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NFL Week 3 Review "Madden 95" 2008-09-21 15:12:00 Madden 95 on the Sega Genesis is my choice for the NFL Week 3 Review. Madden 95 was the first Madden game to feature actual players names instead of just their numbers. In addition to names and numbers, this game was one of the first to actually keep track of stats both in-game and over the course of the season. For the most part this game was pretty stock. My biggest "beefs" with this game was t Read more:Madden
Console Wars 2008-09-21 01:08:00 The gaming world is slowly bracing itself for the impending insanity of another holiday season. With a slew of incredible new releases on the next generation consoles, excitement is in the air. Granted it is only mid-September, but if you are thinking of buying a Wii, XBox 360 or PS3, you might want to consider picking one up soon cause in a few weeks they'll be very hard to find. As for the big Read more:Console
Not Exactly Old School 2008-09-19 15:10:00 The Playstation and Playstation 2 aren't exactly "old school" consoles, but have some great games nonetheless. I am a huge fan of the Suikoden series for both consoles. When it comes to the newer systems, I would say the four games in the series that I have played (1,2,3,5) are my favorite RPG's on the newer consoles. Granted, Final Fantasy is an excellent series, but it lacks the army building ch Read more:Old School
, School
The Revenge of Shinobi 2008-09-18 04:59:00 You can't call yourself a serious gamer if you have never played Shinobi on the Sega Genesis, Sega Master System or NES. Shinobi is a really cool game with great action packed levels, interesting boss battles and crazy ninja magic. This game is a lot of fun on any of the aforementioned consoles especially with the volume cranked. The first time I played Shinobi, I was at my cousins house. I nearl Read more:Revenge
Can you imagine... 2008-09-17 19:08:00 ...if you walked into a room and saw this guy sitting there? If you enjoy this blog, you'd probably say awesome (or something to that effect). Personally, I dig it and am putting, "getting one of those costumes" on my to do list. The list is getting pretty long, but what is one more thing anyway?
Metroid 2008-09-17 04:48:00 When you think of some games, there is no middle ground, you either love them or hate them. Metroid
for the NES is clearly one of those games. This game is a hard son of a bitch, unless you plug in one of the crazy invincibility codes, and even then it is easy to get turned around and lost. This game isn't at all unlike driving in Boston, MA.Anyway, we all know the story of Metroid so I'm not goin
Jurassic Park SNES 2008-09-16 04:23:00 The Super Nintendo had a lot of great movie-based games over the years, but there were also some duds. Jurassic
Park for the SNES was technically a movie-based game, however many believe it had much more in common with the Michael Chrichton novel. Regardless, JP for SNES was a bad game. The game begins at the gates of the park and sports an overhead view similar to the NES version. The graphics a Read more:Jurassic Park
Donkey Kong Country 2008-09-15 05:14:00 Donkey Kong has been through a lot when you look at the history of video games and he's spent some time on all of the major platforms. Whether he was hurling barrels at Mario (Coleco/Atari), being rescued by his son Donkey Kong Jr. (Atari, NES) or reliving his past exploits in Donkey Kong on the NES, DK has done it all. If you enjoyed those old school adventures, then Donkey Kong Country
on the S Read more:Donkey
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Week 2 NFL Review "Football" 2008-09-14 04:34:00 There have been a lot of great football games on the old school consoles, but none was worse than Football
for the Atari 2600. I've got to be honest, I never knew what the hell was going on at any given time during that game. Basically, you have 3 blobby looking pixel guys on the top and bottom of a screen, a line and a pixel shaded blue and when you press the button they all move in unison... and
Darius Twin on SNES 2008-09-13 03:56:00 Set in a fish bowl from hell, Darius Twin is a fast paced, action packed sidescrolling shooter where you are only as good as what you can remember is coming from the right. This game is truly a "I need fifty lives to win" kind of game. In fact, I managed to buy a copy of this game that had the extra life code written on the back in permanent marker. I'm not trying to convince you that the game is
