October 21, 1992: The world meets Wario (by name) in Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins Though he had previously and namelessly been debuted some years before, the character we recognize today as Wario, famed antagonist to that ever-cheerful plumber Mario, was made famous in the Gameboy titled Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins. …
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Today in Gaming History: 10/20/2013
October 2003: Video games and violence argument surfaces again Ten years ago, the families of Aaron Hamel and Kimberly Bede, both shot by teen stepbrothers William and Josh Buckner, filed a $246 million lawsuit against Rockstar Games, Take-Two Interactive Software, Wal-Mart, Sony Computer Entertainment America. At the heart of the lawsuit was Grand Theft Auto III, which the…
Today in Gaming History: 10/19/2013
1973: 40th anniversary of Gotcha Let’s enter the way-back machine – before Donkey Kong, before Pac-Man, before Space invaders, there was Gotcha. Atari’s Gotcha was an early arcade game and the first commercially successful maze game. Its premise was quite simple: two players weaved their way around a maze, one the “pursuer,” the other the…
Today in Gaming History: 10/18/2013
October 18, 1985: Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) released After the video game crash of the early 1980s, there didn’t seem be much left to salvage. But what may have been perceived as the end was really only the beginning. After finding success in Japan for several months as the Famicom system, the 8-bit NES hit…
Today in Gaming History: 10/17/2013
October 17, 1980: Happy birthday Dan Teasdale! You may not know the name Dan Teasdale (or maybe yo do), but you’ve more than likely heard of his games. Since starting with the Australian company Auran Games, Teasdale his a 15-year industry veteran with plenty of hard-hitting titles under his belt and names like Pandemic Studio and…
Today in Gaming History: 10/16/2013
October 1998: Dial Up Wide Area Network Games Operation (DWANGO) shuts down. In the days before the Internet (yes, there were days before the Internet), how in the heck did people play games together across the expanse of this great nation? Well, if you enjoyed DOOM in New York, you might have connected to your DOOM-playing…
Today in Gaming History: 10/15/2013
October 15, 1997: Age of Empires released This year, Age of Empires is officially old enough to drive! This now-prominent and highly successful series of real-time-strategy games by Ensemble Studios and Microsoft, saw first light sixteen years ago. In Age of Empires, players sought to develop and nurture a civilization from primitive stages through more…
Today in Gaming History: 10/14/2013
October 1977: Atari Video Computer System (later 2600) hits the market Though the Atari VCS was not the first home video game console to be released, it would become the most popular and recognized home console of the early era of gaming. With a small cache of games available at its release, one might not…
Today in Gaming History: 10/13/2013
October 13, 2009: Brütal Legend released As with any sector of the entertainment industry, the video game community has seen its share of failures. But sometimes failure does not prevent a game for being beloved despite its flaws. Take for instance, Brütal Legend, the property of Double Fine and EA, which was released four years…
Today in Gaming History: 10/12/2013
October 12, 1966: Happy birthday Brenda Romero! Brenda Romero (née Brathwaite), current COO of and designer for Loot Drop (Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Commander, Pettington Park), got her start in the early 1980s at Sir-tech Software, best known for their Wizardry and Jagged Alliance series. She remained at Sir-tech for almost two decades before going…
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