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One Man’s Quest to Review Every 16-Bit Game

I’ve played, reviewed, and documented my thoughts about every single game that was released in North America during the 16-bit era. Crazy, right? That’s 716 Super Nintendo, 704 Sega Genesis, and 95 TurboGrafx-16 games, for a grand total of 1,515 fourth-generation titles. Obviously, this begs two questions: Why would you do such a thing? My…

July 8, 2024
16 Underrated NES Games

The Nintendo Entertainment System is one of the most successful and most enduring video game consoles ever invented. Following the North American console crash, the NES emerged not only as the dominating force in home gaming, but as a pop culture icon so ubiquitous as to be almost unmatched in its ubiquitatious ubiquitosity! Mario, Metroid,…

May 20, 2024
Final Fantasy vs Dragon Warrior pt 1: A deep dive into JRPGs for the NES

…in the Japanese version…a woman offers to sell puff-puff – a Japanese onomatopoeia for a girl rubbing her breasts in someone’s face, or juggling her own breasts. In the North American version, the woman sells tomatoes.

May 10, 2024
The 15 Best Sega Dreamcast RPGs

Sega’s systems have had plenty of great RPGs, but like Rodney Dangerfield, they get no respect. Sega Dreamcast was a very intriguing system that never lived up to its full potential. Despite having internet connectivity and good graphics, the Dreamcast lacked the sales to keep up with the competition. Remember, the system suffered from the…

January 26, 2021
4 Retro Game Series That Were Better Off Dead

Yet, these game studios and producers don’t always realize that names have power. A series name can raise sales and excitement, but gamers expect high quality games in return.

February 1, 2020
Top 5 Underrated Legend of Zelda Bosses

There are clear fan-favorite enemies, such as many of the different iterations of the main antagonist Ganon, but what about the underdogs?

January 29, 2020
Top 5 N64 cities and towns (Guest post by N64 Squid)

Outside of Japan, the Nintendo 64 isn’t particularly well known for its RPGs. Because of this, there weren’t very many town or hubs that you could explore… and when there was some, they’d mostly just serve as just another stage.

January 27, 2020
Psycho Killer Retro Review

The voice acting is awful as well. The main character delivers his lines with the same enthusiasm as I had in playing the game, that is, not much at all.

January 23, 2020
4 Things Bethesda Must Do to Make The Elder Scrolls 6 Great

To say The Elder Scrolls 6 has its work cut out for it is a serious understatement. Not only does Bethesda have to rebuild its reputation as a company due to recent flops…

January 21, 2020
3 Insane Speedruns from Awesome Games Done Quick 2020

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is one of the undisputed classic Nintendo games and – as usual – ended up being one of the best Nintendo speedruns of AGDQ 2020

January 17, 2020
The 5 Greatest NES Space Games

Where did The Guardian Legend take place? On the planet Naju. It was a popular nominee for Best NES Space Games, but the whole thing takes place on one planet. The shoot-em-up segments take place in corridors within the planet Naju. Sorry.

January 15, 2020
Five Dreamcast Games That Deserve a Remake

With all the remakes, reheats and rehashes, there are still some games that have fallen through the cracks. Here’s five Dreamcast games that deserve a remake.

January 13, 2020
15 Sega Genesis RPGs that PROVE it was the True RPG Console

Sega Genesis RPGs were better. Not only did the Genesis do more to keep the genre alive, but the system expanded RPGs into many different directions and did so with great success.

January 10, 2020
Is Oculus Quest Any Fun?

A comprehensive look at the worlds you can explore, Quest’s selection of games, and Facebook’s looming shadow over everything that happens in the virtual world.

January 9, 2020
The Stretch of Mike Matei’s Imagination

Nobody likes a gatekeeper, and this particular gate doesn’t need to be kept. Just let people enjoy things.

January 4, 2020
Steam Awards: The results are in. Oh, and happy new year too.

If you know my gaming habits, it should be no surprise that I’ve only played 2 of the nominated games (out of 40 total nominees. I can’t afford all these newfangled games!)

January 2, 2020

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