Author Archives: Adam Randall

The Mysterious Murasame Castle games:

Posted on October 12, 2017 by Adam Randall

1986: The Mysterious Murasame Castle 2012: Nintendo Land ¹ 2014: Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS ² Connected Series: Mii Super Smash Bros. Footnotes: A new game called Takamaru’s Ninja Castle is included. Takamaru appears as a non-playable character.

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My Pokémon Ranch

Posted on October 11, 2017 by Adam Randall

My Pokémon Ranch is one of only a few games that were exclusive, WiiWare games. This means that it was downloadable via the Wii Shop Channel and nowhere else. Sadly, the Wii Shop Channel is due to be discontinued soon … Continue reading →

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Call Centre Christmas Connections

Posted on October 9, 2017 by Adam Randall

I recently started working in a call centre – it’s okay. It’s definitely not the best job I’ve had, but it’s also definitely not the worst. It’s good, simple, stress-free work and I can’t really complain about that. For today’s … Continue reading →

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Public Tragedy

Posted on October 7, 2017 by Adam Randall

The other day I was riding along on the train. I had spent quite a number of hours riding on buses and trains in order to have a quick ten minute meeting (which felt really pointless.) I was standing up … Continue reading →

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Doctor Who: Timewyrm: Genesys by John Peel

Posted on October 4, 2017 by Adam Randall

When Doctor Who was cancelled in 1989, there was international turmoil. Nobody could accept that what might possibly be the best television programme ever made had just been taken off the air. It pushed the tensions of the Cold War … Continue reading →

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Candles That Burn Twice as Bright

Posted on October 3, 2017 by Adam Randall

I remember once, as a young child, I was talking to my mother about school friends. She told me how she didn’t see hers anymore and that that was just something that happened as people became adults: they drifted away … Continue reading →

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Nintendo Badge Arcade

Posted on September 29, 2017 by Adam Randall

The Nintendo Badge Arcade is a free downloadable game for Nintendo 3DS consoles. Basically, it’s a set of crane games, where you have to pick out badges (which are all based on various Nintendo characters.) These badges can then be … Continue reading →

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Diddy Kong Racing

Posted on September 29, 2017 by Adam Randall

The Donkey Kong Country series had provided some of the most popular games on the SNES and Diddy Kong was a large part of that series. As a result, Diddy was a popular character of his own and so he … Continue reading →

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Yoshi’s Universal Gravitation

Posted on September 27, 2017 by Adam Randall

This is a game that, in concept, sounded like it could be really good. I love Yoshi games and the idea of merging that formula with gravity-altering gyroscopic controls seemed really exciting. But could such a nice concept really succeed … Continue reading →

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Castlevania games:

Posted on September 26, 2017 by Adam Randall

1986: Castlevania 1987: Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest 1989: Castlevania: The Adventure 1989: Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse 1991: Super Castlevania IV 2006: Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin 2011: Scribblenauts ¹ Footnotes: Alucard can be summoned to help you in the Japanese version … Continue reading →

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