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After starting 2015 off with a *BANG*, prepare yourself for the load of action and drama, that the RF Generation Playthrough Group has in store for you in February.
For the February Retro Playthrough, we return to the land of Hyrule in the timeless classic The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past for the SNES. In this prequel to the original two Zelda games on the NES, take control of Link as he embarks on an epic adventure to once again save Princess Zelda and restore peace to Hyrule. Join us for The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past and experience what is commonly regarded as one of the greatest games of all time.
Retro discussion thread: http://www.rfgeneration.c...m/index.php?topic=14980.0
Over on the modern side we will be choosing our own fates with a visual novel for the Nintendo DS. In 999: Nine Persons, Nine Hours, Nine Doors you find yourself aboard a sinking cruise ship with eight strangers. The only path to freedom is found after finishing a series of puzzles. The branching story line and six unique endings will have you replaying until you find the right answers to the "Nonary Game."
Modern discussion thread: http://www.rfgeneration.c...m/index.php?topic=14978.0
If you think you have what it takes to save the Hyrule kingdom or escape the sinking ship alive join us in February's Community Playthrough.
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Forbidden Forest is an action-horror game created by Paul Norman for Cosmi Corporation and released for the Commodore 64 and Atari 8-bit in 1983, and re-released for the PC in 2000. I think all versions bear mentioning, however for the scope of this review, I would like to focus solely on the C64 version, as this is the only version I've played. Not exactly a landmark title, but nonetheless, Forbidden Forest is a game of note, if not for its interesting gameplay, then for the excellent aural experience. While SID chip-flavored tunes on the C64 have always had a strong following (with good reason), the excellent music tracks for Forbidden Forest are an excellent early example of why they are popular. The game could have simply been titled, "Forest" and as long as this music played during the title, it would convey the same meaning: There are some bad things waiting for you in this forest.
Continue reading Forbidden Forest at a Glance
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The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask strayed from well-established game elements. It was darker, creepier, and more foreboding. Imminent danger was always staring down upon young Link, which created a sense of finality; and the clock ticked away the hours to remind players of the urgency of their adventure. The game was fantastic and now we can play it in glorious (or not) updated stereoscopic graphics.
Continue reading Pre-Order Pandemonium
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Hyperdimension Neptunia is a turn based RPG developed by Idea Factory, Compile Heart to be specific. It was published by all kinds of different companies depending on where you live, Compile Heart in Japan, NIS America in North America, and Tecmo Koei in Europe. It has spawned sequels and a plethora of extra media in Japan. It was remade for the Vita with the epithet Re;Birth 1. Once again, the Japanese start messing around with our punctuation and grammar.
Continue reading Psychotic Reviews: Hyperdimension Neptunia
Suffice to say, even those who don't game online likely hoped for coal in the stockings of the grinches that took down XBox Live and PSN over Christmas of 2014. The DDoS attack created an outage that lasted a few days and kept owners of Sony and Microsoft's consoles from playing online, buying digital games and even locked out many single player experiences that required some online verification.
It's easy for us retro enthusiasts to roll our eyes, straighten our bifocals, and shake our canes as we brag about the obvious advantage of older consoles that weren't affected in the least. That doesn't change things for the many gaming youths who had just acquired a new toy and were unable to use it during their vacation time, or we older gamers who looked forward to unwinding through the holiday bustle by nabbing a few flags or finally getting in a raid.
We can prattle on about the obvious flaws of online-required gameplay and the lack of security and bandwidth in multi-billion dollar companies, or how it was a good thing that little Jimmy actually had to engage with the relatives instead of being glued to that headset, or how I assumed I was finished with Destiny and Plants Versus Zombies: Garden Warfare until forced withdrawal made the cravings start up again.
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In Bungie's defense, this offline multiplayer version of Destiny does have universal group chat. (Found these at https://www.etsy.com/list...ng?ref=shop_home_active_4)
Continue reading Gaming Unplugged
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Well, another great year at RF Generation has come to a close and we've seen some big changes and new editions to the website and a very nice increase in membership (Mad props to MetalJesus and Kotaku!  ). But before we say "goodbye" to 2014, there are several people that the staff would like to thank for their hard work in the month of December. Thanks for taking some time during your busy holiday season to show a little love to our site! During the month of December, there were 2,060 total submissions to the database, which consisted of 1,743 game submissions and 317 hardware submissions. Top submitters for the month of December were:
Shadow Kisuragi 495
Apollo Boy 339
ae.tc 263
Sauza12 115
Also taking the top spot for most approvals during the month of December was Shadow Kisuragi with 641!!!
