As a kid I never actually own a Game Boy. I was one of the “turncoats” who went straight from the NES to the SEGA Genesis in Sonic the Hedgehog’s brilliant blue wake. That is not to say that I didn’t ever play any Game Boy games at the time. I had this good friend [...]
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Don’t Look Back in Anger: Metroid II
Posted in Reviews, tagged game boy, Gameboy, metroid, metroid 2, nintendo, return of samus, Reviews on February 9, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Snake, Rattle ‘N Roll
Posted in Reviews on January 31, 2012 | 3 Comments »
Undoubtedly, the 8-bit Nintendo era was the perfect casual crossroads in videogame technology- think of it as the iPhone of it’s day. Let me explain: At the time of it’s release NES was far more cost efficient than a computer, with the savings far out-weighing what those computers could offer the casual consumer for entertainment. It [...]
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 [...]
FUNstation 3!
Posted in Art of Collecting, finds, Reviews, tagged famiclone, Famicom, family computer, funstation, funstation 3, nintendo, pirate, xoomstation on August 13, 2011 | 9 Comments »
I just got this in the mail (via Hong Kong Post, naturally). The box may say Xoomstation, but don`t be fooled- the console itself is of course a FUNstation. A FUNstation 3, no less (the caps are mine). Now, I must declare upfront that this does not, as the box claims, have “unsurpassed 64-bit graphics [...]
8-bit Sonic the Hedgehog
Posted in Reviews, tagged game sugar, gamesugar, genesis, master system, mastersystem, Sega, sms, sonic, sonic the hedgehog on July 15, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Did you know there was a version of Sonic the Hedgehog released for the Sega Master System? You bet there was, and you know what? It’s a pretty fantastic game. More than just a simple port of the inferior Game Gear version, Sonic for the SMS was not only the last game released for the [...]
Super Mario Bros. 2 is a hard game
Posted in Reviews, tagged disk system, Famicom, family computer, mario, nes, nintendo, super mario bros. 2 on July 13, 2011 | 8 Comments »
Having recently sat down and watched a marathon of Game Center CX, I found that the Super Mario Bros. 2 episode was stuck in my mind. It’s been a while since I sat down and gave the disk system version of Mario 2 a good thorough play-through. Was it really as hard as Shinya Arina [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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