Author: Mongunzoo Whoever said variety is the spice of life has obviously played Kirby Superstar. Releasing in the final stretch of the Super Nintendo’s commercial lifespan, it continued the legacy of being the swan song of Nintendo’s first-party lineup. It showed people that there was still a reason to…
Author: Mongunzoo Have you ever had an experience in gaming that changes the way you look at things? Donkey Kong Country did that for me. I remember seeing the minute long commercial spot for this game and just being mesmerized by its graphics and variation. Not to mention that…
Author: Mongunzoo I may be a SNES fanboy, but that does not mean that I can’t recognize greatness across the aisle when I see it. So let’s face it; when it comes to the shoot-em’ up genre, the ball was not in Nintendo’s court during the 16-bit generation … A…
Author: Mongunzoo The SNES is an endless ocean of quality, but it is only after you leave the shoreline of North American releases that you begin to see just how truly deep and terrifying this ocean can be. So it was with Clock Tower, the first SNES game…
Author: Mongunzoo Back in better times, I had no job, no responsibilities, and no worries. And one of the main things I always waited anxiously for were Saturday morning cartoons. These mornings were important for two reasons; They always meant Mom’s breakfast burritos, and they always meant an appearance by my favorite show, The Teenage Mutant…
Author: Mongunzoo Good video games will give us god complexes. One of gaming’s greatest strengths compared with other entertainment mediums is that it is immersive. We feel like we ARE the hero and that we control the outcome of the story with our choices. Whereas in movies and books…
Author: Mongunzoo Castlevania. The name alone evokes countless images in the minds of gamers. Everything from the creepily atmospheric castle to the monsters you fight just ooze adventure. This game cemented my love of the horror genre. So when I heard about a 16-bit ”remake”on my favorite system,…
Author: Mongunzoo You can tell a lot about an era by its advertising. In the 90’s EVERYONE in marketing rode the RAD train. As often as we have nostalgic dreams about games of the past, it’s not often you hear about the game commercials. What a shame, because as fun as the games…
Author: Mongunzoo Contra is one of the legendary franchises that captured our attention on the original Nintendo. There are very few of my childhood memories that compare to the time with my Dad spent blowing the hell out of alien scum on Contra and Super-C with the 30…
Author: Mongunzoo In modern times it is hard to believe that there was once an age when RPGs were an unknown and scorned genre in the United States. And while Final Fantasy VII may get the bulk of the credit for popularizing Japanese RPGs stateside, I think the real…