Growing up in the mid-late '80s, the 8-bit NES was my first gaming love. Back in 2006, I went through my SNES rebirth so to speak, and it was in April of that same year that I decided why not go ALL the way back? So, on the 8th of April, I bought a handful of 8-bit NES games from my favorite flea market vendor, the old Asian fella I have affectionately dubbed Mr. Nice. That day I had yet to repurchase a Nintendo system, but the games were going $3 a pop and the thought of getting back into the 8-bit Nintendo had already been swirling in my mind for days. Over the next several months I bought NES games up the wa-zoo, most coming from the flea market and a "real life" store that had a bunch for hardly a penny. I also repurchased a Sega Genesis, and completely rounded out the systems of my childhood. It was a great and innocent time of trying to reclaim my youth; play old favorites, discover new gems and play games I always wanted to, but never did, or could. Being older and wiser, or just older, now I had the means you see
Yet sadly, I guess it just wasn't meant to be. Tried as I might, I just could not rekindle the flame with the Genesis, so I sold off all 130 Genny games and the system later that same year. Likewise, I could not reignite the passion I once shared with these old NES games. But rather than sell it, which part of me did want to do, I wasn't feeling the post office trips and packaging. I stuffed them all inside one giant storage bin and decided I would send it packing on Craigslist, all 130 games and the NES, for hopefully $300 or so. It would have been a loss $$-wise on my end, but I didn't care particularly. However, the ad was never posted. I got lazy and figured, eh, what's the rush. Thus, my 130 NES games remained safely inside the storage bin and there it sat for a couple years. The sad thing was, truthfully, I only played prob'ly like 20 of the 130 NES games before deciding my heart just wasn't in it anymore... yep, when it went, IT WENT
Flash forward to November 2008. What a historic epic month of change it was for America. But not only change there, there was change here too. New feedback format for the Journal section, a cleaner, more compact navigation system, HELL, even a site Favicon! The urge to write shorter pieces also hit me. I missed creating game write-up's that could be done in one sitting, as opposed to my monster SNES projects. At this same time, the urge to give the ole Nintendo one more chance struck me. Suddenly I regained my desire to play these old 8-bit NES games and play the other 110 I had yet to do so in this decade. The match was perfect and so... that's how RVG's newest section, NESFANATIC, was born. These reviews won't have 200+ pictures or go on for days and days, no, in fact, don't consider them reviews at all. They're quick hits and takes, impressions, ramblings, memories, etc. Anything NES-related will go in this section, whether it's a gaming write-up or an article. There will be no ratings (with a few rare exceptions)... and this section will be a throw-back to my Obscure SFC material. I never thought RVG would go NES... but it has! So, without further ado, I hope you enjoy this latest addition to the site. It's time to... RELIVE... REMEMBER... REPLAY
Growing up in the mid-late '80s, the 8-bit NES was my first gaming love. Back in 2006, I went through my SNES rebirth so to speak, and it was in April of that same year that I decided why not go ALL the way back? So, on the 8th of April, I bought a handful of 8-bit NES games from my favorite flea market vendor, the old Asian fella I have affectionately dubbed Mr. Nice. That day I had yet
Yet sadly, I guess it just wasn't meant to be. Tried as I might, I just could not rekindle the flame with the Genesis, so I sold off all 130 Genny games and the system later that same year. Likewise, I could not reignite the passion I once shared with these old NES games. But rather than sell it, which part of me did want to do, I wasn't feeling the post office trips and packaging. I stuffed them all inside one giant storage bin and decided I would send it packing on Craigslist, all 130 games and the NES, for hopefully $300 or so. It would have been a loss $$-wise on my end, but I didn't care particularly. However, the ad was never posted. I got lazy and figured, eh, what's the rush. Thus, my 130 NES games remained safely inside the storage bin and there it sat for a couple years. The sad thing was, truthfully, I only played prob'ly like 20 of the 130 NES games before deciding my heart just wasn't in it anymore... yep, when it went, IT WENT
Flash forward to November 2008. What a historic epic month of change it was for America. But not only change there, there was change here too. New feedback format for the Journal section, a cleaner, more compact navigation system, HELL, even a site Favicon! The urge to write shorter pieces also hit me. I missed creating game write-up's that could be done in one sitting, as opposed to my monster SNES projects. At this same time, the urge to give the ole Nintendo one more chance struck me. Suddenly I regained my desire to play these old 8-bit NES games and play the other 110 I had yet to do so in this decade. The match was perfect and so... that's how RVG's newest section, NESFANATIC, was born. These reviews won't have 200+ pictures or go on for days and days, no, in fact, don't consider them reviews at all. They're quick hits and takes, impressions, ramblings, memories, etc. Anything NES-related will go in this section, whether it's a gaming write-up or an article. There will be no ratings (with a few rare exceptions)... and this section will be a throw-back to my Obscure SFC material. I never thought RVG would go NES... but it has! So, without further ado, I hope you enjoy this latest addition to the site. It's time to... RELIVE... REMEMBER... REPLAY