Category Archives: Research

A Beginner’s Guide to the Texas Instruments TI-99/4A Computer

Posted on April 19, 2023 by Brian

————- INTRODUCTION ————-   This is a guide for how to use an old computer platform that I have had an interest in for some time now.  I wrote a Game Opinion Summaries list for some TI99 carts something like … Continue reading →

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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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Many Issues with the Iffy PlayStation 3 Operating System

Posted on December 15, 2016 by Brian

While I work on my next article, and it is in the works, how about this little almost ten-years-out-of-date, but new to me, list of complaints? I got a PS3 for the first time a few months ago, and while … Continue reading →

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Review: San Francisco Rush 2049 (ARC/N64/DC), The Greatest Racing Game Ever Made

Posted on August 22, 2016 by Brian

So, because it was the Olympics, I was watching that a lot… on my HDTV, at least.  Often at the same time, I was also playing a lot of this game again for the first time in a  while on … 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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Sega Saturn Game Info Box Color Codes & List of if Saturn Shmups Support Saving

Posted on June 30, 2015 by Brian

I made this list back in early 2009, a while after I got a Saturn, because I wanted to know exactly which Saturn shmups save, after learning that Darius Gaiden and In the Hunt don’t.  This version of the list … 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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TI 99/4A Function Key Listing

Posted on May 20, 2015 by Brian

This is just a little list I made based on looking online for this information, after failing to find a link online showing the order of the function keys for anyone like me who has a TI 99/4A computer (Texas … 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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Research: Cancelled Games – NEC’s Monster Maker 2: The Ark of Gods (Turbo CD), Saturn Monster Maker, and other series information

Posted on December 21, 2014 by Brian

This is just some quick internet research I did earlier this year about what Japanese websites have to say about NEC’s cancelled sequels to the 1994 Turbo CD (PC Engine CD) RPG Monster Maker: Yami no Ryuukishi. I don’t turn … Continue reading →

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