Nintendo – Page 2 – Subspace Briefcase

Radical Dreamers and Rancid Repros

January 23, 2016Steve W0

Good morning, class. Let’s start today’s lecture off with a little history lesson. In 1996, Squaresoft released Radical Dreamers, a text-heavy visual novel that served as a pseudo-sequel to the massively popular Chrono Trigger. It never saw an official western release. Among other reasons, this is because Radical Dreamers was released exclusively for the Super Famicom’s Satellaview add-on. A somewhat peculiar […]

Code Name: Viper – Part 2

October 21, 2015October 22, 2015Steve W0

Code Name: Viper Nintendo Entertainment System, 1990 Developer: Arc System Works Publisher: Capcom Last time, we talked about the underrated gameplay of Capcom’s Code Name: Viper. Today, we’ll be talking about its inspirations, or perhaps more accurately, its source material. It would be diplomatic to say that Code Name: Viper was heavily inspired by Namco’s Rolling Thunder. […]

Code Name: Viper – Part 1

October 16, 2015October 21, 2015Steve W0

Code Name: Viper Nintendo Entertainment System, 1990 Developer: Arc System Works Publisher: Capcom As anyone who walked into an arcade between the years of 1989 and 2000 can tell you, winners don’t use drugs. This of, course, is why drug dealers make for fantastic video game adversaries. Today, franchises like Grand Theft Auto sell millions of copies […]

Wizards & Warriors

October 9, 2015April 7, 2020Steve W0

Wizards & Warriors Nintendo Entertainment System, 1987 Developer: Rare Publisher: Acclaim Shortly after my family welcomed a NES into our home in 1988, I was desperate to complete a game. There was only one problem: at six-years-old, I had yet to actually develop any video game playing skill. My options were limited. I had tried […]

Now You’re Drinking With Power

January 24, 2015January 29, 2015Steve W0

If you’ve watched any of the live streams, you’ve undoubtedly noticed that I occasionally enjoy beverages. When I am not holding my beverages, I am placing them on these – the official coasters of Subspace Briefcase: I purchased this fine set of three coasters at the Punk Rock Flea Market here in Philadelphia last month. […]

Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem

January 4, 2015January 4, 2015Steve W0

Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem Nintendo Gamecube, 2002 Developer: Silicon Knights Publisher: Nintendo Eternal Darkness is the rare game with both a stellar critical reputation and a rabid cult following. Ask anyone who played the game at the time of its release, and they’ll more likely than not proclaim it to be one the Gamecube’s best titles. […]

Ganbare Goemon 2

November 16, 2014November 16, 2014Steve W0

Ganbare Goemon 2: Kiteretsu Shōgun Magginesu [1] SNES, 1993 Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami A few months back, I picked up a stack of random Super Famicom carts at a local flea market here in Philadelphia. One of those games was Ganbare Goemon 2, the sequel to the game released in the US as Legend of the Mystical Ninja. Ganbare Goemon 2 never […]

X-Kaliber 2097

October 27, 2014January 18, 2015Steve W1

SNES, 1994 Developer: Fupac/Winds Publisher: Activision I remember reading about X-Kaliber 2097 in Nintendo Power when I was in middle school. I remember learning that it would be one of the first games to feature a soundtrack by an ACTUAL recording artist. I remember slotting it into the third tier of my birthday wishlist, just […]