I got a pretty nice lot of Japanese Game Boy games in the mail last week, so I thought I would share my score here (as per usual). I paid around $30 for these shipping included, so I am pretty stoked to add so many awesome video games to my …
I am not super into handheld gaming; with few exceptions, I buy almost exclusively RPGs for handhelds, and always have. That being said there are still a ton of non-RPG games that you can only find on handhelds, so I do pick them up when I come across stuff at a good …
Video games have become a cultural touchstone for the generation of kids who grew up along side them. No longer regarded as a kids toy, video games have truly broken through, and are at the forefront of mainstream popular culture. They have had incredible influence on everything from fine art …
I have been getting lots of deals lately, especially (and strangly) in the wild. I though I would make a post that covers the last few weeks. Again, I didn’t pay much for any of these, and the money that I did pay I got mostly with trade credit. Ys …
As a kid I never actually own a Game Boy. I was one of the “turncoats” who went straight from the NES to the SEGA Genesis in Sonic the Hedgehog’s brilliant blue wake. That is not to say that I didn’t ever play any Game Boy games at the time. …
As you may well recall, I picked up an original Game Boy DMG-01 at a thrift store for $5.99 a few weeks ago. Not bad, not too bad at all. In fact, the only downside to the deal was the screen on the Game Boy was shit. Back in 1989 …
I was killing some time on my lunch hour last week, rummaging through a local secondhand store, when I stumbled across a couple pretty awesome finds. First up,I snapped up the Game Boy pictured above for a measly $6. Not bad. As I was examining the condition of the Game Boy (in great shape, by …
Santa was very good to me this year… and the Santa I am referring to here happens to be my beautiful wife. Yes, my young and lovely better-half got me one of the best Christmas presents I could have conceivably received; the Legend of Zelda Special Edition 3DS console. Let …
Metroid II The Return of Samus, the lone Game Boy entry of the storied sci-fi Nintendo franchise takes a lot of flack. People just do not seem to like it all that much. It has been referred to as an inferior sequel and even blamed for the lack of a …
This is a newish feature. Myself and group of like-minded retro gamers participate in group reviews under the name Ultra Review Roundtable. Each of us adds our own thoughts to an overall review piece, which then gets syndicated across all of the participant’s sites. Enjoy! Thanks goes to Jeff at …