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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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The Pokémon Metagame is broken. Here’s how to fix it.
Just like any metagame, there are both overused creatures in the Pokemon world, and underused creatures as well. This is true for almost any popular esport, be it Smash Bros, Street Fighter or Mortal Kombat.
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Spooky Retro Games I’m playing this October
This list includes things I’ve already got, and a few things that I’ve neglected to pick up, but definitely want to try this month. And this is just the start of my creepy October list!
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Coming Soon: Rail Shooters for Nintendo Switch?
The Nintendo Switch is nothing if not versatile. Sure, it might lack the processing power of its competitors, but the system’s unique, modular design gives it plenty of options for developers to take advantage of. Just look at Nintendo Labo! Not saying it was the groundbreaking awesomeness Nintendo wanted it to be, but you’ve never…
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10 NES Games that Totally Exist!
I was going to make this a “NES hidden gems” post, but I feel like the NES library is pretty much revealed AF and the “hidden” gem thing is becoming cliche. These games are 30+ years old and many of them may have…
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Top 5 Revealed Tracks from Pokemon Sword and Shield
We only know so much of Galar region, with mere months left to go before we can finally experience the games. Here are five of my favorite tracks from Pokemon Sword and Shield revealed thus far!
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Link’s Awakening for the Switch is great. I guess.
The new addition to the Zelda fam, Link’s Awakening for the Nintendo Switch, checks aaaalllll the boxes to be a great game. But… that’s kind of where my problem with Link’s Awakening arises.
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I was wrong about Sirfetch’d. Will we get another variant for Pokemon Shield?
Not long after my post went live on the internet the truth and all would shortly be revealed. Sure enough, Sirfetch’d was unveiled, and thence, the precious time I spent on research–all gone to the wind.
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Re: My Petition to Remake Zelda II
I certainly know that Zelda II has its issues. It is far from perfect. I know I am Error. So are you. It’s cryptic (like Zelda I) and the story is convoluted. It’s difficult. It is very unlike the other Zelda games.
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5 Retro Remakes we Really, Really Need
Zelda II, nerds. How’s that for a hot take? Zelda II gets too much hate from them same youngsters I was complaining about at the top of this post (seems like a long time ago). And I’m not sure why. Like PUBG, Zelda II basically parachutes you into the middle of a big map with…
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Review – Dragon Ball Xenoverse (light spoilers)
I, like many people, am a huge fan of the Dragon Ball series. The characters are great, the stories are interesting and the action is intense. The games are great as well, although the market seems a bit oversaturated at this point.
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Magazine Retro Feature – Xexyz!
An in-depth look at a game that time forgot Don’t be mad at yourself if you haven’t heard of Xexyz for the NES. Even though it’s from Hudson Soft in the peak of their prime (1988 in Japan, 1990 in US) and it’s totally badass. In fact, if you’re even just familiar with the name…
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Galarian Farfetch’d?? (Who’s That Pokemon?)
So, a lot of people have been talking online about something weird that Gamefreak did recently. The curious and highly popular gaming company is known for having a pretty good grip