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I may be depriving myself of the surprises, the mystique, and even some of the challenge that come from blind play-thoughs, but I absolutely check with walk-throughs online as I play a game. I do so mainly to make sure that I play the game to the fullest: completing all of the side-quests...

I would say that the final battles with Dr. Wiley at the ends of Mega Man 7 and Mega Man 8 were the most difficult moment in the classic series! (There's a reason as to why Wiley has such a wicked grin in those battles! Come to think of it, the final fight with Dr. Wiley in Mega Man II was...

I really appreciate the theatrical presentation of the fight against Sephiroth in Final Fantasy VII: after defeating Jenova in the game's penultimate fight, its crystalline womb splits open, the score shifts gears to a truly epic and unprecedented orchestral chorus, and Sephiroth is revealed in...

It sounds like you'll really appreciate Cracked's take on video game escort missions then! ;)

Well, to be fair: everyone had a bit of a grating voice in the animated portions of the The Super Mario Bros Super Show! (Then again, on that score The Super Mario Bros Super Show pales in comparison to Captain N: The Game Master! Oh, what that show did to the characters from NES games! Most...

On a case-by-case basis, you have to ask if the amount of time and energy that the given child spends playing video games has reached the point where it detracts from his grades and/or socialization and hobbies beyond video games. If not, then by no means is he or she spending too much playing...

There are so very many game soundtracks that I could list in this thread! In the 8-bit era, I particularly enjoyed the music for the Mega Man, Super Mario Bros, and The Legend of Zelda series. The music for Batman, Battletoads, Journey to Silius, and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game all...

Absolutely! Not only do I love the Castlevania franchise in general, but like many of the people in this thread I especially adore Super Castlevania IV on the SNES and Symphony of the Night on the PS1! Both are two of my favourite games of all time, although I'm hesitant to put one above the...

The first PC game that I ever played, way back in elementary school, was the bright-green-on-black majesty (utilizing the available colour palette in full) that is the classic, original Oregon Trail! The eighties were a strange time in which people thought that children's first exposure to...

Toad's annoyance for the player goes well beyond his mushroom hat! Up to seven times in a row, Mario traverses a deadly fortress and battles a fire-breathing King of Koopas (not to mention the three perilous levels leading up to it) expecting to rescue Princess Toadstool... only to instead find...

I was going to answer with the dog from Duck Hunt (because he laughs at the player's every failure as if missing were a joke that never gets old), but since he has been discussed in full above... I'm instead going to answer with The Legend of Zelda's Wallmaster for the sheer frustration of...

The Legend of Zelda and Super Mario Bros may both be legendary fantasy adventure franchises that have been around since the earliest days of the NES, but beyond that are different enough that is a bit like comparing apples and oranges. The Legend of Zelda isn't technically a RPG per-say, but is...

Would it be considered cheating to answer with Super Mario Bros All-Stars on the SNES? Thereby allowing me to play 16-bit versions of the North American Super Mario Bros 1-3, The Lost Levels (AKA the original Japanese Super Mario Bros 2), and the original Mario Bros arcade game? If not, then...

Like many other people my age, I starting gaming around the time that Super Mario Bros 3 was released on the NES. As such, I have a lot of love for the NES and its later games in particular--but it's the 16-bit console wars between the Nintendo's SNES and Sega's Genesis immediately following...

The NES was my very first console as a young lad; it holds a very special place in my heart as such and I spent a fair portion of my childhood enjoying its 8-bit wonders! (A fairly typical attitude for someone my age.) (However, my love for the NES is eclipsed by my love for the SNES!) My...

I'm only familiar with PewDiePie form the relatively recent South Park episode. His cameo in that episode shows that he has a good sense of humour about himself, but regardless it was enticed to check out his Let's Plays. I generally only watch Let's Plays to see what the game is like, gain...

The definition seems to be "retroactive" or "of or designating the style of an earlier time." As such, a work that plays homage to the style of decades past, like Grindhouse to use a cinematic example, would definitely be retro. However, although the above would be the most proper use: this...

Those seem like great points in time with which to divide the history of video games into clear eras, put I'm a bit hesitant to give those eras names like "classic, "modern," "next gen." To me, the term "classic" generally denotes a quality work that's sufficiently aged (how aged depends upon...

There are two excellent reasons as to why one shouldn't buy video games, or any other technological product, as soon as they're initially released: avoiding the highly marked up initial prices, and avoiding the bugs and other such issues that haven't yet been resolved. (Those are two wounds...

Well, the Castlevania games taught me that one sometimes find delicious roast meat bricked into the walls of ancient castles that haven't seen a mortal soul in years! And that eating said meat will heal one's wounds and restore one's vitality! Wait... that's a terrible life lesson! ;)