An anonymous tip from a Forum reader clued us in on a new cartridge-looking design patent awarded to Nintendo.

An annonymous tip from one of our Forum readers clued me in on a new design patent awarded to Nintendo for what appears to be a cartridge of some kind for the N64. The Design Patent number is D427,245. I don't know what this is, at first glance it appears that it could be some sort of a lock-on cartridge, but upon further examination, this no longer seems to be possible.

Quantum talks to the companies about selling their wares.

Nintendo seem to actively support the concept of writability when it comes to videogames, as seen with the Japan only 64-DD (even thoguh its a failure). Some say that Nintendo's decision to go with DVD with Project Dolphin was to avoid the mistakes they made in their past and to regain it's third... Read more...

Will it ever see the light of day?

Cult anime series Robotech has recently been acquired as an exclusive license by Mattel Interactive, which plans to bring multiple games based on the series to both PC and upcoming next-generation consoles. Development house Harmony Gold has signed on to develop these upcoming Robotech games, "Robotech's... Read more...

That company has a funny name.

Paradigm Entertainment, the somewhat talented development house responsible for such Nintendo 64 games as Pilotwings 64 (together with Nintendo), F1 World Grand Prix and the wonderfull Beetle Adventure Racing, has been acquired by french super company Infogrames. The deal puts Paradigm as a wholly... Read more...

Stop faffing about like a spiv!

Head on over to Rarenet and read the journals of the man himself, Dan, and his journeys in Rare's homeland, England. Some fairly obvious yet refreshing rumors from Dan is that Rare are planning on unveiling at least a couple of Dolphin titles at this year's August Spaceworld 2000 show in Japan. Dan's... Read more...

Kit's? Maybe we should say kits...

And no I'm not referring to the lovable car from the spectacular 80's series, Knight Rider, I'm referring to the development kind. You know, the things companies like Capcom, Konami, and even Nintendo use to create their games. Well there has been much speculation as to whether or not developers out... Read more...

Check out this great Camelot interview from Core Magazine!

If you didn't know, one of the games in 2000 I'm looking forward to is Mario Tennis. Camelot has made only a few games for N64/GBC, and every game I have played of theirs has been a favorite of mine. To put it lightly...Camelot gives me wood.

Currently Camelot is finishing up Mario Tennis as... Read more...

Even more good info from our favorite game maker! Shiggy sure has been talkative lately...

Shiggy's getting pretty talkative lately. Well, this is a little leftover from E3, but it's good stuff none-the-less. The latest edition of Game Informer (July 2000) has an E3 recap (Hell, I thought ours was late), in which they interviewed a lot of developers. Of course, you can't forget Shiggy.... Read more...

Here's some more information on Climax, who we told you about a couple days ago.

After the announcement from Climax and their new development house devoted towards handhelds will strongly support the GBA comes news straight from the horses mouth. "We currently have four GBA dev kits, and to date we have been working on new tools and core technology for the GBA including a software... Read more...

The talked about Star Wars for Dolphin game has been uncovered - see it in action!

After recent speculation concerning an upcoming Star Wars: Episode 2 game coming to Dolphin, IGN affiliate, Gaming-Age has revealed the title in full. Hit the link to view the two mind blowing movies, as Star Wars: Episode 2 Pod Racing eXtreme looks to be a stunning example of exactly what the Dolphin... Read more...

Billy is back and the new format is kicking, though all is not well...

Yeah baby! I'm back. Well, at least for now. The format went over pretty well, but there was one unfortunate loss. I lost my entire ICQ user list. Right down the crapper. So, if you have me on your ICQ List, could you send me a message ASAP so I can put you back on my list? If you forgot, my ICQ # is 5422815.

This Zelda fan-site has some Zelda Dolphin rumors and then some! You have to see this for yourself...

Thanks go to Forum contributor Ricardo Quiñones for this incredible tip about an inside rumor on the Zelda that is to grace Dolphin.

I can't believe that I didn't know about this website before. Hyrule: The Legend of Zelda is a kick-ass web site dedicated to everything Zelda. Seriously, this... Read more...

Excerpts from an interview with Shiggy, taken from Gamers.com. Don't miss this infomative session with "da Man."

In a recent interview with respected Japanese publication Famitsu's online counterpart, Famitsu.Com, Miyamoto spoke very freely about all aspects of Nintendo and gaming whilst giving refreshing input into various aspects of its future. Hit the link above to read an excellent translation of the entire interview or read the summary of what Miyamoto had to say below.

Introducing...Climax!

UK based development house, Climax Group, who have stated their interest in developing for the Game Boy Advance have recently formed a spin-off studio Climax Fareham HQ for working exclusively with handhelds. Climax's Farehem HQ is currently working on several titles for the elusive Nintendo handheld,... Read more...

Technical problems and Bill Gates bashing from our Billy boy.

Yep. My C64 took a huge dump on me late Thursday night, and I will be down for 24-48 hours after I stomp on this piece of crap, and then put it all back together. Anyone worried about the X-Box? I'm not. Microsoft can't even get their operating systems stable enough to handle anything. Get ready for the first Console that will crash on yo' ass. Heh.

Factor 5 just recently posted the details about its sound system, MusyX for GBA on their website.

Factor 5 just recently posted the specifications for MusyX for GBA on their website.

Word on the block is that the sound system for GBA is significantly better than the sound system for GB or GBC, and equals or exceeds that of the SNES. How does 32 channels, and built-in Dolby Surround (with... Read more...

Killer Instinct is back! Probably not the way you hoped but still some cool news...

...and I don't mean KI3. Some folks have taken up the challenge of emulating the KI arcade hardware. Will Nintendo respond? Or notice? Will this make up for the unjust lack of an N64/Dolphin version of classic KI? Click here for the Brute Force project's site.

Could we get a HAL game for the Dolphin's launch? It looks like it!

The folks over at Core Magazine have posted an interview Masahiro Sukarai from HAL. It's mostly vague references with a smattering of Dolphin talk, but that's pretty much the norm until Spaceworld. If anything, it's further confirmation that Nintendo has plenty going on internally and that there's plenty of Dolphin info that can't be revealed right now...damn NDA's. Click on the Related Link for the full scoop.

Could Sonic the Hedgehog actually be appearing on Dolphin?

Game industry news site Gameweek is reporting that the recent restructuring of their R&D teams could have effects on consoles other than Dreamcast. Apparently, judging from Sonic Team leader Yuji Naka's comments, we may see Sonic Team titles on Dolphin...but not PS2. While it's far from a confirmation of anything for Dolphin, it is no longer an impossibility that we'd see Sonic on a Nintendo platform.

Billy makes lame excuses why he hasn't updated lately. But seriously folks...

Yes, as you've seen my lack of updates lately...I've been a little bogged down at work. Yee-haw. Boss was away for about a week and a half, and I was running the show. It was a lot of fun and all (cough) but it took a major toll on my chances to do updates. As well as I got pretty sick.

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