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Metroid (NES)
Shining in the Darkness (GEN)
Cratermaze (TG16)

Super Castlevania IV: Reviewed

Simon Belmont descends upon Dracula's Castle to destroy the evil vampire and his minions. Read the review...

Street Fighter II: Reviewed

One of the greatest fighting games of all time comes to the Virtual Console. Read the review...

Star Fox 64: Reviewed

Join Fox McCloud and the Star Fox wingmen on an epic mission to destroy the evil Andross. Read the review...

Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts: Reviewed

Arthur fights his way through the lands of the un-dead to rescue his beloved princess. Read the review...

Sonic The Hedgehog: Reviewed

The blazing blue wonder speeds onto the Virtual Console in this 16-bit classic. Read the review...

Super Mario World: Reviewed

Does this 16-bit installment live up to it's predecessors? Read the review...

Written by Dave
Monday, 13 August 2007
Well, it's Metroid month. Nintendo is kicking off the release of Metroid Prime 3 on Wii by releasing classic Metroid games. Today we get the great Metroid (NES), Shining in the Darkness (GEN), and Cratermaze (TG16). I'm looking forward to next week when we get Super Metroid (SNES), which is my favorite of the series. Anyone else notice that Nintendo's new redesign of the shop channel allows for more systems like NEO GEO to be added to the "system" category listing? Let's hope that NEO GEO is coming soon. There is only a few weeks of summer left...
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Written by Dave
Monday, 06 August 2007
Nintendo has announced this week's VC releases: Wave Race 64 (N64), Adventures of Lolo (NES), and Galaga '90 (TG16). Not a bad line-up this week. Wave Race is a nice classic, as is Adventures of Lolo...but please Nintendo, no more shooters for awhile. I'm a big shmup fan, but enough is enough.
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Written by Dave
Monday, 30 July 2007
Hi everyone. Sorry about the lack of updates for the past few weeks. With the exception of Super Mario Bros. 2, and Paper Mario, the quality of VC releases has been really poor while I was on vacation. I'm afraid to say that today's releases are no different. We really need some of the promised NEO GEO games to inject some life into the VC...Nintendo?
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