Review: Super Mario Land
So for some strange reason had the urge to replay Super Mario Land for the Gameboy but I sold my copy almost 17 years ago. Luckily, I was able to pick up a copy at my favorite local game store. I was a...
View ArticleBlast Arena Advance Review
I’ve become a very jaded gamer in the past few years. I’m discovering that it is becoming harder and harder to find the time to play anything anymore. I’ve rejected modern games for a couple of...
View ArticleMother 3 is Translated, Jango is Jaded & Water is Wet…
So I’m being incredibly underwhelmed by this year’s releases for all major consoles. I don’t care about Fable II, Dead Space or Far Cry 2. Hell, the only game that I’m mildly interested in is...
View ArticleMother 3 English Patch is a GO!
Alright! The English patch has finally arrived. Go download this patch and go play some Mother 3. I’m still waiting for my GBA rom cart to arrive so I’m just going to wait untill that wonderful pirate...
View ArticleMother 3 Handbook – Jango Explodes
To accompany the English patch of Mother 3 that was recently finished, the good lads over at Fangamer and Starmen have put together a guidebook to go along with it. The Mother 3 Handbook looks...
View ArticleTwo Cool Retro Game: Megaman 7 & Metroid Confrontration
I found this cool little demake of Megaman 7 which makes Megaman 8 the new black sheep in terms of graphical continuity. This is the stripped down version of Megaman 7 all recreated with the NES make...
View ArticleBoxing Tonight on a Gameboy
This cool ass video was all done using the Gameboy hardware. Animation and music was all sync in real time and just because Nintendo hates on the Gameboy, doesn’t mean the fans will. Also, I like this...
View ArticleGameboy Turns 20, Almost Legal To Drink.
So the Gameboy turned 20 yesterday, so where were you when you first played the Gameboy? I saw the displays up in the retail chains and stared the screen shots in Nintendo Power but I eventually...
View ArticlePineconeattack Presents: Pinekast #15 The Gameboy Edition
This weeks episode was all about Gameboys, our favorite memories of them, best games, music and etc. From bitching about the original’s iconic (if crap) green screen, to the wonder and issues with the...
View ArticleGame Boy Exploration Part 1: Rediscovering the Game Boy
The Game Boy podcast inspired me to go search for the last and final Nintendo portable hardware that I never actually owned: the Game Boy Light. Before the DS Lite and the Game Boy SP, fans of...
View ArticleMother 3 Handbook is Here!
We make our fair jokes about fanboys and the hardcore but Earthbound/Mother fans are a whole another class of fanatics which the internets should try and emulate. Why? Because they are probably the...
View ArticleGame of the Month: Yoshi’s Island
As heard on the last Pinekast, we are going to start a “gaming club” in the loosest terms as possible effective immediately. Every month we are going to pick a game and then later discuss the game at...
View ArticlePinekast #18 Preview: Yoshi’s Island
It was decided by the PCA staff a couple weeks back that we were going to start a monthly informal “Game of the Month Club” and the lucky victim game was Yoshi’s Island. I’m seriously thinking about...
View ArticleGame of the Month: Zelda 2: The Adventure of Link
After a much heated debate and completely ignoring Yunie’s opinion, it was decided that this month’s GOTM will be none other than the NES classic: Zelda 2: The Adventure of Link. I’m actually really...
View ArticlePineconeattack! Presents: Pinekast! #30 – Peripherals
So this week we took some time to discuss the merits and detriments of all the excess crap we accumulate when we’re start buying video game peripherals. If you have a chance feel free to add to our...
View ArticleGame of the Month: Metroid Fusion
So this month’s game is a neo-retro title by Nintendo’s R&D1 studio for the Gameboy Advance which was released back in ’02. I really don’t have much to say about this title since I’ve never been a...
View ArticleGame Boy Super Hard Drive
Got a busted, old toaster Game Boy? Do something with it like the guy that made this: Even after fooling many, sadly, it isn’t playing any games. The modder put a sticker on the screen and moved the...
View ArticlePineconeattack’s GOTM Review: Zelda 2- The Adventure of Link
I first remember trying to play Zelda 2: The Adventures of Link back when I was a kid, back when I had a short attention span (like that’s any different from now) and I could never figure out what the...
View ArticlePineconeattack! Presents: Pinekast! Episode #78 – Konkey Dong A-Ding-Dang-Doo!
This week we tackle Donkey Kong, starring the iconic and irrepressible Donkey Kong himself and the series of games he’s starred in, made cameos in and been a part of. So if you have some love for the...
View ArticlePCA vs. CGE!
Last weekend we had a chance to stop by the newly invigorated Classic Gaming Expo – a glorification of everything retro, retroesque or just plain classic in video gaming. Though this means we saw way...
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