Hello again, all my friends here at TGV.
I’m happy to announce that on YouTube I have reached 2000 subscribers! I wanted to say a little something special to all of you and let you know of some fun new things going on for the EMU Review! I also have a little extra treat at the end of the episode. Something else that I do, related to Audio and music. I hope you guys enjoy it.
When I have friends over to my place for game nights, and I bust out my wireless controllers for NES, SNES, and N64, the first thing everyone says is “they made wireless controllers for that system?!” Most people have no idea that wireless controllers exist for these old consoles. Its my civil gaming duty to show you all these sweet accessories!
I am reviewing wireless controllers spanning across 3 generations of consoles! Please enjoy the show guys!
They are rough, they are tough, they will kick your face in… These toads are THE BIGGEST BADDEST creatures you’ll ever encounter! When Rare decided to come out with this knock off “Ninja Turtles” style game I don’t think they knew how much of an impact they were about to make. The first for its time, combining a side scrolling beat em up, action, and platformer all in one!
I am Jason Heine, this is the Emulator Review, and we are diving into “Battletoads” for many different platforms, enjoy!
Welcome to The Gaming Vault of Fame, where we take a look at some of the accomplishments of the video game world’s lesser known heroes. Y’know the ones I mean: those who rarely hog the spotlight for themselves, merely pleased with starring in a few games and then fading into obscurity. This series of articles will be to honour those heroes. And we begin with the world’s biggest secondary fiddle: Luigi.
We’ve all heard of Mario: it’s safe to say he’s the most recognisable video game character in existence. But what about his brother Luigi, who seemingly always stays out of the limelight? There’s also the unfortunate problem of everyone forgetting who he is. Throughout the entire Mario & Luigi RPG series he’s referred to as “Mr. Green ‘Stache” or “Mr. Other Mario Bro”, though he seemingly grows out of Mario’s shadow eventually.
Released in 1990 and taking place in 2777, Xexyz is one of those strange titles that you don’t hear about nearly enough.
And it’s kind of understandable. This quirky game combined elements of classic platformer titles with old school shooter elements. It takes place in the future where you rescue fairies from robots.
You also ride on a mechanical lobster.
I’m on a lobster, motherf***er, don’tcha ever forget!
Yeah, it’s like that.
More on this unsung NES hero after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
Whoever said all nerds are shy, introverted little pipsqueeks needs to take a look at a man known only as “Metal_Games”, who takes his love of gaming to the very extreme.
Using “scarification”, a process in which a certain pattern is carved into your skin, which is then removed to make the pattern really stand out, Metal_Games had a NES controller sliced into the flesh of his lower right arm. This isn’t the first time, either, as Metal_Games had an “expertly” carved the Konami Code into his leg.
“The stencil went on, and we were ready to go. Starting with the lines, the pain wasn’t half as bad as I’d expected,” explains Metal_Games. “In fact, it was a breeze for the most part. It took Jeffrey, the artist, about 20 minutes to cut all the lines. A couple of deep breaths, and we went straight on to removing the skin…”
Images of the final result can be found after the cut… pun not intended.
And they are not for the squeamish.
In our third Dissidia: Final Fantasy character guide, we take a look at Firion. This uniquely dressed hero, hailing from Final Fantasy II believes he’s so hardcore that he carries around not just one, not even two, but seven weapons in combat!
And we’re going to show you how to use them, and use them well.
In our second Dissidia: Final Fantasy character guide, we take a look at Garland, the legendary villain of Final Fantasy I, who was hunkering around in metal armour and looking generally imposing long before the likes of Golbez and ExDeath came on the scene.
In our first Dissidia: Final Fantasy character guide, we take a look at the character who jump started the franchise, the iconic Warrior of Light, who makes his appearance in Dissidia looking similar to how he was originally designed by Yoshitaka Amano, over 20 years ago.
