What We Found in the Vault
How Video Game Music Tells Stories: Orchestral to Licensed Hits
From sweeping orchestral scores to unforgettable licensed tracks, video game music is now a storytelling powerhouse...
How-To Guide – Format Sega CD Model 2 Memory & Clear Internal RAM
Discover guides, tips, and fixes for the Sega CD — from formatting RAM to maintaining your console, keeping your...
Locked & Loaded: Top SEGA Saturn Light Gun Games That Still Hit Hard
Ranked list of the best Sega Saturn light gun games—console shooters that bring the arcade experience home. CRT...
Nintendo Virtual Boy – What Went Wrong With Nintendo’s Boldest Gamble
The Nintendo Virtual Boy category explores the history, games, hardware, and legacy of Nintendo’s short-lived 3D...
Pokemon Crystal Real vs Fake: How to Authenticate Cartridges
Retro gaming can be tricky, especially for collectors. If you’ve picked up a Pokémon Crystal cartridge, you need to...
Pokemon Emerald Real vs Fake: How to Spot Authentic Cartridges
These six authentication checks will help you identify fake Pokémon Emerald cartridges before detailed inspection....
Retro Console Wars - The Sega Saturn vs DreamCast?
Compare Sega’s Saturn and Dreamcast consoles—two 90s icons that defined Sega’s rise, fall, and lasting retro gaming...
Retro Horror Classics – 10 Survival Games That Still Haunt Us
Before horror games leaned into cinematic cutscenes and ray tracing, they were grittier, slower, and arguably more...
RPG Rewind – Final Fantasy IV GBA Review & Classic Gameplay
Originally released as Final Fantasy II on the SNES, this classic was reimagined as Final Fantasy IV Advance on the...
RPG Rewind – Final Fantasy VI GBA Review & Gameplay Masterpiece
I became a Final Fantasy fan back in 1997 with the release of Final Fantasy VII—and I’ve played every mainline...