Archive for tag: Nintendo

N64 Controller Alternatives

February 18th, 2013 | N64 | By: Samuel Floyd

We’re all familiar with the unique design of the Nintendo 64 controller and it’s much more modern usage as a shell for Chinese Famiclones. We’re also quite familiar with the fact that the N64 controller’s joystick has a tendency to become loose and work poorly, or stop working entirely. So when our favorite controller decides [...]

Whats that?

January 22nd, 2013 | Portable | By: Samuel Floyd

Shopping at the Goodwill Outlet store I have to contend with a lot of resellers, who ignorantly hope to strike it rich with the vintage games I go there to find. Yesterday I happened to find something that made me realize one of the most vital tactics a hunter can use is their ability to [...]

Sam’s Scores 13

December 21st, 2012 | N64, NES | By: Samuel Floyd

4) NES game carry case
You may know how I love to buy the canvas travel cases for retro systems, but I’ll buy almost anything branded that allows me to store my video games and systems. Such is the case with this NES game carrying case. Back in the NES days Nintendo put their name on [...]

Cleaning Kits

November 11th, 2012 | Editorial | By: Samuel Floyd

In the days when cartridges ruled the world it seemed as if anyone and everyone put out a cleaning kit to keep your systems in working order. Which was a big selling point made all too easy by the NES and its, more often than not, ability to put on a light show rather than [...]

Willow for the NES

November 4th, 2012 | NES | By: Samuel Floyd

Willow was a 1988 film starring Warwick Davis and Val Kilmer, written, in part, by George Lucas and directed by Ron Howard, so did it’s video game counterpart suffer the same fate as many other movie to NES titles? Well fans seemingly had luck on their side as the job went to Capcom, the company [...]

Retro Games and Passwords, why!?

October 22nd, 2012 | Editorial, Genesis, NES, SMS, SNES | By: Samuel Floyd

Passwords, the bane of many retro gamers. After a long week of writing things down at school the last thing you wanted was having to write down something from a video game you just rented or bought. No, video games were suppose to be a refreshing exit to your week and made looking forward to [...]

Sam’s Scores 11

October 9th, 2012 | N64, Portable | By: Samuel Floyd

Personally I feel as though Sam’s Scores has hit a crossroad. I want to continue bringing you cool finds, yet I rarely hunt anywhere other than the Goodwill outlet store. Although I do find a lot of cool stuff there, I feel a bit strange marking prices as per pound. I’ll do my best to [...]