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Michael Blaker’s Retro Game Friday: Mega Man Battle Network 4
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Michael Blaker’s Retro Game Friday: Mega Man Battle Network 4

February 2, 2024 Michael Blaker

Retro Game Friday is a column by Michael Blaker covering various games from the past. This week he covers Mega Man Battle Network 4.

Retro Game Friday: Breath of Fire
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Retro Game Friday: Breath of Fire

October 1, 2021 Michael Blaker

Michael’s back with another RPG for this week’s Retro Game Friday. It’s Breath of Fire!

Retro Game Friday: Xevious
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Retro Game Friday: Xevious

August 6, 2021 Michael Blaker

Michael’s back with another classic game for this week’s Retro Game Friday. It’s Xevious!

Spectacular Shmuping Yesterday and Today
Save State

Spectacular Shmuping Yesterday and Today

July 23, 2021 Vincent Mahoney

This week our intrepid Save State gamer tries out two very different Shmups from two eras of gaming. First up is the classic Sigma Star Saga from the Gameboy days, followed by Black Skylands on Steam, which is still in early access but is already pretty fun to play.

Save State: Golden Suns and Mario All Stars
Save State

Save State: Golden Suns and Mario All Stars

October 2, 2020 Vincent Mahoney

In what is becoming normal for our intrepid Save State columnist, he goes way back to consider an older game that literally fell out of his closet and clunked his head, and a very modern title that we all know and, maybe, love. This week he tackles Golden Sun and Super Mario 3D All-Stars.

Retro Game Friday: Space Channel 5
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Retro Game Friday: Space Channel 5

May 15, 2020 Michael Blaker

Michael’s back with a game from the Dreamcast era for this week’s Video Game Tuesday. It’s Space Channel 5!

Retro Game Friday: Nightfire
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Retro Game Friday: Nightfire

February 21, 2020 Michael Blaker

Michael’s back with one of his favorite Bond games of all time for this week’s Retro Game Friday. It’s James Bond 007: Nightfire!

Pokemon Generation 3: Ruby and Sapphire Gems Worth Keeping
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Pokemon Generation 3: Ruby and Sapphire Gems Worth Keeping

November 10, 2019 Vincent Mahoney

We are roughly a week out from the release of the eighth generation of Pokemon games, Sword and Shield. To honor this momentous event, we are going back through the entire 23 year series history. Today we celebrate the gems of generation three: ruby and sapphire!

Retro Game Friday: Advance Wars 2
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Retro Game Friday: Advance Wars 2

May 25, 2018 Michael Blaker

Michael’s back with the sequel to one of his all time favorite strategy games for this week’s Retro Game Friday. It’s Advance Wars 2!

Retro Game Friday: Tales of Phantasia
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Retro Game Friday: Tales of Phantasia

February 24, 2017 Michael Blaker

Michael’s back with a true classic for this week’s Retro Game Friday. It’s Tales of Phantasia!

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