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whoisjohn

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My personal gaming history: Playing King's Quest at school

I'm likely a bit older than most of you and while that means that I will likely see a real life "game over" screen before you d...

whoisjohn

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Gaming flashback! Playing Metroid on NES for the first time

When I say "first time" I mean in 1986 when I was in 4th grade. I'm not playing it today for the first time. The 80's were a p...

mujaffa84

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I was a Genesis guy, not SNES... how about you?

The late 80's and early 90's were a pretty exciting time in gaming. I say this because home consoles were getting a lot better and I thi...

whoisjohn

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Looking back on early Zelda vs now-Zelda

When Zelda first was released on the NES in the mid-80's this was something that nobody in the world had ever seen the likes of before. ...

whoisjohn

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Link's Awakening complete: Here are my overall thoughts

When I first acquired this Nintendo Switch, my game choices were dictated by what my local friend had for me to borrow and when I saw he ...

whoisjohn

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Link's Awakening: Two big tips to avoid frustration

I have really been enjoying this game which is a revisit to a classic game that was originally released exclusively on Game Boy. Honest...

whoisjohn

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Zelda: Link's Awakening (Switch): Wonderful Zelda game in old school style

I was there when the first Zelda came out in the 80's. This was the birth of RPG's for a lot of people and it was the first wide-release...

whoisjohn

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Elements of gaming that I don't care for: Underwater levels

I have been gaming since there were home consoles to play. We got a Pong system when I was a very young kid so yeah, i've been around fo...

whoisjohn

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Borrowed a Turbo-Grafx 16 mini from a friend.... I'm now happy I never bought one

Back in my "golden age" of gaming I was one of the few people that had access to a TG-16. For various reasons, mostly the sti...

whoisjohn

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Atari 50: The 50 year anniversary compilation game that honestly, is better left in your memory

I am an older gamer and being old doesn't bother me at all. I was around when the Atari 2600 hit the shelves and quickly became a part o...

whoisjohn

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I received ET on the Atari 2600 for Christmas in 1982

I'm showing my age by revealing this but it is actually true and I was, just like everyone else that got duped with the marketing, genuin...

whoisjohn

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The first Lego game I ever played

I haven't played them all but I've played enough of them to know that they can and will make a Lego game out of just about anything. The...

whoisjohn

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Sea of Stars: I'm carrying on with this old-school RPG on PS4

Since re-upping my PS-Plus account I have decided that I am not going to jump from game to game but instead focusing on something I enjoy...

whoisjohn

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Returning to gaming: Sea of Stars is my first game to try

So it's been a few months since I last even switched on my trusty PS4 and things have been good in those times. I got a lot of things do...

whoisjohn

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Huge gaming disappointments: Resident Evil 6

Since I did my last writeup about Resident Evil the original game on PS1 I started thinking about what my favorite game franchises of all...

whoisjohn

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When you see a pic of a PS1, what game do you think of?

For a lot of you the answer to this question will likely be "nothing" because you were either a baby or weren't even alive at a...

whoisjohn

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Completely optional Starcraft 2 overkill: "The Dig" mission as Terrans

I believe Starcraft 2 is one of the greatest games of all time. Despite being a decade old and now free-to-play this game still has a ma...

whoisjohn

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Strange games I enjoyed: Bonk's Adventure on Turbografx

Unless you are Japanese, there is a good chance you never had a Turbografx-16 or any gaming something-or-other that was ever manufactured...

whoisjohn

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Video games are too expensive now! Well, actually, no they aren't

I see a lot of people complaining in various forums that games have been increasing in price with new releases sometimes hitting the $80 ...

paultactico2

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Gta III (classic) | | Some S-Shots about random moment’s roleplaying as a FBI Agent in Liberty City | Frosted Winter mod.

Hello everyone, Hive friends, I hope you are all doing very well, welcome to my post :) Hola amigos de Hive, sean bienvenidos a mi po...

paultactico2

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GTA San Andreas (Classic)| It is the turn of the SAPD Canine Unit (K-9)| SAPD:FR V 4.0 (POLICE SIMULATOR-MOD). # 3.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fOYcDbyZAQ -| Hey fellows, first of all. Blessings for all of you. |- Thank you very much for takin...

whoisjohn

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Most frustrating video game experiences: Ikari Warriors on NES

This game came out for the NES in the early days when we didn't have much in the way of options for what to play. It was during the pop...

paultactico2

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Gta San Andreas | Did you know you could be a police officer in San Andreas? | SAPD:FR V 4.0 (POLICE SIMULATOR-MOD). # 2.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ysYASibUII -| Hey fellows, first of all. Blessings for all of you. |- Thank you very much for takin...

paultactico2

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[Retro-Gaming] Blade of Darkness (PC). || A precursor of the Dark Souls genre. || Skeleton Warriors & going to the Kelbegen Mines. (Mini-guide #3).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXwcZg4Qyrc -| Hey fellows, first of all. Blessings for all of you. It's really nice to be back on Hive...

whoisjohn

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Favorite gaming memories: beating my pro-gamer friend at his own game

I write almost exclusively about video games because they are a pretty large part of my life. However, there are people out there, some ...

whoisjohn

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Top games of my youth. TurboGrafx 16 edition

I would imagine that I am a bit older than most of you. I was there when it all started with Pong machines and the Atari 2600. With a f...

ds-tech

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Sony Playstation: Documentary Treatment

How The Sony Playstation Changed Games Forever This is basically a sneak-peak at my planned/upcoming documentary. You could call it a T...

whoisjohn

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Best gaming memories: Phantasy Star Online

This was a game that had tons of potential but never really took off with the USA audience since it was a Sega Dreamcast exclusive and al...

whoisjohn

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Games that blew my mind: God of War on PS2

I've been gaming since the Atari 2600, well actually a little bit before that because my family did have a Pong machine as well. Too ba...

whoisjohn

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Ultima 1. The first open-world game... did you play it?

I'm taking a break from Far Cry 4 for the time being as I try to decide if I even want to bother finishing it. Earlier today when I was...
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