Super Mario Bros. – Mario = Surprisingly Addictive

One of my regular readers sent me a write-up of the NES Mario Mashup that’s been going viral in the past few days. I’ve played it and found it to be amazingly fun. The gist of the following article follows the same thoughts I’d been having about it as well. How much of the character [...]

Flashback — Final Fantasy

Final Fantasy was more than just ahead of its time, it was a pioneer in factoring in key elements of a videogame that make it successful from the characters to the story to even the musical score. The epitome of a long lasting franchise, it’s one of those games that if you played it back then, you would now talk about it with wonder and awe.

Friday Flashback — Prince of Persia

sLet’s take a step back for minute. Forget the fact that this classic platformer was developed by John Mechner back in 1989. Wanna take a stab at what machine it was developed for? How about the Apple II? That’s right that mosnster of a machine that was the high-end computer of its day. All twin [...]

Video Game Flashback –The 3DO

If it pleases the court, allow me to present the Panasonic 3DO. Back in 1997 this was going to be “the” machine. In fact it was promoted as “the most advanced gaming system in the world.”