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Speedrun Fast: Exclusive Interview with Runner 8bit!

Posted By: Matt Eschbachon: August 18, 2017In: Exclusives, Features, Gaming, Interviews, Nerd News, Retro Games, Speedrun, Trailers/VideosTags: Mega Man, Retro Gaming3 Comments

Back in July, The Nerd Stash presented speedrun fans with a go of Mega Man X Collection by 8bitisgr8. Not long after, we also had the opportunity to speak with 8bit himself about the run and some of the tricks and optimization he and other runners use. We hope you enjoy this exclusive special interview […] Read more

Speedrun Fast: TMNT: Turtles in Time

Posted By: Matt Eschbachon: May 20, 2017In: eSports, Exclusives, Gaming, Nerd News, PS3, Retro Games, Speedrun, Trailers/Videos, Xbox 360Tags: Retro Gaming, TMNTNo Comments

Teenage mutant ninja turtles, teenage mutant ninja turtles, teenage mutant ninja turtles! Heroes in a half-shell! Turtle power! Welcome to Speedrun Fast. Hope you have your pizzas ready because this time we’re all about the good old TMNT. Turtles in Time was released for arcade systems in 1991 and was eventually remastered by Ubisoft for PS3 […] Read more

Speedrun Fast: Yoshi’s Story

Posted By: Matt Eschbachon: April 14, 2017In: eSports, Exclusives, Features, Gaming, Nintendo, Retro Games, Speedrun, Trailers/VideosTags: Nintendo, Retro Gaming1 Comment

Remember when you were young and Nintendo came out with this N64 game called Yoshi’s Story? Colorful, pop-up book theme, eating all the fruit to get to the next level. How many hours did you spend going through the stages, again and again, trying to find all the melons, secrets, and hearts? You probably recall […] Read more

Nintendo Has Forgotten About The GameCube

Posted By: Matthew Herston: March 26, 2016In: 3DS, Features, Gaming, Nerd News, Opinion, Retro Games, Wii UTags: gamecube, Retro GamingNo Comments

Nintendo has released countless classics over the years. They invented the platformer with Super Mario Bros. They defined what adventure games could be with the Legend of Zelda and have created dozens of memorable characters. A lot of Nintendo’s strategy is based on nostalgia. They release old games on every platform they possibly can. So […] Read more

Coleco to Offer New Cartridge-Based Console

Posted By: Trent Katzenbergeron: December 20, 2015In: Coming Soon, Gadgets, Gaming, Nerd News, NerdCulture, Preview, Retro Games, TechTags: Coleco Chameleon, Retro GamingNo Comments

Coleco, for those too young to be aware, was responsible for creating the ColecoVision in 1982. The ColecoVision was a popular home video game console, known for making very high quality ports of current arcade hits available to players at home. The ColecoVision was so highly regarded that in 2009 IGN rated the system the […] Read more

The Top 10 Most Difficult NES Games

Posted By: Ryan Griffithson: August 23, 2015In: Exclusives, Features, Gaming, Nerd News, Opinion, Retro GamesTags: Nintendo, opinion, Retro Gaming3 Comments

Do you remember back in the day, when you could sit in the same room as a friend and play a video game? Back when the only help you could find for games that wouldn’t back down was through magazines, talking to friends or even (if you stole your parents credit cards) those helplines you […] Read more

5 Classic Retro Games We Would Like to See Remade

Posted By: Ryan Griffithson: July 18, 2015In: Features, Gaming, Nerd News, Opinion, Retro GamesTags: gaming, opinion, remakes, Retro GamingNo Comments

Game franchises that have been profitable 20 years ago have started to come back in the form of remakes. This isn’t a new trend, it seems like people forget that virtually everything started out somewhere, and most ideas aren’t original, but I digress. Remakes have been around for as long as I can remember, and […] Read more