If you don't know who John is by now (swlovinist), and his massive collection, it's probably because you've been slacking... or you don't get over to SegaAge much, where John hangs out. Either way (ahem, slacker) John is also a hardcore Nintendo collector and MetalJesusRocks met up with him on a roadtrip recently and got to take a look into his 6,000+ game collection.
E.T. The Extraterrestrial for the Atari 2600 is a game that's often given the title of Worst Game Ever, but that hasn't stopped Kevin Hanley of K-Han games from porting it over to the NES. Some have argued that it's not the worst game ever and that it's actually a pretty decent game. From my perspective, I could care less, because it's just one more game (that I actually like!) to play on my NES.
From the screenshots you can see that he's actually doing a direct port of the game. The ROM I played was a pretty early version, so there are only so many rooms and several items missing, but it did include the ability for E.T. to go lightning fast by holding down the button and D-pad at the same time, just like the Atari version.
So all you E.T. haters out there, here's one more instance of your favorite game to hate. Double the pleasure? We'll see soon enough.
2nd Annual NES Marathon Charity Event was a Success!
I wanted to congratulate Pat and his crew at ThePunkEffect for raising OVER $15,000 for charity. From what I could tell, there were over 1,000 people tuned in at various times, and it seemed like they were a lot more organized this year than last year.
I want to thank all the guys and gals here at NintendoAge for pitching in -- I saw quite a few of you logged in, and thanks for showing your support.
E.T. The Extraterrestrial for the Atari 2600 is a game that's often given the title of 
