April 2023 — Distant Arcade

Nintendo

A portable Wii that glows!

Now you’re glowing with power!

April 30, 2023

Pokémon

Moxie Boosted tries a mono Fire team; plays a Dachsbun team in his first match

Burn, baby, burn!

April 26, 2023

kkzero has released Kirby’s Dream Land 2 DX, a ROM hack of Kirby’s Dream Land 2 ‘that provides support for the Game Boy Color, fully colorizing every visual asset of the game while also enhancing the overall experience.’

This Cool Link was published 3 years ago. (#)

PlayStation / Video Game Music

Tim Wright on his iconic PS1 game, 'Music'

‘I recall working almost 36 hours straight, fuelled by coffee and Red Bull. Eventually, one side of my head went numb, and I fell asleep on the carpeted studio floor’

April 23, 2023

Arcade

Wooden It Be Grand's arcade machine made from old pallets

Got some spare planks of wood lying around? Put them to good use!

April 23, 2023

Engadget reported on the SEGA acquistion of Roxio (the studio behind Angry Birds). While it seems weird on the surface, it kinda makes sense if SEGA wants to get more into mobile gaming. Or have a Sonic/Angry Birds crossover for some reason.

This Cool Link was published 3 years ago. (#)

Congrats to Koji Kondo and his Super Mario theme song for getting inducted to the National Recording Registry.

This Cool Link was published 3 years ago. (#)

Arcade / Nintendo / SEGA / Xbox

A video history of Rare

Now you’re Rare-ing with power!

April 15, 2023

I sped through the Gen 7 games way after they came out so I completed missed this trick that gets you infinite Premier Balls. Not that I would have had any reason to get them but it’s funny that they allowed it.

This Cool Link was published 3 years ago. (#)

The third and final Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom trailer just dropped and it looks spectacular. Genuine goosebumps.

This Cool Link was published 3 years ago. (#)