This article was originally published on Gamnesia.com It was later published on my personal website, thelostmd.com Animal Crossing for the Nintendo GameCube began life as a late-era Nintendo 64 title called Dobutsu no Mori (lit. ‘Animal Forest’). As the story goes, when it was decided to bring it westward, Nintendo of America had the task […]
My Best Pokemon Memory
This article was originally published on my personal website, thelostmd.com My best pokemon memory comes from about 2003 or 2004, when I was visiting my grandparents for a few weeks. I had just started a new file on Yellow Version and had made it to Brock with a team consisting of Pikachu, one of the […]
Review: Pokemon Trading Card Game
This article was originally published on Gamnesia.com It was later published on my personal website, thelostmd.com By early 2000, the Pokémon craze was just about over. The first games released in North America and Europe had played out their popularity; the second games were coming out soon, to be enjoyed by those who bothered staying […]
Super Mario 64: What Is, What Was, and What Could Be
This article was originally published on Gamnesia.com It was later published on my personal website, thelostmd.com Everyone knows of Super Mario 64. It’s a genuine classic that changed the way 3D games were made, popularized the idea of analog control in a 3D environment, and showed just how 3D could be used to make for […]
Top 5 Uses of Surround Sound on Super Nintendo
This article was originally published on Gamnesia.com It was later posted on my personal website, thelostmd.com This week’s Throwback Thursday is doing a little something different. How different? Well, did you know that the Super Nintendo was capable of surround sound? Strange concept, right? Believe it or not, that little SPC700-powered powerhouse was capable of […]
Mega Man: The Wily Wars Review
This article was originally published on my personal website, thelostmd.com It was later published on Gamnesia.com Few people in the States may have heard of Mega Man: The Wily Wars. Wily Wars is a compilation ala Super Mario All-Stars featuring 16-bit upgrades of Mega Man, Mega Man 2, and Mega Man 3, with an unlockable […]
Short Review: For the Frog the Bell Tolls
This article was original posted on my personal website, thelostmd.com With his recent inclusion in Super Smash Bros. as an assist trophy, I thought it time to finally review the game that the Prince of Sable is from- an obscure and awesome little Japanese-exclusive GameBoy title called For The Frog The Bell Tolls, a quirky […]
RetroN 5 Review
This article was originally published on my personal website, thelostmd.com This article was later published on Gamnesia.com Earlier this year, Hyperkin released their long-delayed ‘next gen’ clone console, the RetroN 5– a system that boasts the ability to play games from five different types of cartridge digitally in HD. Think of it as an emulation […]
Metroid: The Baby The Baby The Baby Review
This article was originally published on my personal website, thelostmd.com Note: This review is very… personal. Full of rage. And language. Consider it a satirical venting. What started as a super-hyped action-over-exploration take on the Metroid series, after its first cutscene, quickly devolved into ruining everything that made Samus’ character special by turning her into […]
The Curse of the Triple Dip: Metroid Prime Trilogy
This article originally appeared on my personal website, thelostmd.com It was later posted on Gamnesia.com as a Journal Hello everyone. My name is Claire, and I’m a gameaholic. I’m one week sober. My backlog is over eight-hundred and fifty now, while the number of games I actually play is in the dozens. I play the […]