Features
Annual Gaming Review – Yearly looks back at the video games that were.
End of 2008: Canadian’s thoughts, Jiggy’s thoughts
Mid-2009: Jiggy’s thoughts (plus Prax art and a Raiden Fighters Aces video)
Buyer’s Guides – Evaluating groups of games jsut for you.
8/5/09 and 8/6/09: The Virtual Console Buyer’s Guide to Mega Man: part 1 (NES) and part 2
Flash in the Pan – Flash-quick articles to free Internet games. Could be Flash, could be Javascript, but it’s all fun!
6/15/09: Pandemic 2 (real-time sim)
7/22/09: Rose and Camellia (puzzle action)
Forum Roundups – Calling attention to some of our better forum threads – usually ones not made by any of our admins – and the ones that thrive on user input.
Gamers’ Choice Video – Taking user requests for game footage from my Wii and Xbox 360 games. (Though 360 will be in SD for now.) At least one video per Friday as long as I have wishes to fulfill!
6/11/09: Announcement and call to arms
6/19/09: Mega Man 9: Dance with the Twin Devils (WiiWare)
7/3/09: Geometry Wars Galaxies (Wii)
7/10/09: Getting Stomped On By Ikaruga (Xbox Live Arcade)
7/17/09 and 7/19/09: Solomon’s Key: Strive to Survive parts 1 and 2 and parts 3 and 4 (Virtual Console / NES)
7/24/09: Bonk’s Revenge playthrough in ten parts (Virtual Console / TG16)
7/31/09: First Time Through Klonoa’s Extra Vision (Wii)
8/7/09: Mega Man 9 Endless Mode run in four parts (WiiWare)
8/28/09: Kirby’s Adventure full playthrough on hard mode
Indie-Pendence Day – Coverage of independently-developed games without big-name publishers behind them.
6/11/09: La-Mulana (sidescrolling action-adventure)
7/5/09: Rosenkreuzstilette (2D action platformer)
Lists of Gaming Greatness – Classifying and organizing some of gaming’s brightest highlights.
7/1/09 to 7/25/09: 28 Awesome-Looking TG16 Games part 1 (assorted), part 2 (starring heroines), part 3 (sequels), part 4 (scrolling shooters)
8/9/09: Ten Great Mega Man (original series) Bosses
Missing in Action – Discussing games that may never be re-released, why they may never be re-released, and why it’s a shame.
6/18/09: EarthBound
Prax Art Roundups – Creator commentary on GamingFringe’s fanart.
Seventeen-Second Summaries – Fanart-accompanied game profiles you can read in under seventeen seconds!
The Okkusenman Treatment – Probably set to be one of our least frequent features, we assign lyrics to instrumental video game music.
6/11/09: Super Turrican Level 1-3
7/28/09: Love Letter to Kirby Super Star (not technically under this feature, but it prominently features lyrics)
Just Another VC Monday – Taking a look at Nintendo’s Virtual Console releases when they interest us. Nintendo no longer calls it VC Monday due to the additions of WiiWare and DSiWare, but we’re going to keep referring to it as that since it makes for a decently catchy title.
12/15/08: Enduro Racer (SMS)
12/22/08: Phantasy Star IV (GEN/MD)
12/29/08: StarTropics II: Zoda’s Revenge (NES)
1/5/09: Kirby’s Dream Land 3 (SNES)
1/12/09: Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse (NES)
1/19/09: M.U.S.H.A. (GEN/MD)
1/26/09: Wonder Boy in Monster Land (SMS)
2/2/09: Sonic Chaos (SMS)
2/16/09: Life Force (NES)
2/23/09: Commodore 64 Launch
3/2/09: Ogre Battle: March of the Black Queen (SNES)
3/9/09: Alex Kidd: The Lost Stars (SMS)
3/16/09: Summer Games II (C64)
3/23/09: Bomberman ‘94 and Detana!! Twinbee (TG16)
3/30/09: Super Punch-Out (SNES)
4/6/09: Uncharted Waters: New Horizons (SNES)
4/13/09: Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure (GEN/MD)
4/20/09: Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair (GEN/MD)
4/27/09 to 5/25/09: Nobunaga’s Ambition, Tower Toppler, Galaxy Force II, Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask, Clayfighter (SNES, C64, GEN/MD, N64, GEN/MD)
6/29/09: Fantasy Zone II: The Tears of Opa-Opa (SMS)
7/13/09: Pulseman and Secret Commando (GEN/MD, SMS)
8/17/09: Revenge of Shinobi (GEN/MD)
8/31/09: Phantasy Star (SMS)
