Wired has a first impressions rundown of the new Nintendo DS title GameCenter CX .

I've not been privy to the show GameCenter CX, but this game, as the show does, pays homage to the mid-80's video gaming craze.

Wired breaks it down like this:

"The premise is simple: Arino, the comedian who stars in the popular TV show, gets fed up with his constant diet of retro games and turns into an evil wizard, who curses you to go back in time and live as a child of the 80's again -- unless you complete his challenges on a series of retro games that look and feel like, but are not, the real thing.

The game opens up with you and your pal in the family room (your pal is the child-version of Arino, who can't believe that he grows up to be an evil old man), with little to entertain you but a Famicom and a copy of Cosmic Gate, a Galaga-inspired shooter. If you want, you can pop the game in the system and just start playing, but Arino starts assigning you challenge after challenge. Clear Stage 5. Use the "warp gates" twice. Blow up a giant asteroid. Get 200,000 points."

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