Pac-Man Land?!

Want proof Pac-Man was a big hit? Take a look at Pac-Man Land, located in Six Flags over Texas from 1983-1985. Pac-Man looks kind of creepy...

Courtesy of Kotaku.com

Footnotes: Mario in Punch-Out!

I love seeing Mario in Punch-Out! It was a humorous little addition to the game, and it gave the game a Nintendo look.

A few days ago, this article went up on Wii.com explaining the history of Punch-Out!! and how it came to be remade on the Wii. Included in the article are some easter eggs, the golf prize version of Punch-Out, and developer interviews. It is a great read, so I highly recommend you take a look.

In the making of the game, it turns out Makoto Wada simply drew Mario as the referee without permission. This would explain why he looks a little funny. Back when the NES was first starting out, there was no approval system to use Mario's image (which was a fairly new character).

So...is this a counterfeit Mario? I suppose in a way, it is!

Apologies

Sorry I missed some posting the last few days everyone. I had some work-related things I had to deal with. No worries, everything should be back to normal this week.

Cowabunga! Turtles in Time

Growing up, I didn't own a Super Nintendo. It's too bad, because I missed a lot of great games, which includes Turtles in Time, arguably the greatest beat em' up of all time. I remember playing it at a friends a few years after it came out, and I was blown away, even if the Playstation was already out by then.

Well good news for anyone else that may have missed it. Ubisoft has put out a remake of Turtles in Time on XBox Live! I'll definitely be picking it up, so I highly recommend you do the same. It is available right now, so go download it!

Dreamcast: A Tech Flop?

According to this article on MSN.com, the Sega Dreamcast is one of the 25 biggest tech flops in the past decade.

I guess economically, the Sega Dreamcast was a flop. There were thousands of consoles still unsold in the Sega warehouses when they canceled the Dreamcast. But technical wise, I thought the Dreamcast was a solid system. It had a lot of great games on it and I hear it is still pretty popular over in Japan.

I still have my Dreamcast. Do you?