It’s high time I updated one of the most scrutinized posts I have published since I started writing this blog over 4 years ago… There has been only one new release in the Final Fantasy series since the original publishing date (in the main series, that is. We don’t speak of the MMOs around these parts and [...]
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Which Final Fantasy is Best? *Update*
Posted in Featured Article, Lists, tagged best, final fantasy, square on February 7, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Chasing Carts: All Zelda CIB (Update #5)
Posted in Art of Collecting, Featured Article, finds, tagged 3d, 3ds, collection, gane boy advance, GBA, nes, nintendo, ocarina of time, skyward sword, snes, super nintendo, the legend of zeldaq, wii, zelda on January 25, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
This is a reoccurring feature here were I provide updates in my quest to own all of the Zelda games complete-in-box. Play catch up on my progress by checking out my flagship entry, the first update, the second update, the third update, and the fourth update . If you are among my most faithful readers, than you already [...]
Game Boy Screen Replacement
Posted in Featured Article, tagged dmg, dmg-01, dmg01, game boy, Gameboy, new screen, nintendo, repair, screen, screen replacement on January 19, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
As you may well recall, I picked up an original Game Boy DMG-01 at a thrift store for $5.99 a few weeks ago. Not bad, not too bad at all. In fact, the only downside to the deal was the screen on the Game Boy was shit. Back in 1989 when the Game Boy was [...]
Hard Games: The Good, the Bad, and the Broken
Posted in Featured Article, tagged 8-bit, capcom, castlevania, contra, difficult, expert video games, hard games, konami, mega man, nes, ninja gaiden on January 11, 2012 | 3 Comments »
Nintendo games are hard. It’s a fact. Pictured: hard fucking games A lot of old Nintendo games are, as a matter of principal, really hard… but let’s be honest here. Video games these days for the most part are moronically easy. There are exceptions to this rule, but the rule remains. Challenging video games are a dying [...]
MSX Computer: One of the Deadlier Gets
Posted in Featured Article, finds, tagged anartic adventure, bubble bobble, cf 1200, Dragon Quest, encounter rate, gradius, gradius 2, msx, national on December 29, 2011 | 1 Comment »
I have wanted an MSX computer for quite some time. The MSX was a computer standard, popularized in Japan and Europe and developed jointly by Microsoft and ASCII Corporation. The standard was implemented and machines were created by such Japanese companies as Sony, Panasonic, and National to name a few. The platform mainly sold as [...]
The Legend of Zelda Special Edition 3DS
Posted in Featured Article, Reviews, tagged 3ds, DS, game boy, Gameboy, handheld, nintendo, ocarina of time, portable, special edition, zelda on December 27, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Santa was very good to me this year… and the Santa I am referring to here happens to be my beautiful wife. Yes, my young and lovely better-half got me one of the best Christmas presents I could have conceivably received; the Legend of Zelda Special Edition 3DS console. Let me begin by saying that [...]
Have a Fami-Fami Christmas! 2011 Edition!
Posted in Featured Article, tagged 3d, 3d hot rally, 3d system, 8-bit, christmas, Famicom, family computer, glasses, highway star, import, japan, japanese, konami, lcd, liquid crystal, nintendo, rad racer, shutter on December 21, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Well hello there, good friends! It is that time of year again; where a young man’s thoughts turn to trimming the Christmas tree and import video games! Ever since this blog started 4 years ago I have been getting a lot of Famicom related stuff in the month of December, culminating in last year’s epic 12 Days [...]
Metroid II is a great game
Posted in Featured Article, Reviews, tagged action, game boy, gb, metroid, nes, nintendo, return of samus, review on July 11, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Metroid II The Return of Samus, the lone Game Boy entry of the storied sci-fi Nintendo franchise takes a lot of flack. People just do not seem to like it all that much. It has been referred to as an inferior sequel and even blamed for the lack of a NES follow-up. Even Jeremy Parish, [...]
Famicom Time
Posted in Art of Collecting, Featured Article, tagged a/v famicom, antarctic adventure, collection, Famicom, family computer, japan, konami, nes, nes advantage, nintendo, punch out gold, punch out special, recca, retro on July 8, 2011 | 2 Comments »
I recently had some *gasp* free time, and I thought the best way to fill it would be to pull all my beloved Famicom games out and put in and play each and everyone, if only for a minute. I sat down and played for a good solid three hours… something I haven’t done with [...]
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