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Many have tried to dethrone the mighty Nintendo from their pedistal built around hand held gaming. Those same companies have failed, some damn near into bankruptcy over their failed hand helds. It takes clout, it takes deep pockets and exclusive titles to even make a dent in the armor that the Game Boy built.
Archive for the ‘retro’ Category
A Brief History of Hand Held Gaming and Why Microsoft Xbox Needs to Be Involved
June 15th, 2013 
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Posted in Android, Editorials, Hardware, ios, News, retro, Sony, Win Phone 
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Review: Combo Crew on Android (FINALly FIGHTing Done Right on Mobile)
June 8th, 2013 triverse When I wrote about Combo Crew before, I was quite unsure about how well The Game Bakers could pull off the idea of an all touch fighting game. After playing it though, all concerns have been alleviated and a great game has been revealed. Basically, Combo Crew is a single screen fighting game in the [...]
Windows Phone 8 Has The Hits
June 3rd, 2013 triverse It is no secret that Windows Phone 8 has a smaller app market than either iOS or Android but it is apparently a secret just what hits are available. That is why we are doing this special report for new Windows Phone 8 owners that are looking for games for their new pocket power house [...]
Posted in Android, Editorials, Hardware, News, retro, Win Phone Tags: action, adventure, android, angry birds, asphalt 7 heat, classic, ea, eight, electronic arts, episode, final fantasy, hot pursuit, ios, ipad, iphone, ipod touch, itunes, jungle run, jxd s7300, mini, mirror's edge, need for speed, plants vs zombies, pvz, rayman, retro, role playing game, rpg, run like hell, running, s5100, s5110, s601, s602, seasons, sega, sonic 4, space, square enix, star wars, windows phone 8, yinlips No Comments »
The Birth of Micro Transactions Revealed (It Is Much Older Than Expected)
June 3rd, 2013 triverse Many people bemoan the micro transaction model that has been accepted by many game publishers with the advent of mobile gaming devices such as the iPhone and Android phones and tablets. There are many arguments about why publishers like this business model so much, one of the most prolific being anti-piracy steps – what is [...]
Posted in Android, Editorials, ios, News, retro, Win Phone Tags: 3, 521, american technos, android, arcade, double dragon, gameloft, in app purchase, ios, ipad, iphone, ipod touch, jxd, jxd 7300, lumia, maury, micro transaction, mini, mmorpg, real racing 3, retro, the rosetta stone, three, windows phone, yinlips, you are the father No Comments »
Combo Crew (Final Fight Tap As We Call It) Now On Android and iOS
May 25th, 2013 triverse Fighting games have been a part of gaming since the days of Karateka, with each new generation of hardware comes some form of an update to the classic formula. For too long, those updates were simply graphical in nature rather than innovation in the game play. Enter Combo Crew from The Game Bakers, or as [...]
Posted in Android, ios, News, retro Tags: 2, action, android, capcom, combo crew, fighter, final fight, google play, II, ios, ipad, iphone, ipod touch, jxd s7300, scrolling, street fighter, swipe, tap, the game bakers, two 1 Comment »
Review: Tetris Blitz on Android (Get Tetrisized All Over Again)
May 24th, 2013 triverse Anyone that was a gamer from the early 80′s onward probably remembers when Tetris was released on the original Game Boy (the pea salad green screen version). Tetris was THE first portable selling game ever- thanks to Nintendo smartly packaging the game with the system. Yes, back then when you bought a system you got [...]
Review: Globulous on the JXD S7300 Android Tablet (Tetrisphere Tribute)
May 18th, 2013 triverse Tetris, the game that probably is the biggest reason, at least entertainment wise, for the Soviet Union to be kept running as long as it was able to (Alexey Pajitnov, creator of Tetris, was not the recipient of the royalties earned from the phenomenal sales- the Soviet government was). No matter though as a few [...]
Geekgoo Closeout: Letcool 350JP Hand Held with Free DHL Shipping
May 8th, 2013 triverse Willgoo, our first and continuing sponsor here at GoB has just let us know that the factory is closing out the Letcool 350JP hand held system (it is able to be connected to your HDTV for play at home too). This special closeout sale is limited to stock on hand, less than 10 available, and [...]
iOS Sales Focus: Role Playing Games
April 6th, 2013 triverse The recent coverage of an upcoming indie role playing game, Temple of the Sun and Moon (with interview), got me to thinking that it would be cool to offer up some other role playing games that are on sale right now for iOS (working on something for Android but large scale sales there are hard [...]
