(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); It seems a bit lopsided to be writing about hummingbirds and hornets in late November
This may or may not surprise you, but I have a pretty short attention span. With a scant few exceptions, I tend to get bored quickly. This applies to video games as well. I don't tend to play most of them for long,
The Nintendo Entertainment System hit US shores in 1985. It wasn't just a success, it became its own little matte-gray pop culture icon. From 1985-87 was arguably its glory era; it had no meaningful competition outside its native Japan, well over half the
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); One last doom & gloom-themed game for October, RetroFans, and we can get back to the usual variety fare. This one's a good example of how we can gauge a title's success by how
I've got another one for you Retro Fright Fans this October, a cult favorite for the PC. Dark Seed is one from back in the DOS days, although it saw release for the Amiga as well. Released in 1992, the game is a
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(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Sometime back in 2015 I told you about Wizards & Warriors, a well-remembered but ultimately so-so sword and sorcery title for the NES. The game did well at the retail counter, and was one
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); So, the first SNES I owned was in 1999. I was a Sega guy during the competing time period, but eventually I got a used SNES from a friend. He threw in a handful
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Naxat Soft (which eventually became known as Kaga Create before becoming defunct in 2015) was a big swingin' tent pole in the late 1980s in Japan. During this time, they would earn a reputation
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); It could be said that if you wanted to make a good profit with a video game, be it now or in the 80s or 90s, the “dragons and wizards” angle has never been
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); We've been over the coals with LJN before. Not just me. Everyone has. I'm far from the first hack to put his fingers on a keyboard and write about this stuff, and it's been
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); As a kid, I faded in and out of the comic book thing. Storylines changed rapidly, and it always seemed like they were in the middle of one when I'd jump back in. I