Tag: Vintage Gaming
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Vintage Gaming – Super Dodge Ball
Super Dodge Ball might just be the ideal game from the 8-bit era that you didn’t play. It’s exactly what the title says, your team (USA in our NES version) battles dodge ball teams from around the globe in a tournament. Each team (from places like Iceland, Kenya and China) had different strengths and weaknesses,…
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Vintage Gaming – Jedi Knight 2: Jedi Outcast
First person shooters were huge for me when I was younger, despite the fact I wasn’t very good at them. That meant FPS’s that still had a single player story were much loved and more likely to be bought. Jedi Outcast was the second ‘Jedi Knight’ game but the third game starring Kyle Katarn, one…
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Vintage Gaming – Diablo
Ah, Diablo. A game that I came to quite late – after it’s own sequel came out. In case you are a young punk, or simply have lived under the gaming equivalent of a rock, Diablo tells the story of a town under assault by the forces of Hell itself. Unbeknownst to the towns folk,…
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Vintage Gaming – Oni
Beat ’em up games have a long history, whether in the arcade or on your various console systems. From Renegade to Double Dragon to River City Ransom, this style of game was a fun diversion from my RPG and Sim game-filled life at the time. You might consider Oni a logical extension from those games. Made…
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Vintage Gaming – The Temple of Elemental Evil
I’ve been on a bit of a DnD/RPG game kick of late (or really for a while), so I thought now would be a good time to officially revisit The Temple of Elemental Evil, a PC game based on the old Dungeons and Dragons module of the same game, but updated for the 3.5E rules. …
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Old Game Tuesday is now Vintage Gaming
I’m renaming the ‘Old Game Tuesday’ feature ‘Vintage Gaming’, so I don’t feel so bad about missing it/being late with it. Also, when I DO write them up, I love it so much I want to post it right away. So, now I will. Also, if you have something you’d like to contribute or cross-promote…
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Vintage Gaming – River City Ransom
River City Ransom is one of those games that, if you’ve played it, you probably love it…but not a lot of people have played it. I came across it by chance at the video store once, played the heck out of it, but it took me forever to find a working copy. I finally did,…
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Vintage Gaming – Star Wars: Rebellion
Star Wars: Rebellion (or Supremacy, as it was known across the pond) is a real-time 4X game Lucasarts released in 1998 to quite mixed reviews. I bought it and played it quite a bit, though almost always from the Rebel side.  I have a hard time playing the bad guys.  Rebellion is set just after…
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Old Game Tuesday – SimCity 2000
Man, how many hours did I spend on SimCity 2000? More than my parents would probably like to hear about, that’s for sure. ;) I enjoyed the original SimCity quite a bit, but was only dimly aware of other Sim games (I did rent SimEarth on SNES once, that was fun), but as woon as…
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Vintage Gaming – Destiny of an Emperor
I’m showing my age again to some of you young bucks, but when I mention my favorite classic RPGs, this one probably elicits the most blank stares. Destiny of an Emperor was released by Capcom way back in 1990 for the NES, and was a fairly typical JRPG. There were a few key differences, and…
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Old Game Tuesday – Final Fantasy VI
There was a time when I was perfectly happy just playing my original 8-bit NES. I had fun, time-consuming games like Final Fantasy and Uncharted Waters, and didn’t need any new console just for better graphics. Then I was informed Final Fantasy II was coming to that newfangled SNES. Someone brought their system and the…