Slay the Spire

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

    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…

  • 16 Underrated NES Games

    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,…

  • Final Fantasy vs Dragon Warrior pt 1: A deep dive into JRPGs for the NES

    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.

  • The 15 Best Sega Dreamcast RPGs

    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…

  • Steam Awards: The results are in. Oh, and happy new year too.

    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!)

  • The Town With No Name Review

    The Town With No Name Review

    Think any western movie, mixed with a dash of comedy and produced in MS Paint. That’s The Town With No Name.

  • Mario Maker 2 Switch Update is the Best of Both Worlds

    Mario Maker 2 Switch Update is the Best of Both Worlds

    The update is free, so you get a massively popular hero and a great set of villains too, so it really is the best of both worlds!

  • Top 3 Snowy Levels from N64 Games

    Top 3 Snowy Levels from N64 Games

    If you have the opportunity over the next few months, fire up any of these nostalgic N64 titles and have yourself a jolly time rolling around in the virtual snow.

  • Pull-N-Go Switch Case Review

    Pull-N-Go Switch Case Review

    PDP Gaming has taken an interesting approach to Switch storage with their new case. I’ve never seen anything like it. So of course I jumped at the chance to write a Pull-N-Go Switch Case review.

  • Retro Review: Gyruss for NES

    Retro Review: Gyruss for NES

    Gyruss is like the bastard love child of Galaga and Tempest, set to the music of Bach. Weird.

  • Valfaris is Old-School Hard.

    Valfaris is Old-School Hard.

    From the graphics and music to the sheer variety of enemies and environments, Valfaris makes you want to keep playing, even if it means your repeated, gruesome death

  • Top 4 Female Protagonists in NES Games

    Top 4 Female Protagonists in NES Games

    If you comb through the NES catalog, you’ll find very few actual female protagonists. There are plenty of women getting captured, needing rescued, offering healing and all that stuff. But sadly, there are very few true, playable female leads.

  • What is Retro Game Treasure?

    What is Retro Game Treasure?

    I finally reached out to Retro Game Treasure and I’m very excited to announce that they’ve agreed to partner with me. You can save five bucks with the promo code GHETTO5.

  • Honest Review: Blaster Master

    Honest Review: Blaster Master

    Pile on top of that the fact that Blaster Master provides no passwords, no game saving, and only 5 continues. It’s amazing that anybody figured out how to finish the game back before save states and Switch Online’s rewind feature.

  • Top 5 First-Person Shooters on the Nintendo 64

    Top 5 First-Person Shooters on the Nintendo 64

    We’ve declared these the top 5 fps games on the N64 and we’re sticking to our guns. Originally released in 1996, the Nintendo 64 is easily one of the best video game consoles of all time. If you were gaming in the 90s and early 2000s, there’s a good chance you were gripping that weird…

  • Murdered: Soul Suspect Review – Deadly Disappointment

    Murdered: Soul Suspect Review – Deadly Disappointment

    Murdered: Soul Suspect is a 3rd person adventure/puzzle game with stealth elements. It was developed by Airtight Games and published by Square Enix and was released for a variety of consoles as well as PC. I love detective stories. So when I heard there was a game where you play as the ghost of a…