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Pixel to Cel: “The Legend of Zelda” Cartoon Series (80s August Special)

Posted on August 17, 2021 by Lucas Paris Leave a comment

Welcome back to 80s August, The Splintering’s month-long celebration of the greatest decade since the discovery of pasteurization! It is hard to imagine gaming without The Legend of Zelda. Made up almost exclusively of hits and only a few misses (thank you CD-i), from its 1986 NES debut to last years’ Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity (2020), the Zelda franchise

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Pixel to Cel: “Fatal Fury – Double Impact” (1999)

Posted on March 16, 2021 by Lucas Paris 2 comments

A previous article here on The Splintering covered the uninhibited method of 90s video game marketing ads, and it got me thinking not only about the games of that decade, but animated renditions of those games from the time period. Unsurprisingly, fighting games and beat ’em up side-scrollers come readily to mind, as colorful characters performing ultra violent moves on