This epic haul is thanks to my good friend and fellow chapel hillian Ted. His parents gave him a call a couple weeks back and asked him if he had any interest in the families old computer stuff they had in the basement. If Ted didn’t want it, they were going to throw it away. [...]
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Epic Commodore Haul!
Posted in Art of Collecting, finds, tagged c64, commodore, commodore 64, data recorder, finds, floppy, gaming, retro, vic 20, vintage computers on January 28, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Final Fantasy
Posted in Featured Article, Reviews, tagged Famicom, final fantasy, Hironobu Sakaguchi, nes, nintendo, rpg, square, square-enix on January 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
As you may or may not know, the North American release date was recently revealed for Final Fantasy 13. That date is March 9th, 2010. I said in an article last year that Final Fantasy 13 would be my sole motivating reason for buying a PS3. Holding true to my word, I will be getting [...]
Awesome SNES Finds Plus!
Posted in finds, tagged chrono trigger, evo: the search for eden, famicom disk system, Gameboy, import, mega man, nes, nintendo, radical dreamers, reproductions, rocket knight adventure, snes, sparkster, super nintendo on January 19, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I haven’t posted any finds in a while, so here are some recent acquisitions. Of note, are three Super Nintendo games that I have wanted to play to a while now. The first of which is the sequel to one of the greatest and most horribly under-appreciated platformers of the 16 bit era, Rocket Knight [...]
Famicom Pirate Monday #5
Posted in Famicom Pirate Monday, tagged doki doki panic, Famicom, famicom disk system, nes, nintendo, pirate, retro, super mario bros. 2, video games on January 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Super Mario Bros. 2 was the black sheep of the original NES Mario trilogy. The gameplay, style, look, and mechanics varied vastly from the original game, and for a perfectly sensible reason. The game we played as Super Mario Bros. 2 was originally developed and released as Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic. The game was originally [...]
Great Famicom Games You Can Understand Part II
Posted in Featured Article, tagged Famicom, japan, kid dracula, konami, nes, nintendo, recca, retro, video games on January 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve noticed that a post I wrote a couple years ago consistantly gets a lot of hits, so I decided it would be a good time to write a follow-up post to expand on the list. I do not speak a lick of Japanese. None at all. Even though I’ve played hundreds of Japanese games, [...]
Famicom Pirate Monday #4
Posted in Famicom Pirate Monday, tagged 8-bit, Famicom, famicom pirate, final fantasy, nintendo on January 13, 2010 | 7 Comments »
Yes, yes. I know that it is Wednesday. I started taking some night classes this week (Statistics for Economics- arrggghh) so I am a bit late. It won’t happen again I swear! To make up for it, on this edition of Famicom Pirate Monday I am showcasing one of my raddest Famicom pirates; a complete [...]
Final Fantasy III (VI)
Posted in Reviews, tagged final fantasy, final fantasy 3, final fantasy 6, snes, square, square-enix, super nintendo on January 5, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I have been replaying Final Fantasy III (or VI, if you must be canonically correct) lately and I am having a hard time pinning down just exactly why I love it so much. I am not saying that it’s a bad game, not by any stretch of the imagination. I am saying just the opposite; it’s a [...]
Famicom Pirate Monday #3
Posted in Famicom Pirate Monday, tagged Famicom, famicom pirate, nes, ninetndo, robocop on January 4, 2010 | 1 Comment »
This week I will be looking at something that is pretty common in the world of Famicom pirates, which is the licensed game knock-off. What I have here is a cheap looking plastic cart with a low quality label announcing ROBOCOP, but mysteriously void of any copyright information and logos. It’s pretty easy to determine [...]
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