Category Friday Flashback
Castlevania Symphony of the Night did for 2D platformers what God of War did for 3D. It literally re-invented the game and pushed the limits of one’s experience beyond the norm. Everyone who owned this game would talk about it for hours, from the cheesy dialogue between Dracula... [Read more]
Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start Contra was a game that my brother and I played for hours but always ended up in a fight. My friends and I always thought that one of the guys was Sylvester Stallone as Rambo and the other was Arnold Swartzenegger as Commando.... [Read more]
As a young martial artist I was really into the aspects of the well-known greats, the Bruce Lee’s the Miyamoto Musashi’s and the Gichin Funakoshi’s of legend. So as a gamer I would take to the characters that had in my opinion the coolest looking moves or a likeness to my heroes... [Read more]
Before they dedicated their efforts completely to a ninja, Tecmo was to Football what EA and the Madden franchise is now. Heck the name Tecmo was synonymous with fun since most of their games were of the best quality. One of their most famous titles was Tecmo Super Bowl which introduced... [Read more]
Do you remember Golgo 13 the anime? Well as you all know games scarcely do their movie predecessors justice, but in the case of Golgo 13: Top Secret Episode and its sequel that theory couldn’t be further from the truth. Not only was Golgo the coolest assassin you will ever meet,... [Read more]
Being born in the Mid seventies or eighties it is very likely you can remember playing Super Mario Bros. and you probably remember where you were when you did. My brother and I received our NES for our first communion; our father hooked it up and then played Mario for two hours before... [Read more]
Shinzo recently let me get a copy of his Bust a Move soundtrack (Bust a Groove in the US) and it sent me into a serious spiral of reminiscing. Is it just me or has the market for rhythm games been gang raped into oblivion by now? Being a seasoned fake guitarist from the first Guitar... [Read more]
