So here is the last of our pre-coviddy lockdown backlog podcasts and it’s quite apt that we discuss the console that really brought people together. Even your grandparents. Nintendo struck gold with their motion-driven console, the Wii. But why was it so popular? We (wii?) discuss our favourite Wii moments as well as some of […]
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Is there anything as crap yet beloved by retro gamers as Fred Savage movie The Wizard? The answer is yes: The Power Glove. We cover the 30th anniversary of both together with the Nintendo World Video Championships in a special 90-minute* episode. It’s baaaaaad. Fancy discussing this podcast? Please tweet us @arcadeattackUK or catch us on facebook.com/arcadeattackUK
Okay, it’s been a while since everything happened regards EmuParadise but for those of you who missed it, the gist is as follows. They issued this statement which essentially stated that visitors can no longer download ROMs from the site (try it, every link says the game chosen is unavailable) and hint at “potentially disastrous
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These days, the word Nintendo is synonymous with video games, consoles and innovation, but did you know the company started as far back as the 1800s? Here, we’re looking at the surprising origins of Nintendo, and how the company went from playing cards to plumbers over the course of almost a century. Nintendo All
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His quest to find Atari Jaguar answers is going…quite well as it turns out. Atari (and Nintendo) producer supremo Faran Thomason is next up in Adrian’s cross hairs and he pulls no punches in this great interview (if we do say so ourselves – Ed). You Bubsy fans/haters may want to check out our latest
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Mike Hayes is of course one of the few people to have been successful at SEGA and Nintendo – establishing Nintendo as a brand in the UK and then rejuvenating SEGA after their post-Mega Drive slump. He kindly dropped by Arcade Attack to share some gems… Mike, your career is well-known and we thank
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Another massive coup for our lil blog – Dylan Cuthbert is a legend amongst us retro gamers. Plucked from Argonaut and flown to Kyoto to work with Nintendo at the age of 18, without him there would be no StarFox (noooooooo!!!) or there would be, it just wouldn’t have been as good! Dylan’s career is
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Ryoichi Hasegawa helped produce some classic SEGA titles including NiGHTS into Dreams, Crazy Taxi, Streets of Rage 3, Burning Rangers, Ecco the Dolphin and Sonic Jam. He also worked on other classic titles such as Crash Bandicoot, Spyro the Dragon, Jak and Daxter and The Last of Us for Sony. He reflects on his amazing
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Before polygons ruled the screen it was tiny squares of colour that did the heavy lifting. Pixel artists built worlds out of strict limits, then smuggled emotion into every frame. Those limits turned into style. Whole generations learned to read a character’s mood from a few pixels of eyebrow, a cape that swished two frames
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It’s been a while since we heard from our resident NES expert Andy (aka UKNESBoy) but the wait was worth it! And after you’re done here, why not listen to our NES chat with Andy. But for now, here is his Mario is Missing! review for your reading pleasure. Games like the beautiful yeast extract
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