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Archive for January, 2015

Kevin Birrell – Ti Classic Grand Master

Posted on January 30th, 2015 by Hitstun

Tetris the Grand Master 3 has the subtitle “Terror-Instinct”. KevinDDR has become the sixth player in the world and the first outside Japan to tame this beast and earn the rank of Grand Master in Classic Master mode. Only the best players who can get to and and beat the invisible credits roll consistently earn […]

Shirakaba – Chiptune Hell

Posted on January 30th, 2015 by Hitstun

Chiptune Hell is what I wish my room looked like. The desktop is filled with retro gaming gear I’d have to get at Warp Zone or Ohayocon’s dealer’s room. Is that a CRT TV with a built-in Super Famicom? I’m trying a few new things with this post. Jetpack is now cross-posting to my rarely-used […]

UberNES – Nintendo Screen Saver

Posted on January 28th, 2015 by Hitstun

If you still use screen savers, Columbus-based developer M \ K Productions has a good one for you. Nintendo Saver 2015 fills your monitors with several NES games. Each one is actually a fully-functioning NES emulator playing a replay that was recorded in UberNES, and if you like, you can pick up a gamepad and […]

Mega Man 1 – Glitchfest

Posted on January 25th, 2015 by Hitstun

Scykoh‘s Glitchfest series is all about breaking popular games in as many ways as possible. TASVideos’s resources for NES Mega Man games covers several methods for moving through the game quickly, but even that doesn’t explain what Scykoh does in Ice Man’s stage. When I planned the “bugs” in Skeleton Hunter, the first place I […]

Ode to the 2-Hit Combo

Posted on January 20th, 2015 by Hitstun

I played Ultra Street Fighter IV last night hitting with lots of Final Turn Punches and I remembered this classic from August 2004. Jchensor, Maj, MrWizard, and zEvil compiled 20+ minutes of footage that ranges from the earliest fighting game combos to Playstation 2 games and their highly impractical setups. Jchensor also posted his commentary […]