You sit alone in your living room, pounding on a 13 button controller, yelling into a microphone at a 12 year old boy who is up way past his bedtime. You curse, you swear... the surround sound is turned on full volume as the warm HD glow of the t.v. fills the room. Suddenly, the door opens and your girlfriend walks in. You are embarrassed, you are shamed. You are clearly in love with your video games.
Thinking back to most of the games you played on the NES, it's easy to remember the 8-bit library as being simple and possibly even primitive. However, if you dig deep into the library, there is a surprising amount of games that maxed out the NES hardware to produce some impressive graphics and sound. With the Famicom / NES hardware remaining popular and active on the retail scene for over a decade, game developers had a lot of time to perfect their programming techniques and squeeze every last bit of power out of the iconic console. Below, RadarScope1 and racketboy team up to review some of the most demanding NES games in terms of hardware resources.
Were you one of the next generation of gamers that didn't think RPGs were cool until Final Fantasy VII? Own a Super Famicom, but have no clue what to play for it? Wondering what the role-playing classics of Nintendo's entry in the 16-bit generation were? Well look no further. Here at Racketboy.com we've got a list of suggestions that you just gotta try. So sit back, chill with a nice frosty potion, and prepare yourself to experience the world of SNES RPGs.
It's pretty easy to find a list of "The Top 10 Gameboy Advance Games" or some similar ranking, but most of them were written back when the handheld was cutting edge and almost all of them only compare the games against other GBA games.This is all fine if the GBA is the only portable you own and ever plan to own. However, I know most people have moved on to the DS and the PSP. Since the DS library hasn't been completely fleshed out, I thought it would be a good idea to develop a list of games that are still relevant in today's portable market because of their unique gameplay that has not been improved upon on other handhelds.
Usually, when you get a new-to-you console, you can usually find or remember the major games to check out. But what happens when you need something different to play? This is where the "Hidden Gems" come in.
Apparently, according to the Everything Preschool.com Calendar the month of August presents an unusual but fun week-long holiday during week one to celebrate video games. Research efforts turned up very brief allusions to Video Game Week in August but none of the sources offered much explanation regarding the holiday's origin or details of how people celebrate this unusual holiday. So I've decided to pay tribute to the occasion my own way: Through old school video game nostalgia.
Despite the fact that the expansive structure of Just Cause is copped from the Grand Theft Auto arrangement, the amusement additionally imparts certain attributes to Mercenaries and Pursuit Force. The amusement happens on the fictional Caribbean island of San Esperito.:]