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Tag: Virtual Console

  • Virtual Console Wrap-up – 9/7

    We all had a funny feeling what this week’s VC release would be. We have a trilogy to complete after all. So lets get right to it: Super Return of the Jedi!

  • Virtual Console Wrap-up – 8/31

    With the last few weeks of good to great for releases, the VC has a lot to live up to this week. And it pretty much does, with Phantasy Star from the Sega Master System. Well, I’m not a fan, but let’s hear what everyone has to say about it!

  • Virtual Console Wrap-up – 8/24

    A couple weeks ago, Super Star Wars surprised us all as the week’s new release for the Virtual Console. This week, its sequel, Super Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, graces the Wii’s download service. Is it as good a sequel as the movie is? Let’s find out!

  • Virtual Console Wrap-up – 8/17

    After last week’s release of Super Star Wars, as difficult as it is FREAKIN’ AWESOME, expectations were high for this week’s release. This week’s release is The Revenge of Shinobi from the Genesis. Well, it’s certainly no Star Wars, but still awesome. Here’s what the rest of DHGF thinks!

  • Virtual Console Wrap-up – 8/10

    Another week, another VC release. But this time the release is something special: Super Star Wars! Licensed games don’t tend to pop up on the VC too often, for numerous reasons, so it’s pretty neat to see one pop up from time to time. Is this one worth your money, though? Let’s take a look!…

  • Virtual Console Wrap-up – 8/3

    Well, after a two week absence, with ridiculous rumors flying as to why, we’re back with a brand new classic game, this time from the VC Arcade! Let’s see if we remember how to do this after that break.

  • Virtual Console Wrap-up – 7/13

    Hang on…TWO games are being released this week?! I was beginning to think that just plain wasn’t allowed. We’re getting two import games (well, one and a half, I guess, technically…) this week: Secret Command from the Master System and Pulseman from the Genesis.

  • Virtual Console Wrap-up – 7/6

    See what happens when we get a few crappy VC releases in a row? I just forget all about it. Then they go and release something that actually isn’t that bad. This week’s release is California Games from the C64. Radical!

  • Virtual Console Wrap-up – 6/29

    It’s time once again for our weekly dose of nostalgic goodness with the Virtual Console, as we get Fantasy Zone II: The Tears of Opa-Opa from the Sega Master System, the sequel to Sega’s bright colored shooter. Here’s what we think about it!

  • Virtual Console Wrap-up – 6/22

    Ever wondered what it would be like to create the world? Personally, my ambition ended at creating a city, but I’m lazy. If you have the drive to build a planet, SimEarth is the game for you! Let’s see what DHGF has to say about it.

  • Virtual Console Wrap-up – 6/15

    Well would you look at that, the VC Arcade is getting a little attention this week. I’d almost forgotten it, what with there having been nothing released on it since it was first added to the shop channel. The new game we’re getting is Space Harrier for 800 points. It also seems we have a…

  • Virtual Console Wrap-up – 6/8

    It’s time once again for all of us here at DHGF to gather ’round and discuss the new VC release. And that release is Genghis Khan II: Clan of the Gray Wolf from the SNES. Let’s see what your friends at DHGF have to say about this one!

  • Virtual Console Wrap-up – 6/1

    Hey, remember the Commodore 64? If your reply to that is, “That thing there are only 6 games for on the VC?” you would be right. It appears Nintendo has remembered the C64, as they’ve released a game for it for the first time in a month: Boulder Dash. I happen to like the NES…

  • Virtual Console Wrap-up – 5/25

    Last week we found ourselves gushing over Majora’s Mask. I’m personally still on a high from that, but I couldn’t help but wonder if they’ll try to kill that by bringing out something horrible. This week, we’re getting Clayfighter from the Genesis. That’s not bad, but let’s see what we have to say about it!

  • Virtual Console Wrap-up – 5/18

    Knowing that this week would see the release of the 300th VC game, I had a dream last night about what this game could be. My unconscious mind came up with the only logical choice for such a milestone: Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures. For once, I’m glad to be proven wrong, as we’re getting…

  • Virtual Console Wrap-up – 5/11

    They must have a really big backlog of titles for the Virtual Console that they need to get out. I know there’s a hell of a lot of games they can release, but good gravy, wake me when something good comes out. This week sees the release of Galaxy Force II from the Genesis. I’d…

  • Virtual Console Wrap-Up for May 4th, 2009

    I can say one thing about the Virtual Console lately: we can’t complain that they’re not trying to be unique. Last week, we got the Super Nintendo version of Nobunaga’s Ambition, which only one person had anything to say about; even I, the resident Koei freak, hadn’t played the SNES version (though I would have…

  • Virtual Console Wrap-up – 4/27

    An interesting thing happened at DHGF HQ this morning. It seems Nintendo released a game on the VC this week that none of us have actually played. This week sees the release of Nobunaga’s Ambition from the SNES. And while we have a few Koei fans here, this one has kind of stumped us. A…

  • Virtual Console Wrap-up – 4/20

    Every so often, you get a week in which the Virtual Console release is sure to piss off just about everyone. I think this is one of those weeks. This week sees the release of Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair from the Genesis. If that name sounds a bit familiar, it may be because the…

  • Virtual Console Wrap-Up – 4/13

    On a previous episode of the Virtual Console Wrap-Up, we – and by we, I mean all two of us that played the game – chronicled an obscure Koei game – even by Koei’s standards – called Uncharted Waters: New Horizons. Even the two hardcore Koei nerds here were tepid on it, and we waited…