Here’s a fun little piece of 16-bit history for you — did you know that when Sega made its big announcement last week , a game called Sonic 4 had actually been floating around for 14 years? Sure, it’s not an official Sonic game, mind you — it was merely a modded version of the classic Sunsoft SNES platformer Speedy Gonzales: Los Gatos Bandidos . 1UP recently shared the game’s illicit history — a group of Peruvian hackers known as Twin Eagle Group got their hands on the game in 1996, removed all instances of the hasty Mexican mouse, and replaced them with Sega’s spiny mascot.
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We sure hope the new Sonic 4 isn’t a remake of this Sonic 4
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It’s likely your computer already hates you, what with all those Clay Aiken tracks and Joanie Loves Chachi episodes you store on the thing’s hard drive. So why not allow the outside to properly convey the hatred it has for you on the inside?
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Kratos case mod watches you while you play Solitaire
If you’re an extremely nomadic gamer with a couple of grands in the bank to spare, you might be interested to learn that Ben Heck’s ultra slick PS3 Slim laptop is now up for grabs on eBay . As you might remember, the portable-ized device was originally purchased by gaming retailer The Score, then raffled off to one of the shop’s customers .
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Ben Heck’s PS3 Slim laptop going for broke on eBay
Left 4 Dead 2 on PC has just received a massive update , with both authoring tools for custom campaigns and a support package for those who just want to play custom games coming down the internet’s chimney. That second part might not be so exciting if it weren’t for the glorious detail that it “allows running ANY map [their emphasis], including custom maps made for the original Left 4 Dead .” All your old favorites like the Mushroom Kingdom (with zombies) and Lego (with zombies) — totally playable in Left 4 Dead 2
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Valve releases Left 4 Dead 2 PC SDK just in time for the holidays
No More Heroes ‘ girl-crazy otaku protagonist, Travis Touchdown, must have found the Cosmic Key , because he’s crossed over into the world of Valve games — specifically Left 4 Dead and Team Fortress 2 . The L4D mod uses Travis to meet the game’s quota for one leather-clad survivor, putting him, in his usual red jacket and Pure White Lover Bizarre Jelly T-shirt (but no beam katana), in the place of ultra-pessimist Francis.
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Mod adds Travis Touchdown to Team Fortress 2, Left 4 Dead
Well, that didn’t take long. On the very day that New Super Mario Bros.
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Hackers create dueling New Super Mario Bros. Wii level editors
Man, is this National Awesome Half-Life 2 Mod Weekend, or what? Machinima.com user (and assumed Source engine guru) m0rtanius recently made a 3D adaptation of the first level of Castlevania , which you can view in the video after the jump. Before you pass judgment on this mod, we suggest you view this clip from Castlevania 64
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Castlevania Half-Life 2 mod brings Belmont to the Source
Okay — Time Gentlemen, Please featured a number of Hitler-Heiling prehistoric lizards, so we guess there’s now two games out there which feature Nazi Dinosaurs.
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There’s a game that exists which has Nazi Dinosaurs in it
Some folks measure the length of time it takes for a new console to be hacked wide open by how long it takes to display a “Hello, World!” message . For us, that metric is determined by how long it takes to get a Sega CD emulator running on the system.
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PSP Go hacked and homebrew-enabled, becomes Sega CD Go
Has your homebrew SNES masterpiece, Secret of Manilow , been trapped within your computer for a decade or so due to technological restraints? Time to dust off your old ROM file — the Quickdev16 SNES developer cartridge has all you need to get your brainchild up and running on Nintendo’s Super console
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Quickdev16 cart opens up wonderful world of SNES homebrew
