A small series where I talk about my favorite or memorable games that all start with the same letter.
I play and compare 3 different versions of Q*bert… Atari 2600, Intellivision and Nintendo. Also I talk about how the character made its way into TV and Movies.
I do a small play through of the classic Nintendo game “A Nightmare on Elm Street”, and give my thoughts on the game.
I talk about how I was able to play classic Nintendo while I was on the road. …and Also give a few tips about controllers and emulators.
A brief introduction of what Brian’s Man Cave is all about and the various topics I will be discussing, such as.. Retro gaming (Atari, Intellivision , Nintendo) and Toys (Transformers, Star Wars, Ghostbusters)
Okay, who here has either yelled at the TV / Screen, thrown a controller or rage quit a game… stand up as say I? For those of you still sitting, who are you kidding? All of us gamers get so much into the game that it becomes our life, we become one with the game and must see it through… Read more »
Episode 10 Brian talks about what retro gaming means to him and if he considers the Nintendo NES to be retro. He also shows off a few of his gaming consoles and games along the way.
Brian shows off some of his collection of handheld games including Game & watch, Super Mario Bros and Donkey Kong. Also some famous retro games like Pitfall, Keystone Kapers and Frogger. He then talks about how to display them in your own Man Cave. Episode 9 – Handheld video games
I keep wondering to myself “What is classified as Retro when it comes to gaming?”, its a term we use quite a bit but seem to have a hard time trying to define it. The term “Retro” tends to apply to things that began or were popular about 15-20 years ago, so this begs the question… “what about things from… Read more »
Race to the end… (continued from part 1) It was when I got introduced to the Nintendo NES that I really started to notice a style of game-play where the objective was to race to the end, rather then continuous playing until you lose. Super Mario Bros was a completely new form of game that I just was not used… Read more »