On 05/20/2013 at 05:21 PM,
by Elkovsky
Greetings, Pixlbit! As expected, I've been posting reviews at a snail's pace, and the next one might take me awhile... because, on the NES front, I've been busy with this:
On 05/10/2013 at 01:50 PM,
by Elkovsky
If you go to any store that sells video games, chances are that most of sports titles are heavily, heavily discounted. Sure, the most recent Madden or NBA title will go for $60 at launch, but given how many football and basketball titles have been released over the years, how much more, really, can you do with the genre? It's not like the rules of the sport have undergone drastic changes, and aside from roster updates and tweaks to the career mode, there's not much else you can do.
On 04/10/2013 at 04:59 PM,
by Elkovsky
It's Wednesday, and good grief, my productivity is out the window. Classes went fine today, but after gorging myself on some good, solid titles yesterday, my appetite for gaming seems to be back in full swing. Maybe this warmer weather has something to do with it, too... hmm.
On 04/08/2013 at 11:45 AM,
by Elkovsky
I've got a large chunk of the old site backed up, but I know that my time is limited regarding doing so. I should be able to find time to do the rest of it this week, as well as finish review #97 (Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!). I must admit that I haven't beaten Tyson with a normal password - that is, going through Super Macho Man to get to him, rather than just using the Tyson code. That last fight is probably one of the toughest things I have yet come across in the NES library; maybe it's because I didn't grow up with it as a kid, or because it's so different from so many other NES games. I can down a tough side-scroller with enough persistence, but taking down Tyson is something I've only done once. I'll come back to it at some point, though, so I can mark it - as well as the other eight "provisionally beaten" games - off of my list for good.
On 04/04/2013 at 02:57 PM,
by Elkovsky
Many of you here may know that 1UP.com is in the process of winding down - a site that's been something of a home for me for the past three-and-a-half years. When I first started blogging there in August 2009, I owned a mere 71 NES games and had set forth to blog about each and every one of them; today, 140+ games and 90+ reviews later, my NES collection is now at over 500 titles, and I've expanded that journey to the entire NES library - or, more specifically, non-pirate and non-homebrew titles released in the United States during the system's lifespan, from the launch in October 1985 to the release of Sunday Funday in 1995/1996. That's around 750 or so titles, and I might die before reaching the goal! But hey, it never hurts to try.
