Old-school game enthusiasts of the world must have been rubbing their hands together with glee - especially hard-core collectors with a bit of money. For the first time since 2011, a super-rare NES game (Nintendo Entertainment System for those not in the know) has been put up for auction on eBay. In 1990, a mere 116 copies of Nintendo World Championships (NWCs) were made for a nationwide tournament of the s ...

Back in the 90s, a children’s trend dominated the toy market. The craze was Tamagotchi, and now the little virtual pets are back. Tamagotchi was a small digital toy on a keyring, where owners would hatch their virtual pet from an egg and raise it to adulthood by pressing the relevant buttons when needed. They became such a hit that after Bandai launched Tamagotchi in Japan in November 1996, they expanded to ...

A painting by Dublin-born, English artist Francis Bacon of his good friend Lucian Freud has obliterated the world record for the amount a piece of art has fetched at auction after it sold for nearly $60 million more than it was estimated at. Three Studies of Lucian Freud sold earlier last month at an auction house called Christie’s, at its postwar and contemporary auction in New York. The record-breaking sa ...

If you thought Disney was just a company that makes lots of films and theme parks - think again! Coming a long way from bringing you their first animated feature film in 1937, Disney has now come up with it’s most amazing invention yet: Flat touch screens that help people feel a 2D image in a 3D way! Disney Research in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has developed technology they call “tactile rendering of 3D fea ...

A cracking night for Bristol’s children’s hospital as Gromits fetch £2,357,000 When these fantastic sculptures first lined our streets back in July of this year, the slogan for the highly anticipated Gromit Unleashed trail read, “80 Gromits, 10 weeks, 1 city”. However as the final showcase for the Gromits concluded last night, one would argue that a much better slogan for the trail would have read “92 Gromi ...

In the spirit of good and positive news, we at the Daily Diamond don’t want to look upon the passing of Hiroshi Yamauchi with sadness, but instead celebrate his life and amazing achievements. For those of you who don’t know, Hiroshi Yamauchi was the third president of Nintendo, and the man considered to be behind their incredible evolution from a small Japanese card-making company to an international, multi ...

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Console: Playstation 4 Price: £349.99 Launch date: 29th November 2013 (Friday) Comes with: black console, one wireless controller, a headset, power cord, HDMI cable and USB cable for charging controller. What you should consider: As with the Xbox One, many of the launch titles for the Playstation 4 are new entries in long established franchises, promising a solid experience for veteran gamers exposed to Pla ...

Price: £429.00 Launch date: November 22nd Comes with: a black console, Kinect sensor, one wireless commemorative controller, headset, power cord, HDMI cable, FIFA 14.  (N.B. This is for the limited "Day One" edition of the console currently on offer for pre-order). What you should consider: After a somewhat difficult showing at the annual E3 games convention in May, Microsoft have altered how their console ...

Japanese electronics company Nintendo has recently announced the launch of Nintendo 2DS, a dedicated portable gaming system that plays all Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo DS games in 2D. Nintendo 2DS is the newest member of the Nintendo 3DS family, and it is specifically targeted at enthusiastic game players searching for a more reasonably priced entry point into the world of Nintendo hand-held video games. Reggi ...