February is Retroary! Welcome to the 3rd annual Retroary event! Come get your taste of gaming’s past. Relive the glory days. For Retroary 2016, we will continue the proud tradition of reviewing all game’s, hardware, and more from the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s! Come get a taste. It’s so crispy up in here.
Tag: gameboy
Celebrating Retroary 2015!
Sure, you can play retro games anytime you please. And we do! But how often do the retro games get honored and celebrated? Welcome to the 2nd annual Retroary Event at nerdbacon.com where we honor the games that helped mold today’s gaming landscape into the world’s biggest entertainment industry! Swing through, stay a while, and relive your past.
Ghostbusters 2 – Game Boy
Ghostbusters 2 on Game Boy may not be too hot to handle or too cold to hold but at least it doesn’t leave you feeling slimed and taken advantage of. Hal Laboratory put together a good one here, as usual.
Mega Man V – Game Boy (3DS Virtual Console)
Platform: Game Boy (3DS Virtual Console) Developer: Minakuchi Engineering Publisher: Capcom Release Date: September 10, 1994 Genre: Platformer, Action Nerd Rating: 8/10 Reviewed by Gunsavior In Christmas of 1993, Mega Man X debuted in epic, 16-bit fashion single-handedly restoring the franchise to its former glory. It was obvious that the Blue Bomber’s 8-bit legacy was winding down but not before… Continue reading Mega Man V – Game Boy (3DS Virtual Console)
Top Ten Best Emulators for the PC
by Dovahkyle I was introduced to the world of emulators when my brother brought a hard drive back from Iraq containing emulators for NES, SNES, and Sega Genesis. I was blown away by the ability to play my all time favorites right on my computer. The craze of emulators has kept many would-be obsolete consoles… Continue reading Top Ten Best Emulators for the PC
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Fall of the Foot Clan – Game Boy
Platform: Nintendo Game Boy Developer: Konami Publisher: Ultra Games Release: August 1990 Genre: Beat ’em Up Nerd Rating: 7/10 Reviewed by FrozenMallet The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles debuted in the comic book of the same title in May of 1984. Self published by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird, it was meant to parody popular characters in comics… Continue reading Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Fall of the Foot Clan – Game Boy
Castlevania: The Adventure – Game Boy
Platform: Game Boy Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Release Date (NA): December 15th, 1989 Genre: Action / Adventure, Platformer Nerd Rating: 5 out of 10 Castlevania: The Adventure is the series’ first installment on a handheld, and though it gets an “A for effort,” it falls a little short of delivering a proper Castlevania experience. First… Continue reading Castlevania: The Adventure – Game Boy
Handy Boy
Check out the Handy Boy. A wild Game Boy peripheral that could only have existed in the intergalactic times of the 90s. I mean, this thing is INSANE!
Monopoly – Game Boy
Nerdberry reviews possibly the most popular board game of all time (sorry all you Candy Land lovers), Monopoly, on the Game Boy
Tennis – Game Boy
Nerdberry reviews TENNIS for the Game Boy.
F1 Race – Game Boy
Nerdberry reviews F1 Race for the Game Boy.
Mario Pinball Land – GBA
NerdBacon cofounder The Cubist reviews one of the more interesting Mario spin-off titles, Mario Pinball Land for Game Boy Advance.
GameBooster
NerdBacon cofounder NerdBerry reviews the horrendous unlicensed Game Boy to N64 converter known as the GameBlunder. We mean, GameBooster.
Heiankyo Alien – Game Boy
Heiankyo Alien tasks players with trapping aliens in holes and burying them alive while evading others. It’s Holes and Signs all in one.
Nintendo e-Reader
Late in 2002 (2001 in Japan), Nintendo would release an interesting add-on for the Game Boy Advance (GBA) known as the e-Reader. At first glance, the term “e-Reader” may evoke thoughts of Kindles, Nooks, and other such electronic reading devices, but back then the “reader” part of the name referred to the device’s ability to read codes printed on cards.