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What's old is new again; rediscover retro video games and explore vintage-inspired reboots of the all-time classics.
Crash n the boys street challenge: an unsung video game classic
In the early 90’s there was a video game released on Nintendo with some other video game distributor called Crash and the boys street challenge and I loved that game so much. Given the 80s had just ended. It was like one of those video games made up to look like crash was the rich guy and he had a rich father and they had to compete in an Olympic type games throughout the streets of New York cause that’s where the video game was set And I only made it to the one challenge where they’re swimming in the middle of New York City in the street and it looked like an Olympic size pool but yet it was a great video game nonetheless. Too bad not enough people know about this awesome video game.
By Revista Miko:XCI 4 days ago in Gamers
NBA Jam : a great triumph in sports gaming
Back in the day I had a Sega Genesis Game Gear and it ruled! The one game that I had was “NBA Jam” and it was a great basketball video game. I used to go to the bowling alley when NBA jam video game came out and I would always ask for quarters and change to go to the arcade that was in the bowling alley just to play. It was the first arcade game I ever really played. I loved it. The look and aesthetic of the video game standalone machine was awesome too, as well as the video game that I was playing on it.
By Revista Miko:XCI 4 days ago in Gamers
Nintendo forever!
I want to touch on this briefly didn’t like the Nintendo video game duck hunt. However, whoever did that video game offered an alternative where you didn’t wanna kill innocent ducks, which I didn’t like killing the innocent ducks. You can always did the alternative, which is the ski shooting one instead, so I really didn’t care for the duck hunt video game. And I’m just glad that they offered an alternative to those who didn’t want to do that. Super Mario Brothers and duck hunt actually were a compact video game on one cartridge. They came with the old-school NES Nintendo system, which is pretty cool and I would sit in the basement playing it in particular super Mario Brothers, and in fact, I swear to God, I think I did save the princess For many years. I wondered if I did, but then one day I realize I probably did without knowing it, which is pretty cool in my opinion.
By Revista Miko:XCI 4 days ago in Gamers
Remember: Before Stardew Valley, There Was Harvest Moon
It may come as a shock to some, but farming simulators didn't begin in 2016. They've actually been around since the '90s, and long before Stardew Valley became the standard against which practically every new farming game is measured, there was Harvest Moon . Don't get me wrong, I've put my fair share of hours into Pelican Town. But judging by the way modern gaming articles discuss the genre, you'd think Stardew Valley was the first game to let players grow crops, raise livestock, and romance the locals, rather than building upon a formula that had already existed for decades.
By Veronica Thor13 days ago in Gamers
My Top 25 Lynx Games
The Atari Lynx was a notable also-ran in the original handheld console war. The Game Boy dominated the market, the Game Gear trailed behind in second. Of the original three main competitors, the Lynx came in a distant third. I think it did a little better in the UK than in most places, though. I know a few people in the early-to-mid-forties age bracket who have fond memories of it. My flatmate, who is much smarter and cooler than I, was a Lynx girl, and still champions the cause. I knew at least one kid who had a Lynx back in the day, and got the chance to play on it a few times. I can’t for the life of me remember who they were, but I do remember the console. In retrospect, it was way too big and unwieldy for a handheld, but to the small me the size and weight of it just made it seem more impressive. This was a grown-up’s machine.
By Daniel Tessier3 months ago in Gamers
You Don't Survive Twenty Years by Accident
I am going to level with you. I can count on one finger how many hours I've spent in the expansive, pixelated fantasy realm of Azeroth. I spent a lot of that hour fucking about with the controls and trying to pick fights. Fights I could never win.
By Paul Stewart3 months ago in Gamers
My Top 25 Game Gear games
While the Mega Drive/Genesis was Sega’s major console success story, and the Master System was a hit everywhere except North America and Japan, the Game Gear was a serious contender for the handheld market. While it never came close to meeting the Game Boy’s sales, the Game Gear achieved a respectable market share, and was a big hit in the UK. I knew a lot of kids who owned Game Gears, particularly friends’ older brothers and sisters, and much like the Mega Drive it was the cooler, grown-up rival to Nintendo’s consoles. Sega leaned into this, of course, with the sleek black design, and even the name, which deliberately made the Game Boy sound like the kids’ version.
By Daniel Tessier3 months ago in Gamers
My Top 25 Master System games
The Sega Master System is one of those consoles that was either a huge deal or a mere also-ran, depending on your age and where you grew up. It was Sega's first true international release, arriving in different regions between 1986 and 1989, followed by the cheaper, more streamlined Master System II in 1990. In North America and its native Japan, it hardly made a dent. In the UK, Australia, New Zealand and much of Europe, it was a huge hit, outselling the NES for several years. In Brazil, it was even bigger, with local manufacturer Tec Toy releasing Master System variants well into the 21st century.
By Daniel Tessier4 months ago in Gamers
The Worst, Uninteresting NES Game I've Ever Played
For nearly 40 years, I've been playing retro games. I'm a huge sucker of nostalgia and basically live and breathe it daily. My first love was the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) and while I loved and enjoyed the many games I've played, one in particular was so boring that I never played it again. That game was Knight Rider. Games based on movies or television shows aren't always received positively by critics. While Knight Rider received favorable reviews, yours truly thought otherwise. Also known as Naito Raidā (ナイトライダ) in Japan, this game was released in the former in September 1988 and then in North America in July 1990. The television series lasted a total of four seasons on NBC from September 1982 to April 1986, airing 90 episodes. I'll probably do a list of my favorite episodes in a later story. Going back to the game, there were two things wrong with it. I've watched every episode of this show at least a hundred times, but having a video game based on that was a terrible idea.
By Mark Wesley Pritchard 6 months ago in Gamers
