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Classic Computing Fail: Mattel Aquarius

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The Aquarius Computer was a failed attempt at Mattel to offer an affordable classic computer to compete with others such as Commodore Vic 20 and TI 99 4/A in 1983. Low sales and demand resulted in this computer being discontinued only 4 months after its initial release and sold back to Radofin. While very unsuccessful, there is an impressive multi-cart made for it documenting much of what was released.
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This game controller is BIZARRE…and kinda AWESOME!

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The Novint Falcon controller was created by an American company to be one of the first 3D Touch devices with haptic feedback for games. The idea is that you would physically FEEL objects and events in games. Originally sold as a bundle for $189 back in 2007, it drummed up a lot of excitement, especially coming off the success of Nintendo Wii and it’s motion controls a year earlier. In this video we discover parts of it are pretty cool…and others… maybe could have used more work.
MORE INFO: https://www.giantbomb.com/novint-falcon-support/3015-5149/
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Recent Pickups w/ Reggie – 40+ GAMES (PS4/PS2/N64/PSP/SWITCH/C64/GBA/XBOX)

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GAMES SHOWN:
Head-to-Head Talking Football
Head-to-Head Talking Baseball
Gamestop exclusive Blue VITA
Shantae 1/2 Genie Hero Ultimate Edition (PS4)
Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy (SWITCH)
Soul Calibur IV Premium Edition (PS3)
Mario Kart R (SNES)
Super Mario World Return to Dinosaur Land (SNES)
Oh No! More Zombies Ate My Neighbors (SNES)
Pinky and the Brain: The Master Plan (GC)
The Raven Remastered (SWITCH)
Fist of the North Star: Ken’s Rage 2 (PS3)
deBlob 2 (Switch)
Soul Calibur VI (PS4)
Gitaroo Man (PSP)
Legend (PS1)
The Punisher (XBOX)
Predator: Concrete Jungle (XBOX)
Urban Yeti! (GBA)
Lords of Conquest (C64)
Steamboy (PS2)
Gungrave: Overdose (PS2)
SNK Heroines Tag Team Frenzy (PS4)
Bust-A-Move 2 Arcade Edition (N64)
Dark Rift (N64)
F-Zero X (N64)
Quake (N64)
Quake II (N64)
Doom 64 (N64)
Space Invaders (N64)
Hellblade Senua’s Sacrifice (PS4)
SOCOM Combined Assault (PS2)
Syphon Filter: The Omega Strain (PS2)
Sine Mora Ex (SWITCH)
Mappy (Atari 2600)
Blaster Master: Enemy Below (GBC)
Aliens: Thanatos Encounter (GBC)
Party Mix (Atari 2600 Starpath)
Frogger (Atari 2600 Starpath)
Rabbit Transit (Atari 2600 Starpath)
Sayonara Umihara Kawase++ Collector’s Edition (PSVita)
Sony Walkman
Golf Story (SWITCH)
Salt and Sanctuary (SWITCH)
Owlboy Limited Edition (SWITCH)
Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness Collector’s Edition (PS4)
GOG 10th Anniversary Box
PS3 Test Console
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6 Ways Dangerous Driving Is The Burnout Sequel We’ve Always Wanted

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Made by a team of ex-Criterion devs, Dangerous Driving is the closest thing we’ve played to a proper Burnout sequel since Burnout Paradise. If you grew up on Burnout 2, 3 or Revenge, you’ll be right at home with the cars, tracks and crashes. Find out more in our new Dangerous Driving gameplay.

The Burnout series was always a favourite of ours – different people like different iterations of the game, and Dangerous Driving caters to them all. If you preferred the game before Burnout 3 added shunting takedowns, you’ll like Heatwave, where Burnout 2’s boost chaining returns in spectacular fashion. If you prefer the violence of 3 and Revenge, then you’ll be right at home in Road Rage or Pursuit, hammering the competition into smoking bits. Our Dangerous Driving impressions and gameplay take you through all the major modes of the game and shows how they tap into the history of Burnout.

This isn’t a full Dangerous Driving review – we’ve only just jumped into the final PC version to deliver that verdict as soon as we can. But we do love the way Dangerous Driving evolves all the old Criterion ideas. The way wrecks are persistent in races is a great twist, as the second lap is now littered with the remains of your messy driving on the first lap. Or how Heatwave gives you a 2 mile top speed boost every time you chain a boost – the better you play, the faster that car will go. Don’t puke. Oh, and if you loved Burnout’s soundtrack, you’ll love how Dangerous Driving music is handled – by linking to Spotify you can bring in playlists of your choice, racing to whatever licenced music you want to.

Elsewhere in our Dangerous Driving gameplay we look at how car unlocks add a touch of strategy, how Burnout’s survival mode makes its glorious return and celebrate the return of crashing aftertouch, where you steer your car into the remains of rivals to get a fresh boost. Mmm. If you’re a sucker for slow motion crashes, then you will probably get a kick out of this. You’ll be able to get Dangerous Driving PS4 and Dangerous Driving Xbox One, but we captured this on Xbox One X – where the game is 60FPS and 1440p (sorry for the 1080p capture, our console capture card is a bit limited). We’ll show some Dangerous Driving PC gameplay ASAP.

Dangerous Driving is out on PC, Xbox One and PS4 on April 9. It is an Epic Game Store exclusive on PC however. So if that’s not your bag, you’ll just have to replay Burnout Paradise instead. If you have any questions about Dangerous Driving, pop them in the comments and we’ll do our best to answer them. Thanks for watching and hopefully see you soon.
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Nintendo Direct 4.1.2019 – Everything Coming To Switch

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Watch exclusive Nintendo news-broadcast directly to you, the player! Got a favorite from the Direct? Click to it! 0:12 – Haru Itazura Intro 0:55 – The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 1:43 – The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker 2:25 – Every Zelda is Coming to Switch 2:53 – Everything is Coming to Switch 3:02 – Really, EVERYTHING is Coming to Switch