Phantasy Star II (Genesis)
As retro-gamer gamers, we often scoff at the idea the idea that a game “has aged poorly”. One typical response is to point out how many modern games ‘coddle the player’, and ‘hold their hand’ through every tiny challenge, free of any repercussion from failure. In short, we retro-gamers from upon our highest of horses…
Mark of the Ninja: Remastered (PC/Steam)
It seems to me that we humans have some kind of natural affinity for the number three. If we can figure out a way to apply some variation of a “Rule of Three” to our lives, we’ll have already done it before you can count to … oh dang, I almost did it. From the…
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Fall of the Foot Clan (GB)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Fall of the Foot Clan was released for Game Boy in 1990, the same year that the live action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie was released to theatres. So while the Heroes in a Half Shell were still riding high in the cultural zeitgeist, this is right around the time that…
Ganbare Goemon! Karakuri Dōchū (Famicom)
(English Translation by Spinner 8 and Friends) Ganbare Goemon! Karakuri Dōchū (roughly translated as, “Go For It, Goemon! A Tricky Journey”) is the first home console entry in the beloved, long running Ganbare Goemon series. Being that this is the first time I’ve talked about Goemon on the blog, I should probably mention Ishikawa Goemon…
Sonic Chaos (SMS)
Dear reader, I strive to bring you only the highest quality of content here at nullGaming. But when I read articles published on other blogs I realize what I actually bring you is the highest of mediocre content. That’s just one example of the unflinching honesty upon which this blog is built. You see, here…
Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy: Crash Bandicoot (PC/Steam)
Aw Crash Bandicoot, you’ll always be a solid number ten in our hearts. The tenth best selling game on PS1 that is. And while that might sound like “damning with faint praise”, it slots Crash Bandicoot directly in between Metal Gear Solid (at the #9 slot) and Resident Evil 2 (at #11). So pretty impressive…
Cuphead (PC/Steam)
As this blog has taken shape over the years, I’ve made reference to the fact that the original intent was to gather up game reviews I’d previously written into a single source repository. Any article beginning with a “Review archived from [Date]” citation originally appeared somewhere else. What I’ve never made explicitly clear was that…
Shining in the Darkness (Genesis)
For some time now, I’ve considered migrating my gaming backlog to an online management tool. Based on feature set, I’m currently leaning towards Infinite Backlog, although it’s certainly not the only available option. Presently I manage a sizable backlog of unplayed games by means of an Excel spreadsheet, a method just as old and outmoded…
Halo: The Master Chief Collection: Halo: CE Anniversary (PC/Steam)
Halo: The Master Chief Collection: Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary sure is helluva a verbose title isn’t it? All those colons! So! Our first order of business here is to make that word salad a bit more palatable. For the remainder of the review I’m just going to refer to the game by its original working…
