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Retro-Active: Final Fantasy
We can honestly say the phenomena behind role-playing games originated with the Final Fantasy series. As Square (now known as Square Enix these days) has become the most dominate RPG developer in the market,
Read More »Retro-Active: River City Ransom
What happens when you combine an action beat’em up with role playing elements? You produce the NES classic River City Ransom. For high school teens Alex and Ryan, life in River City High aint
Read More »Retro-Active: Herzog Zwei
Real-time strategy is so underrated. So with that said we pay homage to one of the most addictive RTS titles of the 16-bit generation: Herzog Zwei. As the pilot of a an aircraft “transformer”,
Read More »Retro-Active: Gradius
In a time where beat’em-ups and sport games reign supreme, space shooters never receives any props. During the 8-bit era, equality was shared amongst several gaming genres. And we’re sure somewhere in your NES
Read More »Retro-Active: The Lost Vikings
Face it, Vikings rule! Before Warcraft, Diablo and Starcraft, Blizzard put out a puzzle/platformer that was executed so well, EA Sports junkies took a liking to it. Lost Vikings allowed us to play as
Read More »Retro-Active: Michael Jackson's Moonwalker
The concept of Michael Jackson having his own platform adventure is considered a joke to both gaming critics and gamers. But history has proven that never stopped either from dropping rolls of quarters at
Read More »Retro-Active: WWF Wrestlefest
Wrestling games back in the day were as rare as seeing blood spilled all over the arcade screens. To see the WWF actually release one was an ever bigger rarity. But when they released
Read More »Retro-Active: Baseball Stars 2
Nintendo had Bases Loaded, Sega even had Reggie Jackson Baseball, and Neo Geo had Baseball Stars. This sequel was a roided advancement from its competition and was hands down a Neo Geo classic
Read More »Retro-Active: F-Zero
Racing games were a rare commodity on the Super Nintendo, but all it took was a high-speed futuristic racer to push the boundaries of the system to a higher level—that was F-Zero
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