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…
Author: Mongunzoo Have you ever dreamed about a game you just spent many hours playing? That is what happened to me as I revisited this game for the first time in many years. Super Mario Kart is one of those games that ceases to be a toy and becomes an experience.…
Author: Mongunzoo I still remember the first time I started playing this game. It was a stormy spring day in 1993. My family and I were visiting my Grandma’s house along with my cousins Matt, Chris, and Jake. I’ll never forget playing the first few hours in a thunderstorm…
Author: Mongunzoo Funny thing about Tetris Attack: It has absolutely nothing to do with Tetris! Yet this small snag does not stop it from being one the best puzzle games on the system! There is just something so addictive, so FUN about this game that you will not be…
Author: Mongunzoo For those of you living under a rock, the Mega Man franchise is one of gaming’s original heavyweights. The Blue Bomber almost rivals Mario when it comes to having such a diverse and storied career. Being one of the first games to combine shooting action with platforming,…
Author: Mongunzoo Yoshi’s Island is one interesting game. It’s great, yet about as far away from its namesake as you could get. When you consider the fact that it likely has more in common with Nintendo 64 platformers like Mario 64 and Banjo-Kazooie than it does with Super Mario…
Author: Mongunzoo The Super Mario Brothers franchise is bar none one of most important properties in the history of gaming. It is hard to imagine now, but there was a time when Mario was more popular than Santa Claus. This is the character that brought gaming back from a…
Author: Mongunzoo If there is one game that defined Nintendo during the 16-bit era, this would be it! Created as a launch title for the newborn SNES, it came out the same year that Sonic the Hedgehog was released for the Genesis. This was the game that was…
Author: Mongunzoo There is just something about the Punchout!! games that are just addictive and fun. I just can’t stop playing them whether I am trying to beat the best time for Bear Hugger, or trying to go undefeated in the Special Circuit (which I STILL have not done!).…