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  • Retro Referee: Ranking the Retro Sports – NES

    Sports video games are one of my favorite genres in the medium, so I thought it would be fun to look not necessarily at the individual games just yet… but rather the sports they represent. I’m going to rank my favorite five sports, based on the games that represent them. I’ll cover each of the…

  • The Ones: Palamedes (NES, 1990)

    “What the heck is Palamedes?” That’s often the reaction I get when I mention this game, and I get it. It’s not a recognizable game. It’s uncommon, but cheap. It was published by Hot-B, a company better known for its fishing games. Very few people talk about it. Heck, I would’ve missed out on it…

  • Thinking Out Loud: A Personal Reset

    When I decided to jump back into the NES game a few weeks ago, I set into motion a shift that’s had multiple implications. My attitude has changed. I’m feeling more enthusiastic and energetic than I have in a long time. I’ve let go of many games that I had been just sitting on for…

  • Collector’s Log: Transition

    I didn’t plan on writing another Collector’s Log piece, but… When I got my Nintendo Entertainment System earlier this year, I began thinking about expanding my cartridge-based consoles and game libraries. A SEGA Genesis console followed soon after, and now the Super Nintendo Entertainment System is here (Thanks to Retro World Games for setting me…

  • Collector’s Log: May 2026

    My shift in collecting focus to the Nintendo Entertainment System and the SEGA Genesis has continued this month. I also picked up a rather high-value original PlayStation game. The notable original PlayStation game that I grabbed in May is Rival Schools. It’s a complete-in-case copy that I used some rewards points to knock down to…

  • The Ones: Golden Tee Arcade Classics (XSX, Switch)

    My experience with Golden Tee Golf really ran through bowling alleys and bars, back when I was an active bowler and karaoke singer/show host. I’d put in 18 holes before League Night started, or during karaoke nights after sound check as a host, or when it was busy as a singer. Looking back, I don’t…

  • FuncoLand Flashback #1: Opportunity

    It’s June of 1998. For the longest time, video game shopping in the Greater Springfield, MA area was about the “usual suspects”: big box stores (like Sears or JCPenney), toy stores (like Toys ‘R Us or Kay-Bee Toys), or local independent game stores (like Fantasy Realms or Video Game Castle). I personally wasn’t doing a…

  • RePete: Nintendo Power

    I miss the era of video game magazines. I used to buy so many different ones over the course of the 1990s, from Electronic Gaming Monthly and Video Games & Computer Entertainment to GamePro and GameFan. I probably could have saved money by subscribing to a magazine or two, but buying them from bookstores (like…

  • The Ones: Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition (Switch)

    [AUTHOR’S NOTE: The Ones is a series dedicated to talking about games that I find myself revisiting often, ones out of thousands of choices.] When Nintendo revealed Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition in May of 2024, I was incredibly excited. I’ve long had a fascination with the 1990 version of the Nintendo World Championships, having…

  • Thinking Out Loud: NBA JAM Snubbed Again

    I love the concept of the the Strong National Museum of Play’s Video Game Hall of Fame. Recognizing video games for their historical significance to the medium had been a long time coming until this launched back in 2015. There are obvious enshrined titles here, from PONG to Pac-Man and Space Invaders to Super Mario…