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Many times you'll hear the phrase "that technology was way ahead of it's time". Back in 1993 Japan already had 16:9 widescreen analog 1035i televisions called Hi-Vision and to showcase gaming on it, Hi-Ten Bomberman was created by Hudson Soft. The "Hi" stands for high definition and the "Ten" stands for ten players. Hi-Ten was f...

NBA Elite 11 is EA's follow up to the NBA Live series which was released on Apple iOS on November 5, 2010 with PS3 and Xbox 360 in the final stages of release. The PS3 and Xbox 360 versions where due to hit store shelves on March 31, 2011 after being pushed back from it's October 05, 2010 release date. The reason for the delay was...

When the Nintendo 64 launched several games where produced in different color cartridges such as Donkey Kong 64 sporting a yellow cartridge. Later in the Nintendo 64 life span, costs where cut down on N64 cartridges by replacing the color cartridge with a standard grey cartridge. Examples of these are Hydro Thunder and Bass Master...

With the success of the original Pitfall created by game design legend, David Crane, many sequels have graced us over the years. One of the highly acclaimed sequels, Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure, released for the Sega Genesis, Super Nintendo and other classic platforms was received with open arms and got wide spread positive reviews. The game followed Pitfall Harry Jr, son of the original Pitfall Harry, on a mission through Mayan jungles and temples to rescue his father.

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Welcome to another edition of RetroRewind! Today we take a look at an interesting promotion that Renovation offered for there Sega CD title "Revenge of the Ninja". Back in 1994 Renovation ported over a Japanese arcade game called "Ninja Hayate" to the Sega CD in the US and changed the name to Revenge of the Ninja. The game featured FMV and gameplay to that of Dragon's Lair.

Retro Rewind where we go back in time and revisit a beloved tale in video game history, from the obscure to the famous, we're bringing it back.... and because we love to live in the past.

Here we have a 1994 Earthworm Jim commercial featuring an actress playing the old lady from the video game who sits in a rocking chair and obscures Earthworm Jim's path while saying "Trash". The commercial gained some controversy due to old lady consuming worms and was banned in some states...