div style="background-color: #B3B3B3; width: 160px; padding: 1px;">#luxury Chrome-plated dash. Aluminum and rubber wheels. Painted racing strips. This isn't a sports car, but a luxury arcade cabinet. More » [Link] [Cache]

As the summer drags on and the days get hotter and thermometers burst and spurt mercury okay, not really , I continue to think back on the summertime hijinks of my youth. In all honesty, there weren't many. Summer's too danged hot for hijinks. There was, however, plenty of gaming. I had my own stable of games, but sometimes I'd visit a friend to mix hot and cool summer fun. What's better than splashing around in a pool and then retreating inside to play some Nintendo games? Now that I'm an adult who frets over her figure in a bathing ... [Link] [Cache]

Another one of the more occult games that were released in later times also made this month's list. Mario & Luigi takes Mario into the PC engine with a lot to desire. The game is great with the classic Mario power ups such as mushrooms and flowers. The game also features PC speaker sound which is a nice feature as you have probably never heard the Mario sounds using a PC speaker. The lack of levels though makes you wish there was more to it. With a very low level count and no music, the game falls short from being ... [Link] [Cache]

One classic that has always made you come back for more is Day of the Tentacle. If you are familiar with the Maniac Mansion for the NES, I'm sure you have heard of this game which is also connected to Day of the Tentacle. The game itself is a classic from start to finish and is always fun to beat from beginning to end as there are different ways to reach your goal. Altogether, this is another classic that must be at least analyzed by any adventure game fan if you haven't done so already. [Link] [Cache]

It’s celebration time for Jayenkai and he’s given us all a present; 200 GAMES! Yes folks, that’s two zero zero. Just writing that number and I need a lie down. With his latest he’s continuing his theme of taking some of the best and making them betterer; NeoPlat2, Did I mention that before? No. Well spank my bottom and call me Shirley ['Later' - Ed] , MICROBE2 Phew, got that one and now RetroRaider II. If Lara Croft got funky with Harry from Pitfall and named their love child Lara. This would be her story. Get it. Play it. Love ... [Link] [Cache]

Filed under: Weird But True, Opinions, New In Pop CultureAtari is finally bringing back its classic Haunted House franchise for a new XBLA, downloadable PC, and Wii game. For those of you who aren't ancient, Haunted House is a maze game about a kid exploring a mysterious mansion in order to put an urn back together, hindered both by aggressive ghosts and total inability to see items or exits without lighting a match. The new version benefits from 29 years of technological advancement by, among other things, displaying the player avatar as a person instead of simply disembodied cartoon eyes. ... [Link] [Cache]

Our knowledge of the fast-paced, edgy world of extreme sports is limited to "standing on moving, thin slivers of wood is really difficult," though we don't need to know much more than that to appreciate the gaming-influenced video posted below.Continue reading Real life snowboarding meets old-school gaming in 'Gnarcade'Real life snowboarding meets old-school gaming in 'Gnarcade' originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 14 Jul 2010 11:03:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments [Link] [Cache]

function getVideo { var so = new SWFObject "http://cdn.springboard.gorillanati~ "mplayer", "620", "375", "8", "#000000" ; so.addParam "wmode","transparent"~ ; so.addParam "swliveconnect", "true" ; so.addParam "allowscriptaccess", "always" ; so.addParam "allowfullscreen", "true" ; so.addVariable "pid", "dest002" ; so.addVariable "siteId", "357" ; so.addVariable "videoId", "175865" ; so.addVariable "file", "http://cms.springboard.gorillanati~ ; so.addVariable "pageUrl", document.location ; so.write "flashcontent_357_dest002_single_17~ ; } getVideo ; The Atari 2600 classic Haunted House is getting the makeover treatment, Atari has announced today. The title is being "re-imagined" for Wii, Xbox LIVE Arcade, and PC download.The title isn't a direct port or really an upgrade, instead a 3D title that "pays homage" ... [Link] [Cache]

div style="background-color: #B3B3B3; width: 160px; padding: 1px;">#top Once upon a time, Nintendo made its home consoles in Japan, and Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto was not a millionaire. Here is a look back on that time. More » [Link] [Cache]