Nintendo DS. Just three years after the Game Boy Advance, Nintendo pulled the DS out of their hat, as a “side track”—which, as we all know and felt then, ended up completely replacing the Game Boy line. Nonetheless, thanks to its accessibility and novel titles, the DS reached a new height in sales. Via Jefklak's Codex| jefklakscodex.com
Wario Land II. Four years after Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3, Nintendo treats us with another Wario Land Game Boy game, this time flashed onto a neat black color-enhanced cartridge. Via Jefklak's Codex| jefklakscodex.com
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Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3. After the events in Super Mario Land 2 (SML2) where Mario kicked out a fat intruder called Wario, the aggressor hatched a big plan for revenge: why not steal heaps of money to build a castle yourself? Via Jefklak's Codex| jefklakscodex.com
Commander Keen For Game Boy Color. When I saw a Commander Keen cart for sale in last year’s nearby retro game show, I was shocked: how did this early nineties DOS icon make its way to the Game Boy Color? Via Jefklak's Codex| jefklakscodex.com
I’ve had an interesting conversation with Mr Creosote on Mastodon a few months ago that …| Brain Baking
New Super Mario Bros: The First Cheerful One. After finishing New Super Mario Bros. 2 on the 3DS, I wanted to revisit the 2006 title that revived classic 2D Mario platforming: the original New Super Mario Bros. Via Jefklak's Codex| jefklakscodex.com
Etrian Odyssey Review. Old School dungeon crawlers. It has been a long time since we’ve seen these types of games properly released. Veteran Roleplaying players should remember Eye of the Beholder, the Bard’s Tale, Might & Magic, Wizardry and other series, released upon different non-console platforms: DOS, Commodore 64, Amiga, … These games all used to have a few things in common, as explained in the Roleplaying Concepts article. Via Jefklak's Codex| jefklakscodex.com
Castlevania Portrait of Ruin Review. Castlevania games tend to pop up each year on Nintendo’s Handheld platform. The last entries: Aria of Sorrow and Dawn of Sorrow, followed the story of Soma, who mysteriously inherited Dracula’s dark abilities. Via Jefklak's Codex| jefklakscodex.com
Animal Crossing: Wild World Adventure Blog. It is a wild world indeed as the Acorn festival is about to start. Should I exchange some acorns ro net me a chair so I can gift Drift something for his birthday? What to do! Via Jefklak's Codex| jefklakscodex.com
Goblins Quest 3: Mind-bending, Plot-twisting, Brain-teasing?. In case you haven’t noticed yet, this website partially serves as a homage to the quirky French puzzle adventure series called Gobli(i)(i)ns, where the amount of ‘i’s in Goblins determines the party size. Via Jefklak's Codex| jefklakscodex.com
Jazz Jackrabbit. Are you ready for this? POW! followed by a wonderful amalgamation of a Robert Allen’s tracker music mixed with a bright and colorful menu was more than enough to completely blow away nine year old Jefklak in 1994. Via Jefklak's Codex| jefklakscodex.com
Outlaws: a Classic LucasArts Western Shooter. Before modern incarnations like Call of Juarez and Red Dead Redemption, there weren’t many western shooters out there. In fact, at the time of Outlaws’ release, in 1997, as far as I can remember and as far as the Interwebz tells me, there were none at all. Via Jefklak's Codex| jefklakscodex.com
Eurogamer recently announced that their review system will be changing yet again. Instead of the …| Brain Baking
Plants vs. Zombies (Game Of The Year). The most popular PopCap game everybody and their grandmother played back in the day was certainly the tile-matching browser game Bejeweled. Via Jefklak's Codex| jefklakscodex.com
Pizza Tower: Cathartic Wario Crazyness. Nintendo’s big-butted antihero character Wario was one of the greatest things ever to grace on the Game Boy handhelds, as discussed in the Wario Land retrospective. Via Jefklak's Codex| jefklakscodex.com
FIFA: Road to World Cup 98. E. A. Sports. It’s In The Game!—who doesn’t remember that jaw-dropping introduction? Just in case you do need a reminder on how awesome it was to boot up FIFA Road To World Cup 98 in 1997, here’s a video highlighting all the exciting moments from the beginning to the menu system to the end of a match: Via Jefklak's Codex| jefklakscodex.com
Torchlight VS Diablo 2: an In-Depth Analysis. In 2009, the masterminds of the guys behind Fate and Blizzard North created the near-perfect Diablo game everybody was waiting for since Diablo II: Lord of Destruction. Oh, and it was released within 11 months. Suffice to say that it is worth a long and hard look! Via Jefklak's Codex| jefklakscodex.com
Nox VS Diablo 2: an In-Depth Analysis. Ideated in the 1995 college years of Michael Booth, this intended to be multiplayer focused fast-paced wizard combat game ultimately would wound up to be compared to Diablo II, which was released five months later. Yet, a lot of the likable charm, quickness and quirkiness remained. Is this really a traditional hack & slash game? Via Jefklak's Codex| jefklakscodex.com