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Nintendo Game Boy Reviews

Batman

Author Chris Alaimo Date December 22, 2010
When I was 13, I was getting ready to take a train ride through...
Tagged 1990, Action, Batman, Game Boy, Gameboy, Nintendo, Review, Sunsoft |
Super Nintendo Reviews

Top Gear

Author Chris Alaimo Date November 20, 2010
Petrolheads like me might be excited upon first learning of this game, thinking that...
Tagged Kemco, Racing, Review, SNES, Super Nintendo, Top Gear |
TurboGrafx-16 Reviews

Die Hard

Author Chris Alaimo Date September 14, 2010
Die Hard is one of my all-time favorite action movies, and it’s a shame...
Tagged Action, Die Hard, HuCard, Movie, Pack-In Video, PC Engine, Review, turbografx, turbografx-16 |
TurboGrafx-16 Reviews

Appare! Gateball

Author Chris Alaimo Date September 11, 2010
“Gateball” is a Japanese sport not unlike croquet. Players use a long mallet to...
Tagged Appare, Appare! Gateball, Billiards, Croquet, HuCard, nec, PC Engine, Sports, turbografx-16, West One |
Sega Genesis Reviews

Caesar’s Palace

Author Chris Alaimo Date July 11, 2010
Caesars Palace is a casino/gambling game that features 8 games – scratchers (more on...
Tagged Caesars Palace, Casino, genesis, Review, sega, Tommy Tallarico |
TurboGrafx-16 Reviews

World Class Baseball

Author Chris Alaimo Date July 11, 2010
For sports fans, there wasn’t much to choose from on the Turbo. As was...
Tagged Baseball, HuCard, hudson, PC Engine, Power League, Review, Sports, turbografx, turbografx-16 |
Sega Saturn Reviews

Elevator Action Returns

Author Chris Alaimo Date July 10, 2010
Game companies may have decided that Americans were no longer interested in 2D games...
Tagged 1997, Action, Arcade, Elevator Action, Returns, Review, Saturn, sega, Taito |
Retrospectives

Retrospective: John Madden Football

Author Chris Alaimo Date June 15, 2010
by Anthony Norcia By now, the history of John Madden Football is well known....
Tagged genesis, mega drive, Retrospective, sega |
Retrospectives

Retrospective: Kid Chameleon

Author Chris Alaimo Date May 30, 2010
by Anthony Norcia Mention of the name “Kid Chameleon” to most classic gamers will...
Tagged genesis, Kid Chameleon, mega drive, Retrospective, sega |
Nintendo NES Reviews

Contra

Author Chris Alaimo Date May 24, 2010
Contra is a game that should need no introduction. This classic side-scrolling shooter was...
Tagged Action, Contra, Konami, NES, Nintendo, Review, Run & Gun |
Nintendo NES Reviews

Gradius

Author Chris Alaimo Date May 20, 2010
This classic side-scrolling space shooter was one of the first on the NES and...
Tagged Arcade, Gradius, Konami, NES, Nintendo, Review, Shooter |
Nintendo NES Reviews

Lee Trevino’s Fighting Golf

Author Chris Alaimo Date May 15, 2010
Probably the most famous thing about Lee Trevino’s Fighting Golf is the title. Fighting...
Tagged Fighting Golf, Golf, Lee Trevino's Fighting Golf, NES, Nintendo, Review, SNK, Sports |
TurboGrafx-16 Reviews

Galaga ’90

Author Chris Alaimo Date April 29, 2010
Galaga is my favorite arcade game of all time, so when I found out...
Tagged Arcade, Galaga, Galaga '90, HuCard, Namco, nec, Review, Shooter, turbografx, turbografx-16 |
The Do-it-Yourself Gamer

Building a TurboGrafx-16 & PC Engine Composite AV Cable

Author Chris Alaimo Date April 26, 2010
To keep the price of the system low (although the system launched in the...
Tagged AV Cable, Composite Cable, How to, PC Engine, Stereo, Turbo Booster, turbografx-16 |
TurboGrafx-16 Reviews

Ninja Spirit

Author Chris Alaimo Date April 20, 2010
Ninja Spirit is one part Shinobi and one part shooter, mixing the side-scrolling ninja...
Tagged Action, HuCard, Irem, Ninja Spirit, PC Engine, Review, turbografx, turbografx-16 |
TurboGrafx-16 Reviews

Keith Courage in Alpha Zones

Author Chris Alaimo Date April 15, 2010
Keith Courage in Alpha Zones was the original pack-in game for the TurboGrafx-16. It’s...
Tagged HuCard, Keith Courage, Keith Courage in Alpha Zones, launch, Mascot, PC Engine, Platformer, Review, turbografx, turbografx-16 |
TurboGrafx-16 Reviews

Splatterhouse

Author Chris Alaimo Date April 9, 2010
Splatterhouse has a plot straight out of a cheesy 80’s horror flick. Rick and...
Tagged Beat 'em Up, Horror, HuCard, Namco, PC Engine, Review, Splatterhouse, turbografx, turbografx-16 |
The Do-it-Yourself Gamer

Replacing the PCB in Your Atari CX-10 “Heavy-Sixer” Joystick

Author Chris Alaimo Date April 1, 2010
Atari joysticks are very simple devices, and as such there isn’t much that can...
Tagged 2600, Atari, Best Electronics, CX-10, CX-40, How to, Joystick, PCB, Repair, VCS |
Sega Genesis Reviews

Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday

Author Chris Alaimo Date March 12, 2010
Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday is a science fiction-themed turn-based role-playing game developed by...
Tagged Buck Rogers, Countdown to Doomsday, genesis, Review, RPG, sega |
The Do-it-Yourself Gamer

How To Clean Your Games

Author Chris Alaimo Date March 6, 2010
In a previous article, I outlined the procedure for taking apart your NES console...
Tagged cleaning nes games, how to clean game cartridges, how to clean nes games, how to clean video games, how to fix blinking nes |
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