Histo-Game: The Ninja Gaiden Series.

The Ninja Gaiden series has become synonymous for it’s incredible degree of difficulty, it’s cinematic presentation, and its popularity the world over as being the quintessential hallmark for any and all games featuring a ninja as its protagonist. Originally conceived as an arcade beat-’em-up in 1988, the series gained popularity on the Nintendo Entertainment System [...]

Histo-Game: Final Fantasy

What began as desperate gamble for floundering Square’s near-bankrupt attempt at a comeback has become a world wide phenomenon that has spawned thirteen sequels, several motion pictures, various anime series, and countless other forms of merchandise. Final Fantasy not only saved Square from bankruptcy, it made it the most dominating force in the RPG home [...]

Histo-Game: The EarthBound/Mother Trilogy

A duology report by Earthbound_X and wastelander75: Earthbound_X: I figured since wastelander75 already has the info about the series, I’ll talk about my personal experiences with the whole series. The Earthbound Saga, known only as Mother in Japan, is a series of role-playing games that deviates considerably from the common sword and sorcery settings of [...]

Histo-Game: The Contra Series

One of the first games to offer two-player simultaneous game play, the Contra series first made it’s initial impact in arcades before being ported to the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1988, where it’s popularity soared to new heights as being a fan favorite “buddy game” in many player’s gaming library. Developed by Konami, the game’s [...]

Histo-Game: The Castlevania Series

Released in North America on October 30, 1986 for the Nintendo Entertainment System, the Castlevania series soon became one of the most recognizable flagship titles for Konami, garnering rave reviews over much of the series itinerary releases, and has the distinction of being in the Guinness Book of World Records: 2008 Gaming Edition with 7 [...]

Histo-Game: Metroid

First released to the American audiences in August 1987, Metroid was lauded by both fans and critics for being one of the first games to not only offer both free-roaming opened environments, but also for it’s revelation that Samus Aran, the main protagonist of the series, was female. Metroid was also one of the first [...]

Histo-Game: The Legend of Zelda

One of the flagship titles for the original Nintendo Entertainment System, The Legend of Zelda helped to firmly cement the company’s foothold on the video game marketplace in the U.S. following, what was for many, a dismal period of lackluster and sagging interest in video games entertainment due to in no small part to the [...]

Histo-Game: The HALO Series

The Beginning of a Gamers “Paradise” It was first announced on July 21, 1999 at the MacWorld Conferene & Expo. Halo, one of the games in this past decade that have really hit the video game industry with a bang, and put billions of dollars of cash straight into developers pockets. Yes, the complete HALO [...]

Histo-Game: A look At Mario’s Past

Mario aka. Super Mario has been an extremely known character in the video game world for years, all the way back to “retro” years. Mario has served as one of Nintendo’s mascot for a while, but besides being known and everything…lets take a travel back in time and see why Mario has been so popular [...]