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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.
Posts Tagged ‘nintendo’
A Brief History of Hand Held Gaming and Why Microsoft Xbox Needs to Be Involved
June 15th, 2013 
triverse 
Posted in Android, Editorials, Hardware, ios, News, retro, Sony, Win Phone 
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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 [...]
Video Game Collection Apps For Most of Your Classic Gaming Needs
February 25th, 2013 triverse Retro video gamers that have been playing for awhile will undoubtedly acquire a large number of titles across many platforms. While the Apps we are featuring here don’t cover ALL possible retro platforms, they do cover a good breadth of the more popular, and smaller (read- easier to complete), platforms.
Posted in Android, Editorials, News Tags: android, app, classic, collection, collector, dreamcast, editorial, google play, hugues johnson, jxd s7300, nes, nintendo, sega 32x, sega cd 2 Comments »
Ding and Dang Fire Fighters Explodes Onto iOS and Android
January 25th, 2013 triverse Anyone that remembers the classic Game and Watch title “Fire” by Nintendo (back before they released the original Nintendo Entertainment System) will feel the nostalgia strings being pulled on when they check out Ding Dang Fire Fighters for iOS and Android.
Posted in Android, ios, News Tags: android, classic, ding and dang, fire fighters, game and watch, google, ios, ipad, iphone, ipod touch, itunes, mini, nintendo, play, retro No Comments »
Johnny Impossible – 2D Side Scrolling Stealth Action with Hand Drawn Graphics Coming to Nintendo 3DS
December 25th, 2012 triverse 2D side scrolling action/stealth titles are hard to come by nowadays. Portable gamers have been able to enjoy several titles in this genre though, way back on the Game Boy Advance and the Splinter Cell games but nothing newer really has come along. UFO Interactive see this hole in the gaming universe and are working [...]
Posted in News Tags: 2012, 2d, 3ds, action, december 27th, eshop, impossible, johnny, nintendo, side scrolling, solid city, splinter cell, stealth, ubi soft, ubisoft, ufo interactive No Comments »
Yinlips YDPG27 Now Available, 7″ Tablet With Physical Controls
December 12th, 2012 triverse Willgoo, our great partners here at Gaming on Batteries, have just announced that they have the Yinlips YDPG27 in stock and ready for shipping. Check out the specs below on this 7 inch tablet.
Review: Beach Buggy Blitz by Vector Unit on the Zeepad 7″ ICS Android Tablet
October 30th, 2012 triverse Okay, kart racing games used to be THE thin in gaming, that should date me pretty well for the readers, but in recent years, they have kind of dropped off the radar for most developers. We had greats like Mario Kart (which still lives on with every new Nintendo system), Crash Team Racing and many [...]
Posted in Android, News, Reviews Tags: 3d running, 7, agent dash, andrdoid, beach buggy blitz, crash bandicoot, crash team racing, in app purchases, inch, kart, mario, mario kart, naughty dog, nintendo, racing, running fred, seven, sony, super mario, temple run, vector unit, zeepad 2 Comments »
Review: Fruit Blitz Free by Rubicon Development on the Zeepad 7″ ICS Android Tablet
October 27th, 2012 triverse Match three titles are all over the place anymore, as I have mentioned time and time again in other reviews, and for new ones to stand out in todays market, they have to offer something unique and interesting to hold our interest. Fruit Blitz by Rubicon Development has what it takes to stand out against [...]
Posted in Android, News, Reviews Tags: android, com2us, david miller, Facebook, fruit blitz, game, google play, high score, match 3, nes, nintendo, puzzle, rubicon development, super mario bros, three, videogame, wasted seconds, witch wars: puzzle, zeepad No Comments »
Preview: New Super Mario Bros 2 on Nintendo 3DS
September 1st, 2012 triverse Nintendo is known for giving fans what they want, not messing with a successful formula and only marginally making changes to the overall formula. The latest game in their extremely popular plumber series, New Super Mario Bros 2, is now available and we have more 2D action platforming action. The question is, are fans tired [...]
Preview: Mario Tennis Open on Nintedo 3DS
September 1st, 2012 triverse Mario, the plumber that has yet to fix a single clogged pipe in his career, has done nearly every type of game genre available from Role Playing Games (Super Mario RPG on SNES) to racing (Mario Kart on just about every Nintendo platform since the SNES) and even sports like soccer, baseball and even tennis [...]
Posted in News, Reviews Tags: 3ds, ball, baseball, bowser, court, donkey kong, ds, football, gamecube, gba, luigi, mario, mario kart, mario tennis open, n64, net, nintendo, preview, princess peach, princess toadstool, racket, snes, soccer, toad, wii No Comments »
Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask Confirmed for U.S. Release
September 1st, 2012 Dustin Vogler Everyone start preparing your brain pans now, Professor Layton’s first foray into 3D space is coming. This iteration will come with 150 new puzzles, with one additional puzzle that will be distributed daily through the Nintendo Network. This will continue for one year after launch, totaling 365 downloadable puzzles.
Harvest Moon: A New Beginning Gets Dated
August 29th, 2012 Erik Burg Although there’s already been a Harvest Moon game released for Nintendo’s 3DS, A New Beginning marks, well, a new beginning in the series on the handheld. Featuring fully customizable characters, crops and farms, the newest game in the long running Natsume franchise is actually shaping up to be quite unique, considering the past dozen games have been [...]
Posted in News Tags: 3ds, A New Beginning, Harvest Moon, Natsume, nintendo, Pre Order, Release Date No Comments »
Preview of Gaming on Batteries Android App Now Live
August 18th, 2012 triverse After the successful launch of Gaming on Batteries Magazine in print and digital formats, we were sitting around and thinking, what is next for us? We are a portable gaming magazine at heart so we knew we needed to go that route in some form or another. iOS is much more closed and harder to [...]
Posted in Android, Bandit Gaming, Editorials, Hardware, ios, News, retro, Reviews, Sony Tags: 3d, 3ds, android, app, apple, application, awakening, digital, droid x360, g1, game, game boy, gamer, games, gaming, google, hand held, ios, ipad, iphone, ipod touch, itunes, jxd, kid icarus, magazine, magcloud, nintendo, ocarina of time, paypal, play, portable, preview, ps vita, rayman origins, retro, review, s5100, s5110, s601, sega, sony, sport, tennis, transformer, videogame, virtua tennis, yinlips, zelda No Comments »
Retro Review – Godzilla Domination – Game Boy Advance
August 12th, 2012 triverse When I first discovered Godzilla Domination, I was apprehensive about it. I was a dyed in the wool fan of King of Monsters fan from way back when it first hit arcades (and later certain home consoles). One thing that constantly came to mind while play KoM oh so many years ago was how cool [...]
Posted in News, Reviews Tags: arcade, atari, fighting, game boy advance, gameboy, gba, giant monster, godzilla domination, hand held, king of monsters, mechagodzilla, megalon, meteor, mothra, neo geo, nintendo, portable, rodan, snk, wayforward No Comments »
