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 [...]
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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 »
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 [...]
Non Retro Review: Arcana Heart 3
Posted in Featured Article, Reviews, tagged anime, arcana heart, arcana heart 3, fighting, girl, japanese, moe, non retro review, ps3, review on June 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I tend to slant more toward the button mashing side of things when it comes to fighting games, but that doesn’t mean that I still don’t love me some over-the-top, all-hell-breaking-loose, screen-flashing, anime-sprayed insanity. Enter Arcana Heart 3, which hit the spot nicely. A few complaints here and there, but over all pretty great. Read [...]
Mega Man!
Posted in Art of Collecting, Featured Article, finds, tagged 64, archie, capcom, keiji inafune, legends, mega man, mega man 64, mega mix, megaman, megamix, nes, nintendo, nintendo 64, playstation, rock man, rockman, super nintendo, x on June 7, 2011 | 11 Comments »
I have been getting quite a bit of Mega Man stuff lately without even realizing it, so i decided to make this a catch all finds/collection post. Now, I do not have the most extensive or impressive Mega Man collection, but it has never really been about collecting Mega Man games to me. The joy [...]
Ultra Review Roundtable: Kid Dracula
Posted in Featured Article, Reviews, tagged castlevania, game boy, kid dracula, portable, retro, review, ultra review roundtable, urr on May 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This is a newish feature. Myself and group of like-minded retro gamers participate in group reviews under the name Ultra Review Roundtable. Each of us adds our own thoughts to an overall review piece, which then gets syndicated across all of the participant’s sites. Enjoy! Thanks goes to Jeff at VGMastersClub.com for putting this all [...]
Long Rumored Super Famicom Box Game Confirmed
Posted in Featured Article, News and Updates, tagged 16-bit, bomberman 2, cart, famicom box, nintendo, Rare, snes, super famicom box on May 19, 2011 | 6 Comments »
The Super Famicom Box was a system developed by Nintendo and used exclusively in the hospitality industry in Japan. Specifically, it was placed in hotel rooms where blocks of time could be purchased to play the built in games via a coin box mounted on the side. The Super Famicom Box is basically just an [...]
Retro Review
Posted in Featured Article, Reviews, tagged 8-bit, game sugar, gamesugar, nes, net, nintendo, puzzle games, Rare, snake rattle and roll on May 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I know it been a while since I have updated, but in the recent melt (after a record snow fall) my basement took on some serious water, so I have been dealing with that lately. Thankfully the game room survived unscathed, save for a small wet spot in one corner. Updates around here will be [...]
Mighty Final Fight
Posted in Featured Article, Reviews, tagged capcom, chibi, cib, Famicom, family computer, final fight, haggar, mighty final fight, nintendo, review, super deformed on April 6, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Released in June 1993 in Japan, only a month after Final Fight 2 for the Super Famicom, Mighty Final Fight was CAPCOM’s entry into the pool of 8-bit chibi/super deformed Japanese franchise spin-offs. Like Konami’s chibi Castlevania title Akumajō Special: Boku Dracula-kun and Namcot’s Splatterhouse: Wanpku Graffiti before it, Mighty Final Fight created a super [...]
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