ValuGamer

A catalog of obsolete entertainment.

Month: May, 2009

When I Wake Up – Wintergreen

This might be a little old by internet time, but the song and video are both great. Is there really a landfill full of E.T. games? The game’s designer believes that the cartridges would have been recycled into other games. That makes a lot of sense considering how much money was dumped into development of […]

Ultimate Frogger Champion

Here are the details from RetroZone: Nerdy Nights’ first success story, Ultimate Frogger Champion is Kevin Hanley’s ambitious first project bringing Frogger to the Nintendo Entertainment System. Dodge cars, pick up a lady frog, avoid the water, and try to get your frog home in this instant classic, coming to the Nintendo Entertainment System for […]

It’s Official: New, Futuristic Look for Simon Belmont

Breaking news! Konami has just updated their countdown-countdown-countdown website prior to this year’s E3 event to show off Simon Belmont‘s brand new look. It appears this sequel to the 1991 hit Super Castlevania IV will be taking place in the future. Will Simon meet up with future-slayer Soma Cruz? Will Dracula also sport an updated […]

Look Around You – Computer Games

This is a very informative video about the new “computer” gaming trend. Look for Peter Serafinowicz (voice of Darth Maul and Pete in Shaun of the Dead) at around 4:10.

NES Repros

As Eric from Tiny Cartridge would say, check out this dope situation. Whoa! You send this guy a donor cartridge and some money and then he will reprogram it into one of the listed games (assuming the donor is an appropriate match). Not only can you get translated Japanese games and prototypes, you can also […]