ABOBO IS BACK !!

Those around 30 who back in the days had the chanche -and the luck- to put their tiny chubby hands on the first, epic, unforgettable episode of the Double Dragon serie on the NES they could never forget one intimidating big headed dude: Abobo. He was tough as nails, and he also had a lot of heart: even if you beat him badly he kept coming back as final boss or teaming up with other thugs. For many years to follow me and my fellow nerds we were using his name to refer to those rude older boys. Now you should understand how exited I am as i'm going to present probably the coolest game of all times: Abobo's Big Adventure.

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The development of the game began way back in 2002 when Roger Barr set out to have Abobo fight his way through a variety of classic NES games in search of his lost son, Aboboy. Roger teamed up with a programmer who went by the name "Bane" at the time and they started putting the first levels together. Unfortunately, the Abobo game kept getting sidetracked due to each of them working on other game projects at the same time (including Domo-Kun's Angry Smashfest).

The Abobo project stayed on the backburner for years, but Roger always hoped to return to it eventually. He was lucky enough to meet Nick and Luis who both shared a love for classic 8-bit games and stuffing games full of ridiculous humor. After working on some other games like "Trick or Treat Adventure Quest" together, the three of them started to recreate the original Abobo game from scratch in 2006. Nick worked up a whole new game system, Pox recreated the existing graphics and Roger developed a big story for Abobo to really dive into... fists first. It was a daunting project, but like all labors of love, it's something that simply had to be done.

The trio have been working on this game for ages with one simple goal: make Abobo's Big Adventure the *ultimate* tribute to the Nintendo Entertainment System. This is the game that any kid who grew up on the NES always dreamed of playing and it goes beyond anything the system ever could've been capable of.

For those of you wondering if the game will be for sale, the answer is NO. Abobo's Big Adventure is simply a labor of love and will be available to play for free on the web. The game really pushes the limits of what Flash is capable of and you will soon have control of the most unappreciated, brutal, rage-fueled character in the entire pixelated universe in your hands.

HONOR THE FALLEN

Back in the days being a gamer was a real struggle, but we never gave up.

Honor to the many millions of POW/MIA sprites who gave their lifes for our entertainment. We will never forget.

That sick madworld chiptune mod is by Rob Beschizza and it's called -guess what- Chipworld.

It' so moody that Here you can have it in two different octaves. No, it's not a joke.

LINUS TRIBUTE

Grazie alla Svezia e al Chipophone di Linus Akesson, pazzesco sintetizzatore 8bit a doppia tastiera e sette pedali (wtf) costruito dentro la struttura di un vecchio organo elettrico, le future generazioni comprenderanno la vera essenza del chiptune.

Questo strambo personaggio, nonostante abbia lo sguardo da serial killer, non può che avere tutta la nostra stima. Come musicista, come ingegnere del suono, come pianista, come uomo e come nurd.

Inevitabile per i veterani del Commodore 64 l'occhio lucido sull'highscore di Commando.

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1 T R I P - 8 B I T

Questo pazzesco video del dinamico duo svedese Rymdreglage dovrebbe aiutare a colmare il vuoto pneumatico di questi giorni.
La ricetta è da chef a cinque stelle: duecento grammi di chiptune, un pò di retrogaming a cubetti, il tutto condito con abbondanti mattoncini Lego.
Et bon appétit à tout le monde.

STYLO STYLE

L'uscita del sintetizzatore (e kaosspad) Korg DS10 per la console a due schermi di casa Nintendo ci ha fatto aprire gli occhi sulle potenzialità musicali che si possono avere con uno stilo in mano.
Ma nel 1967 Brian Jarvis era gia mezzo secolo avanti. Inventò infatti lo Stilofono (Stylophone) uno strumento musicale elettronico di ridotte dimensioni formato da una tastiera metallica collegata attraverso un resistore ad un piccolo oscillatore interno a basso voltaggio. Il tutto controllato da una piccola penna.
Inizialmente commercializzato dalla Dubreq come giocattolo musicale, guadagnò in seguito la sua dignità grazie ad artisti come David Bowie e i Kraftwerk.
Detto ciò, la cosa che mi ha veramente commosso oggi è vedere due tecnologie così lontane ma così concettualmente simili lavorare insieme per creare una sublime electro-bossa sulle note di Garota De Ipanema del grande Astrud Gilberto. Koichi you're the man!