Retro Review: Wii Party U: A Lost Chance

Nintendo caught lightning in a bottle with “Wii Sports” in 2006 and you know what they say about catching it twice. Although the mega publisher had success with “Wii Sports: Resort,” other similar mini-game collections have felt like shallow compilations of tech demos. Nintendo’s newest addition to the genre, “Wii Party U,” isn’t exactly as…

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Arcade to Console – by Eugenio Angueira

In 1982 Namco released the official sequel to Pac-Man. That game would be Super Pac- Man! Though  was the official sequel for the original game, Ms. Pac-Man was developed by General Computer Corporation as an unofficial sequel to Namco’s successful maze game at the request of Midway. Tori Iwatani was in charge of designing this…

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Atari ST- By Peter Fletcher and Bill Lange

olWhen the Atari ST series debuted in 1985 with the Atari 520ST, which was quickly followed by the Atari 1040ST, it represented a significant leap forward in home computing technology, particularly in graphics and sound capabilities. This 16-bit computer line would go on to become especially renowned in Europe’s music and desktop publishing scenes, thanks…

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