Posted on December 5, 2012
My Top 100: #44 – The Legend of Zelda
What can be said about The Legend of Zelda that hasn’t been said already? The number of innovations this title brought to the genre have helped cement its place in gaming history. The map was filled with secrets, and though you had… Read More
Posted on November 28, 2012
My Top 100: #47 – Contra
I’m finding it somewhat difficult to come up with posts about games I’ve already written about – my first non-countdown post about Contra is here, if you’re interested – so I’m about to go a bit off topic for this… Read More
Posted on October 31, 2012
My Top 100: #57 – Little Nemo: The Dream Master
“NES hard” is a term that I’ve heard thrown around a bit over the last few years. It’s definitely applicable to some of the games we played as little ones, and we were somewhat oblivious to the difficulty… Read More
Posted on October 25, 2012
My Top 100: #61 – Felix the Cat
From one Hudson Soft game to another… I didn’t do that on purpose, but they were definitely one of the great game developers back in the day, so long as you’re willing to forget Milon’s Secret Castle…. Read More
Posted on October 19, 2012
My Top TEN Favourite NES Music Tracks!
Alright, so to try and avoid making the blog too monotonous, I think I’m gonna make some mini top 10 posts, just S’s and G’s. Top 10 NES tracks! Only one rule – one song per franchise… aaaaand… Read More
Posted on October 15, 2012
My Top 100: #68 – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game
My childhood was defined by four things; video games, baseball, ocean liners, and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon. I could get pretty obsessive about whatever really struck me as fascinating. Games were obviously fun to learn about because I… Read More
Posted on October 3, 2012
My Top 100: #75 – Guerrilla War
Ports of old arcade games are still released from time to time, either as part of a compilation disc or as downloadable titles. I often jump at the chance to buy them, since I get to experience… Read More
Posted on September 27, 2012
My Top 100: #79 – M.C. Kids
To this day, I’m not sure if this is game’s title is pronounced Emcee Kids or Mick Kids… either way, it’s one of those games that didn’t get a whole lot of attention, but is still quite… Read More
Posted on September 17, 2012
My Top 100: #86 – RBI Baseball 3
When I was younger, I didn’t really know why some NES cartridges looked different than usual. I managed to rent some Camerica (gold) and Color Dreams (light blue) games a few times in Baie Sainte-Anne, which seemed like a… Read More
Posted on September 11, 2012
My Top 100: #90 – Power Blade
*Thanks to RF Generation for the image, and everything else that helped me make this list, for that matter!* Arnold Schwarzenegger was pretty much everywhere for a while. Even where Arnold technically wasn’t, like the cover of… Read More