Diehard GameFAN

Author: Charlie Marsh

  • Kickin’ It Old School – A Selection of (Mostly Bargain Bin) Genesis Games

    During the holiday season, I had the opportunity to meet Santa at my local mall. I went right up to him, sat on his lap and punched him in his cherry-red nose for not bringing me a Sega Genesis when I was a kid (I’m not allowed to see Santa at the mall anymore). I…

  • Virtual Console Wrap-up – 6/9 Releases

    Yea, I know we kind of spaced on talking about last week’s VC new release, but really, it was Ninja Combat…do you care? I don’t. Good, moving on then. So this week we’re getting a pair of import games, Dig Dug and Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa (which just may have the most awesome name ever),…

  • Review: Dr. Mario Online Rx (Nintendo Wii)

    Dr. Mario Online Rx Genre: Puzzle Developer: Arika Publisher: Nintendo Release Date: 05/26/2008

  • Virtual Console Wrap-up – 5/26 Releases

    It’s that time again. Time for some new VC games added to the Wii! Oh my goodness, there are TWO games being released this week! Maybe it’s only because it’s a holiday. This week, we’re getting City Connection from the NES and Metal Slug from the Neo-Geo. Let’s hear some more about them.

  • Kickin’ It Old School – Sword of the Berserk: Guts’ Rage

    I go through anime phases every now and again. I remember the good old days, watching Dragonball Z and Ronin Warriors on Cartoon Network after school. I pretty much gave up anime when I got tricked into looking into what repulsive situations people seem to like to draw the Final Fantasy VII characters. This wasn’t…

  • Virtual Console Wrap-up – 5/19 Release

    Wii Ware sounds good, but there’s a reason I’m pretty much only interested in Dr. Mario at this point. Let’s get some classic games going! It feels like it’s been far longer than 2 weeks, but we’re back with the new VC release of the week! This week, we’re getting…Sky Kid? What the hell is…

  • Virtual Console Wrap-up – 5/5 Releases

    Hey there friends, we’re back with two new VC releases for you, Renegade from the NES and Pokémon Puzzle League from the N64…but who cares about that? My prayers have been answered and EarthBound has been rated by the ESRB! I don’t even care if it doesn’t come out for 2 years, it’s coming! WOOOOOO…

  • Kickin’ It Old School – Super Smash T.V. (and a little bit of venting)

    You may recall that several months ago, during my hiatus (read: I forgot that I wrote for this site), I made a brief cameo with a column on Total Carnage and how its mindless chaos was relaxing after a hard day of getting yelled at working at a country club. Total Carnage was the spiritual…

  • Virtual Console Wrap-up – 4/28 Release

    I’m of two minds on this week’s VC release. This week, we’re getting Double Dragon from the NES. On the one hand, it’s one game. One lonely game. One lonely NES game. On the other hand, it’s Double Freakin’ Dragon! To be honest though, one good classic game is fine, but why not two good…

  • Virtual Console Wrap Up – 4/21 Releases

    Oh man oh man oh man, something good on the VC! Something long anticipated! Oh, thank heavens! This week, we’re getting River City Ransom from the NES and Phantasy Star III. Let’s hear some more about them.

  • Kickin’ It Old School – Super Mario World

    I’ve been playing Super Mario Galaxy lately, and while it’s a good game, there are a few things that I have a problem with. There’s the usual complaints like the camera controls are awkward and the fact that you get 1-up’s with every alternate step, though the only time I really don’t like that is…

  • Virtual Console Wrap-up – 4/14 Releases

    Could there be more shooters on the VC? Yes, there could, as evidenced by this week’s releases. We’re getting Fantasy Zone from the Master System and Mega Turrican from the Genesis.

  • Review: Major League Baseball 2K8 (Nintendo Wii)

    Major League Baseball 2K8 Genre: Sports Developer:Kush Games Publisher: 2K Sports Release Date: March 4th, 2008 I love spring time. It’s the time of year when things warm up, it gets a little less gray and miserable outside, and baseball starts up again after an offseason that seems to last forever. There’s nothing better than…

  • Kickin’ It Old School – Turok: Dinosaur Hunter

    There’s nothing like a good first person shooter. And the latest installment in the Turok series? That’s nothing like a good first person shooter. How did the series lose its way? It was so awesome back in the day, and now it…blows. How can they screw up a game about killing dinosaurs? It boggles the…

  • Virtual Console Wrap-up – 4/7 Releases

    Another week, another new batch of Virtual Console games that are not EarthBound. Damn it all to Hell. To be fair though, this week’s games aren’t too bad, though I’d personally rather have their SNES counterparts if we must have these games. This week, we’re getting Yoshi’s Cookie and Bases Loaded from the NES. Here’s…

  • Virtual Console Wrap-up – March 31st Releases

    Hello there, Charlie Marsh here with your Virtual Console releases of the week. And, oh Hossana, they have some GOOD games for us this week! We’re set to recieve Cruis’n USA from the Nintendo 64 and Wonder Boy, the first game from the Sega Master System to be released on the VC. As always, here…

  • Violent Video Games and Behavior – A Survey

    Do you ever find yourself thinking, “You know, I wish I could help my friends at DHGF in some way.” Well now you can! You can help me get an A! Or at least a B+. You see, I’m a junior at Syracuse University, and for my applied anthropology class, somehow, some way, I’ve convinced…

  • Kickin’ It Old School – Wrestlemania

    Wrestlemania time is a special time for the wrestling industry and its fans alike. It’s like the Super Bowl, World Series and Stanley Cup all rolled into one. Maybe I should add the World Cup into that, too, but soccer sucks, so I won’t. What doesn’t suck is Wrestlemania. It’s the time of the year…

  • Virtual Console Wrap-up – March 24th Releases

    The Wii’s Virtual Console is a strange thing. As a cheap and easy way to have your favorite classic games in one place, it should be like a faithful, lifelong lover, but instead it’s like a series of unsatisfying one night stands. What I mean is, every week Nintendo releases one or two new games…

  • Kickin’ It Old School – Ice Climber

    I always wondered why, after the inclusion of the Ice Climbers in Super Smash Bros. Melee, their game never really got much recognition or respect, like the Fire Emblem series. Now I know: because Ice Climber sucks! Yea, I know I used this as the teaser at the end of my last column, but it…