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Tag Archives: Wii
Cursed Mountain: Emphasis on the Curse…LOTS of them
Cursed Mountain on the Wii had the potential to be the best survival horror game of this generation to capture the feel of the classics from a decade ago. Only one thing held it back. It’s on the Wii. With … Continue reading
For Adults Only: X-Arcade…the ultimate place to spend all your quarters…
I’ve spent the last decade trying to re-experience classic 80s arcade games the way I remember them. Plenty of ‘compilation’ discs have been released for everything from the first Playstation to the Wii, but with these consoles, you’re stuck using … Continue reading
Posted in Living in the 80s - forever, What I'm Doing With My Joystick
Tagged 1980s, 80s, Arcade Stick, Dreamcast, Gamecube, Joystick, Playstation, video games, Wii, X-Arcade, X-Gaming, xbox, Xbox 360
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How is it possible for a video game to be Obscure twice?
Half a decade ago, a survival horror game called Obscure was released for the PS2 and Xbox. A simple takeoff on the original Resident Evil formula and 4-years ahead of the re-vamped Resident Evil series in that it was two … Continue reading
WALKTHRU/BOSS HELP FOR NAMCO MUSEUM REMIX
Since there are absolutely no walkthrus for this game out there as far as I can tell, I thought I’d post a few tips on defeating the bosses in the two best new games on the disc: Galaga Remix and … Continue reading
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Tagged Boss Battle, boss battle help, Boss Help, Galaga, Namco Museum Remix, Nunchuck, Pac N Roll, video games, Walkthrough, Walkthru, Wii, Wiimote
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You’ve entered the Arcade Zone, where no Activision classic is what it seems
The last generation of game systems was treated to “Activision Anthology,” a collection that had dozens of original Activision and Imagic classics from the Atari 2600 days. If you hooked up an arcade stick to your system, you had a … Continue reading
Silent Hill really is going to fall off the map…
It was a big weekend for me and my partner in video gaming. First, we had to play the two new side missions in the reissued Resident Evil 5. Despite some frustrating snags in our boss battles, we kicked ass. … Continue reading
Escape from Bug Island seriously bugged me
This is one cheesy horror survival title with dated graphics and some really annoying use of the Wii controls…yet, I had to finish it. Simply put, a bunch of young people end up on an island and immediately split up … Continue reading
Why do they have to ‘remix’ the classics?
Having grown up during the dawn of the 12” single, I’m a sucker for a remix…of a song, that is. But I finally picked up a copy of the Wii video game Namco Museum Remix and find most of its … Continue reading
House of the Dead Overkill is anything but…
Thanks to the resurgence of cult grindhouse films as a result of the Tarantino/Rodriguez double feature collaboration, the House of the Dead series takes the 4th console installment away from the cheesy b-movie feel and goes totally grindhouse, from the … Continue reading
Mario Bros, Cookie Doughs, Rudolph’s Nose, and Jennifer’s Missing Body
Christmas really feels like Christmas this year. I have a house filled with Christmas cheer, two dogs who have been littering the floor with the remains of numerous Christmas squeaky toys all week, two feet of snow feel, I’ve been … Continue reading