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Thirty years later, this wonderful peripheral that was only launched in Japan and never exported overseas is still fondly remembered by countless players. To commemorate the 30th anniversary of the launch of Satellaview, the enthusiastic player organization Satellaview+ will hold a special event on April 23, 2025, using emulator + satellite simulation connection + remastered audio to reproduce this most neglected technological experiment of Nintendo.

This week is a treat for players who enjoy delving into the lost history of gaming. Some netizens have successfully discovered a batch of never-before-seen high-definition screenshots from AOL’s past folders – the protagonist is the new Mario game “Mario Smash” that was not released on the Virtual Boy that year.

In 2001, a sci-fi animated film “Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within” from Japan, produced entirely with CG, was officially released. This movie is not only the first time that the “Final Fantasy” series has stepped onto the Hollywood big screen, but it is also a dream work that series creator Hironobu Sakaguchi devoted himself to writing and directing it himself.

Calling “Dr. Mario” a copycat version of “Tetris”, he bluntly said that Hiroshi Yamauchi “If you can’t buy it, just make another one.” “Mr. Yamauchi once tried to buy “Tetris” from me, but I refused. I even half-jokingly said: “Why don’t you trade Mario for it.” In other words–unless I die, there is no need to talk.”

You read that right – the Nokia N-Gage that needed to “remove the battery to replace the cassette, side ear to make calls”, after nearly 20 years of collapse, actually really have a new work launched, and it’s a physical cassette!

In 1988, “Mega Man 2” was released, completely rewriting the standards of action games on the Famicom platform and becoming one of Capcom’s most representative works. However, many players may not know that this work, which is regarded as a classic among classics, actually took less than three months to complete. Director Rei Kitamura also recently publicly explained the amazing inside story of the development on the social platform X.

You read that right, it’s a red and white machine. The console your dad used to play Contra when he was a kid. Now, from Elite Beat Agents and Oshinin! fighting! The former developers of “Cheering Group” established a new team, Work3 Studio, and made a high-profile debut with a “new” Famicom game “Banana Bash!”.

Have you ever played a weird game where the main character can transform into a robot, and some people remember it as the male protagonist, while others insist it’s the female protagonist? This is one of the most representative disaster cases. From the gender swapping of characters, magical changes to the plot, to the confusing order of naming, and making the sequel more famous than the previous one, the level of chaos in this series was definitely a negative example in the history of games at that time!

A game known as “the most destructive modified game in the history of Famicom” has quietly appeared. It is a fan Hack version called “Mega Giant Mario Bros.”, which has made extremely outrageous magical changes based on the classic “Super Mario Bros.”. The Mario controlled by the player has been enlarged four times. Everywhere he goes, there is no grass, and even the bricks are unbearable to touch!