Famiclone: MaxxPlay

Out of all the Famiclones that I own, I would have to say the MaxxPlay has the best build quality, by far. It may look like the run of the mill Famiclone packed into an N64 style controller, and it is, but there is a strange sense of quality behind it that pushes it further up the ladder than the others. I will be giving the MaxxPlay a good going over and explaining the pros and cons of this system, compared to the other plug n play Famiclones that I own.... Read more
Posted 12 years ago

Famiclone: Power Joy Voyager

Being the Famiclone freak I am, I'm quite familiar with the Power Joy name, considering that is the name that kicked off my adoration for not only Famiclones, but the system and game piracy market as a whole. When you think of a handheld Famiclone many would think of the jet fighter/Nintendo 64 cross-breed I've shown here many times before, but Power Joy took the term quite literally. Power Joy created a Famiclone concealed within a package that most casual gamers would pass up without a second glance, however this Famiclone is definitely worth a second glance, and perhaps even ... Read more
Posted 12 years ago

Street Rod

Well before the days of Gran Turismo, there were other video games that offered the thrills of racing poorly performing cars over and over again until you could eventually afford parts to make the game enjoyable. One of my personal favorites is a seemingly forgotten DOS series by the name of Street Rod. Although the series only lasted 2 games, there is (was) a fan made, 10 year long, attempt at reviving the series in a much more modern format. Nowadays DOS games are impossible to play on Windows platforms without the ... Read more
Posted 12 years ago

Sam’s Scores X

It is finally here, Sam's Scores edition 10! Perhaps a milestone, perhaps just getting started, we'll have to see! Scores have been slim, for a number of reasons, and the fact that thrift stores are closing down left and right doesn't help, but that is a story for another day. Today, however, I will show you four of my latest finds, which just so happen to be the only finds of any real worth, enjoy! 4) - ASCII Pad SG I had seen this controller many years ago while looking through an old ... Read more
Posted 12 years ago

Great Baseball

One of the very first articles I wrote here on TVG was Baseball and NES, because I love many baseball games for the NES. I haven't played them all but one of my absolute favorites is MLB (yes it is made by LJN), but an extremely close second would be Jaleco's Bases Loaded. I still remember the commercials for Bases Loaded, even as a kid who had yet to own an NES, and when I finally got my hands on both an NES and a copy of that game I could hardly part with it. What Bases Loaded did differently from ... Read more
Posted 12 years ago

(not so) Great Basketball

While the Sega Master System's library was rife with worthwhile titles, it was also plagued by a whole bunch of stinkers! Sega developed and published a series of sports titles for the Master System, all with the prefix Great boldly starting off the titles, followed by the actual sport that was supposedly so, well.. great! I happen to own two of these games and I can say without a doubt I enjoy Great Baseball quite a bit, dare I even say more so than any of my NES baseball titles. But Such is the story of Great Basketball, perhaps more of ... Read more
Posted 12 years ago

Sam’s Scores IX

Finally Sam's Scores has made a triumphant, yet brief, return to it's maiden format, the article! Some changes have to be made as the video format simply isn't working out very well for myself, as well as the complete and utter lack of anything worth buying that isn't outrageously overpriced. In previous editions I loved to show off the price tags as proof that I was indeed getting a score, but nowadays I often buy things in bulk from the Goodwill Outlet stores. From now on most scores will be noted as bought from the Goodwill Outlet store ... Read more
Posted 12 years ago