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This feed is subject to our terms of use: http://www.epinions.com/help/rss_terms http://www.epinions.com/Classic_Console_Games Recent content written about Classic Console Games en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_469151223428?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author Chris_Billings - A few years ago I was on eBay browsing around, for nothing in particular of course; but I decided to browse through the Video Game listings.  I came across a listing for The Terminator for the Sega Master System game... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~469151223428 Sun, 3 May 2009 16:33:05 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_469151223428?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_468741688964?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Chris_Billings - Ask any gamer, and they can tell you who Mega Man is and if they can't, they aren't a true gamer!  Everyone knows who the "blue bomber" is (and no, not Sonic the Hedgehog). Side-Scrolling Action games are numerous. Too many to count even. But... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~468741688964 Thu, 30 Apr 2009 04:22:33 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_468741688964?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_467193400964?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Chris_Billings - One of my all time favorite NES games would have to be Castlevania II: Simon's Quest.  It was a pretty addicting game at the time and I can remember staying up all night long with my Dad playing this game.  Castlevania II... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~467193400964 Thu, 16 Apr 2009 02:34:18 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_467193400964?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_466276486788?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author toiletoctopus - Basketball is a game that I wish I could play better. As a fairly tall individual at 6'2, there have been times where I've been asked to play a pickup game, and I almost always come up with some excuse not to hit the court. Usually it's the tennis elbow... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~466276486788 Tue, 7 Apr 2009 14:02:54 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_466276486788?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_463866334852?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author BaronSamedi3 - It's tough to imagine what gaming might be today without Street Fighter II. Street Fighter II was a milestone. This was the game that introduced the concepts of combos, the quarter-circle motion, the six button control layout, and the ability to cancel... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~463866334852 Sun, 15 Mar 2009 16:55:56 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_463866334852?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_459912089220?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Chad9976 - Mega Man 2 not only incorporated multiple genres, it did it surprisingly well. It’s a fast-action game that not only requires dexterity and reflexes, but a real sense of strategy as well. Plus it looks and sounds terrific and never grows old... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~459912089220 Wed, 4 Feb 2009 02:17:07 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_459912089220?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_459192045188?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author sailorshoopuf - I'm pretty sure that when you think of a fun time gaming, "farming simulation" isn't a phrase that immediately leaps to the forefront of your mind. Not quite on the level of "roll a ball around and gather up crap to turn into planets" in terms of... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~459192045188 Tue, 27 Jan 2009 23:31:31 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_459192045188?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_458943925892?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Chad9976 - There’s something very ironic about playing Solaris for the Atari 2600. It’s one of the most technologically-advanced games in the console’s library that plays like a game for a higher-powered system. That means any game ever made for... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~458943925892 Sun, 25 Jan 2009 19:01:34 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_458943925892?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_457903148676?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Chad9976 - It took me a while to realize why this game seemed so familiar, but I eventually figured it out. Piece O’ Cake is basically the classic paddle game Kaboom! turned upside down. And since that was such a great game, you would think simply reversing... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~457903148676 Thu, 15 Jan 2009 19:37:28 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_457903148676?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_456277331588?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author Chad9976 - The beat-em-up genre has always been one of my favorites in all of video games. However, releasing such games on a limited platform as the Atari 2600 is not a wise idea due to the limitations of the technology. Why Activision decided to port Double... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~456277331588 Wed, 31 Dec 2008 20:31:39 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_456277331588?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_456161463940?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author Chad9976 - Star Raiders is an oxymoron of a game: it was one of the first of its kind and yet it comes across as hackneyed and contrived. Had the designers put more effort into making a challenging game rather than basing a game around a gimmick, this game would... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~456161463940 Tue, 30 Dec 2008 19:25:47 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_456161463940?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_455433490052?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author Chad9976 - Back in the early days of video games there seemed to be a lot of pillaging of ideas and it’s not really surprising since the technology didn’t allow for a lot of possibilities. This is why so many games of the first generation were so... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~455433490052 Sat, 20 Dec 2008 22:51:45 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_455433490052?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_453115154052?