Eggs Continue to Surface
Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!! was an instant hit for NES. Now 29 years after the game’s initial release, gamers are continuing to discover easter eggs within the game. Some of them are pretty difficult to spot and it’s pretty incredible that they are even noticed. “As Redditor midwesternhousewives discovered, there is a visual cue among the spectators in the second Piston Honda fight, which tells the player when to...
Are These the ’80s Most Notable Moments?
CNN is debuting a new original series tonight called The Eighties and as part of an intense marketing campaign has been highlighting some of the decade’s biggest political, cultural and technological impacts on today. Recently, it released 80 moments from the ’80s that it thinks are the most notable events of the decade. The list includes events like: February 22, 1980: Miracle on ice happens as U.S. hockey team defeats...
Nintendo Shower Curtain Game Box Puts You On The Cover
Remember the EA Sports phrase “it’s in the game?” Well this Nintendo Game Box shower curtain allows you to actually get in the game. Before we knew better than to blow into these Nintendo cartridges in order for them to work, it seemed like the easiest fix. Well it’s time to step away from the quick fix and into the actual game. The see-through window on the shower cartridge will display you from the mid-waist...
A Tribute To The Gameboy — Still The Greatest Handheld Gaming Device Of All Time
Thanks to the 80s invention of the Gameboy, kids in present day are enjoying some pretty elaborate hand held gaming devices. The Gameboy was introduced in 1989 by Nintendo and it started a pretty intense craze that has carried over into systems like the Playstation Vita and Nintendo 3DS of today. The black and white 8-bit world from the 80s was a turning point in portable gaming. It was even filled with some of the best games that...
The Wizard (1989)
By James Porter For kids who grew up in the 80s, one incredibly popular pastime was playing Nintendo. Having revitalized the US gaming market in 1985 with the NES, Nintendo had cemented itself as the new face of gaming with titles like Super Mario Bros., Ninja Gaiden, Castlevania, and The Legend of Zelda. Such enormous popularity of course resulted in LOADS of merchandise – action figures, masks, bed sheets, even breakfast cereal....
