Posts Tagged 'snes'

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taking it easy

Posted by Laura Sep 30, 2011 Posted in features
taking it easy

It’s always a shock to go back to games of old, perhaps on the SNES or even the NES, to find there’s no difficulty setting. You press start, and you go, and you get your ass kicked. Mastery of these games is pretty admirable in itself, because back in ‘the good old days’ video games [...]

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retro: super mario world

Posted by Laura Mar 22, 2010 Posted in retro
retro: super mario world

When I was young… well, younger than I am now, a friend came over with a most peculiar looking item called a Game Boy Advance. I had seen them featured on CBBC Newsround (yes, I was one of those children) and was of course familiar with their predecessor the Game Boy Colour, which as far [...]