Retro Gaming for cheap: The FC Twin

Hot Pac-on-Pac action

My first hardware review, gonna make this a regular Saturday ordeal.  Have you ever tried to pick up an original NES system, signed over your house as collateral for the price, then got home only to find out the stupid thing doesn't work half the time unless you blow on the cartridges or hit it with a blunt object?  Here's your answer right here ladies, the FC Twin system.

The FC Twin is what's called a "Famiclone", It's a clone of the original NES/Famicom system that was made in Japan (bet you think you're smart now).  The backstory is basically Nintendo's licensing has expired on these older system's hardware, so anyone can make them now.  The benefit to you, the consumer is a much better, and cheaper piece of equipment that's easilly available to be ordered online, go here.  I've purchased from The manufacturers Yobo Gameware before and they're cool guys, I'd recommend them over the other Famiclones circulating around.  The FC Twin is a great system, Is compatible with MOST NES and SNES games(sorry no Battletoads lol) and even Famicom games without a mod. Sounds like a winrar to me.

Now that you've saved all that money by not buying an old SNES and NES separately, you can spend it on this bad boy:

Oh yeah

Forever Stallone

Since I did probably the best Movie-to-game adaptation yesterday It's time to talk about one of the worst ones!(although generally when a movie to game adaptation comes out, being good is the exception not the rule)

 

You know what?  It's Friday, and I really don't want to talk about Cliffhanger: The Game (you lost it). I can describe why you should never play this game in one sentence, If you stand still for too long you freeze and it's Game Over.  Enjoy your Friday night guys, unless of course the post title describes you :(

Check out my Dubz: 007 Goldeneye

So I was inspired by alot of the bloggers here who are so knowledgeable about one particular subject.  Two that immediately come to mind are The Watch dude, and This guy and his Scotch.  When I think of cool watches, and high class liqueur, only one guy comes to mind, James F***ing Bond ya'll!  So today I will be talking about the best iteration of the Bond Franchise, Goldeneye 007, for the Nintendo 64.

B*tches don't know about my Q watch

This game is significant in many ways.  Say what you want about Mario, Donkey Kong, Zelda and any one of Nintendo's rehashed flagship series, but Goldeneye put the N64 on the map, and offered a legitimate reason  to buy the system for anyone who was older than 12.  This game does everything right, a long, fun and challenging single player campaign full of immersion, outstanding control system(Many thought the N64 couldn't handle an FPS because of the controller setup)The graphics were superb for the time too, and really made 3 dimensional games viable.

But let's be cereal for a sec, nobody played this for the single player, you played it to own your friends in the phenomenal multiplayer experience.  For me personally, this game defined what multiplayer could, and is continuing to be on the console platform.  It wasn't particularly innovating anything, just streamlining and improving on a formula that had been successful on the PC for a generation.  For years, PC games enjoyed a monopoly on fun deathmatch style multiplayer games, but when 007 came along, he turned on that British charm, and seduced us all with his unique, and stylish game.  I'd hit it.

Yes, I own a yellow controller, and I like women, don't hate

Some shoutouts today!

I thought I'd return the favor after being featured on some great blogs lately, so do these guys a favor and check their stuff out, you won't be disappointed, unless you're one of those people who are easily disappointed.  If you're one of those people then here's a blurry picture of Mutant League Football, enjoy.

http://blahcoocooblah.blogspot.com/ - This girl is pretty funny, and has creative uses for lulzy pictures

http://jesseacohen.blogspot.com/ - I've been his "blog of the Day" a few times, he had a story about swallowing chew spit, so do yourself a favor and head on over there.

http://cmipigeon.blogspot.com/ - Has a blog called "Entertainment Placebo", creative title, and funny articles check it out

http://fromheftytohappy.blogspot.com/ - She's just starting out, so check her stuff out, she wants YOU to lose weight, yup she cares that much about each and every one of you.

A Cheater is you!

I'd like to talk about something that's been bugging me for a while, cheating.  First, check out this article courtesy of http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com:  Cheaters

It talks all about how Generation Y is using technology to beat the school system, and forgo studying for tests.  This got me thinking, how many of you fellow generation Y people had one of the following items as kid

How about a nice cup of RAAAAGE

It's not hard to see why our generation is acceptable with cheating.  Think about How high the Divorce rate is in the country, and the recent Baseball-Steroids scandals.  We grew up spoiled and stupid and we needed help just to get through a hard level on a video game.  For shame on you Generation Y! What's your personal opinion on cheating/hacking in games right now, or in the past?