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#agameaday That other, other, other drum game? First DrumMania, then Taiko Drum Master, after Rock Band and finally Donkey Konga. Donkey Konga and Donkey Kong’s Jungle Beat series was Nintendo’s entry into making their own musical rythem game with a dedicated accessory. In true Nintendo style (good or bad) the accessory is constructed for a specific and limited use only having 3 buttons and a “clap” sensor (microphone). Nevertheless the few games made for the devices we very well produced. …

#agameaday The Last Atari… before the last Atari The Atari Jaguar is essentially the last home video game console produced and released by the Atari Corporation. (3rd party developers are still making the Flashback models) The system featured robust FMV abilities, a matrix keypad on each controller and would eventually lower it’s price to be extremely competitive. However, it would feel like Atari of estimated what it’s brand is worth, expecting people to take a chance on this system when th …

#agameaday Old Games, New Games, Weird Games, Terrible Games we carry them all! Catch a Caterpillar handheld is a great example of 80’s design, ingenuity and a shinning example of how the industry was before everyone sued everyone for anything. Tomy produced a series of pocket sized game systems that were licensed to Molton Bradly called “POCKETFULS” and also licensed them to COLECO who called their line “POCKETFUL” …

#agameaday continuing with the WonderSwan, the game selection was amazing. Bandai flexed it’s muscles against Nintendo and put together an all-star roster from companies like Squaresoft, Capcom, Namco, Konami! Games including: RPG’s: Final Fantasy Digimon Anime Titles: One Piece Hunter X Hunter Digimon Neon Genesis Evangelion Mecha: Gundam Macross Super Robot Taisen Puzzle: Tetris Puyo Puyo Puzzle Bobble Fighting Games: Pocket Fighter Guilty Gear Tekken Other popular series like: MegaMan …

#agameaday Neo Geo X Gold… While the NeoGeo X Gold is an officially licensed NeoGeo Product it was produced by a 3rd party manufacture with a dollar store reputation. Keeping that in mind I will note this is probably the highest quality product they have ever produced….but the bar was pretty low. Capturing the nostalgic appearance of the classic system, the Neo Geo Gold X is a beautiful addition as a display piece to any collection. Moving past the aesthetics, the systems problems were in i …