Moving Articles to New Site

I decided to move all the articles to the site I'm working on with my friend. They'll all be up there soon. After that's all done I'll start writing more again. You'll be able to read them here or over at XGATech.com.

I'll have plenty to write about, like playing old games on my new laptop, enjoying games on the Super Nintendo and N64, and more!

Old Skool on the N64

My brother was recently playing Legend of the Mystical Ninja on the Nintendo 64, and I was just taking an in-depth look at the graphics used in that game.

They're primitive boxy shapes with textures painted on the side. There aren't any sophisticated enhancements to make it look realistic, but yet the game still has its wacky charms. I believe it's possible for a game to stand on its own without killer graphics. In this case, Mystical Ninja has its unique fighting with massive robots, and the four different characters with their unique skills in order to keep the game interesting.

It's funny that my brother still enjoys this game so much. He was playing it yesterday on the Nintendo 64, even with its incredibly dated graphics. It's important to remember that while graphics can make a good game great, they won't make a bad game good. Prettier graphics with Mystical Ninja would definitely spice the game up a little, but it would still be the good quality fun that it has been for years.

Galaxy 5000

Oh boy... I've started playing this game again. Basically, it's a racing game in space with weapons and you try to blow up your enemies while racing around the track. It's relatively simple, but quite enjoyable.

I'm having a little trouble with it too. I know there is a warp point that allows you to warp back from either Mars, Jupiter, or Saturn to Earth... giving you time to build up funds to purchase the almighty Stiletto spaceship. Sure, I'm enjoying the game otherwise, but I always love going back to Earth with the powerful Scorpion to crush the opposing forces on the track.

I've gone through the first five races about three times today looking for that stupid warp hole and I'm just not finding it! Where is that thing????

A Gamer's Opinion on the PS

(16:55:11) PrezKennedy: the PS's 3D sucks so bad you may as well just play 2D
(16:55:41) PrezKennedy: its only one step up from StarFox... the original
(16:55:53) Conrad: not true!!!!!
(16:56:01) Conrad: you just hate Sony
(16:56:24) PrezKennedy: yeah because 99% of the games on that system looked like crap
(16:56:38) PrezKennedy: they literally deluge the market with crap
(16:56:46) Conrad: i won't deny that
(16:56:57) Conrad: but i don't buy crap anymore
(16:57:05) PrezKennedy: hahahahaha

Well, I thought it was worth mentioning anyways.

Nintendo all the way here!

Real Domain Name!

It's been up for almost a week now, but I'd like to mention that you can visit this site by going to NESGamer.net. I thought it was a really cool domain name and couldn't pass up the opportunity to get it (before some squatter did). It also will help in case the site ever moves somewhere else, which is highly unlikely.

Alright, back to gaming!!