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Konami back in the day rocked. One case in point was their licensed use of cartoon character such as Tiny Toons or Animaniacs (two popular “new” cartoons form the 1990’s). There was such a time that a company such as Konami would invest money into creating two wholly separate titles for the same license across […]
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Animaniacs Takeover Warner Bros Studio Lot – Today in History – May 14th, 1994
May 13th, 2018 
Carl Williams 
Super Famicom Wars Review, First Time in English
December 28th, 2017 Carl Williams Any fans of Advance Wars by Nintendo reading this? We are about to take a trip down memory lane with this one then. Super Famicom Wars is the direct successor to Famicom Wars and maintains some unique changes that franchise fans will either love or hate. Nearly 20 years after Super Famicom Wars hit the […]
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Tags: English translation, nintendo, review, snes, Super Famicom Wars, super nintendo, turn based strategy 
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A Retro Gamer’s 12 Days Of Christmas: The Twelfth Day, Donkey Kong Jungle Beat
December 24th, 2017 Brandon Weicks On the twelfth day of Christmas my true love sent to me, twelve drummers drumming If you haven’t guessed by now, I am a big music and video game geek. Yes, I still own every original console I had as a kid and yes, I was a band nerd. Self shame will not allow me […]
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A Retro Gamer’s 12 Days Of Christmas: The Eleventh Day, Pipe Mania
December 23rd, 2017 Brandon Weicks On the eleventh day of Christmas my true love sent to me, eleven pipers piping Eleven pipers piping is obviously a reference to playing a wind instrument and if you would like to explore the use of such a device in the world of gaming might I suggest Super Mario Bros. 3, The Legend of […]
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A Retro Gamer’s 12 Days Of Christmas: The Tenth Day, Diablo
December 21st, 2017 Brandon Weicks On the tenth day of Christmas my true love sent to me, ten lords a-leaping I could have gone two different ways with this entry. One, I could have focused on the word leap and asked you to take a huge leap of faith in believing that Seaman for the Dreamcast is a real video […]
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Posted in Comp, PSOne, Reviews, Sony, Windows Tags: 12 days of christmas, Diablo, lord of the rings, Minesweeper, Seaman No Comments »
A Retro Gamer’s 12 Days Of Christmas: The Ninth Day, Moonwalker
December 20th, 2017 Brandon Weicks On the ninth day of Christmas my true love sent to me, nine ladies dancing I likes to get funky. In the immortal words of George Clinton, “Free your mind and your ass will follow”. Sadly, my dance move repertoire is limited to the white boy shuffle. Even if the steps are pointed out to […]
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Posted in Genesis, Reviews, Sega Tags: 12 days of christmas, genesis, megadrive, Michael Jackson, moonwalker, sega No Comments »
A Retro Gamer’s 12 Days Of Christmas: The Eighth Day, Root Beer Tapper
December 19th, 2017 Brandon Weicks On the eighth day of Christmas my true love sent to me, eight maids a-milking I am a big believer in the idea that happiness is created through experiences. I’ve heard that many good experiences can occur if you go out into nature but that requires skills like being coordinated and having good cardio which […]
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A Retro Gamer’s 12 Days Of Christmas: The Seventh Day, The Warriors
December 18th, 2017 Brandon Weicks On the Seventh day of Christmas my true love sent to me, seven swans a-swimming It’s hard to believe some of the ideas that get greenlighted when it comes to adapting movies or TV shows to video games and vice versa. Some go well, like M.A.S.H for the Atari 2600 or the original The Italian […]
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My Favorite Gaming Hidden Gems, Part Three: Metal Marines (1993, SNES)
December 17th, 2017 Michael Crisman Prior to the PlayStation, which got ports of games like Command & Conquer and Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat, military strategy sims are in short supply, and good military strategy sims are rarer than Detroit Lions championship rings. That’s not to say they don’t exist on the 16-bit machines, but task a gamer with […]
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A Retro Gamer’s 12 Days Of Christmas: The Fifth Day, Sonic CD
December 16th, 2017 Brandon Weicks On the fifth day of Christmas my true love sent to me, five golden rings. Believe it or not, the fifth day topic was hard to decide upon. While I am not the biggest fan of Tolkien’s books or the movies based on them, there are several good Lord of the Rings games that span […]
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Posted in Console, Reviews, Sega Tags: 12 days of christmas, lord of the rings, sega cd, Sonic CD, sonic the hedgehog, WWF King of the Ring No Comments »
