Remember back in the day when the best system out there was the NEO GEO? Sadly the only people who had that system were the kids whose parents drove cars that cost the same as houses… you know who you are? Back then the system cost about $1,000 and the games were damn near $600 a piece or something ridiculous like that; but hell they were arcade perfect with top of the line graphics and sound. Well collectors rejoice because... 

What’s up fellow Godkings!  I’m Frankie – writer and founding member of 3GK.  My handle is Shinzo.  My first experience with gaming was when I was at the Navy Exchange with my mom so many years ago.  I don’t remember how old I was, but I was small enough to fit in the seat of a shopping cart.  My mom asked if there was a toy I wanted.  I pointed at the stack of Atari 2600’s in the middle of the electronics... 

Nowadays when referring to “old school gamers” people mention names like Super NES and Playstation. I have been gaming much longer than that, so I guess I can call myself an O.G. “original gamer” now huh? Old school just doesn’t seem justified for someone who started out with one button on his joystick. Being from another country, I had a very different awakening to games. My first run-in was when a rich uncle broke out... 

The Marvel vs Capcom series (after the original) doesn’t seem as if it belongs in the same genre as a Street Fighter game or even a Mortal Kombat one. Speaking from a strictly aesthetic perspective here, the reason I say this is because to the audience member that isn’t a player of the series it looks no different than a shooter. Think about it, you walk up to the cabinet in an arcade and you look over the crowd’s shoulder... 

While followers of SNK’s King of Fighter’s series may disagree with me on this, for 3GK The King of Fighters 97 was the apex of perfection for this series. Having played the games since my arcade face-offs with Gal Fighter© Team Europe (reppin dat Mai) in KoF ’94, I have always found the games to be one part silly story (omg Rugal’s throwing a partay let’s fight!) and another part Fatal Fury styled combat. Coming off... 

Ladies and gentlemen meet Yun, one half of a pair of Wushu twins (Yun and Yang) and the new Flavor of The Month for the upcoming Super Street Fighter 4: Arcade Edition. From the numerous videos being uploaded to YouTUBE and the commentary from people that have had the privilege to play the game, Yun is the new Sagat aka God Tier for this edition. what this means kids, is that you can expect that every other match you play online... 

Stop your grinning and drop your linen ladies, proteck ya neck and get where it’s sunny cause dat bish Rayne is back! Don’t you love it when a franchise steps out of the box to give us a different version of their game on the PSN or XBLA? It’s like Lara Croft when she went all overhead and got down with a witchdoctor… remember that? Anyway, now that the BloodRayne is in 2D, all of us former Castlevania:... 

“Woodshedding” is a term that 3GK uses often to describe the act of grinding out a fighting game character until mastery. Being that we are all heavily into music, the term was copied from Jazz Musicians who coined the term from the old days when they would go into a woodshed, close the door and practice so as not to irritate their families (see Charlie Parker). So whenever a new game comes out I would say “hey... 

Capcom’s X-Men vs Street Fighter is the title that started all of the crossover madness that 2D Fighting game lovers like myself cherish. While it had its share of flaws, I recalled the early days of the arcades when infinite loops weren’t discovered, Wolverine was king and variety was the spice of life. Nothing beats the raw arcades when a title is new and everyone is playing it. 3GK and company has spent hundreds of dollars... 

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 like Cadillacs and Dinosaurs and Dungeons and Dragons – Tower of Doom gave you cool moves and combos, Shadow over Mystara did you one better and...