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Let’s Get Spooky on the Nintendo Switch!
The Nintendo Switch eShop is a literal gold mine of gaming goodness. And since Halloween is right around the corner, lets run down a list of really awesome Switch games to get us into the spooky 'trick or treat' sort of mood!
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5 Poor Video Game Tattoo Choices
Some might say that the human body is a temple, and you must decorate it. Sure, one way is with tattoos. I personally see nothing wrong with one or many tattoos. Just know that that if they are permanent, think of the message you are going to send to people for the rest of your life when you get one is all I’m saying. Some cringe at video game tattoos in general. That isn’t me. I think that’s awesome. However… Thus, here are some very poor video game tattoo choices…. Speaking of Sending the Wrong Message Fallout is one of my favorite video games and I think it would be…
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Nate’s RetroPlays Reviews Montezuma’s Revenge
Montezuma’s Revenge Featuring Panama Joe is a platforming game created in 1984 and released on numerous systems around that time. It showed up on nearly every console and PC platform of the time, including...
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Nate’s RetroPlays Reviews Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi
Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi is the 2nd game in the Shinobi series that was released on the Sega Genesis (or Mega Drive for other parts of the world). It was developed and published by Sega in 1990 and has been re-released numerous times, including on the Wii’s Virtual Console and various collections for numerous different consoles. It is a 2D side-scrolling action game where the player takes up the role of a ninja with a white dog as a companion to help you throughout the game. Gameplay Gameplay and mechanics are largely the same as the arcade game Shadow Dancer, which this game is loosely based upon. Unlike…
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Delusional eBay Video Game Listings
I love the hunt for good deals on video games on the internet. Many blame scalpers and the increased interest in retro games for there not being any more good deals. However, if you are savvy enough, you can still find a good deal. However, some of these sales listings online, especially on eBay, make me think “Well, this person is extremely optimistic.” I mean, what are they thinking? Here are some of the listings I couldn’t believe when I saw them. NBA Live 95 Sealed for 1K Pro: It is a 25 year old game.Pro: It is sealedCon: It is an annual sports game Con: It is also pretty…
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Licensed Game Remasters I’d Like to See
Recently, we were surprised with the announcement that we are getting a re-release of the classic Disney video games, Aladdin and Lion King. It makes sense with the recent live action re-release though. I sat there and started to ponder a bit as to what games based on licensed properties should also get a remaster (e.g. comics, cartoons, TV shows). Here is a list I created with the help from the #PositivelyGeek community on Twitter. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Konami Collection Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles games by Konami are some of the most fondly remembered collection of video games ever created. The first game I truly sat down, played,…
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How do you solve a problem like a Superman Video Game?
Sometimes it takes video game designers many attempts to properly adapt a concept well. Take one concept that designers seem to be a tad amiss to over the years. I am, of course, talking about the oldest comic book superhero in existence, Superman. Sure, there has been a few decent Superman games over the years such as Taito’s 1980s Arcade classic or the 16 bit hidden gem Death & Return of Superman. They may have been decent games, but did they actually capture what Superman is all about? Of course, there is the most infamous example of both a bad Superman game and a bad game in general, Superman 64.…
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Remembering Pilotwings 64 of This Nintendo 64 Thursday (NinThursday64)
The year is 1996 and we are the end of what is a hell of a run for Nintendo with the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. Sega and Sony have had their consoles on the market for about a year now. In comes Nintendo with their next follow up, the Nintendo 64. I was approximately 12 years old at the time, and nobody was more excited for this revolution than me. There were two launch games in North America, Super Mario 64 and Pilotwings 64. Super Mario 64 is obviously one of the most acclaimed video games of all time. But what about Pilotwings 64? This game was a sequel to…
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Tiny Toon Adventures for NES on this wed-NES-day
The year is 1990. After a long day at school, you come home to unwind. Turn your television on to the local syndicated cartoons as what was done at the time. What comes on but this amazing theme song… I like to think my generation had the coolest stuff for kids, but I may be a bit biased. It definitely indeed was simpler times. Now, at the time, it was toward the end of the run of the Nintendo Entertainment System, the console that changed gaming, perhaps forever. Games based on licenses had been very hit and miss. For every quality game like Duck Tales, you had a million games…
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MegaDrive Monday: Skitchin’
The Sega Genesis, or as it is called outside of North America, the Sega Megadrive, was the second home video console I had ever had owned. Many ask about the great bit wars of the early 1990s, who won between Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo Entertainment System? To me, the answer is simple… The Gamers won. Both consoles had great and rather unique libraries of games. Take for instance, this game by Electronic Arts (way before they had lost their mind) called Skitchin. This was a Sega Genesis/Mega Drive exclusive and possibly the only game of its kind. You raise on roller blades, hitch to the back of cars (or…
