Karnov! Fun little game.

In case you missed it: The internet’s retro gaming assassin compiled a full retrospective of the beloved Game Boy, which turned 20 in April.

With so much culture revolving around a two decades-old piece of hardware, it’s clear that the Game Boy is more than just a gaming system. It’s a common link; A symbolic piece of shared history amongst both gamers and non-gamers.

A good read.

With great picks and nice recaps of some of the best retro games ever, it’s a nostalgic punch to the face. As author McKinley Noble writes, “it’s enough to keep blowing into your NES slot loader.” Just know SMB3 rightfully took the top spot.

A short clip of a television show in Japan that focuses on tough video games. This is a clip from an episode dealing with Mother a Japanese only title which sequel was released in the US as Earthbound on the Super Nintendo. Anyway it’s a bit weird and quirky, but kind of funny.

[Thanks Jake]

From the article:

Even the greats like Nintendo are not immune from making horrible, horrible system choices. The Virtual Boy is probably the most ridiculous looking system on this list… To our friends reading this that may be prone to motion sickness or epileptic seizure, you may want to avoid these puke goggles at all cost.

The not-so-portable handheld system released by Nintendo in 1995 was named alongside the Neo Geo, TurboGrafx 16, Atari Jaguar, and a pair of Sega systems to name a few.

I never owned a 32X, but I always wanted to play this one. Was it any good?

Nintendo sent us the new Punch-Out for Wii today with an oversized screen of Little Mac on a black t-shirt and a little flyer that reads, “Hellz yeah, Little Mac is back!” We’ll be playing the game all day (just KO’d our calendars) and will have a final single-player and multiplayer verdict up shortly. Oh, and we’ll be giving away the shirt in addition to the game. Now if only I can shake this nostalgic punch to the face before beginning an honest critique (gulp)…

The walking mushrooms from Super Mario Bros—otherwise known as goombas—are the sorriest enemy of all time. Or so says the June issue of Game Informer. “The only way goombas could possibly be easier is if they somehow stomped on themselves,” the gaming rag writes. “Displaying no initiative or intelligence, they trod along set patterns just begging to be squished.”

And yet, I still get killed by one after a mis-timed jump. Other enemies to make the list include Glass Joe, The 1990 New England Patriots, Slime from Dragon Quest, and grunts from Halo. The “stupid elf” from Golden Axe, Johnny Sasaki, generic RPG cellar rats, the “monster” from Braid, and Bot the Killer Goldfish rounded out the top 10.

Who would you name as the most pathetic video game enemy?

I played a lot of Ghosts ‘n Goblins and Wizards & Warriors as a child. In retrospect, I’m not sure which I liked better. But I think I leaned slightly more towards the Wizards & Warriors side for its awesome music, in addition to solid gameplay. Ghosts ‘n Goblins was tops too, but something about Wizards & Warriors did it for me. What about you? Who do you think would win in a fight: Ghosts ‘n Goblins or Wizards & Warriors?

Every once in a while a great game series has a game announced, and somehow it ends up canceled. This generally happens once in a blue moon with a popular franchise. The reason it happens could be because of many things, company restructure, new hardware is being released, or even a contract expires. Of the many Nintendo franchises that had a game canceled, Star Fox happened to be one of those rare cancellations due to hardware being released.

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