Posted in ios, News, retro Tags: classic, dragon island blue, dungeon crawl, heroes and castles, ipad, iphone, ipod, kemco, mini, popful mail, retro, role playing game, rpg, serious dungeon, slayin, solarian tactics, symphony of origin, touch, tower defense, turn based, working designs No Comments »
Kickstarting First Person RPG’s with Temple of the Sun and Moon on Android
April 6th, 2013 triverse First person role playing games like Temple of the Sun and Moon are right up my alley for fun. That is why I was excited when I was contacted by Steve Miller about his title and even more excited about the fact that it was coming to a platform that I enjoy gaming on, Android [...]
Posted in Android, News, retro Tags: adventure, bad ass games, elder scrolls, kickstarter, oblivion, preview, role playing game, rpg, temple of the sun and moon No Comments »
Interview With Steve Miller and Bad Ass Games
April 6th, 2013 triverse We don’t usually cover Kickstarter campaigns here at Gaming on Batteries so you know, when we do, there is something pretty special about the game in question. That is the case with Temple of the Sun and Moon by Bad Ass Games and this interview with Steve Miller, the man behind the very interesting title [...]
Posted in Android, Editorials, News, retro Tags: adventure, android, bad ass games, breath of fire, campaign, creatures, development, donation, dragons, elder scrolls, first person, gold, independent, indie, interview, kickstarter, magic, monsters, oblivion, role playing game, rpg, steve miller, support No Comments »
Review: Pac-Man + Tournaments on Android
March 25th, 2013 triverse Pac-Man, a gaming staple since nearly the beginning and a title that is a timeless title. From the music to the graphics, that impression on the subconscious is permanent once you play a few mazes, even if it has been years. Right now, you are probably imagining the sound effects and hearing that “whomp whomp” [...]
Posted in Android, News, retro, Reviews Tags: android, android mobile, android software, androids, arcade, classic, download android, droid, games for android, google play, jxd s7300, lead boards, namco bandai, retro, s5100, s5300, s601, s602, the android, tournaments, what is android No Comments »
New Overhead Scrolling Shooter, Plasma Sky, Blasts Onto Google Play and iTunes
March 18th, 2013 triverse Overhead scrolling shooters, once a proud genre with their close cousing- the side scrolling shooter, is almost an endangered species of gaming. Sure, we get the occasional retro release from Capcom (how many times can fans be expected to buy yet another copy of any of the 194x series?), but fans want new original action. [...]
Posted in Android, News, retro Tags: 16-bit, action, android, bullets, classic, google, ios, ipad, iphone, ipod touch, itunes, jxd, m.u.s.h.a., mini, missiles, musha, outlines, over head, overhead, ovrehead shooter, play, retro, s5100, s5300, s601, s602, s7300, sega genesis, shooter, snes, space megaforce, task force harrier ex, vectrex, willgoo No Comments »
5 8-Bit Retro Throwback Titles to Play on Your New JXD S7300 Android Tablet
March 17th, 2013 triverse Retro is all the rage right now with everyone throwing stuff up that used to be old from Pepsi doing the “throwback” thing with their two most popular soda lines to game companies really getting behind the act of releasing old games on new hardware (shame none are doing it for magazines yet). Here are [...]
Posted in Android, Editorials, News, retro Tags: action, android, awesome land, bionfly, freakzone games, google, gunslugs, hands of fate, jxd s7300, manos, orange pixel, platform, play, replica island, side scrolling, sidescrolling, tablet, willgoo No Comments »
Deep Dungeons of Doom Coming to iOS and Android
March 11th, 2013 triverse Deep Dungeons of Doom is another title in the up and coming venerable 8-Bit throwback genre, this time in the Rogue-like dungeon crawler sub section. Co-developed by MiniBoss Studios who are in Brazil (who STILL have a thriving Sega Master System and Genesis market) and Bossa Studios, Deep Dungeons of Doom looks to bring gamers [...]
