Difficulty? What difficulty? Maybe I'm the only one who's had trouble with this game? I always remember doing well and getting far, and then being destroyed all at once by something like the Hammer Bros. I also frequently messed up the timing on my running jumps on levels with balancing platforms, ...

Nothing too crazy, but I was about twelve when I first played Resident Evil 2... The interrogation room appearance was rather scary, too. I love this game. Get this: on some subsequent playthrough I decided I was going to avoid the interrogation room, go in on the other side of the mirror first, ki...

We all have stories about games that freaked us out as children. It's time to share! Here's one of mine: After I'd gotten good enough at Ecco the Dolphin to get past the Undercaves (but not good enough to get to the Ice Zone), I decided to mess around on the password screen and see if I could jump a...

Having that gate crash down on me in Karateka. That was the end of that for at least a few months.

Those old Lucas Arts SCUMM adventure games had to have a lot of art behind them. They were my first thought too! I love well-done blocky pixellation. I think it's harder than it looks to pull that off with style. I also remember being mesmerized by the lushness of The Lion King for the Sega Genesis.

I agree with lisalover, CFFJR, and BoringSupreez about the NES. I don't hate it, but the only reason why is this: I was too young when I first played it to be properly enraged by the difficulty of some its games. When you're four or five you're too enthralled with the magic of video games as a conce...

Hello everyone! I've been lurking around the forums for a while, reading articles and whatnot, and I believe it's time I said hi. My name is Emily, and I was a gamer before I could read or write. My parents bought our family an NES in 1990 when I was four years old, intending it mostly for my older ...