...Everybody knows all of the classics that came out for the Nintendo Entertainment system. It's obvious that most people can just go on and on about Super Mario Bros, Legend of Zelda, Metroid, etc....But there were plenty of video games of that era never got that iconic following that it deserved.

Here is a short list:

Golgo 13 - Before little kids were able to enjoy the adult storyline and tone of Metal Gear Solid, there was Golgo 13. The video game was incredibly adult for 1988. While it may have been hard for a youngster to follow, in retrospect it was completely ahead of its time. It involved sexual themes, espionage, and politics. While...more

Castlevania: Curse of Darkness (Plot)

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According to Igarashi, Curse of Darkness is set in the year 1479 , three years after the events of Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse. Though defeated by vampire hunter Trevor Belmont, Dracula's curse continues to ravage the European countryside, spreading disease, mob violence, and heresy in its wake. Amidst all this devastation is Hector, a Devil Forgemaster who had formerly worked under the employ of Dracula but betrayed him sometime during the events of Castlevania III. Eventually growing disgusted with Dracula's brutal methods, Hector leaves Castlevania and relinquishes his powers to live amongst humans, settling down to live a peaceful life. When Hector's fiance Rosaly is accused of witchcraft and burned at the stake, Hector learns that her ...more

Turning a Non-Gamer Into a Gamer

... PC from the 1980's almost always catered to causal "simple" games because that's all they could handle.

Older gamers started off with casual games like Asteroids, Pac-Man, Breakout, Pong and other hit classics. Some of us got the gaming bug from the original Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), playing simplified games like Super Mario Bros., Donkey Kong and Duck Hunt. As time passed we increased our level of difficulty and purchased Mike Tyson's Punch-Out, Contra, Final Fantasy and The Legend of Zelda. We started slow, grew in intensity and before long we were game addicts.

Today we are in the seventh-generation of gaming. This generation includes such systems as the Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360 and the Nintendo Wii. Competition for the gaming market is hot and each system is vying for your gaming dollar. Each generation releases larger games boasting more hours of play, graphically stunning 3D environments, Dolby Digital Surround Sound and complex control schemes. The barrier to entry has never been larger for a non-gamer.

To entice a gamer into our seventh-generation of gaming we must start simple as we ourselves did so many years ago. The older the non-gamer the more difficult it will be to break their stereotypical view of "a gamer." We must teach them that it's not all first-person shooting bloody gun battles. Not all gamers want to shoot aliens. A non-gamer may have a short gaming attention span so you must hook them slowly and use repetition to bring them around to your ways of thinking.

There are two battlefronts to attack: The home console system and the Macintosh/PC. Do not allow your own gaming style to affect games you persuade them to play. Keep an open mind and allow them to explore their own gaming habits, be patient and keep a close eye on what games they react to the best.

A casual game may be something as simple as solitaire, sudoku, hearts, minesweeper or FreeCell. The next level of complexity will be Tetris, Zuma, Feeding Frenzy and more complex puzzle or side-scrolling adventure games. If you're target non-gamer enjoys a few hands of solitaire or hearts they've already got the bug for gaming ...more

Prince of Persia Classic Review

...ible to get to the end without losing your hair. Prince of Persia Classic does manage to keep the challenge of the original game intact for the Xbox 360 version. Some would argue that the game is impossible to beat. The animations are not bad. There is very little audio in the game; however, various scenes do an serviceable job of telling the story. Without giving anything away, there are two endings in Prince of Persia Classic. The first on being if the player completes the game in under one hour; the second being if players finish the game over an hour.

The game is not as brilliant as the Prince of Persia games on the Xbox and PlayStation 2, but it has its moments. Overall, Prince of Persia Classic is video game that pays homage to a groundbreaking game from 1989. If you are a Prince of Persia fan, then you will find this game to be fairly enjoyable.more

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