All tagged retro games

Clayfighter 63 1/3 for Nintendo 64 box art review

Nintendo forcing developers to go 3D really killed momentum for the fighting genre on Nintendo consoles. Even on playstation and in the arcades, by 1997 fighting games in general had lost some of their luster. Though a decent idea for a cash grab initially. This idea is well past the expiration date for seeing decent returns. The only chance a middling game like this has is to launch on the N64, where owners were desperate to buy anything for a reasonable price. I'm actually surprised this didn't get the "Only for" N64 tag up in the top right. I guess they were still planning that PSX release when this ugly box landed on store shelves…

Golden Sun's 2001 GBA commercial is so dense

The main thing everyone remembers about this commercial is the big chandelier dragon, which is pretty cool, if you don't think about how fragile a glass dragon would be. That dragon was the entire 15 second ad spot you might have seen between cartoons on TV back in 2001. In the 30 second commercial there is a lot of lead up to the dragon, but I definitely won't call anything that happens as context for anything else. This is going to be a more serious effort than I was anticipating for a quick joke article…