Category Archives: Articles

Article: Why Zelda: A Link to the Past is Overrated (but good)

Posted on January 1, 2017 by Brian

———— Introduction ———— I love the Legend of Zelda games, they are among the best! Indeed, I have sometimes considered it my favorite videogame series. This action-adventure franchise is amazing thanks to its great gameplay, graphics, music, and design. I … Continue reading →

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E3 2016: My Thoughts On the Conferences, Gameplay and Gender in Zelda, and Nintendo’s Show

Posted on June 21, 2016 by Brian

I do have a pretty-much-finished 6-game update to the PC Game Opinion Summaries list done, but as last week was E3, I’ll be posting this now instead, and that later and with some additions. So, E3 2016 was last week, … Continue reading →

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Article: Losing Rare, and How Nintendo Lost Western Developers

Posted on April 23, 2016 by Brian

I have started on a PC Platformers Game Opinion Summaries list, but that will take a little while before it gets started.  Today, though, I’ve got this!  This article was based on posts I made in this NeoGAF thread here, … Continue reading →

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Article: “Nintendo 64 Controller” Famiclone Systems: The Super Joy III and Power Joy Pirate Consoles

Posted on October 17, 2015 by Brian

This is an improved, rewritten upgrade of a post I wrote in 2012 when I got the Power Joy system described below.  These things are pretty interesting pirate game units, and it’s cool to have a few of them. 🙂 … Continue reading →

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Zero Wing (TCD): My Levels 9 & 10 Strategy

Posted on July 29, 2015 by Brian

This is a little followup article inspired by a comment I received about my recent Zero Wing review for the Turbografx-16 CD, wondering how I got past level 9 in this difficult game.  Here’s what I did.  This probably won’t … Continue reading →

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Update: Scoring Games, Missing Scores, and Score Listing Added to Contents

Posted on July 26, 2015 by Brian

After posting the new Zero Wing (TCD) review and adding it to the Contents page, I thought that it would be a good idea to add the scores next to the names of games I have reviewed in the Contents … Continue reading →

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My Thoughts on E3 2015

Posted on June 21, 2015 by Brian

E3 was this week, and it was pretty awesome to watch!  It’s great that so much stuff from E3 gets streamed now, there was so much to watch.  I’m sure I’ll be finding stuff to watch from E3 for quite … Continue reading →

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Sega CD games and “Bit Rot”: A worse problem than on other disc-based platforms? Why is this?

Posted on June 11, 2015 by Brian

Sorry for the lack of updates, but here’s something important. Hopefully I can get back to a more regular (at least weekly) update schedule after this. Introduction I know that this has been mentioned plenty of times around the internet, … Continue reading →

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San Francisco Rush 2049 Version Comparison: Nintendo 64 & Dreamcast, The Differences and My Preferred Version

Posted on May 2, 2015 by Brian

San Francisco Rush 2049, developed by Atari Games and published by Midway, released in late 2000 for the N64 and Dreamcast.  It is my favorite game ever made in which you drive a vehicle.  I got the game for Nintendo … Continue reading →

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Article – Console Generations: The Missing Videogame Generation

Posted on January 13, 2015 by Brian

This is an article from a few years ago that I just reworked and improved.  Unfortunately, this situation still has not been corrected, so the article is still entirely valid and important! By now I’m sure that almost everyone knows … Continue reading →

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