Preserving ‘Nintendo Game Pack’ cards for a new generation.
Before we get into the nitty gritty of this piece, some background info. The original plan was to write an article documenting the more than ten examples of lost and forgotten Zelda games, which included the Barcode Battler cards, the Milton Bradley board game, and the four English language ‘choose-your-own-adventure books’. I ordered the four books off eBay and along the way I even ended up interviewing the creator of the Nintendo Adventure Book series, which will go up soon.
As part of this lost games feature, though, the plan had been to program a free virtual edition of the Milton Bradley board game, since it sells for insane prices online. It turned out someone had already done this, and made it available via Steam (we’ve got coverage on this and the Bandai board game coming soon, too). I really dodged a programming bullet there!
Read the full article on timeextension.com
Preserving ‘Nintendo Game Pack’ cards for a new generation.
Before we get into the nitty gritty of this piece, some background info. The original plan was to write an article documenting the more than ten examples of lost and forgotten Zelda games, which included the Barcode Battler cards, the Milton Bradley board game, and the four English language ‘choose-your-own-adventure books’. I ordered the four books off eBay and along the way I even ended up interviewing the creator of the Nintendo Adventure Book series, which will go up soon.
As part of this lost games feature, though, the plan had been to program a free virtual edition of the Milton Bradley board game, since it sells for insane prices online. It turned out someone had already done this, and made it available via Steam (we’ve got coverage on this and the Bandai board game coming soon, too). I really dodged a programming bullet there!
Read the full article on timeextension.com
