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JANUARY-20-2011     6.5.0.Tunes - Ninja Gaiden III: The Ancient Ship of Doom
The final entry to our stereo sound NES music archive goes to the final game in Tecmo's awesome Ninja Gaiden series. Listen to fast-paced action themes that perfectly match the game play.
Hope you all enjoyed 6.5.0.Tunes!

JANUARY-10-2011     6.5.0.Tunes - Contra Force
The latest music download comes from the lesser known "unofficial" entry in the Contra franchise. Though the in-game action plays a bit slow, the pulsating sounds of Contra Force rank among the best in the series. Give a listen and shake your Beans!

JANUARY-1-2011     1Life2Live - The Guardian Legend: Special Edition
Happy New Year! Here is a rather lengthy no-death-run video from user Ratix. It's a special ROM hack of The Guardian Legend which features only the vertical scrolling shooter levels. Very intense with some of the fastest action ever seen for the NES' limitations.

DECEMBER-22-2011     6.5.0.Tunes - Santa Claus's Toybox
Back in 1987, a company called Musical Plan LTD developed a variety game with a Christmas theme for the Famicom Disk System titled Santa Claus no Takarabako (Santa Claus's Toybox). It included some rather well arranged versions of a few holiday classics.

DECEMBER-13-2011     Pat the NES Punk - Anticipation NES review
In this episode, Pat revisits the Luna Video Games store to make amends with the store clerk. Pat then invites Ian over to his place for some co-op NES playing. The game of choice? Why none other than the quirky board game/ guessing game Anticipation!

DECEMBER-6-2011     Pat the NES Punk - Flea Market Madness: volume 7
Pat's last venture to the flea market has him making a surprise discovery in the form of a surprise video game console. Also a guest appearance by internet's Frank. It's all here in this brand new, month old episode!

NOVEMBER-22-2011     6.5.0.Tunes - The Mafat Conspiracy
The second NES game to feature the popular manga assassin-for-hire "Golgo 13" also features this thing called "music" that plays in the background. Guess what? You can also listen to it too! We have it right here, courtesy of 6.5.0.Tunes!

NOVEMBER-4-2011     NES Tournament 2011 FINAL!
The final round of the annual NES Tournament of Games is here. After months long of voting through the early rounds, the two games contending for 2011's championship are inarguably the top games of their respective series. View the full bracket for this year's contest.

OCTOBER-20-2011     6.5.0.Tunes - Uninvited
New NES music added just in time for the Halloween season! Hear the eerie tunes and haunting melodies from the horror-themed graphic/text adventure game Uninvited.

OCTOBER-7-2011     NES Virus Cleaner Article in Retro Gamer Magazine
For the second time, a Sly Dog Studios game gets reviewed in the European publication Retro Gamer (the first being Pegs). It's featured in the homebrew section. A mostly positive review as well!
If you want to purchase a copy of the magazine, it is issue #93 and can be found here.

SEPTEMBER-24-2011     Pat the NES Punk - Mr. Gimmick NES Review
Pat the NES Punk takes a look at one of the best but nearly forgotten NES titles. Sunsoft's Mr. Gimmick was a highly polished platformer that never saw an American release. What makes this game so special? See the video review!

SEPTEMBER-15-2011     Pat the NES Punk - Flea Market Madness volume 5
Pat is off to the flea market once again in pursuit of some buried treasures. This time he covers two different places. Listen for more helpful tips on how to find the right bargains.