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The Return of Naytheyus

Hello All, yes the news is out.. I Have Returned. and i will continue my scourge on the emulation scene, by brining the community the latest news in emulation once again. now lets get on with the news..

All downloads should now work

For those of you who were getting 0 byte downloads, the problem now appears to be fixed. Lets give a big thanks to Lester Chan, aka GamerZ for dealing with my “n00bness” and fixing the problem. Thanks again GamerZ!

Where has Nayth gone?

i know you all have been wondering what I’ve been up to an whats up with the lack of posts. my email box is so full of the loyal followers of VGN. (yeah right)

well all i can say is. im in school and have also been looking for a job. so i’ve been prity tied up with learning and job rejections. heh. but im still around and you and expect to keep reading posts from me.

so on with the news!!!

The Return of Naytheyus

Hi all, i have returned from my V-Day vacation. it would have been all that and a bag of chips if it weren’t for the Bears loosing the SuperBowl…. (stink’n busters)

thanx to all those who left me comments. i did read them. :)

and now lets get to the news

Intro

Hi All,

Naytheyus here, and I’ll be helping posting emulation news on VGN.
you’ll all be seeing me around.. look forward to the experience. I’ll thank VGN for the opportunity of joining the team ;)

Happy Holidays!

Happy Holidays from all of us at The Vintage Gaming Network!

Christmas-themed puzzle game: Holiday Bonus Released

Christmas-themed puzzle game: Holiday Bonus Released

Dorset, U.K. — December 20, 2006 — Grey Alien Games (http://www.greyaliengames.com/) is pleased to announce the release of Holiday Bonus, a super-polished Holiday-themed puzzle game – just in time for Christmas. What’s in Santa’s sack? It’s a Holiday Bonus that the whole family will love. Chill out with this cool winter-themed puzzle game from Grey Alien Games – its slicker than Santa on an icy roof. Line up the dancing seasonal shapes against stunning snowscape backgrounds with an epic music score and work your way up the decorated tree. You can gather winter scenes in your gallery and even display them on your desktop. Make the right moves and your power gauge will build a bigger, brighter bonus blowout! This one’s going to snowball…so don’t miss the festive fun!Features:
- Family holiday fun
- Smooth addictive match-3 gameplay
- Beautiful winter backgrounds and enchanting winter music
- Option to set the backgrounds as desktop wallpaper
- Gallery of unlockable pictures
- Crazy bonus items including Santa’s sack!
- 55 unique levels

About Grey Alien Games:
Grey Alien Games has been making downloadable PC games since 2004. Their catalogue includes free games and demos, as well as commercial games such as Xmas Bonus, Easter Bonus and The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

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Screenshots:
http://www.greyaliengames.com/hb/titlefull.jpg
http://www.greyaliengames.com/hb/pics/star.jpg
http://www.greyaliengames.com/hb/pics/cracker.jpg
http://www.greyaliengames.com/hb/pics/tree.jpg
http://www.greyaliengames.com/hb/pics/snowball.jpg

Website:
http://www.greyaliengames.com/holidaybonus.php

Demo:
http://www.greyaliengames.com/downloadtrack.php?id=0

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Game Information:
Title: Holiday Bonus
Genre: Match-3 puzzle game
Platform: PC
Release Date: December 20, 2006
Price: £9.95 / €14.95 / $19.95

Minimum System Specifications:
1 GHz processor, 256 MB Ram, DirectX7, Windows XP or 2000, DirectX7 compatible 3D graphics card, sound card.

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Best Regards,

Tero Miettunen
Mitorah Games – Studio Head
http://www.mitorahgames.com/

[Submitted by tertsi]

Happy Thanksgiving Americans

We at VGN would like to wish yall a Happy Thanksgiving!

New Game Console Development Course




Silicon Valley, USA, November 2006 – World’s First Online Video Game Console Development Course
Nurve Networks LLC and Game Institute have teamed up to take online game developement training to the next level with world’s first course on the technology and development of gaming hardware and consoles. Game programming is great fun and extremely rewarding, but unfortunately there is a whole world of game development that most people never get to experience anymore — hardware design. In the 70’s and 80’s a “game developer” not only designed the game itself, wrote the code, and made the art, but he or she often designed the hardware as well! This lost art is what this course is all about: learning how to design, build, and modify your own game consoles from scratch.
“To develop a game for a console that you not only designed, but also hand-built with your own soldering iron, is one of the most enriching learning experiences you will ever have as a game developer or software engineer. There is just nothing that can get you closer to the root layer or give you that sense of total ownership and mastery of a subject”, says course creator Andre’ LaMothe.
This Game Institute exclusive online course is the first and only one of its kind offered anywhere in the world. The course was developed by best selling game developement author Andre’ LaMothe and NASA Ames Research Center’s Josh Hintze. Nowhere else will you learn the concepts and skills required to create your own video game console (and then build your own games for it!) in such an easily accessible setting.
In addition to the course’s online content, students receive a complete hardware kit containing over 100+ components, including items such as: pre-manufactured printed circuit board, microcontrollers, “The Black Art of Video Game Console Design” by Andre LaMothe, soldering iron, digital multimeter, Nintendo gamepad controller, resistors, capacitors, LEDs, and much more!
For more information and to enroll in the course visit Game Institute at:

[Submitted by GimpMaster]

Happy Halloween

Just want to wish you all a Safe and happy Halloween