Simon Belmont raids the mushroom kingdom, whips goombas

Check out this great “Super Mario Crossover” that’s making the rounds. It’s a flash game where you select from a batch of classic NES heroes and play through Super Mario Bros. The characters control like they always did, and it’s spectacularly done. Of course, I played as my favorite, Simon. Whip goombas and they make the [...]

3D Dot Heroes to feature Simon’s Quest parody in loading screens

The upcoming PlayStation 3 game 3D Dot Heroes takes a lot from the games of long ago, specifically those we played in the 8-bit and 16-bit era. They take this homage so far as to take imagery and classic lines of dialog straight from games like The Legend of Zelda and Dragon Quest. Some criticism has [...]

Simon’s Quest localization gets the once-over, poor job confirmed

We all know how bad the localization is in Simon’s Quest, but such a thing is generally more joked about than examined. The NPCs in the game are in many cases useless when it comes to providing guidance. In fact, I’d go so far as to say the only reason anyone ever beat the game back [...]

Loads more games, including complete first editions, rolling onto eBay

Among the 40+ games I’ve listed on eBay for sale to support the expansion of my collection, browsers of that auction site will find this treasure: a complete in box first edition Castlevania for NES, sporting all the signs of a first edition, from the five screw construction to the black seal to the misprinted label… [...]

Is Konami making a Castlevania compilation for Wii and PSP?

Rumors have surfaced in the past day that Konami is currently making a Castlevania compilation for Wii and PSP. Nintendo Life cites an “anonymous source” for this information. Titles mentioned in the rumor include the NES, SNES, and Genesis games as well as Rondo of Blood and Symphony of the Night. With no real source for [...]