retro game ads: heroes in a half shell

Hit the jump for more blasts from the past.

1989 - TMNT handheld

playstation plus

 

Playstation Plus is a subscription service available to all PSN users with an annual fee. You can pay for a yearly subscription or a three month subscription. This subscription opens up exclusive content like demos, game trails, betas and themes. Sony's free online access is a big selling point for the PS3. This is a major development for a company that is heading toward full digital distribution and paying for an otherwise free service was quite a hot topic online amongst the undecided. Players want to know the burning question: Is it worth it?

last weeks links volume 4

The above image I found on Tumblr. I can't figure those Tumblr sites out so I have no idea who made it. I go to one then find the same image on 12 others... what the heck? Nevertheless, It seemed a perfect fit for one of these Last Weeks Links posts. 2011 is chock full of gaming news, trailers and other goodies. Lets get to the links...

rift: planes of tolara by zoidberger

PLATFORM: PC

RELEASE DATE: 03/2011

DEVELOPER: Trion Worlds

ESRB RATING: T (for Teen)

Progress: Lvl 50 Bahmi Cleric-Warden

Unpolished features, massive bugs and server crashes are all things we have come to expect when a new MMORPG hits the market. In a genre dominated by what is actually available and working at launch, Rift stands out as being 100% playable on day one. The game play in Rift is not revolutionary, in fact you can make the point that is has nothing new to offer. What developer Trion Worlds did was take already existing facets from multiple MMOs and improves on them; Rift proves that a game new to the genre doesn’t need to reinvent it to be great.

retro gaming ads: double dragon

 

We all have an interesting past but none so much as the twin brothers Billy and Jimmy Lee! More old school flavor after the jump.

Double Dragon NES - 1989/1990