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Boardgames: Space Hulk 1st Edition. Games Workshop (1989)

Posted on September 28, 2020 by Van Rockingham — Leave a comment

Since we are old men we actually seem to spend more of our time playing boardgames, maybe we like to connect and see people face-to-face, maybe we are just saddos, but either way we probably going to do the odd…

Tagged with: 1989, Boardgame, Games Workshop, Genestealers, Space Hulk, Tyranids, Warhammer 40k
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To The Earth. Cirque Vert (1989) Nintendo

Posted on July 15, 2019 by Van Rockingham — 2 Comments

A while back I did a top light gun games list and encouraged people to drop us a line if they knew any Light Gun Games that had a PAL release that I hadnt included in that list. And so…

Tagged with: 1989, Cirque Vert, light gun game, NES, nintendo, Nintendo Entertainment System, Retro Gaming, Review, To The Earth
Posted in Nintendo Entertainment System

Final Fight. Capcom (1989) Arcade

Posted on November 26, 2018 by Van Rockingham — Leave a comment

It’s a while since I did the SNES version of Final Fight and at the time I got a bit of stick for not scoring it as well as others had liked. I was always happy with the score to…

Tagged with: 1989, Arcade, Beat 'em up, Belger, Capcom, Cody, Cody Travers, Final Fight, Guy, Jessica Hagger, Mad Gear Gang, Metro City, Mike "Macho" Haggar, Retro Gaming, Review
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Super Mario Bros. 2. Nintendo R&D4 (1989) Nintendo

Posted on April 6, 2017 by Van Rockingham — 10 Comments

We all know that Super Mario Bros 2 was a reskin of Doki Doki Panic. If you want the *other* Super Mario Bros 2 (Lost levels) go here. Anyway, it is about 20 years since I attempted to beat Super Mario…

Operation Wolf. Taito (1989) Nintendo/Sega Master System

Posted on March 20, 2017 by Van Rockingham — 10 Comments

Released in 1987 in the arcades, and the Sega Master System in 1991 Operation Wolf is renowned for being one of the best Light Gun Games of the era. Though it is one of the most (home) converted games of all time,…

Super Mario Land, Nintendo (1989) Gameboy

Posted on April 8, 2015 by Van Rockingham — 4 Comments

Look at the cover art for Super Mario Land. You got it?

Tagged with: 1989, Birabuto, Chai, Chibibo, Daisy, Easton, Mario, Muda, Nintendo Gameboy, Nokoban, platformer, Retro Gaming, Review, Sarasaland, Super Mario, Super Mario Land, Tatanga
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DuckTales. Capcom, (1989) Nintendo

Posted on September 8, 2014 by Van Rockingham — 12 Comments

Life IS like a hurricane, here in… Duckberg GamesRevisited. We don’t have race cars, lasers or aeroplanes, but we have some adventures. For example, Dave once bought a sausage roll from Greggs!

Tagged with: 1989, Capcom, Capcom game, Disney, Duck Tales, Duckberg, DuckTales, Launchpad McQuack, NES, Nintendo Entertainment System, platformer, Retro Gaming, Review, Scrooge McDuck
Posted in Nintendo Entertainment System