We’re coming to the end of the SNES’s lifespan, so I give some thoughts looking back at the console’s life, what it introduced, and the impact it had on video games – and how that may have helped lead to the exodus to the PS1.
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We continue ever close to the launch of the N64.
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We have almost finished Year 8 of Nintendo Power, with a fairly lean issue.
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Another light issue, but we get our first dedicated coverage of a third party N64 game.
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Not a lot of games this issue, but we do get some discussion of the N64 controller!
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It’s time for the inferior version of Mortal Kombat III!
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No, I haven’t forgotten this project.
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We have a new Mario game this issue!
(more…)We haven’t had a fighting game on the cover in a while – how about a first-party one.
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This time, I re-familiarize myself with the game.
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The Sega Saturn is out, and this issue is the first full issue in response to that.
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We have a smaller number of games this issue, since at least a couple games have been previously reviewed. However, we have an actually good fighting game for the Game Boy.
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We have our 100th episode – and we celebrate with an issue that teases great games to come (but otherwise features some pretty mediocre titles)
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We finish off the Best of the Rest before we start Nintendo Power Year 8.
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It’s been a month, so it’s a good time for another recap of NextGen Magazine. This time, as mentioned in my last recap, I’m going to be skipping over the review section, as the reviews in NextGen over the past 4 issues have been very brief and not very informative – and have not had any names attached to them so I can’t get a vibe for individual critics taste in games.
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We have another 11 games on the Best of the Rest, all from the SNES.
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It’s been a while since my last recap of NextGen, mainly because these take a long time to transcribe. Also because they’re kind of long. Still, it’s time to return to this chunk of video game history, and with it take a look at some of the platforms that fell by the wayside.
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The Best of the Rest for Nintendo Power Year 7 continues with another 10 games.
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This Christmas we start the Best of the Rest of Nintendo Power’s 7th year.
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We distribute fliers for the show in an attempt to prove our worth.
(Sorry for the audio issues early on in the show).
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This issue has the results of the 7th annual Nintendo Power Awards.
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I went to Portland Retro Gaming Expo this year, and give my thoughts on the event.
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This week we have a bunch of movie licensed games and the launch of a major puzzle franchise that continues to this day.
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For the past month or so I’ve been doing Let’s Play streams of Viewtiful Joe, a 2.5D character action game from Clover Studios. Now that I’ve beaten the game and the last edited installments have gone up, it’s time for me to give my thoughts on the game as a whole.
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