Tag: nes

• I beat Dragon Quest! It was… Okay.

  

  Ever since Dragon Quest XI was announced as coming to the Nintendo Switch, I’ve been keeping an eye on the series. I’d tried the original game on iOS before, and had popped in to Builders once, but neither of those intrigued me the way that the preview for XI did, and listening to the Dragon…

  troytlepower

  August 3, 2019

  Video Games

  classic, dragon quest, dragon warrior, gaming, grind, ios, jrpg, mobile, nes, retro

• The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

  

  This post is the written version of a podcast episode on YDWMY Reviews about my feelings on having completed The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past for the very first time. Listen instead of reading here. I’ve been a fan of the Legend of Zelda series for as long as I can remember.…

  troytlepower

  February 20, 2019

  Podcasts, Uncategorized, Video Games

  16-bit, a link to the past, alttp, gameboy, gameboy advance, gba, legend of zelda, link to the past, nes, probably work, retro, review, snes, super nintendo, Video Games, vintage, ydwmy, zelda

• After 29 years, I beat The Legend of Zelda!

  

  There’s a story in my family that while my mom was going into labor, my older brother was kept occupied by teaching a family friend how to play the legend of Zelda on the Nintendo Entertainment System. I grew up with that original Nintendo and its classic games, and with an older brother who actually…

  troytlepower

  December 5, 2018

  Video Games

  botw, games, legend of zelda, nes, retro, retro gaming, review, twitch, Video Games, zelda