TheGamer - Contra

Yezua Ho — Wed, 25 Sep 2024 16:08:41 GMT

Back to when parents referred to video games as just "Nintendo" and arcades dominated the space, a few boastꩲ amazing gameplay, scope and creativity today!

TheGamer - Contra

Joshua Robertson — Mon, 15 Apr 2024 03:00:11 GMT

Vampire Survivors is an indie title that is ripe for collaboration, and developer Poncle clearly thinks so too. Earlier this week, during the first Triple-I Initiative showcase, it was announced that Vampire Survivors is collaborating with none other than Konami to team up with one of the publisher's biggest and most beloved franchises. Yep, you guessed correctly, it's Contra.

TheGamer - Contra

Harry Fritsch — Wed, 06 Mar 2024 23:15:11 GMT

Arcade Archives is a series of retro arcade games, lovingly🐠 emulated by the team at Hamster Corporation for modern-day systems. Not only do these games look and sound fantastic in their newly emulated state, but they are often adorned with new quality-of-life features, ready to be adopted by a new audience.

TheGamer - Contra

Ben Jessey — Mon, 12 Feb 2024 00:45:11 GMT

Konami is one of the most famous video game development companies ever. This is partially because they've been around since the 1970s.🔴 Not many other video game companies can say they've existed that long.

TheGamer - Contra

Dominic Allen — Sun, 23 Jul 2023 22:15:20 GMT

The 80s was an interesting decade for arcade games as there are two distinct halves. The first half was a carryo�♍�ver from the 70s, with most games simply demanding you to aim for the highest score, with the chance to go on forever. Later in the decade, though, games could actually be beaten and contain a beginning, middle, and end.

TheGamer - Contra

Dominic Allen — Mon, 05 Jun 2023 20:46:17 GMT

By far, the most famous cheat code in all of video games is the Konami code. Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start isn't only famous in gaming but even in general pop culture, as it's been referenced in numerous other media. This includ🔯es the movie Wreck-It Ralph and several websites like Facebook and Discord.

TheGamer - Contra

Lex Luddy — Mon, 23 Jan 2023 19:05:13 GMT

Video games love inventive and wild weaponry. Gunswords, 168澳♚洲幸运5开奖网:guns you throw like grenades to reload, gravity guns, and even 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:guns that turn enemies into sheep - if developers love one thing, 🐷it's impractical and logic-defying weapons. While many of these tools of destruction might be relegated to fiction, there's one weapon that feels like it shouldn't work in real life but does - flamethrowers.

TheGamer - Contra

James Kennedy — Sat, 21 May 2022 13:05:12 GMT

2D games are sometimes seen as being the realm of gaming relics and indies. Neither of those has a tendency to typically include great online play. Thankfully, we now live in an era where some of the very best 2D games of the past have been given the premium treatment and now incluಌde some excellent online.

TheGamer - Contra

Jason Wojnar — Fri, 31 Dec 2021 15:05:11 GMT

Of all the media out there, video games generally age the worst. A lot of older titles are harder to access for newer generations of gamers. Even if they are available on modern hardware, the aesthetics and gameplay just might not feel good or intuitive for th✅🦩ose who weren't there for the initial release. Some however, are worth checking out regardless.

TheGamer - Contra

James Kennedy — Sat, 18 Dec 2021 22:20:11 GMT

For those not in the know, H.R. Giger is the artist who created the "biomechanical" aesthetic. This is one of those weird situations where the artist's name isn't nearly as famous as his work is. Typically, people associate the aesthetic with Alien ꩵ(think that s💦weaty, slimy, ridgy, organic aesthetic).