Final Fantasy 2008-09-12 05:42:00 Final Fantasy for the NES, this is where it all started. Nowadays, I think we're up to 13 or maybe 14 "traditional" Final Fantasy games (not including tactics and other related games) across a multitude of platforms. Granted, they are all really cool in there own ways, but any hardcore old school gamer values the first few on the NES and SNES much more than the rest. My favorite is the first Final Read more:Final
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The Legend of Zelda A Link To The Past 2008-09-11 05:22:00 Since we've been talking a bit lately about the different Zelda
games on both the Nintendo and Super Nintendo, I thought we'd take a quick look at Link To The Past on the SNES. If you've never played this game, don't tell anyone it is going to be okay. What you need to do is log in to Amazon or Half.com and order a copy this afternoon. Anyway, Link To The Past is a great game. If you are familiar Read more:Legend
Earthworn Jim 2008-09-10 13:07:00 Earthworm Jim for the Sega Genesis was a great game! Packed with quirky humor, crazy enemies and truly bizarre sounds and game design, Earthworm Jim was one of the most advanced games for its time. The game begins with Jim, a regular earthworm, who stumbles upon a super space suit of some kind dropped by a psychotic space crow. Upon climbing into the suit Jim is granted super powers as well as one
The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time 2008-09-09 06:20:00 Having recently posted about the N64, I thought that it would be appropriate to review my favorite N64 game The Legend
of Zelda
Ocarina of Time. This game was awesome, quite possibly the greatest Zelda game of all time, (I haven't played Wind Waker on Wii, that sounds fruity huh?) with maybe the exception of Link to The Past on SNES.Ocarina of Time's storyline is expansive as it takes place during
8-Bit Gaming and Beyond 2008-09-08 14:04:00 We've been spending a great deal of time lately covering reviews of some of the greatest games of the 8-64-Bit era, and we've been reliving some childhood memories. I for one, really enjoy this conversation and am looking forward to continuing to relive these classics. Since, I've been posting at 8-bit Memoirs, I've had the opportunity to network and chat with a number of fellow bloggers who enjoy Read more:Gaming
Nintendo 64 2008-09-08 06:03:00 The N64 was a decent console, but overall quantity of quality games was lacking. In fact, most of the people that I know who have an N64 bought it for either The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time or James Bond Goldeneye. Personally, I bought mine about 4 or 5 years ago for Zelda OoT and was perfectly content. Granted, Goldeneye was one great game, but I could never find enough people to play it sinc Read more:Nintendo
Week 1 NFL Review "Tecmo Bowl" 2008-09-07 15:37:00 With the NFL season officially opening up Thursday night and the bulk of the "workload" being today, I've decided to review one of my all-time favorite sports games, the original Tecmo Bowl for NES. Granted, Tecmo Super Bowl on the NES was a great game, the original is my target during week 1.Tecmo Bowl is an awesome game, with 12 NFL teams to choose from and a wide assortment of plays to run (4),
Mike Tyson's Punch Out 2008-09-06 03:42:00 No, I'm not talking about "Punch
Out" with Mr. Dream, I'm talking Mike Tyson's Punch Out! I don't know of anybody who hasn't seen or played one version or the other of this great game and didn't like it. Mike Tyson's Punch Out follows the story of Little Mac, a small in stature big in heart boxer who has the walnuts to go up against some of the worlds baddest cliched boxing superstars. Whether yo
The Legend of Zelda 2008-09-04 05:54:00 Thats right, The Legend
of Zelda
! This cartridge for the NES will likely go down in history as the greatest 8-bit action/RPG of all time. The game is so good it is made of solid gold, alright it is just gold colored, but still...The first time I played The Legend of Zelda for the NES, I couldn't put it down. In fact, I am willing to bet there has been many a bladder infection due to the addictive
Have You Seen Me 2008-09-03 05:53:00 MISSING: Have You Seen Me?Name: Sega Saturn answers to BuddyLost on December 18th, 1998 near the corner of Congress Ave. and 6th Street.Contact: Sega of America @ 1-800-200-SEGABuddy is very fearful and may be hiding from third party developers, if you see him please call day or night.