At this time, I would like to extend a personal "Thank You" to all of the guys on the writing staff who do a fantastic job of coming up with article topics and keeping our front page alive with game and hardware reviews, gaming history, theory, and other video game related subjects. The front page has come a long way this year and each of you have been a big part of that; I couldn't do it without you. Our current writing staff members are:
bombatomba
Crabmaster2000
Fleach
noiseredux
SirPsycho
slacker
wildbil52
As important as our front page is in attracting new members, our podcasts also reach out to listeners and on social media to help promote the site. Our longest standing podcast, the Collectorcast, really gained steam in 2014 and now has a good following. A big thanks to members: Duke.Togo, Crabmaster2000, and wildbil52 for your hard work and long hours of editing. 2014 also saw the melding of our site playthrough with the rise of another site podcast, the RF Generation Playcast. Thanks to Fleach, GrayGhost81 and techwizard for providing some great and interactive community enjoyment. We're looking forward to what's in store for 2015!
I would also be remiss, if I didn't mention and thank all of the members behind the scene who make this site tick. We went through a pretty difficult transition involving the database, which included some down time. Our own bickman2k was instrumental in getting us back up and moving, and we can't thank him enough for his efforts! Without you and our league of coders, this site could not exist. Thank you!
And last but not least, I'd like to thank our Site Director and Jack-of-all-trades site guru, Shadow Kisuragi. I'm sure that many of you have seen his handle pop up all around the site, but he does so much more than provide all of us with quirky video gaming related information and almost always lead in submissions and approvals. He's the guy that gets things done, or orchestrates getting them done, and solves any issues or problems you may have. He's the guy I go to for almost anything site-related, and he's always quick to respond and help me with my requests (which have been numerous since taking over as the Blog Editor....). Thank you so much Shadow for all you do in making this place feel like home for so many of us!
Thank you members for a fantastic 2014 and here's to creating more memories, gaming feats, and super small scores in 2015!
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That's right. You guys are AWESOME!!!! Thanks so much to all the members who donated during the fund drive this year. Our goal was to raise $1000 to help with server costs for 2015 and you guys and gals responded by shattering our goal and donating a grand total of $1209.47! RF Generation is a wonderful, free, and generous community, of which all of us are proud members. Cheers to all of you and let's make it another year of great memories on this site!
Prior to this post, all members who donated should have received a PM detailing: (1) their donation amount, (2) the number of tickets they have earned for the raffle, and (3) a link to the Playcast's Episode #0, if they donated at least $20. If you have donated and did not receive a PM, or if an amount or any other info is in error, PLEASE PM me (singlebanana) immediately so that we can fix it. Also, if you have not already done so, PLEASE reply to your PM to verify that you received my message and that the information is accurate. I will keep a list going and check off your name as the replies come in. After all donation information is verified, the drawing will be held for the prize lots. Please be patient and bear with me, since I want to make sure that everyone eligible for the raffle is included before the drawing is held. Any questions regarding the drawing may be directed toward me, but please check the rules thread first to see if your answer may be there: http://www.rfgeneration.c...m/index.php?topic=14799.0
At this time, the staff would like to thank those who donated since the last update:
douglie007
bsr241
Thanks guys!
(*If you donated and do not see your name in this weeks update or in last weeks, please PM singlebanana so that we can be sure to give you credit*)
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Join RFGeneration Playcast hosts, Rich (singlebanana), Jamie (techwizard), Floyd (Fleach), and Shawn (GrayGhost81) as we discuss December's shmup competition, where we played through 8 retro & modern shmups in total! We also get together and discuss our Top 5 favorite playthroughs of 2014. What made the list and what didn't for each of us? There's only one way to find out.
Episode 9 discussion thread. Tell us what your Top 5 playthroughs of 2014 were: http://www.rfgeneration.c...x.php?topic=14919.new#new
Get the show on Podomatic: http://rfgenplaythroughs.podomatic.com/
On iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/...playcast/id874327459?mt=2
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And Twitter: https://twitter.com/RFGPlayCast
Continue reading Episode 9 - RF Generation Playcast
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Posted on Jan 3rd 2015 at 05:19:25 AM by ( noiseredux) Posted under PC |
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Whenever I compile a year-end list like this one, I feel the need to run with the same sort of disclosure. That is to say that really these aren't the games that I'm announcing as being "The Best" of the year, but rather the games that I enjoyed the most. There may be games on this list that I think are technically worse than games I left off of here. And though I do try to play every game that truly interests me each year, it's hard to keep up. Not to mention, there are the ones that slip through your fingers. There's always a chance that come January, I'll discover a game released the previous year that I end up loving, though I had no idea it would interest me at all. At the end of the day, I've got to make this my honest list of what I really had the most fun playing this year. So here we go...
(WARNING: Possible spoilers ahead!)
Continue reading noiseredux's Top 10 Games of 2014
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Posted on Jan 1st 2015 at 05:00:00 AM by ( Crabmaster2000) Posted under Best of 2014, Mega Man X, Wii U, Bayonetta, Pikmin, Smash Bros, Project X Zone, Fire Emblem, Wipeout, Bomberman, Mario Kart, NES Remix |
This past year saw huge changes to my gaming habits. I spent significantly more time playing with other people than I have in the past and played a lot more games that were convenient for me to setup (which meant 3DS and Wii U). This definitely flavored some of the choices on my list, but a few of my old tendencies still shined though brightly.
