Pictured is the ultimate Famicom Zelda conquest; CIB The Hyrule Fantasy: The Legend of Zelda in both it’s Famicom Disk System release and it’s later Famicom cartridge release. The are both inserted into a Sharp Twin Famicom for maximum radness. The monitor is displaying the cart version, obviously, because the …
I picked this up just today from my local Chapters bookstore. If you are a fan of RetroGamer magazine, then you will be familiar with this. The RetroGamer Collection series is basically the best of RetroGamer magazine condensed into one volume, and free of ads. This thing the amazing, and at …
This is a reoccurring feature here were I provide updates in my quest to own all of the Zelda games complete-in-box. Play catch up on my progress by checking out my flagship entry, the first update, and the second update. I have cleared a couple more hurtles on the handheld front. Most …
There once was a time when the RPG was not all that popular outside of Japan. Sure there was the Ultima series, but that was more for the hardcore computing crowd, with their fancy thousand dollar PC’s. It wasn’t until the late 80′s with the North American release of SEGA’s …
This is a reoccurring feature here were I provide updates in my quest to own all of the Zelda games complete-in-box. Play catch up on my progress by checking out my flagship entry and the first update. Sorry for the week without updates. My wife, daughter, and I all had …
Part Ys and part The Legend of Zelda, Crystalis is a top down action RPG that bests the early Ys titles in the game-play department and runs circles around the original Nintendo Zelda games when it comes to plot. Think of Crystalis as the game that should have been The …
In addition to my other Chasing Carts project, I am also working on a complete-in-box Zelda set. This one is going to be a bitch because nearly every Zelda game has two variants. Most come in their original release as well as a second run “classic series”, or “million seller” …
There is just something about Christmas that makes me fall in love with the Famicom all over again. It could be because last year for Christmas my young and beautiful wife got me a CIB Famicom Disk System, but I am not so sure. Christmas just seems to be …
Rare and Complete Pirates Ingredients for a cool pirate: 1 part Famicom casing, 1 part Famicom board, 1 part cheesey and/or awesome lable art, and 3 parts Chinese determination and ingenuity. The case in point comes via Gamesniped.com‘s update this morning. A Gamesniped forum member is selling three more Famicom …