Games

Jan 27 2004

A lot of old computer software had more bonuses for the consumer than modern games do. Many X68000 games (And I assume games for other platforms) had ilustrations and comical tips for safe handling of your floppies. I’ve put up a gallery.

Games

Jan 23 2004

Every now and then someone asks me for a linking banner, and I’ve always said “I don’t have one”, partially because it’s true and partially because all the banners I’ve tried to make have sucked. But no longer!! Here’s the new official 140×35 pixel link banner/button for nfggames:

Games

Jan 21 2004

So Nintendo has announced their new amaze-o-tron product, the DS. According to the official press release (seen here on GameSpy) it’s a dual-screen portable system. The press release is phenomenally light on details – there’s no information about titles, developer support, design, features, resolution, processor… Just a vague comment about ‘semiconductor memory up to one […]

Games

Jan 20 2004

Some of you may have noticed the new NEC consoles gracing the background of this page instead of the screenshots that used to be here. Please rest assured they’ll be back after I tire of my own vektorgraphik magnificence. I whipped up a CoreGrafx, PCE and TurboGrafx so far, and as you can see here […]

Games

Jan 7 2004

J-Phone is now Vodafone in Japan. And that’s all the pre-amble you get, here’s a new gallery of only 256k games (roughly five times larger than the norm) which are really quite impressive.

Games

Jan 3 2004

Something I noticed at the AOU show last week but only recently put together with actual facts was the EDY contactless cash-card from Bitwallet. Launched in Japan in 2002 it’s a prepaid cashcard that users can fuel up at over 1,400 AM/PM stores in Japan, among other places. Based on technology from Sony the EDY […]