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Thursday 21st February, 2008 - 11:58am

News: Commodore64 Is Coming To Virtual Console

I didn't really expect this. I bet you didn't expect it either, did you? Commodore 64 (the best selling computer model of it's time) is set to bring it's host of classic 80's video games to the Wii's Virtual Console. And you thought the Mario Kart Wii news yesterday was exciting.

Bala Keilman, CEO of Commodore Gaming said: "The massive impact the Commodore 64 had on..

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Tuesday 25th September, 2007 - 01:10pm

News: Samba De Amigo Coming To Virtual Console

SEGA open the door for Dreamcast games to hit the Wii's Virtual Console starting with rythmn action favourite Samba De Amigo.

US publication Nintendo Power gave the word that Gearbox Software (Brothers in Arms) will be working on the game. Samba de Amigo marks the first time that a Dreamcast title will be heading to Virtual Console but also spells concerns for the Wii's..

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Saturday 14th July, 2007 - 04:18pm

News: Papier Mazza And Zonk Hit Virtual Console

Nintendo 64 and Turbo-Grafx favourites Paper Mario and Zonk hit the European Virtual Console yesterday.

Here's the essential information you're dying to know: Launched on the Nintendo 64 in 2001, Paper Mario™ brilliantly blends the world famous plumber’s platform exploits with a hilarious quest and interesting characters. On a mission to free the Star Spirits from..

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Tuesday 20th February, 2007 - 08:13am

News: Yesterdays US Virtual Console Releases

In some slightly delayed news, we bring you the information on yesterdays VC release (with no puns in the title this time!).

Many will be glad to see that Donkey Kong Country has finally made it to the NTSC systems, after being availible to PAL gamers for quite some time. Streets of Rage has at last hit the system as well, along with the Legend of Kage and New Adventure..

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Friday 16th February, 2007 - 08:08am

News: Exciting PAL Virtual Console Releases

It's Virtual Console time again! This week Nintendo have given us twice the excitement....

As we all know, today is the official PAL release day for Excite Truck (which is actually a pretty decent game). But what most did not know was that it would also be the release date for Excitebike as well. How... exciting! There are a couple other familiar titles in this weeks..

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Monday 12th February, 2007 - 05:28pm

News: NES-tacular US Virtual Console Update

Nintendo continues their strong support of the Virtual Console by adding three highly popular NES titles (Whilst I continue my support by using poor whit in my article titles).

As usual, here is the lowdown for those not wanting to read the press release. NES: 500 Points Kirby's Adventure Ice Climber Kid Icarus Full information from the press releaseKirb

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Sunday 11th February, 2007 - 04:51pm

News: Virtual Console Round-Up: Issue 1

A round-up of the best Virtual Console releases from the months December 2006 and January 2007.

Ok, so this is a new monthly feature that we are going to be running on NintendoLife.com in the upcoming future. Due to the runaway success of the Virtual Console (and I have always been enthusiastic about it to be honest) we are going to be integrating some new features into the..

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Friday 9th February, 2007 - 06:38am

News: European/ Austrailain Virtual Console Update

This week gamers are in for a real treat, with two classic Nintendo titles.

When you wake up, you can turn on your Wii and download both The Legend of Zelda: The Adventure of Link and Super Mario World. Turbografx fans also get a treat as Vigilante, the side scrolling beat-em-up, has been released too. Here is the breakdown of todays releases: NES: 500 Points The Legend of..

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Tuesday 6th February, 2007 - 10:35pm

News: Super Mario World For US Wii

Mondays virtual console additions saw another Mario title grace the ever expanding Virtual Console archive.

The rest of the update comprised of a couple Sega titles that have been eclipsed by yet another Mario game. For those not wanting to read the press release, here are the basics: SNES: 800 Points Super Mario World Mega Drive/Genesis: 800 Points Gain Ground Tur

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Friday 2nd February, 2007 - 08:40am

News: Europe Says Gracias To Gradius

This weeks European/Australian Virtual Console releases include the highly popular scrolling space-shooter Gradius.

The Full list is as follows: NES: 500 Points Gradius Mega Drive: 800 Points Comix Zone Bonanza Bros Gain Ground As you can see, a few Mega Drive (Genesis to the overseas readers) titles have been added, but nothing too spectacular this week.

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Wednesday 1st November, 2006 - 07:26pm

News: European Virtual Console Update

The unique new system for Nintendo's Wii hardware aptly titled the "Virtual Console" will allow gamers to download a range of games from the Nintendo and SEGA back catalogue for a small price.

Today the news broke of exactly what will be available for us European Wii gamers come the launch of the console on December 8th. Here is a rundown of what will be available on the..

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