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author BaronSamedi3 - Deciding what the best Sonic the Hedgehog game in the popular series is can be a difficult task, but Sonic the Hedgehog 3 brings plenty to the table for one hell of an opening statement. While Sonic 3 doesn't contain quite as many levels as Sonic 2, it... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~453115154052 Sat, 29 Nov 2008 13:11:48 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_453115154052?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_445733506692?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author tommy_lop - I got downloaded Kid Icarus over a year ago when it came out on the VC. Now this one of the games I wanted to get for the Wii VC ever since I heard of the download service. I downloaded it got frustrated, deleted it from my Wii's flash drive. But... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~445733506692 Wed, 24 Sep 2008 02:16:34 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_445733506692?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_444982791812?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Chad9976 - When I encounter a game of high quality for the Atari 2600 I wonder why they’re in the minority since most tend to be fairly simplistic in gameplay. I pondered this throughout playing Frogger II: Threeedeep! This is a game that is relatively... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~444982791812 Wed, 17 Sep 2008 00:19:05 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_444982791812?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_444255276676?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author Chad9976 - One of the most frustrating games I’ve ever played for the Atari 2600 was Coleco’s port of Zaxxon. That was a game with quite possibly the worst excuse for 3D I’ve ever seen, even for a game of this primitive generation. Playing Buck... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~444255276676 Wed, 10 Sep 2008 01:14:49 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_444255276676?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_443823459972?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Chad9976 - How do you follow one of the greatest games in the Atari 2600 library? By making an even better one, of course! That’s what Pitfall II: Lost Caverns does – it actually manages to not only live up to its predecessor but surpass it in the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~443823459972 Fri, 5 Sep 2008 23:52:49 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_443823459972?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_443725287044?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Chad9976 - To the gaming connoisseur, Gorf is clearly a rip-off of several other games of the space shooter genre. To the unfamiliar, it might seem like a creative game since instead of the same stage repeatedly indefinitely - it’s four different stages... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~443725287044 Fri, 5 Sep 2008 01:22:17 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_443725287044?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_443500498564?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Chad9976 - As a kid, one of my all-time favorite arcade games was Star Wars. It utilized fantastic vector graphics and included real music and sound clips from the movie. Since so many people loved that game as well, it was only natural for a port to the biggest... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~443500498564 Wed, 3 Sep 2008 00:07:04 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_443500498564?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_443393412740?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author Chad9976 - I had never realized that it is scientifically impossible for the same person to play both offense and defense at the exact same time until playing Star Wars: Jedi Arena. This is why this game fails – it tries to defy reason in the name of... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~443393412740 Tue, 2 Sep 2008 01:46:23 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_443393412740?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_443210239620?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Chad9976 - Video games based on the Star Wars movie franchise have been around almost as long as the original film. Given the premise, you’d think a game of this sort would automatically be high in quality. Such cannot be said for Star Wars: Death Star... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~443210239620 Sun, 31 Aug 2008 14:09:13 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_443210239620?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_443025624708?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author Chad9976 - When it comes to vintage video games I tend to enjoy and appreciate a lot of the “classics” no matter how basic their premise might be, among other archaic features. Retro gamers tend to love Dig Dug, but I’ve just never been a fan of... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~443025624708 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:34:45 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_443025624708?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_442251775620?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Chad9976 - Space shooters were a dime a dozen for the Atari 2600. Although they were all more or less a variation on Space Invaders, each had unique qualities that made it a good game or a pale imitator. Fortunately, Phoenix is one of the better games of the genre... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~442251775620 Sat, 23 Aug 2008 18:06:55 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_442251775620?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_442158124676?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Chad9976 - Space Invaders has the distinction of being of the most cloned, hacked and bootlegged video games of all time, but what about its official sequel, Galaxian? It&#146s not quite as original as its predecessor, but it&#146s superior to all the imitators... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~442158124676 Fri, 22 Aug 2008 21:40:10 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_442158124676?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_442052677252?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Chad9976 - We all know Space Invaders was the first spaced-theme shoot ‘em-up video game (which, frankly, I feel is way over-rated), but what about all the imitators that followed? Many improved upon the concept (i.e. Galaga), while others never really were fun to... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~442052677252 Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:23:57 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_442052677252?linkin_id=8003929