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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…
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Collecting retro Nintendo doesn’t have to be expensive, actually.
Greedy doodoo-heads seem determined to make my favorite hobby unaffordable. It’s been a little while since DKOldies started popping off on social media, but their legacy of severely overpriced retro games still lives on. For now, at least. Astute readers already know where I’m headed. Yes, this post exists in large part to promote the…
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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,…
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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.
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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…
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6 Forgotten Pokemon Games you Never Knew Existed
I’ve compiled a list of top 3 forgotten Pokemon games, so that you can finally say you’ve played ‘em all!
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Chained Echoes – A New 16-Bit RPG by Deck 13
Chained Echoes has demolished its Kickstarter goal, along with most of its stretch goals. It looks amazing, and the soundtrack plucks those nostalgia strings brilliantly.
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Brass Town Wrestling – A wrestling RPG inspired by Harvest Moon? (Not a typo)
Players will create their wrestler gimmick, develop and master their moves, hone their skills against the game’s 30+ wrestlers, build or destroy relationships with NPCs in order to become a heroic face or a dastardly heel depending on their interactions.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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…
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.