Arcade Killer Instince emulation?

The Killer Instinct arcade machine emulator is out! It works darn well, too, it's got fullscreen and joystick support. Sound and netplay (!) is on the way. You can grab it at www.kiame.com ... don't ask us about the machine hard drive/roms, though. Heh. Stay legal, kids.

Namco is searching for senior programmers with PS1, PS2, GameCube or Xbox experience.

Those "too cool for sleep" guys and gals over at FGN Online have discovered Namco's search for senior-level programmers, with the interesting comment "PS1, PS2, Gamecube, or X-Box experience a plus." The games being worked on include a racing title to start a new franchise, and some type of action-adventure game. Says the website: "If you enjoy games such as Resident Evil, Syphon Filter, and Metal Gear Solid, we want you. As extra credit, if you can name Chow Yun Fat's character's nickname in Hard Boiled, we definitely want to talk to you." So, Namco has a good sense of humor, and they're looking for people who know something about GameCube's inner workings. Sounds like a good combo to me.

Billy begs for Zelda MM impressions because he has no time to start playing it just yet...

Things a little quiet lately? Do you blame Zelda? I think that's a possibility. If you haven't picked up your copy of Zelda: Majora's Mask...what the hell is your problem? I would say 98% of PlanetN2000's staff has been sucked into the 72 hour Zelda love fest. Go figure...

Personally, I really haven't had a chance to play Majora yet, due to the fact that I have been busy relocating PlanetN2000's world headquarters. Yeah, now that we've been with IGN for a couple months, we've been raking in the bucks with PlanetN2000...Louie decided that it was time we moved into a newer cardboard box. We're talkin' refridgerator size box now! Woohoo!

Full length movies from Spaceworld just went up at Computer and Videogames news. Movies include Luigi's Mansion, Joanna Dark, Car demo (simply awesome).

A few days ago here at the Planet we informed you readers about the appearance of full length videos of GameCube (and GBA) tech demos on the net. Most fans were probably wondering why it took this long to get them, but rest assured that they're here. Recently a few new movies have been added to CV&G's onslaught including the now infamous Luigi's Mansion demonstration, which is simply breathtaking. Thanks goes to reader Adrian Ebrahim for this news and as he said, "they're awesome, go download."

Majora's Mask goes on sale a few days early.

Reports around the US have confirmed the rumor of an early Zelda: Majora's Mask release. That's right brothers and sisters....Zelda has hit a mall store near you! The main mall chains like Electronics Boutique, Software Etc., Babbages, Walden Software should have their shipments of Gold Carts for all you who have pre-ordered. If you haven't pre-ordered one of these badboys, time to hit the phone to see if there are any extras. Some stores near me had extra copies. Nintendo doesn't seem to have a problem with shipping large quantities of their products. Cough.

Mix Core reveals that a part of the Rebirth demo was running in real time... and the whole thing would have been if there was a little more time to prepare.

IGNCube has finally put an article concerning what many of us have been speculating for some time now: that a part of the Rebirth CGI demo was in fact running off the NGC hardware.

Not only was this confirmed by Mix Core but they went even further...

Excerpt from IGNCube:

Mix Core recently elaborated on its Gamecube demonstration entitled, "Rebirth." As IGN reported in September, a portion of the video that was once thought to be pre-rendered is indeed running in real-time on Gamecube's hardware. Mix Core claims that not only is a part of the Rebirth demo running in real-time, but the entire cinematic sequence would have been made in real-time if the team would have had more time to produce the game.

Brownie Brown talks about their GBA RPG, Magical Vacation. GameCube is also mentioned by this developer that is made of ex-employees of Squaresoft.

The TendoProject has snagged another interview. This time it's with the new development house Brownie Brown. It speaks about the name of the company and a bit about their current development "Magical Vacation."

Brownie Brown is focusing on "Magical Vacation" as their only product in development at this time, "in order to release it to the world as soon as possible." The team is not creating anything for Nintendo's other next-generation console at this time, "however we are very interested in Gamecube" and they may consider developing for it in the future.

A small treat from Mix-Core.

NCL development house Mix-Core has released a single screenshot of its newest project, known only as "2" right now.

No information is provided with the screen, but the file path contains the words "Hakofune" and "neji_T2"...could be a clue. The art style is also clearly different from Rebirth's nature themes. Kudos to Quest17 for telling me about this little treat.

Gamers.com takes a trip down memory lane for the 15th anniversary of the Nintendo Entertainment System.

While it may seem like only yesterday, it's certainly been awhile since Super Mario Bros. was the height of technology. However it's time to traipse down memory lane once more as Gamers.com has a fond look back at the system that signified the resurrection of the Gaming Industry.

So pull out your vinyl, comb back that mullet, break out those horrible glam-rock music videos and rock on to the NES' 15th anniversary!

Direct feeds (i.e. not recorded by some guy with a video camera) of Space World movies!

Nintendo enthusiasts everywhere were quick to download any Spaceworld movies of Gamecube and GBA, yet for the most part this was either pre-edited footage or non direct-feed. Thanks to Computer & Video Games, FULL length videos of the Gamecube demonstrations have just made available to the public. This includes the entire videos of such Gamecube demos as Zelda, Waverace and Pokemon. These full length technical demonstrations are an absolute must-see and we couldn't think of a better way to start the weekend!