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VC Friday: Is it sequel day?

Hope you're in the mood for sequels today, because if you're itching for a new retro title, that's what Nintendo's offering up, at least when it comes to Sega. A couple of today's titles were also released in the U.S. this week, which means you can check out the video wrap-up for a little game foota...

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Virtually Overlooked Week: Eric's picks

Virtually Overlooked has taken over Wii Fanboy! All this week, members of the staff will be outlining their personal picks for future Virtual Console releases. It was 1994 when Ahmad poignantly rapped, "Back in the days, when I was young; I'm not a kid anymore, but some days, I sit and wish I was ...

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Scooby-Doo! Who's Watching Who? gameplay trailer

I've had a soft spot for Scooby-Doo video games after playing Scooby Doo Mystery on the Sega Genesis. It was a point-and-click mystery game that had all the charm of the cartoon and was an absolute blast to play. And just this week, Scooby-Doo! Who's Watching Who? was released, and I have to admit ...

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Relive your (something secret) days this November [update 2]

While at the Sega holiday event last week, one of the more promising titles I came across was the upcoming Genesis Collection for the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable -- due sometime in November. Normally, I shy away from these collection-type games, but Sega has a special place in my heart. G...

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GameTap celebrates Sonic anniversary, Knuckles-style

GameTap is now celebrating Sonic the Hedgehog's 15th anniversary by offering subscribers a trio of rare Sega Genesis "lock-on" titles. Sonic the Hedgehog and Knuckles, Knuckles the Echidna in Sonic 2, and Sonic 3: Sonic & Knuckles are now available through Turner Broadcasting's on-demand service...

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Wii impressions: Virtual Console

The classic controller is a good fit, albeit unfamiliar, for a gamepad that supports NES, SNES, N64, Sega Genesis, and TurboGrafx 16. Part of the sacrifice though, is that the classic controller can't offer an authentic retro experience and, of course, leaves us wondering, why bother? It's no sec...

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Nintendo-themed Goldberg contraption

A college kid created this animation for a class project and submitted it to Professor Joystiq. We give the young man a gentleman's C for incomplete physics modeling, but an A for conceptual development. Very clever opening and closing sounds, especially. First response to list all of the games in t...

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On eBay: the first game mag, Sega Genesis guitar

GameSetWatch has discovered a couple of interesting video game related items on eBay including a magazine from 1970 with the cover-text "Game Computer" (the first magazine to put "computer" and "game" onto the front cover?) and an electric guitar made out of a Sega Gene...

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Spoiler City: gallery of game endings

Game Revolution has an awesome gallery of classic 8-bit and 16-bit game endings. Don't remember how Sonic the Hedgehog ends? Never did finish Strider? There are a couple dozen videos on the site, all playable in flash. The majority of the games are all AAA classics like Super Metroid and The Revenge...

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