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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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Here’s Why Your Friends Are Flocking Back to World of Warcraft This Week
Are fewer people streaming Fall Guys? Are you lacking some “sus” people in Among Us? There’s a reason for it. World of Warcraft is back, baby. Kinda. Sorta. But it’s enough to make people ask where their gamer friends have been and why they’re logging into a game that’s old enough to legally drive. Like…
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Spooky PS2 Games to Grab this Season
The fall is the perfect time to scare yourself silly by adding these classic PS2 horror games to your collection. If you’re brave enough! (Evil laughter) It is my favorite time of year. The weather’s finally cooling down, the breeze brings that dead-leaf smell. People are decorating their homes with bloody demons and gut-strewn corpses,…
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Let Barrow Hill fill your Horror Void
Looking for a horror game to give you a scare this coming Halloween? Barrow Hill: Curse of the Ancient Circle is a pretty solid choice to fill that void. Barrow Hill: Curse of the Ancient Circle is a first person Point-and-Click horror game that relies very heavily on a scary atmosphere and environment. It was…
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PlayStation 5 Needs to Make Sequels to These PSX RPGs
The PlayStation 5 is arriving soon, and we’re all pretty excited about that, right? With the future on the horizon, I can’t help but take a glance back at some of the games that were on the original system. Several high-quality RPGs came out on the PSX and then died with the system, and I’d…
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How to Create the Perfect Gaming Room
As a gamer, you’re only as good as your setup. From distractions to faulty equipment, these are just some of the hindrances that can hold you back from getting the gold. If you’re ready to take your gaming to the next level, it’s time to upgrade your gaming room. Whether you’re creating a finished basement…
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How to Build Your Dream Gaming Setup
If you’re a gamer, you need a good setup in order to be at the top of the leaderboards. Although you might think that your setup doesn’t matter, it can actually impact your ability to win. So, what can you do as a new gamer? Well, we’ve got your back. Below, we’ve assembled some things…
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How to Install the Town with No Name (DOSBOX)
Alright everyone, I got a request from a few people to let them know where to a) find the DOS version of The Town With No Name and b) what I did to get it to work properly. I mentioned in my Town With No Name Review and Psycho Killer reviews (shameless plug) that these…
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Skill Versus Luck in Gaming
Tell anyone as recently as a decade ago that there would soon be a generation of players who could become millionaires just through playing video games and the chances are that they wouldn’t have believed you. To then go on to say that millions of people would choose to watch them compete in tournaments either…
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Final Fantasy 16’s New Trailer: The Good, Bad, the Ugly
The Final Fantasy 16 trailer came out last week and it was… interesting, to say the least. This is the first main entry into the series since the boy band days of Final Fantasy 15. With the little bit of information that we have to go on, it seems like we have some good, bad,…
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Why World of Warcraft Needs to End After Shadowlands
Making the case for a WoW 2.0 I don’t know about you, but I’m hype for World of Warcraft: Shadowlands. Everything from the level squish to the story has me raring to go. In fact, I wrote a whole article about why I am in the engineer’s room on the hype train. Still, I can’t…
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Has the Playstation 2 Pricing Bubble Finally Popped?
After a wild, wild summer, Playstation 2 game prices are finally kinda sorta starting to stabilize. The market will never be the same, but generally speaking, Playstation 2 Prices have Finished Exploding and the PS2 bubble seems to have popped. The COVID-19 quarantine has had a profound impact on game prices. Titles for aging systems like…
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Superliminal – A Mind-Bending Experience
First person puzzle platformers aren’t a genre of video games that is widely discussed. At least not that I hear. That doesn’t mean that they are not on the market but, to me, they seem to be few and far between. I’ve noticed that every first person puzzle platformer tends to have a theme since…