Apple II Series 2008-09-02 05:29:00 This is where it all really began. In 1985, I began attending school at St. Patrick's in Lawrence, MA, and like all the other kids in the 1st grade I took computer class. That faithful day in September of 85 was the first time I saw her. Sitting in my cold metal chair with my computer buddy Mark, we learned how to boot up the Apple
II and take "Logo Writer" for a spin.From that point forward, I be
Double Dragon V The Shadow Falls 2008-09-01 05:15:00 Most people have never heard of Dragon
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V "The ShadowFalls
", and that is probably the best thing for the franchise. DDV is a stock fighting game, with cliched characters and glitchy gameplay. The control is not only unresponsive, but it is damn near impossible to pull off any of the "special" moves. If the control isn't bad enough, the anticlimactic nature of the game will leave you lookin
Double Dragon 2008-08-31 05:04:00 Since we've been chatting about fighting games recently, lets take a look at one of the best fighting games on the NES, yeah that's right, the original Dragon
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. Double Dragon for the NES was one of the all time most popular games for the console. The player takes control of Either Jimmy or Billy Lee and proceeds to kick the shit out of gang members and giant mutant freaks in order to rescue
Street Fighter 2010 2008-08-30 04:50:00 Street Fighter 2010 is a pretty cool game. I saw this cart listed over at Half.com for a few bucks and went ahead and ordered it. I had always heard that there was a Street Fighter game for the NES but was skeptical as to what to expect. When the game arrived, I plugged it in and was surprised that it had damn near nothing to do with the series I had grown to love during the 90's.First off, the ga Read more:Street
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Captain Skyhawk 2008-10-09 03:08:00 The NES had a lot of great games that gained a ton of exposure through the media and gamers alike, but there are some great games that a lot of people have ever heard of and Captain
Skyhawk is not one of them. In Captain Skyhawk, the player takes control of a fighter jet to stave off an alien invasion of baseball diamonds and weird pellet firing pyramids?The game itself focuses on destroying sever
Super Street Fighter 2 "The New Challengers" 2008-10-08 04:29:00 The Sega Genesis had a lot of great fighting games for everyone. Whether you enjoyed the sheer horror of Mortal Kombat (people were exceptionally fearful back then), the goofiness of ClayFighter or the all around playability of the Street
Fighter series, Genesis has got you covered. This review is going to focus on Super
Street Fighter 2 "The New Challengers".This game was excellent and in my opi
Mortal Kombat 2008-10-07 04:10:00 Oh yeah, Mortal Kombat
on the Sega Genesis now that was one badass game. Back in the mid 90's the fever of ultra violent video games game into full effect. Perhaps the most violent game of that era was Mortal Kombat
on the Genesis. Not only was MK one of the first games to hold a MA-13 rating, but also featured the infamous blood code that enabled even more mischief and mayhem. In my opinion, the
Going Paperless 2008-10-06 18:23:00 Having worked in a number of industries over the last several years, I've witnessed first hand the importance of going paperless. Whether it is medical records, retail transactions or home office maintenance, the allure of paperless record keeping is truly an alluring option. Having worked in retail during the initiation of the Sarbanes-Oxley Corporate Accounting act, I understand the importance o Read more:Going
Tetris 2008-10-06 18:14:00 Nintendo had a lot of great puzzle games, but there was never a better one than Tetris
. If I had to sum up Tetris in one word I'd say "addictive". One of the first games I ever owned, I spent a great deal of time in front of the old television rocking out to that weird Russian soundtrack while I was sliding blocks into empty spaces. The game wasn't overly difficult unless you jacked up the speed
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