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Emulators Make Games Look Worse Than the Original CRT Did

Elizabeth — Tue, 29 Aug 2023 10:51:00 +0000

Old Nintendo games look very different from what people remembered them as. They’re not crazy, or blinded by nostalgia – the games really did look a lot better. The secret is the CRT monitor. The CRT – and Pixels A pixel is defined as the smallest controllable unit of an image on-screen. This has changed […]

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History of the Emulator

Elizabeth — Thu, 24 Aug 2023 10:35:00 +0000

An emulator is a program that emulates a game console, usually for the purpose of playing a game that is – either by price, age, or device – inaccessible. Streamers commonly use emulators to play Pokemon games made for the Gameboy, so they can screen-record their gameplay directly from their computer instead of having to […]

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Tetris

Elizabeth — Tue, 18 Jul 2023 09:52:00 +0000

Tetris, released in the 1980’s (the first version was released in 1985, but other countries received it from 1986-1988) is one of the most viral games ever. It’s simple enough that children can play it, but complex enough to keep players of all ages entertained for hours. It doesn’t require that the player speak any […]

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Wii: A Masterpiece of it’s Time

Elizabeth — Tue, 21 Feb 2023 11:49:00 +0000

The Wii, a motion-controller game console, used a combination of things to make sure it read your movements. The Wii was a truly special device! Hardy Equipment If you could only look at consoles to compare them, the Wii is at an advantage. It stands straight up, like a book on the shelf! It’s also […]

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Games Suffering For Patches

Elizabeth — Tue, 10 Jan 2023 11:34:00 +0000

I Can Finish it Later Kangaroos are famous for keeping their children, known as joeys, in the big pouch on their belly. This adaptation means that the joeys can come out really early and then spend a significant portion of time finishing development in their mother’s pouch. By most comparisons, the kangaroo joeys come out […]

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Pokemon Complexity Syndrome

Elizabeth — Thu, 05 Jan 2023 10:55:00 +0000

Video games are more complex, and at the same time the developers expect to have them out the door in the same timeframe as shovelware used to get. Even theoretically simple games that already have legacy game mechanics built in can’t do it. Look at Pokemon. Pokemon, on its surface, doesn’t seem like a super […]

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