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Obligatory Introductory Story.
Hello world!I was talking to a colleague and the conversation hovered over an issue of Retro Gamer and that soon led to our mutual love for old Nintendo consoles, mainly the Super Nintendo. Well, for...
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Warning! A huge battleship "3DS" is approaching fast.
I know I said this blog would be about old games and old game consoles but with all the recent hoopla regarding the 3DS, I just can't help myself. I'm not a true Nintendo fan if I don't gush over...
View ArticleThe Consoles I Own and Want to Own.
So currently I own:1 x Game Boy Advance (JP, Indigo, melted screen)1 x Game Boy Advance (EU, Indigo) [added: 22/03/2011]1 x GameCube (NTSC, Indigo)1 x Game Boy Player (NTSC, Black)1 x Game Boy Micro...
View ArticleOld Games. Just Like New Games.
So I've been thinking about what games I would want to get for the 3DS at launch but none of them really excite me. The only game I can even consider buying and actually enjoying would be Piloteings...
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Tales of the Famiclone - How I Discovered the Micro Genius.
My first memory of video games was in 1990. I was 9 and my family had just moved in to a new house. Our neighbours had this new thing called a "Micro Genius" plugged into their TV and their kids were...
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Tales of the Famiclone - How I Discovered Beat 'em Ups.
I wouldn't get my own famiclone (we kids just called it the Micro Genius) until late 1993 and by then the Super NES (not to mention the Sega Mega Drive) would have been in full swing.But I'm getting...
View ArticleBreak for Lunar New Year.
I almost forgot that the Lunar New Year is upon us. I'm heading back to my wife's hometown for a while but I'll probably have more updates up next week. Got more stories I want to write for my ongoing...
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GBA Review: Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance
My first entry into Castlevania was the very first game for the NES. I hate to admit it now but when I played it I thought it was a dumb game. Having come from the Mario School of Perfect Controls, I...
View ArticleRetro Boy Advance - the Handheld.
It has come to my attention that my carefully thought out name (okay, not really) for this blog was already being used by other people to name their modded consoles.Here's one.Here's another.Ah well....
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GBA Review: Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow
So today it’s time to talk about a game many consider the greatest GBA Castlevania ever made – Aria of Sorrow. When it was first announced in January 2003, I was cautiously excited about the game and...
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Revisiting F-Zero: Maximum Velocity.
I've been a bit busy at work lately so I haven't had the time to update this blog as frequently as I wanted to. There's a bit of a lull right now so I'm taking this chance to throw together some...
View ArticleThis is now RetroBoyAdvance.com!
So I registered a new URL for my little blog: http://www.retroboyadvance.comI can't believe I was able to snag this domain name. Did no one else thought to register it? Anyways, Blogger is smart enough...
View ArticleDone with Mother 3. For now.
This morning on the commute to work, I spent the whole train ride trying to defeat the most difficult boss in Mother 3 I have encountered so far. My train ride lasts about 40 minutes, and the whole...
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10th Anniversary of the Game Boy Advance.
Today is the tenth anniversary of the Game Boy Advance, my favourite little handheld that could, and boy did it do it oh so well.I've mentioned before that I bought my indigo GBA near the Japanese...
View ArticleRetronauts Live 6 - Jeremy and Gang talk the GBA.
Now that Retronauts is firmly back and comfortable with its new call-in format, I can rest easily that my need for retro gaming chatter is easily satiated every time a new episode goes up.The most...
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Concerning a Station where you Play games.
Yes. The PlayStation. With a Super NES pad. You probably already know the famous story of how the PlayStation came to be, in which case you know it was originally supposed to be a Super NES with CD...
View ArticleRegarding those Wii HD rumours...
So the rumour mill has started on the next home console from Nintendo. One of the big features is apparently going to be a controller with a HD screen built-in. This can only mean one thing...Zelda:...
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Medal of Honor (PS1)
I'm not sure what got me into playing these games after having just repaired my PSone. I guess I was in the mood for shooters. World War 2 shooters, to be exact.Well, it had been a while since I had...
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