Latest Video: Nintendo Adventures: Stories, Laughter, and Legendary Games
Uploaded: October 21, 2024
Uploaded: October 21, 2024
Journey back to the dawn of home console gaming with the Nintendo Entertainment System. The NES revived the video game industry and introduced us to timeless classics like Super Mario Bros., The Legend of Zelda, and Metroid. From 8-bit graphics to unforgettable music, the NES laid the foundation for gaming as we know it today, creating a legacy that still resonates with fans around the world.
I rarely spend money on video game franchise anniversary collections, even if it does include one of my favorite games of all time. When it comes to the Castlevania Anniversary Collection, well, I’m still not about to break that habit. At the time of writing this Epic Games is giving it away for free (November […]
A few years ago there was a famous Super Mario Bros. ROM hack by the name of Fancy Mario, aka Dream Mary, that was included on many Famiclones and multicarts. The hack was simply a reversed mirroring effect that made the game more challenging. Many of the original NES games had mirroring options right on […]
When I was a kid I remember having my first encounter with a turbo NES controller and wanting one of my own immediately. At this point we didn’t have Gamestop or FuncoLand yet, but we did have a local chain of used video game stores, whose name I’ve forgotten over the years. One sunny Saturday […]
Back when I was thrifting regularly I found NES controllers quite frequently, so I would pick them up for, at the very least, tradable assets. NES controllers were designed and built to last forever, or so it seemed until I found, ironically, an NES dog bone controller with actual dog chew marks on it. I […]
As I’ve mentioned before I was always late to the party when it came to video games and video game technology. Our first family computer had Windows 3.1 for the OS, but this was well into the lifespan of Windows 95. We did eventually upgrade, but along the adventure I remember a lot of software […]
Read MoreIn the 25 years or so I’ve been collecting video games, rarity and value only started to factor in about ten years ago. I started collecting as a kid, buying or trading for old games from other kids in the neighborhood. I would keep the games I liked and trade away the others to places […]
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