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Hallmark’s Christmas 2009 Galaga arcade cabinet ornament
As a followup to the 2008 Pac-Man mini arcade cabinet ornament, Hallmark is sticking with the same theme. This year’s ornament is a miniaturized reproduction of the Galaga arcade cabinet (QXI1365) complete with mini buttons, mini joystick, lights and sounds. Press the buttons and you are treated to several seconds of classic tuneage including the intro and what sounds like the first wave of diving aliens. The top panel of the cabinet also lights up…
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PlayStation Store Update: An Oddworld for Halloween (October 25 to 31, 2009)
This week’s first featured downloadable games are PlayStation One Classic Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee for $9.99 and Trine for $19.99. Click through for hte full list…
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Club Nintendo runs out of exclusive Game & Watch DS game
One of the best reasons to join Club Nintendo has been declared “Sold Out.”
PlayStation Store Update: Exploring a tree and sniping enemies (October 18, to October 24, 2009)
This week’s featured downloadable game is Topatoi: The Great Tree Story for $9.99. Players control a vehicle that operates much like an old fashioned children’s spinning top toy through a platform puzzle to make their way up a tree by leaping, spinning or rolling through, over or across moving platforms.… Continue Reading »
PlayStation Store Update: Dig This! Tons of PSP downloads! (October 4, to October 10, 2009)
This week’s featured downloadable game is an old PC classic from the 1980s with a serious makeover Digger HD for $9.99. In this game you control the construction digger through the ground tunneling to find precious jewels lost gold and even artifacts. But look out, strange alien-like monsters trying to… Continue Reading »
Gamertell Review: Metroid Prime Trilogy Collector’s Edition for Wii
The Game Cube games Metroid Prime and Metroid Prime 2: Echoes have been updated for the Wii. They’ve been touched up here and there, they’ve been converted to widescreen and they’ve been blessed with the WiiMote-Nunchuck combo. To top it off, they’ve been bundled with Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, placed… Continue Reading »
Celebrate “Blob Month” just in time for the release of A Boy and His Blob for Wii
Many of us are anxious for the new release of A Boy and His Blob by Majesco Entertainment Company. It’s been almost 20 years since the last game came out and we can’t stand waiting much longer. In dedication to the October 6, 2009, release of the game, Majesco is… Continue Reading »
Disney might have to fight to keep Marvel heroes
And you thought Disney’s recent purchase or Marvel meant the House of Mouse would get to keep all of Spider-man’s amazing friends. Heirs to several of the Marvel characters are suing Disney to make certain they recover rights to their parent’s creations. The children of deceased artist Jack Kirby have… Continue Reading »
PlayStation Store Update: Investigate This! (September 20 to 26, 2009)
New this week at the PlayStation store is a seek-and-find mystery game called Interpol: The Trail Of Dr. Chaos for $9.99. In this game you play as a detective that must travel around the world to international cities to investigate crime scenes for clues that can help bring Dr. Chaos… Continue Reading »
Alternate Disc-Tractions: Battlestar Galactica Season 4.5 DVD review
The final season of the groundbreaking revamp TV series, Battlestar Galactica, wraps up all of the mysteries, visions and even relationships that had been developing throughout the series. Even with all the bonus footage, extended episodes and commentary tracks, that doesn’t mean the ending will make any more sense. But… Continue Reading »
PlayStation Store Update: Go Ninja Turtles Go! (September 13 to 19, 2009)
This week’s PlayStation Store is full of action-packed games to keep you entertained. First game available in the store is Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time Re-Shelled for $9.99. It takes everyone’s favorite ninja turtles Donatello, Micheal Angelo, Raphael and Leonardo back through time to fight Shredder, foot-soldiers and… Continue Reading »
The 5 best Tales Of… games ever released stateside
Namco Bandai’s Tales of series hasn’t been developed in North America, Europe and other regions the way it has in Japan. We’ve never seen any of the DS entries (Tales of Tempest/Tales of Innocence/Tales of Hearts), didn’t catch the Game Boy Advance Narikiri Dungeon or Summoner’s Lineage spin-offs and weren’t… Continue Reading »
How To: A modern guide to Sega’s Dreamcast
In light of this year’s Dreamcast anniversary I’ve decided to write up a guide for many of you who either are just diving into Dreamcast or rejoining the Orange Swirl Society. I’ll try to cover as many aspects as I can about the system but if I miss some burning… Continue Reading »
Live Coverage of E3 2009
The Gamertell team brings us live coverage from the E3 Expo.
Important Importables
Jenni Lada brings us information about all of the groovy new gaming imports from around the world.






