Archive for the ‘Retro Gaming’ Category

From the tip of my bottle to the bottom of my glass, I often times sit and reminisce the good ol’ days of gaming. Not just about how companies marketed poorly back in those days, but the progress of where games have come from and where they’re headed. What is the future of gaming? Would we even call it gaming in the near future? When we’re in our 60s and the grandchildren are playing the PS9, what stories could we tell them of the old days and how informative would we be about it? In this day and age of the “console wars”, you gotta think that perhaps somewhere down the line it just won’t fucking matter about graphics. Read the rest of this entry »

Ok, this just made my day. Maybe my whole week.  Someone posted pictures on Flikr of a room at Sega of America.  This room is like a museum, every thing Sega has ever made is in this archive. Also pictures of desks, Screenshots, and other various awesomeness from inside Sega’s Corporate offices!  Check out these photos, I can almost hear the sound my Master System made when i hit the power button.   SEEEEGGGGGA!!

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Edit:   Wow this flikr page has LOTS of gems in it.  It has screenshots from games at E3 08, Sonic Unleashed Stormrise and many others.  Looking through this 60 page photobook is worth your time.

I was chatting with my friend online and he had a story to tell.  It was not unlike a lot of his past stories with game systems.  Like when he couldn’t beat M.Bison on 8 stars and he stood up and stomped directly on top of the cartridge, while it was in the slot. It broke the casing in half, right along the creases.   That’s just one of many times video game hardware has been destroyed at the hands of my ‘360 Friend’.  Here’s the dialog we had today concerning his latest wave of console destruction which had him getting a new 360 just to replace his controller. Read the rest of this entry »

This is my badge holder which I take with me to gaming conventions. I got the holder from Nintendo when Killer Instinct was released for the N64. This badge has a ton of gaming history. Enjoy!

One of the greatest things about being a gaming dad is that I get to expose my son to all the cool stuff I’ve acquired over the years. I have a Sega Saturn, Dreamcast, Wii, Xbox, PS2, 360 and PS3. My Saturn library is huge as is my PS1, PS2 and Dreamcast libraries. My son had a graduation party today and I thought I would do what I used to do growing up…throw a video game tournament. Read the rest of this entry »

Not only is this game available today, but if you purchase it, you’ll automatically get added into the Super Street Fighter II HD beta which starts on June 25. It’s a great time to be a gamer. Here’s the full release from Capcom:
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I’d like to thank everyone for their comments regarding the new direction of the Hiphopgamer Show. It’s only going to get better. I promise you that The Bitbag will have the BEST E3 coverage on the net this July. We will be stomping the convention grounds and bringing the info to you first, before any other site.

The Hiphopgamer Show will be taped during E3 in HD, mastered down to 640×480 and posted on a daily basis. We will also be doing 1v1 and Warzone podcasts directly from E3.

In the weeks before E3, you’ll see some more changes to the site,the shows and the content. We would like to know what you would like to see more of? What can we bring to you that other sites aren’t bringing? Drop a line to webmaster@thebitbag.com with questions or just anything you’d like to talk to us about.

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Torrence Davis
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In this weeks episode we have a special guest, Ian Johnson. He’s an avid ‘True Gamer’ and Metal Gear fan going all the way back to the original MSX game. He’s here to tell us why MGS4 is so important to gamers, the industry and the series.  After talking with Ian, we can’t see how anyone wouldn’t want to play Metal Gear Solid 4.  Other highlights include:

• Will MGS4 break records and make an impact on the industry?
• Torrence Davis talks about the Japanese Ninja Gaiden 2 demo and how amazing it really is
• We compare the PS3 to the Sega Saturn in terms of it’s development difficulty curve
• Torrence and Hiphopgamer debate whether or not a Blu-Ray add-on for the 360 would be a hot item
• A new fanboy is awarded the Fanboy Of The Week award and he’s one of N4G’s finest

* Audio is low in the beginning for Ian Johnson.  Turn up the speakers.

If you have questions and want them aired, please let us know.  We are always looking for listener input.  Enjoy the show!

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I think everyone was on goofballs for this episode. I’m sure you’ll get a laugh. Here are the topics for Episode 7:

• E3
• Iron Man
• Juno Digital Copy
• All the Midway news (esp. UT3 on 360, and MK VS DC)
• MGSO issues
• Kojima dissappointed in MGSO
• Wii Strip (Wii strippers pole)
• PS3 Turnaround
• Aaron Greenburg
• Apple Joining Sony for Blu-Ray
• GT5 Prologue 5
• Rockstar Social Club

Nintendo keeps churning out some good classics for the Wii. Phantasy Star III is going to be a huge hit for us classic game players. Here’s the full release from Nintendo: Read the rest of this entry »

Topics for Episode #4:

• Darkpower the stalker
• Hiphopgamer strikes back
• Bad SNES ports for DS
• GT5 Pro Frustration
• Forza 2 Customization
• PGR4 Exploiting
• Snaking in Mario Kart
• Halo 3 gameplay
• Dreamcast VGA Box

The days of the NES are coming to a close, and the bright sun rise of the SNES now shining. Just because I stopped playing the NES at that time doesn’t mean I have forgotten about it entirely. The same will happen to the SNES, PlayStation 2, XBOX, Game Cube, Wii, XBOX 360, and so forth. It is undeniable of this to happen to every gamer as a new generation is born and technology progresses. Now then, on with the article!

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With all the new technology in gaming nowadays, we must not forget what inspired us all to move forward. From cartoons to cereal, advertisements, toys, playing cards, and gummies. I remember quite a lot from that time, and there will be videos from that golden age posted as well. Here is how it all started for me growing up…

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Sega is kicking off the new year by pushing three new Wii Virtual Console games. You can now download Rolling Thunder 2, Eternal Champions, and Light Crusader on your Wii console!

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Ok, how many years have we been asking for Magician Lord to come out on any system? The wait is over. SNK just announced the greatest arcade classics compilation in history. This is by far one of the reasons you should STILL own a PS2 or should have purchased a BC PS3. Here’s the full release of what 16 games we’ll be getting:

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