Category Friday Flashback
I don’t think the cake is a lie and I’m Still Alive! Don’t get the nerdy reference? If so please do yourself a favor and download the now free copy of “Portal” from Steam. Portal was one of those quirky games that didn’t have a crazy amount of hype, but it certainly became... [Read more]
Of all the Ultimas that this author has had the pleasure of playing, the most memorable was Exodus. In Ultima III Exodus yourself and a three other explorers are hired by Lord British to save the land of UIltima from a vicious enemy (can’t recall if it was a demon or dragon). The... [Read more]
Proving Grounds of The Mad Overlord I recall two boys in a living room cheering and arguing over who delivered the killing blow to the dreaded wizard Werdna, since one boy played and the other’s character decapitated the villain. We would swap turns traversing the dank halls... [Read more]
The year is 1998 and I am a senior in High School, and instead of going to school on a daily bases I stayed home leveling my characters up. It got so ridiculous that I would make all my characters thieves and when it got to a scenario battle they would be so strong I would just pick... [Read more]
Capcom used to make some of the most kickass beat-em ups in the arcade. What I mean by beat-em up is that you have a side-scrolling landscape, a collective of heroes and three buttons for punch, kick and jump -- the rest is up to you and three other gamers to hash out. While games... [Read more]
When I was a young gamer (showing my age here) the arcades were nothing like they were during the high times of the 90’s etc. Instead of big fighters like Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat etc. there were games like Kung Fu Master, Galaxxian, Galaga and Frogger. Back then you could... [Read more]
Here is a game that took hours of my life, but I do not regret a moment of it; staying home from school doing the squat challenge and performing CPR on a NPR to get an item. The game really takes off when you meet Cid and jump in his airship, you could then travel anywhere in the... [Read more]
A gem of yesteryear, Alisia Dragoon is one of the greatest action games ever to have graced the Genesis. You are a sorceress named Alisia, who has the ability to conjure lightning to kill your foes. But what made this game unique was the ability to call out pets to aid you... [Read more]
Super Mario 3 really showed what the NES could do. I remember seeing Super Mario 3 and saying wow, games can’t look any better then this. We now know this is not the case but before Super Mario 3, nothing looked like it before. The backgrounds and the sound were much better quality... [Read more]
Before the aspect of super emo romance stories and 5 minute long cinemas of summons, Final Fantasy was king of the standard, simple RPGs. My first experience with the legendary Squaresoft franchise came in the shape of a Nintendo cartridge of Final Fantasy. Having been a hardcore... [Read more]
