Category Archives: Reviews

Game Opinion Summaries: TurboGrafx (Turbo) CD / PC Engine CD – An Amazing System!

Posted on February 5, 2014 by Brian

System History — The TurboGrafx-CD, also known as the PC Engine CD, was the first ever home gaming platform that used CD-based media. The only even remotely similar predecessor is the Japan-only MSX Laserdisc drive from the mid ’80s, but … Continue reading →

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Game Opinion Summaries & System Review: Magnavox Odyssey 2, my first 2nd gen system. Especially featuring UFO! and Turtles!

Posted on January 29, 2014 by Brian

  I got a Magnavox Odyssey 2 in August 2012. I only have seventeen carts, with 21 games on them total, but it’s a start at least. It’s an interesting system; I’d never had a working second gen machine before … Continue reading →

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Game Opinion Summaries: Sega CD (Mega CD) – The Genesis’s Good Addon

Posted on January 27, 2014 by Brian

Platform Summary and History — Ah, the Sega CD, Sega’s first disc-based platform. The Sega CD was released in late 1991 in Japan, fall 1992 in the US, and 1993 in Europe. The system attaches to the Sega Genesis, and, … Continue reading →

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Game Opinion Summaries: Nintendo 64

Posted on November 20, 2013 by Brian

The Nintendo 64 is my favorite console ever, and has an incredible library of great games. I got my first N64 back in September 1999, and quickly came to love it. The system is one of the best-looking consoles ever, … Continue reading →

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System and Game Opinion Summaries: Atari 7800 (& 2600 Games): 3rd-Gen Console, 2nd-Gen Games?

Posted on August 7, 2013 by Brian

The Atari 7800: My Thoughts & System Overview I’d never owned an Atari system before, and had barely ever played one, but that changed when I got an Atari 7800 back in April. It’s an interesting system to have… and … Continue reading →

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Game Opinion Summaries: Super Nintendo (SNES)

Posted on May 25, 2013 by Brian

In the ’90s, I only had PC and Game Boy/GB Color for gaming, until I got an N64 in late ’99. I later got a GC, but I’d missed a lot, and eventually I wanted to go back and get … Continue reading →

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Game Opinion Summaries: Game Boy

Posted on February 21, 2013 by Brian

This is a new name for my series of short (one to three paragraphs each) reviews of all the games I own for a system. This one is one of my personal favorite videogame systems ever. Note: This thread is … Continue reading →

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Gauntlet Legends and Dark Legacy Appreciation and Version Comparison: Remembering Some of the Best Action-RPGs Ever Made

Posted on October 14, 2012 by Brian

As an aside before I begin, in fact the first Gauntlet game with some of the hallmarks of Gauntlet Legends — saving your character, character levels, a quest with an ending, themed areas to play through with bosses at the … Continue reading →

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Game Opinion Summaries: PC Racing Games

Posted on September 17, 2012 by Brian

Racing games have been one of my favorite genres ever since the mid ’90s. I didn’t play racing games all that often before that point, but since then, I’ve loved the genre, and have played a good number of racing … Continue reading →

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Game Opinion Summaries: Saturn

Posted on August 19, 2012 by Brian

I have 71 Saturn games, including 6 imports, not including the two demo discs, so it’s a whole lot less games than that N64 list I’ll post soon, but it’s a nice collection. I don’t have an import-heavy collection, so I’ll be reviewing a bunch of the Western Saturn releases that people often seem to skip over. Some are good games. The list is complete, but I’m sure some work could still be done to improve it even more. I’d also like to add all of the save file sizes. Continue reading →

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