ValuGamer

A catalog of obsolete entertainment.

Category: Nintendo

FC Mobile II Acquired

I recently purchased an FC Mobile II from The Game Station in Broadripple, IN. If you have not heard of these, they are portable NES systems that run on AA batteries. I use the term portable loosely because, as we all know, the NES cartridges are gigantic. You probably won’t be schlepping your entire collection […]

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 […]

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 […]

A Next Kojima Game Is?

70 hours from this message, a new Konami game will either be revealed or teased a third time, but the answer to this riddle is clear: Konami and Kojima Productions are working on the long-awaited follow-up to Super Castlevania IV for the SNES. If the pulsing “5” was not a dead giveaway, just look at […]