God Is A Teenage Boy: Review of “Terranigma”

Really, God is a teenage boy

Terranigma is a game that was released on the Super Nintendo that was developed by Quintet, which was published by Enix (now SquareEnix) and Nintendo subsequently released the English, French, German, and Spanish languages in PAL Territories, which quite simply put, this game was not released Stateside. It is also the Spiritual Successor of Illusion of Gaia which is ALSO the Spiritual Successor of SoulBlazer. Still with me?

Theme Being Changed

If things look a little bit weird, I’m just fixing up some header and theme stuff.

To be truthful, I don’t like this theme.

Top Five: Overly Used RPG Cliches (in order of predictability)

You’ve all seen them. You’ve all witnessed them, and at some point, you went even as far as saying, “Wait, this all feels like Deja-Vu” as you were playing. From Severe Memory Loss to Item Crafting, RetroviewActive looks at the Top Ten Overly Used RPG Cliche’s of all time. Buckle up, because this is going to get horribly clichéd.

Why Is That There?!: Review of “Mario’s Lost World”

11? That's ridiculous, that's not even funny.

Mario’s Lost World is a ROM Hack that was originally “Super Mario World”, which features an entirely new fan storyline, revamped sprites, and the difficulty meter cranked to 11. Let’s get something straight here: This is unlike the Super Mario World you’ve played when you were a kid. This is a hack that adds such nefarious tricks such as the “Invisible Block In The Way”, “Enemies From Out Of Nowhere” and careful level maneuvering.

Greed Is Good: Review of “Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3″

Pith Helmets: Not just for Safari's

First of all, I’m terribly sorry by the sudden lack of reviews. I took a little trip out of state, and I sorta dropped the ball there. Sorry.

Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 is a platforming  game for the Nintendo Gameboy that was released in 1994 and was produced by the late Gunpei Yokoi. It was the first game to feature Wario as both a playable character and the main character, with the debut of Captain Syrup and her Brown Sugar Pirates who are recurring series of villains in the Wario Land series.

Even Then, I Still Suck at Tactical Games: Review of “Treasure Hunter G”

I wonder what the G stands for.

Treasure Hunter G for the SNES is a turn-based tactical RPG that was made by Sting Entertainment released in 1996. It was later re-released into Nintendo’s Virtual Console for the Wii in Japan during the year 2007 and was published by Square(who would later become Square Enix)

Treasure Hunter G tells of a story of a man known as Brown G who is most widely known for telling tall tales and hunting for rare treasures who later disappears off the face of the earth and must later be found by his sons, Red and Blue G. They are later accompanied by a little girl by the name of Rain and a highly intelligent monkey named Ponga and are later thrust into saving the world because someone got too curious (See Sealed Evil In A Can for more)

Leading Armies, Getting Tuff and Going Up A Tower: QuickReview!

QuickReview (noun): A sudden, and efficient way of reviewing more than one game in a short, concise post. See Multitasking.

Today we review three, plot-light games that you may or may not have heard of: Magic Sword, Mr. Tuff, and Ogre Battle: March of The Black Queen.

16-Bit Plot: Review of “Tales Of Phantasia”

Title Screen of Tales of Phantasia

Tales of Phantasia for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System is an immersive RPG that has addicting gameplay with a fantastic story that will keep you hooked. Originally released for the SNES in 1995, this was the first of the Tales RPG Series and was later remade into three different systems.

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