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Survival Kids 2 sees fan translation

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An old Game Boy favorite of mine, Survival Kids, was definitely overlooked by many at the time. For one, it was an unforeseen genre which just so happens to be so extremely popular nowadays. Released in October 1999 in the US, this game contained gameplay elements that not many games used at the time such as a hunger meter, day and night cycles, a crafting system, multiple endings, puzzle solving, two selectable characters and a fully explorable world. Many of the features could be discovered in a non-linear fashion, Survival Kids is a game about learning how things work and Survival Kids 2 sees fan translationwhat they work with all while exploring a deserted tropical island.

Unfortunately for gamers outside of Japan never saw its sequel: Survival Kids 2. Konami did eventually release more games in the Survival Kids lineage, but renamed the series to Lost in Blue once it reached North America.

Recently however, an English fan translation was released, giving many the chance to finally enjoy the game without the use of language guides.

20 Years of PlayStation

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The video game industry celebrates the 20th anniversary this December for the historic console that helped usher in CD based media to console gaming: the PlayStation. The Sony made console easily became a mainstay and brand in the late 90s, even more so with the introduction of the PS2. There is even a special edition PS4 being sold in limited numbers. Some are going for insane amounts of money.

 

The Last of Saturday Morning Cartoons?

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This news is not game related, however cartoons were a big part of my weekend as a child, as most were during the early 90s. If you played Nintendo or Sega, odds are that you also watched Saturday morning cartoons. Even before I started playing video games on Saturday, it was cartoons that I watched first. Some of them were video game related like Sonic the Hedgehog, Pokémon and Earthworm Jim. The news posting on Gizmodo goes into more depth.

http://gizmodo.com/this-is-the-first-weekend-in-america-with-no-saturday-m-1642441646/+Fahey

Ocarina of Time being remade in 2D

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The jump from 2D to 3D was a big thing in gaming technology. The industry really hasn’t that kind of graphical jump in a long time. Ever since the release of the Nintendo 64 and the PlayStation, 3D gaming environments have been a mainstay in console gaming. Remakes of games from the past are quite common these days, usually receiving a graphical upgrade. Though, with OoT 2D, a fan remake, the graphics are being reverted back into the second dimension. For its time, OoT was pretty groundbreaking, most Zelda games were. That being said, have a look at OoT 2D.

OoT 2D is a 2D remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time that is styled like ALttP. It has been attempted many times and by many different authors, the first attempt of which was over a decade ago!

This embodiment of OoT 2D will use no already-existing engine and no utilities such as Game Maker. While building it from scratch is slow and old-fashioned, this method of programming will grant full control over everything, resulting in a high-quality product! We hope you all like it!

More information can be found at http://oot-2d.com/

Finding the best CRT display …

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Why would you want an old tube television? For the best retrogaming experience of course! If you still have one, you’re probably used to playing your old games and consoles on it already. But, if you want to recreate the magic of that era, this one article will most certainly help you while showing some of the many differences between HD displays and the SD displays of yesterday.

http://www.tested.com/tech/gaming/456719-best-crt-retro-games/