Category Archives: NES

List: The Number of Mario & Zelda Main Series Titles, By Platform

Posted on May 4, 2026 by Brian

Why has it been over two months since the last article?   I’m not sure, but as usual I have written a bunch of scraps of lists but not finished or posted anything.  Well, this one is long enough to post, … Continue reading →

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The Worst Game I Own For Each Platform I Have

Posted on March 14, 2024 by Brian

Uh, yeah, it’s been too long.  I haven’t been playing retro games much, honestly, other than Starcraft: Brood War, by far the best game ever made, which I got back into last week.  I should write something about that game … Continue reading →

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2023 Game of the Year

Posted on December 31, 2023 by Brian

What I Have Been Playing This Year I’ve been sick this week, and while I’m getting better I’m not quite fully recovered yet so this will be shorter than it otherwise probably would be. This year, I bought as many … Continue reading →

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On My Setup – Classic and Modern Gaming on both Old and New TVs with Good Image Quality

Posted on August 14, 2020 by Brian

I would say I am sorry for not having posted anything for so many months, but… it’s been a very bad year for this world, I haven’t been able to get myself to write a post in a while.  I … Continue reading →

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My Favorite Games of 2019, and of the Decade of the 2010s

Posted on January 27, 2020 by Brian

I usually do not do Game of the Year lists and have not for some time, and for good reason — it is impossible for any one person to play all of the great games released in a year, and … Continue reading →

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Console Opinion Summaries, Part 2: The Third Generation – Atari 5200 and 7800, NES, Master System, and Colecovision

Posted on December 16, 2019 by Brian

That’s right, it’s not a mirage, it’s an actual update to my ‘Console Opinion Summaries’ list!  This took way too long, so for future entries I probably should cut back on the history portions that are done much more completely … 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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List: Looney Tunes Games

Posted on September 14, 2015 by Brian

Looney Tunes is my favorite cartoon series ever.  No other cartoon, Western or Eastern, matches its brilliance.  And because of its lasting popularity, there have been many Looney Tunes games over the years.  This list should include all of them.  … Continue reading →

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Opinion List: My Favorite Console (TV or Handheld System) Games By Platform (lists for each system) & A list of how much I like each console relative to the others I own

Posted on September 7, 2015 by Brian

This post is a purely opinion-based list of my favorite games for each of the consoles I own.  This is only a console list — I will do a PC list separately because it’d be too hard to do them … Continue reading →

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Opinion List: My Favorite Game For Each Platform I Have (No Late Ports Included) & For Each Platform (True Exclusives Only)

Posted on July 18, 2015 by Brian

Inspired by this NeoGAF thread, I wrote up this list: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=171036686  First I made the list from the thread, and then second a list of only true exclusives, that is games that are only available on that platform and no … Continue reading →

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