Every Wednesday, PatriotPaine revisits gamings classics — the good, the bad, and the forgotten.
Super Mario Bros. is the first game I ever played and my first gaming memory. This week’s Retro WedNESday game review looks back on the all-time classic. Forty years later it’s still just as fun as it ever was. Some things don’t need improving. Continue reading Super Mario Bros. Review (1985) (Retro WedNESday #5)
Retro WedNESday finally features an actual NES game. Gun.Smoke swaps the spaceships for cowboys and the result is one of Capcom’s best early shooters. Here’s why it still holds up. Continue reading Gun.Smoke Review (Retro WedNESday #4)
One course, not many modes, but hundreds of hours played. Waialae Country Club: True Golf Classics is a simple N64 golf game that earns its legacy through memories as much as gameplay. Read the review in the third installment of Retro WedNESday! Continue reading Waialae Country Club: True Golf Classics Review (Retro WedNESday #3)
WrestleMania week calls for a look back at the best wrestling game ever made. WWF WrestleMania 2000 brought the AKI engine to the WWF roster and nothing in the genre has topped it since. Continue reading WWF WrestleMania 2000 Review (Retro WedNESday #2)
Harvest Moon 64 is one of my all-time favorites. A year of waiting for it, a Christmas surprise, and a farming sim that somehow turned me into a real-life gardener. Here’s why it still holds up. Continue reading Harvest Moon 64 Review (Retro WedNESday #1)
