Gaming: Retro
Currently listing articles 44-1:
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Retro Corner: Final Fantasy— The NES origin of one of the biggest series in the RPG genre remains fun to this day.
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Retro Review: Haunting: Starring Polterguy— Classic gaming review of Haunting: Starring Polterguy for the Sega Genesis.
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PC Game Review: Larva Mortus— Top-down, high energy, supernatural simple RPG action with a decent plot.
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PS2 Review: Capcom Classics Collection Vol. 2— Volume 2 brings more old school classics into the modern limelight.
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Nintendo Wii Review: Target Terror— This light gun arcade transfer to the Wii features low innovation/replay value meets high trigger-happy challenge.
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DVD Review: The King Of Kong (A Fistful Of Quarters)— No Country For Old Donkey Kong enthusiasts? Sorry, Mario, but this movie is like a barrel-shot to the face!
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DVD Review: King of Kong - Fistful of Quarters
— A wild, funny, and mesmerizing documentary... about Donkey Kong.
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Virtual Console Review: Sin and Punishment— The fan-favorite Nintendo 64 title from Japan was worth the long wait.
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Nintendo Wii Review: Geometry Wars: Galaxies— Movement and enemy knowledge helps players succeed as they enjoy a retro title full of unlockables and fun.
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Retro Corner: Speed Devils— A lost Dreamcast classic that remains relevant eight years later.
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Retro Corner: Ace Combat 2— A look back at this influential, genre altering title from Namco.
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Board Game Review: Scene It? - Movies 2nd Edition— Scene It? releases their 2nd Edition Movies game.
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Arcade Impressions: Pac-man VR— It isn't Tron meets Pac-man, but it's decent enough for a virtual reality game.
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Retro Corner: Super Nintendo Mortal Kombat— Oh how times have changed.
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DVD Review: Classic Game Room: The Rise and Fall of the Internet's Greatest Video Game Review Show— A lighthearted look at a tongue-in-cheek video game review show.
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Retro Corner: Super Mario Land— The lost Mario game.
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Retro Corner: Wario Land Virtual Boy— See, Wario can be used for more than mini-game collections.
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Retro Corner: U.N. Squadron— One of the best shooters you've never played.
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Retro Corner: Gunforce II— Better in nearly all aspects than Metal Slug, and you've more than likely never even heard of it.
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Q: Why Were People Initially Afraid of the Rubik’s Cube?— mental_floss question of the day.
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Q: What Is Atari's Biggest Mistake?— mental_floss question of the day.
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Retro Corner: Virtua Fighter— The first in a recurring series on influential or forgotten gems in the industry.
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They Took That "Get A Life" Thing Literally— In my day we had video games that were difficult to beat! You had four, maybe five lives, to beat a game!
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DVD Review: The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! Volume 2— As a show, it had more bad parts than good.
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Gaming Expo To Light Up Pennsylvania Aug. 26 and 27— Rob Faraldi gives the low-down on what it is like co-organizing the show.
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PC Game Review: Deimos Rising— An entertaining vertical-scrolling shooter brings back fond memories of yesteryear.
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Console Review: GP2X— Think of the GP2X as an open source PSP without the DRM and software upgrades that lock out all the goodies.
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Mac Game Review: Best Of OMG Vol. 1— Five games, thirty bucks; a good collection of Mac titles to help kill some time (and some bad guys).
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Is Sonic 3's Music By Michael Jackson?— When you play a video game, the last thing on your mind is the music.
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Gaming Round-Up For 03/16/06— THQ acquires a new studio, Shadowbane now with no pay, NES Modded DS, and Oregon prisoner gaming fun.
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Gaming Round Up For 03/13/06— World of Warcraft: good for business, this week's game releases, a new Video Game Voter's Network, and more...
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Interview: Bill Kunkel — The Game Doctor— An interview for the ages! A compelling interview with one of the first videogame journalists, Bill Kunkel.
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Book Review: Confessions of the Game Doctor by Bill Kunkel— Reading this book is like playing your favorite video game. Once you start, you won't put it down till the end!
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Gaming Round-Up For 03/10/06— First gaming MP3 player, free Xbox Live weekends, a "very big" PS3 announcement, and more.
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Gaming Round Up For 03/07/06— Nintendo, Microsoft, Xbox, and more.
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Online Gaming Slays Old-School Roleplaying: Dungeons & Dragons Returns— The online version of Dungeons & Dragons stays pretty true to the original. But is it going to meet the tastes of the target demographic?
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CD Review: The Minibosses - Brass EP — The Minibosses - Rocking rendetions of classic Nintendo soundtracks.
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Dreamcast Review: 102 Dalmatians: Puppies to the Rescue— 102 Dalmatians is a Disney title. It’s a Disney title aimed at children. Others have been warned.
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Dreamcast Review: Wetrix +— Wetrix+ is one of those puzzle games that you should not play if you’re attempting a drug rehabilitation program.
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Dreamcast Review: Mr. Driller— It’s not the speed, but the sudden stop at the end.
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Gaming Boobs Need Help— Video game boobs need tweaking.
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Interview: Ralph Baer— We all know about Nolan Bushnell and how he made video games the industry it is today, but did he single handedly do this? No!
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Six years ago: The Sega Dreamcast arrived
— 9-9-99... you know you bought one.
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The Power of Pac Man— An homage to the game that started ... something.
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