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PS2 Modchip Coming in Memory Card Form
Gizmodo.com, Hungary - Aug 20, 2007
No longer are you forced to break open a PS2 to solder a modchip in or swap off the top for the disc switching method to play "homebrew" games on Sony's ...
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Birthday Meme - Pick your birth month. - Strike out anything that doesn't apply to you. - Bold the five-ten that best apply to you. - Copy to your own journal, with all twelve months under a lj-cut. - Tag 12 5 people from your friends list. DECEMBER: Loyal and generous. Sexy. Patriotic. Active in games and interactions. Impatient and hasty

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Yokoi was one of the most important figures in the history of the Nintendo video game company. While employed there, Yokoi designed the Game Boy handheld game console and improved the D-Pad, the cross-shaped multi-directional input device found on most modern control pads. He also helped produce many popular arcade games, including the original Mario Bros. and Donkey Kong. What simple product, developed by Yokoi for his own amusement, sold 1.2 million units and launched his career?
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Owens was an African American track-and-field star famous for his performance at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. Before the eyes of the Nazi leadership, who had hoped to use the games as a source of propaganda for Aryan nationalism, Owens claimed 4 gold medals and set records that lasted for more than 20 years. He later recounted, "When I came back to my native country, after all the stories about Hitler, I couldn't ride in the front of the bus." How did Owens make a living after the Olympics?
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Super Mario Bros., one of the first side-scrolling platform games, introduced video-game players to expansive worlds that forever changed the way video games were played, perceived, and designed. The game sold approximately 40 million units and holds the Guinness World Record as the best-selling video game of all time. It helped revitalize the floundering video game industry and made Nintendo one of the world's most recognized video-game manufacturers. What is "Minus World?"
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Ultima Online (UO), a popular massive multi-player online role playing game (MMPORG), is credited with popularizing the genre. There were games prior to UO that allowed hundreds of people to play at the same time, but this MMPORG can be played simultaneously by thousands of players worldwide through various game servers called "shards." Over 1,000,000 paid accounts have been created since the game launched in 1997. In July 2003, at the peak of its popularity, UO had how many subscribers?
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Alekhine, a Russian chess grandmaster, was one of the world's great chess champions. By the age of 16 he was a master player, and in 1927, he defeated José Raúl Capablanca to become world champion. Alekhine dominated the chess world between 1927 and 1935, losing only 7 of 238 tournament games. When WWI broke out, he was in Germany competing in an international tournament and was taken as a prisoner of war. What scheme did Alekhine devise to secure his release?
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Under the Hood: Sony Playstation Portable slims down
EETimes.com - Nov 20, 2007
Include the increase in memory capacity for larger games and save files, and multimedia applications—and the potential for the mobile gaming industry as a ...
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