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My love-hate relationship with RPGs

by Jessica Moen on Oct 25, 2009 at 07:07 PM

I love role-playing games. They are definitely my favorite type of video game. I love that you can visit villages, do side quests and work along with some crazy people. Unfortunately, there are some elements that I just hate including level grinding, hard bosses and un-skippable cut scenes, just to… Continue Reading »

About Friggin Time: Komodo Adapter will let you use old controllers with your Wii (updated)

by PJ Hruschak on May 14, 2009 at 08:07 PM

A press release sent by Innex today (May 14, 2009) announced the upcoming release of the Komodo Adapter, a “3-in-1 Virtual Retro Adaptor that allows gamers to connect NES, SNES, and N64 controllers directly to the Nintendo Wii video game console.” Now you can put your old controllers back in… Continue Reading »

Opinion: Chrono Trigger, the greatest RPG of all time

by Jessica Moen on Feb 9, 2009 at 10:11 AM

When you ask a role-playing game fans what their favorite game is, you are most likely to hear Chrono Trigger for the Super Nintendo Entrainment System (NES). This is because it was one of the best RPG’s ever made. It has all the great role playing elements and it was… Continue Reading »

Auction Watch: Nintendo Canada sells games on eBay for United Way

by Jenni Lada on Jun 3, 2008 at 11:15 AM

I love when big companies do something to help out those less fortunate. Nintendo Canada was doing some spring cleaning and found a warehouse filled with old Nintendo, Super Nintendo, Game Boy, Game Boy Color and Virtual Boy paraphernalia (mainly games). So the division made an eBay account (nocl604) and… Continue Reading »

Auction Watch: Mint-condition Chrono Trigger

by Jenni Lada on Feb 2, 2008 at 11:15 PM

There comes a time when a hardcore fan must ask the value of a mint condition, piece of history which takes one back to a happier time. Apparently, if that piece of history is a factory-sealed copy of Chrono Trigger, then it is worth $540. A recent eBay auction by… Continue Reading »

Important Importables: Best SNES role-playing games

by Jenni Lada on Feb 1, 2008 at 08:00 AM

The PlayStation 2 may be the role-playing game (RPG) giant today, but it wasn’t always so. Back in the early 1990s the Super Nintendo, aka the Super Famicom, was undoubtedly the place to go for a large variety of solid RPGs. It featured great games like Final Fantasy, Chrono Trigger,… Continue Reading »

CES: Knock-off consoles that play classic games

by Jenni Lada on Jan 11, 2008 at 02:15 PM

One of the coolest displays at CES 2008 displayed the awesome powers of the Retro Duo and Gen X consoles from Innex. Okay, cool for people who were born sometime in the 1980s. The two consoles are the thing of dreams for gamers who owned the original Nintendo, Super Nintendo,… Continue Reading »

Wii Virtual Console update for the week of June 25 to July 1, 2007

by PJ Hruschak on Jun 25, 2007 at 02:11 PM

  New this week: F-Zero X, Street Fighter II Turbo: Hyper Fighting and China Warrior. This week’s three additions brings the total count to 109 games available for download through Nintendo’s Wii Shop Channel and playable only on the Wii. New Wii virtual Console (aka Virtual Arcade) games go live… Continue Reading »

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