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Yoshi

Yoshi

I'll be damned. Another Yoshi game before the SNES. I guess I was under a rock during my childhood. I swear Yoshi didn't exist before I used him as a SPAS (Sacrificial Pit Avoidance System). But someone sent me this game and proved me wrong after seeing the Yoshi's...

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Millipede

Millipede

Listen kids, most of you wouldn't know what end of an NES cart to blow into if it was in a back alley offering you $20. So I really don't think you'll understand what it means that they took an arcade game and smushed it down to work on on 8-bit game system. If you do...

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Skate or Die

Skate or Die

Can't really say why this one gets 3/10. I guess as a nod to my friends who liked it growing up. I'd probably just call it Skate or Why? As in, "Why in the ever loving fuck am I playing this?" I didn't like it as a kid but decided to give it another shot. Still don't...

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Milon’s Secret Castle

Milon’s Secret Castle

True story, I only know how to make this game tolerable because my friends and I played the shit out of it when it came out. Turns out the castle is called Castle Garland and we were convinced there was a Final Fantasy 1 easter egg somewhere in it. Spoiler alert -...

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Destination Earthstar

Destination Earthstar

This game doesn't know whether it wants to be a space sim or a side scrolling shooter and manages to fail at both. You might think they should have stuck to one or the other but I think that would have just been worse, if at all possible.  It gets a 2/10 in case you...

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Pin Bot

Pin Bot

I know what you're asking yourself "How could he give an old NES pinball game a perfect score?!?!" Well just sit right back and listen to my tale... I recently had a party in which 3 very attractive ladies found my retro game room. One of them had a childhood love of...

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