Random Game Wednesdays: Dragon’s Lair (SNES)

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Dragon’s Lair is a 1983 arcade game by RDI Video Systems. Its most well known for featuring animation by Don Bluth of An American Tale and The Land Beford Time. Gameplay involved hitting the correct buttons to match what was happening on screen, basically what we call quick time events. The interactive animated feature film look really stood out compared to other arcade games of the time. But what do you do with the game when trying to put it onto platforms that don’t support that kind of video?

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Random Game Wednesdays: Medal of Honor (PlayStation)

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The original PlayStation isn’t really known for its first person shooters, but there are a few notable ones. When I think of exclusive FPS game son the console, the one that I immediately think of is the original Medal of Honor. This was a World War II themed shooter thought up by Steven Spielberg, of all people, during the making of his movie, Saving Private Ryan. That’s a neat thing, but does the game still hold up?

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Game Hunting 1/31/25

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I never know what I’m going to find when I go to a retro game store. There’s definitely games that I keep an eye out for, but usually I’m just popping in and seeing what I find. I actually found one I was looking for a few weeks ago, Godzilla for the PS4, but I didn’t write one of these about it. Maybe I’ll do something bigger with that later. But for now, let’s talk about my most recent haul, which is three games. I got two for the Atari 2600 and one for the Sega Dreamcast.

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Random Game Wednesdays: Silent Service (NES)

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One of the interesting things about having a large retro collection is that there is a lot of games that I own that I’ve never played. I’m not even sure when I got Silent Service. It’s not a game a grew up with, and I doubt it would be I would have picked up at a local gaming shop. Maybe at Goodwill or a garage sale? But either way, it’s in my collection and apparently today was the day I was going to give it a try.

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Random Game Wednesdays: Illusion of Gaia (SNES)

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The Super Nintendo was the console that I discovered RPGs on. I didn’t have my own yet, but I was at a friend’s house and he showed me Final Fantasy II (which is what we called IV back then). During this time, I quickly became aware of many other games in the genre. One that I had heard of but knew absolutely nothing about was Illusion of Gaia. It had a logo that made it look like something similar to Final Fantasy, a title that reminded me of Secret of Mana, and I had no idea if it had anything to do with either of these. Well, now, in 2025, the random number generator has decided that I need to actually see what this game is.

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The Time I Got A Deal On Tapper

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The other day, I was at a retro game store, just looking to see what I could find. I often look through the Atari 2600 section, they’re fun games to collect and not in very high demand so they’re often pretty cheap. I came across two that I didn’t have that were a couple bucks each. One was Mouse Trap, which I wasn’t really sure what it was, and the other was a game I recognized, Tapper. Without thinking too much about it, I bought both games and went on my way.

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