Nerdicus SNES Review #57: Chester Cheetah: Too Cool to Fool

Title : Chester Cheetah: Too Cool to Fool Publisher : System Vision Developer : Kaneko Genre : Action Platformer Players : 1 Release Date : 1992 Estimated Value (as of today's date) : $5 - $10 Probably the greatest thing on television nowadays are the Cheetos commercials. Chester Cheetah, is by far one of the best mascots to ever be put on a bag of chips. Then again, I think he's the only mascot to be used for chips, isn't he? Were there...

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Retro Gamer Memories #7: The Day I Transformed Into A Gamer

Last month I happened across a little thing called Man Crates - Side note, if you haven't heard of man crates yet, you need to check them out. Picture the most epic loot boxes ever created, that are required to be open by the use of a crowbar. Who doesn't want to pry open a wooden box with a crow bar!? That would make me feel like Indiana Jones unveiling the hidden Arc in that giant government facility with all the wooden crates....

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Nerdicus Genesis Review #51: The Chaos Engine (SOLDIERS OF FORTUNE)

Title : The Chaos Engine (SOLDIERS OF FORTUNE) Publisher: Renegade Software Developer: The Bitmap Brothers Genre: Run N Gun Players: 1 / 2 Players Release Date: 1993 Estimated Value (as of today's date): $7-$10 A few announcements!! First off, the northeast was hit by a monster of a snow storm, in case you didn't. What, didn't JUNO!? HA!! Wow, no laughs? Don't get it? Storm was called Juno..play on words...Juno = you know? Oh, come on people....

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Nerdicus NES Review #167: Defenders of Dynatron City

Title : Defenders of Dynatron City Publisher : Lucasfilm Games Developer : JVC Genre : Action Players :  1 Player Release Date : 1992 Estimated Value (as of today's date): $15-$20 Before we get started! A little update as to how the new blog launch goes. It's coming, but I'm having a pain in the arse getting the template to work. And part of me is quite a bit disappointed that I'll be losing out on a lot of my google...

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Nerdicus SNES Review #56: Casper

Title : Casper Publisher : Natsume Developer : Absolute Entertainment Genre : Action Adventure Players : 1 Player Release Date : 1996 Estimated Value (as of today's date) : $40-$50 Happy Friday, everyone! We wrap things up this week with something I really have no interest in playing, but hey, what are you going to do? I'm stuck reviewing most of all these games thanks to my ever-growing dedication of playing...

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Nerdicus NES Review #166: Defender of the Crown

Title : Defender of the Crown Publisher : Ultra Games Developer : ??? Genre : Scrolling Shooter Players :  1 Player Release Date : 1989 Estimated Value (as of today's date): $5-$10 Robin Hood, the Crusades, Hordes wailing armies, deaths of kings, and the infamous black plague. We're taking a trip back to the good 'ol dark ages of the medieval times. If you're looking for the closest thing to a Renaissance Fair video...

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Nerdicus Genesis Review #50: Chakan: The Forever Man

Title : Chakan: The Forever Man Publisher : Sega Developer : Extended Play Productions Genre : Platformer Players :  1 Player Release Date : 1992 Estimated Value (as of today's date) : $5-$10 Apologies again for the 2 days lag, but I am busily preparing the launch of my updated blog, and trust me, it's going to be a hoot. Totally redesigned, and kicking it off with a smashing raffle that'll have you guys going bonkers!...

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Nerdicus PS4 Review : The Evil Within

Title : The Evil Within Publisher : Tango Gameworks Developer : Bethesda Genre : Survival Horror Players :  1 Player Release Date : Oct, 2014 Estimated Value (as of today's date): $49.99-$59.99 When all else fails, and you're looking for a game to kill some time (and kill your sleep habit), always put your faith in the latest survival horror. We're in a day and age now where gaming has gone beyond cheap "scare tactic"...

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Nerdicus NES Review #165: Defender II

Title : Defender II Publisher : HAL Laboratories Developer : Vid Kidz Genre : Scrolling Shooter Players :  1 Player Release Date : 1988 Estimated Value (as of today's date): $3-$5 Some of you oldies may remember this gem from back in the early 1980s. Heck, I wasn't exposed to this game until I was in my teens when I ran into it at a local arcade. Of course, I saw it as Defender Stargate, but when it was pushed over to...

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Nerdicus SNES Review #55: Carrier Aces

Title : Carrier Aces Publisher : Cybersoft Developer : Synergistic Software Inc. Genre : WWII Action Simulator Players : 1 Player Release Date : 1995 Estimated Value (as of today's date) : $7-$10 We're back at it with some Super Nintendo action, this time with a World War II flight simulator. Not one of my favorite genres of video games, but hey what are you going to do. It's my life long quest to play through all...

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Nerdicus NES Review #164: Deadly Towers

Title : Deadly Towers Publisher : Broderbund Developer : Lenar Genre : Action RPG Players :  1 Player Release Date : 1986 Estimated Value (as of today's date): $3-$5 Apologies once again for the sporadic updates the last few days - I've been recovering from a nasty bout of the flu so instead of gaming, I've actually been trying to sleep. NOT THE WAY I WANTED TO START 2015....but...I can't help it. I'm on the road to...

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Nerdicus Genesis Review #49: Centurion: Defender of Rome

Title : Centurion: Defender of Rome Publisher : Electronic Arts Developer : Bits of Magic Genre : Turn Based Strategy Players :  1 Player Release Date : 1990 Estimated Value (as of today's date) : $5-$10 Pardon me for the "hastiness" of this review, but I'm dealing with a nasty bit of a cold and trying to conserve my energy for the trying weekend to come (still big changes coming and a LOT of work to do). But I digress,...

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Nerdicus NES Review #163: Dragon Spirit: The New Legend

Title : Dragon Spirit: The New Legend Publisher : Bandai Developer : Namco Genre : Vertical Shooter Players :  1 / 2 Players Release Date : 1990 Estimated Value (as of today's date): $4-$6 If you ever need me to convince me to play a vertical shooter, all you have to do is say "Hey, Tom. You get to be a dragon in this one." I'll just drop whatever I'm doing, whip that controller right out of your hand and play to my...

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Nerdicus SNES Review #54: Captain Novolin

Title : Captain Novolin Publisher : Raya Systems Developer : Sculptured Software Genre : Educational Platformer Players : 1 Player Release Date : 1992 Estimated Value (as of today's date) : $40-$50 Happy 2015 everyone! 2014 was definitely a interesting year for me. A lot of crap, but also some good things mixed in. One thing I have to say, is thank you to all you folks out there that actually read the blog and...

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