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Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration Launch Trailer

Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration Collection is out today. Check out the launch trailer for the game and then our thoughts on it. Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration Collection is out today on the Switch, PS4/PS5, STEAM, Xbox Series X/S, and Atari VCS. The game is a collection of Atari’s greatest hits over the years (and six new games). It includes over 100 games from Atari Jaguar, Lynx, 8-bit computers, 7800, 5200 and 2600 consoles! If you’ve ever had any…

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More Thoughts From Me: Digital Eclipse and Retro Collections

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles The Cowabunga Collection comes out next Tuesday. This is an epic collection of TMNT games that no one thought would ever happen. Later this year, Atari 50: The Anniversary Collection comes out too. What do these two games have in common? Digital Eclipse is the developer for both of them! Let’s talk about the two games and Digital Eclipse. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles The Cowabunga Collection is almost here! I mentioned before that I was really…

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Arcade Paradise Review

Welcome to Arcade Paradise, the 90’s-fuelled retro arcade adventure. Rather than washing rags for a living, you decide to turn the family laundromat into the ultimate arcade. Play, profit, and purchase new arcade machines, with over 35 to choose from, to build your very own Arcade Paradise!   This game takes the idea of playing retro inspired games but adds another layer on top of it to make it a little more interesting. Instead of just playing a random assortment…

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection Gets A Release Date

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection has a release date! Check out the brand new release date trailer and come back here for our thoughts on the game. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection will release on August 30th, 2022. It will be coming out for Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PS4/PS5, and STEAM. The collection will cost $39.99. The Cowabunga Collection looks amazing. It will have thirteen games, online support, with tons of artwork and…

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More Thoughts From Me: The Cowabunga Collection Looks So Cool

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise has been having a great year. Shredder’s Revenge came out and has sold over a million copies so far and the Cowabunga Collection is on the way. Recently we got another tease of the collection and I want to talk about it. Check out the video below and then my thoughts! Wow. The TMNT Cowabunga Collection looks amazing. First of all, look at the main menu. The black and white comic art around the…

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Wonder Boy Collection

As noted in my Wonder Boy: Asha in Monster World review, I did not play Monster World or Wonder Boy back in the day. And so a collection of games in this series is not nostalgic for me at all. In fact, to me, these are new games! In the following review, I look at how each of the games plays now, what features are included in the collection, and whether I think this collection is meant for just fans…

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More Thoughts From Me: Turtlemania Returns?

In the late eighties and early nineties, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were extremely popular. They were everywhere: from their start in comics, to cartoons, toys, movies, and of course video games. The turtles seemed unstoppable. Over the years though, they’ve become less popular. While the turtles haven’t disappeared, they have never reached their popularity of the 80s/90s. And now…we are about to get two games this year, plus a new animated movie is in the works. Is Turtlemania returning?…

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Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack First Thoughts

Nintendo released the Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack on October 25. I got the service yesterday and here are my first thoughts on it. The Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack is here! Nintendo released the service on October 25th and I got it yesterday. As of this moment, there are Nintendo 64 games and Sega Genesis games available. Here are my thoughts on each of the apps and some of the games: SEGA GENESIS When you first start up the…

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Zombies Ate My Neighbors/Ghoul Patrol Is Now Available for Nintendo Switch

Zombies Ate My Neighbors and Ghoul Patrol are now available for the Nintendo Switch (and other systems). Zombies Ate My Neighbors is finally playable on modern consoles! As I mentioned in a previous article, I played this game when I was kid. It was one of my favorites and I’m so happy to see it on the Switch! I didn’t even know it had a sequel until this re-release was announced. You better believe I would have played it ages…

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More Thoughts From Me #272: Crazy Nintendo E3 Predictions

We still have a few weeks to go but I figured, hey, why not start my crazy E3 predictions!? Today I’ll throw out some never-will-this-happen Nintendo E3 predictions, next week will be Sony, and right before E3 I’ll talk about Microsoft and third parties. Let’s a goooooo! Nintendo has not officially announced their E3 plans yet (unless they do and I have to rewrite this). So I am going to guess their plans… On the Thursday or Friday before E3…

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