Every Wednesday, PatriotPaine revisits gamings classics — the good, the bad, and the forgotten.
The Lion King looks innocent enough. Then Level 2 introduces precision jumps, hippo asses, monkey puzzles and one absolutely infuriating ostrich. I made it through Aladdin just fine. Simba broke me before I even reached Level 3.
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A snowy Alabama afternoon, a Movie Gallery rental, and one hell of a Sega Genesis platformer. More than 30 years later, Disney’s Aladdin still looks great, plays beautifully, and reminds me why games didn’t need 80 hours of bullshit to be memorable.
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I got Donkey Kong Country at launch after the hype VHS and it became my Thanksgiving game for years after. Thirty years later it's still one of the best games ever made.
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Ken Griffey Jr.'s Winning Run was my favorite baseball game until the N64 version came along. The umpire Easter egg still cracks me up. A Retro WedNESday look at an SNES classic.
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This week, on Retro WedNESday #10, we're looking back at Super Mario Bros. 2. This is the weird one in the NES Mario trilogy, and there's a strange reason why. Princess Peach's float, the Doki Doki Panic origin, and why I still love it.
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Bart vs. The Space Mutants was bad when I was a kid and it's still bad today. I played it anyway because it's what I had. Some things don't improve with age.
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Sonic the Hedgehog was built to compete with Mario and it delivered. Thirty years later the speed still holds up, the music is still iconic, and Green Hill Zone is still one of the best opening levels ever designed.
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Top Gear on SNES was my first console racing game and one of the best multiplayer experiences of my childhood. Simple, fast, and still a blast. Here's why it holds up.
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TaleSpin on the Genesis was the bane of my existence from age seven to ten. I never beat it. Going back on an emulator, I understand why — and I still can't quit it.
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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.
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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.
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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!
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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.
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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.
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