Fanboys of modern gaming consoles like to bicker about how their console handles the latest generic FPS game with better water transparency or with a few extra lines of microscopic pixels. Forget the fact that 90% of the console libraries are shared. In the early nineties the vitriol spewed against children who supported the competing … More Sega Genesis vs Super Nintendo
During a warm spring day in 1990 my mind was pre-occupied as I struggled to push through my half day of Kindergarten. Although I generally enjoyed school at this young age I knew that something monumental was awaiting me at my grandparents’ house. It was this year that my grandma began a tradition of letting … More Breaking Down My Childhood NES Collection
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is a franchise that just seemingly won’t die. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows is slated to be released this June and is the sequel to the 2014 film simply titled “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles”. Of course, to us old fogies in our 30’s we understand the ramifications of … More Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game (NES, 1990)
Last month we celebrated the 25th Anniversary of Street Fighter II where I briefly broke down the impact the historic game had on the genre as well as the various clones that were inspired by the game’s success. Not long afterwards my pal Travis posted a feature on Street Fighter’s most famous clone Mortal Kombat. Invariably the … More Street Fighter vs Mortal Kombat
Recently Street Fighter V was released for the PC and the PS4 which I only know about because I ran across the info while reading about vintage games. Amid the frenzy of the new Street Fighter game appearing in a store near you a key milestone in the franchise seems to have been overlooked. Street … More Street Fighter II: 25th Anniversary
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