Continue reading Best of 2014 - Crabmaster Edition
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What do Royal Dansk cookies and Ferrero Rocher have to do with the best games of the year? Nothing. They are delicious and this is my article
This time of year the internet is flooded with Game of the Year lists. Many mainstream media outlets end up with lists full of heavy hitters like Smash Bros and Call of Duty. Lots of smaller sites try to show you how hip(ster) they are with lists full of decent but forgettable Indie titles. By the way, Mountain isn't a game. For a long time, I avoided most of these lists because I honestly couldn't care less about some stranger's opinion on what the best games were. More often than not, I would just get frustrated that they liked a game that I thought was bad or didn't like a game that I knew to be great. As I've grown older, I like to think I've matured a bit (like a fine dark Belgian Ale left in a dry 50 degree cellar) and I look at these lists differently now. I now read lists like these to discover games that I may have missed out on. That is my hope with this list, that someone will realize how great one of these games is and give it a try.
Continue reading WildBil52's Top Games of 2014
There are only 3 more days left to donate to this year's fund drive and I'm happy to say that we have reached our goal of $1000!!!! A big Thank You to all of the members who have donated this year. Even though we have reached our goal, you can still donate to get your name in the drawing for some fantastic prizes. Please remember that every $10 you donate earns you a ticket to this years prize raffle, which will be drawn at the conclusion of the fund drive. Also, donating at least $20 will also get you a copy of the Playcast's Episode #0, which includes playthrough reviews of Parasite Eve and Kingdom Hearts (more info and prize lots listed here: http://www.rfgeneration.c...m/index.php?topic=14799.0.
At this time, the staff at RF Generation would like to thank those who donated during the forth week of the fund drive and put us over our goal:
Beardcore84
Techie413
techwizard
zcrich01
nupoile
Ze_ro
Crabmaster2000
Sauza12
Duke.Togo
98PaceCar
Deadman
bombatomba
Grand total: $1180.94!!!!!
(*If you donated and do not see your name in this weeks update or in last weeks, please PM singlebanana so that we can be sure to give you credit*)
Thanks for all of the love and support you have shown our site and please, keep those donations coming. Any additional funds raised will go toward site improvement or additional server costs.
One of my favorite parts about video games, other than collecting and playing them, is looking at the art included with the packaging. Your first impression of a game is likely going to be the initial part of the package you see, more often than not, it's the box art. With thousands of titles comes just as many examples of box art, and they range in appearance from artistic genius to something that looks as bad as a five year-old's first photoshop. While everyone else is doing their Top Games of 2014, I wanted to do something a little different; those that have read my blog since its earlier days know that most of my lists are usually different from the rest. And I want this holiday special to be no different. In no particular order here are five examples of the best, and worst examples of video game box art of all time!
Continue reading 5 Best and Worst Examples of Video Game Box Art
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The Wolf Among Us
Telltale Games, 2014
I've been a fan of Telltale's adventure games for a while now. In a sense, their adventure games not only reinvigorated the genre - they redefined it. You could almost start talking about adventure games in a Pre- and Post-Telltale way. And though they had plenty of good and interesting games leading up to it, it's hard to not point at The Walking Dead as the moment where they fully nailed the formula. In The Walking Dead, the user interface was as equally as well-designed for a controller as it was a mouse. The story was strongly written with characters you could care about and who you felt like you got to know well. And most importantly, your decisions seemed to matter, and actually shaped the rest of the story going forward. This device seemed even more important when Season Two of The Walking Dead was released and you realized that many of your decisions and experiences carried over from the first game if you had a save installed.
The Walking Dead: Season Two and The Wolf Among Us finished up their episodic runs and saw retail releases as finished products around the same time this past year. And truth be told, I was far more interested in the former title. I couldn't help but want to see what happened next to Clem, and I figured that a game about a zombie apocalypse would interest me far more than one about fairytales. How wrong I was. [Disclaimer: It is nearly impossible to discuss a Telltale game without any sort of spoilers being involved. Though this review will stay clear of divulging anything that feels like it would truly 'spoil' the game, just mentioning characters, settings and the tiniest of plot points will indeed be spoilers to some. You've been warned!]
Continue reading Review: The Wolf Among Us
Collectorcast Episode 28: A Gaming Festivus for the Rest of Us
Episode 28 discussion thread: http://www.rfgeneration.c...rum/index.php?topic=14865
Join Bil and Duke as they take a stroll down memory lane and discuss their childhood Christmas gaming memories. Also, our questions segment has grown, and we're glad to tackle the tough ones. Even the Crabmaster makes a small appearance for the holidays! So let the Feats of Strength begin, and gather round the Festivus pole to share some of your favorite holiday gaming memories with us.
Get the show at http://www.collectorcast.com
Follow the Collectorcast on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Collectorcast
Like us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Collectorcast
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Show Notes
Music: Akumajou Dracula (Famicom Disk System)
Topic: 1:13:11
Outro: 2:03:46
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