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Hacksterpiece Theatre: The Lost Hacks of DahrkDaiz, Part 3 (Luigi’s Coin Quest)

Tuesday, June 27th, 2006

[ Hacksterpiece Theatre is a regular column devoted to fun, odd, and interesting retro game hacks. ] Greetings! Thanks for joining me once again for Hacksterpiece Theatre. This week, in the concluding segment of the “Lost Hacks of DahrkDaiz” series, I’ll be examining another incomplete and “lost” DahrkDaiz NES game hack as usual — but […]

Hacksterpiece Theatre: The Lost Hacks of DahrkDaiz, Part 2 (Pac-Man III and Mega Man Challenge)

Tuesday, June 13th, 2006

[ Hacksterpiece Theatre is a regular column devoted to fun, odd, and interesting retro game hacks. ] Welcome back to Hacksterpiece Theatre, and thanks for joining us for Part 2 of our series on the “Lost Hacks of DahrkDaiz.” Last week, we took a look at Mario Seasons, a nifty Super Mario Bros. hack. This […]

Hacksterpiece Theatre: The Lost Hacks of DahrkDaiz, Part 1 (Mario Seasons)

Tuesday, June 6th, 2006

[ Hacksterpiece Theatre is a regular column devoted to fun, odd, and interesting retro game hacks. ] Hello, friends. Welcome to my new regular column on VC&G, Hacksterpiece Theatre, where I hope to profile for you the best, worst, and most interesting retro game hacks in existence. Back in March on Vintage Computing and Gaming, […]

An Interview with DahrkDaiz, Creator of Mario Adventure

Monday, February 13th, 2006

Just yesterday I had the opportunity to conduct an email interview DahrkDaiz, creator of the impressive hack Mario Adventure. Mario Adventure is a completely new Mario game made from modifications to the Super Mario Bros. 3 game engine for the NES. The game was the subject of a recent piece on VC&G and has proven […]

The Top Ten Most Popular VC&G Articles of 2006

Sunday, December 31st, 2006

Hello, friends. It’s New Year’s time once again, and by this point, you’ve probably been bombarded by year-end reviews and retrospectives on dozens of other websites and blogs. While typically not one to follow the trend, I just couldn’t resist throwing another log on the fire of your journalistic discontent. Ok, so I’m exaggerating as […]

Hacksterpiece Theatre: Luigi vs. Mario (Mario Adventure 2)

Thursday, December 14th, 2006

[ Hacksterpiece Theatre is a regular column devoted to fun, odd, and interesting retro game hacks. ] Ever since DahrkDaiz released Mario Adventure over two years ago, fans of the NES hack masterpiece have been ravenously hungry for a sequel. After my coverage of Mario Adventure earlier this year brought the hack back into the […]

Mario Adventure FAQ

Monday, March 13th, 2006

Mario Adventure FAQ v0.9 Written by Greg Head – Edited & Formatted for HTML by RedWolf Table of Contents: Section 1: Introduction & FAQ History Section 2: What is Mario Adventure? Section 3: Enemies Section 4: Items Section 5: Frequently Asked Questions (Hints & Tips) Section 6: Level/Map Walkthroughs Section 7: Key Locations Section 8: […]

Mario Adventure: The Best NES Game Hack of All Time

Tuesday, February 7th, 2006

In a way, I think we all thirst for a new 2D side scrolling Mario adventure. It’s some sort of basic human need, along with eating, sleeping and reproduction. Why, just last week I was about to keel over for want of Mario when, at the last minute, I found the greatest NES game hack […]