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The golden age of video games commences with the introduction of the Family Computer in 1983, transitions from 8-bit to 16-bit with the PC-Engine in 1987, and ends with the twilight years of the Mega Drive vs. Super Nintendo console wars. TimeWarpGamer focuses on golden age consoles and specializes in:
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—Definitive lists for the greatest 8-bit and 16-bit games |
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—Full coverage of games across all the world's regions |
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—Detailed regional box art comparisons |
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—Original top 10 lists for genres and other categories |
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Vinny Feldman |
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Chett Walters |
Home: Washington, DC |
Home: Boston, MA |
Real Job: Waste Disposal Tech. |
Real Job: Plumber |
Eats: Sushi |
Eats: Pizza |
Drinks: Belgian Beer |
Drinks: Barley Wine Beer |
Site Jobs: Everything |
Site Jobs: HTML trouble-shooter |
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One man can only do so much. There are numerous web sites that have been instrumental in helping me identify games worth my (or anyone's) attention and learning more about them. I visit these sites regularly, and TimeWarpGamer only gets better thanks to the excellent content found here: |
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Art and Graphics |
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Original and custom scans of box art for tons of consoles |
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Beautiful scans of fliers for Famicom games |
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Browser Games |
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An incredible Double Dragoneque homage to retro games |
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Play the classic platformer as Link or Mega Man or more! |
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General Coverage |
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French site with many reviews and excellent gameplay screenshots |
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Incredible source for guides, and a great games database in general |
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A Google-map-linked database of arcade and game stores, add to it! |
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Learn the history and play the games from wood rails to modern tables |
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Wide-ranging NES coverage, from reviews and features to maintenance |
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Definitive coverage of every US and EU Virtual Console release |
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Great retro site covering a wide range of topics and features |
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Simply the best TurboGrafx game database on the Web |
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If I only had access to one retro game website, this would be the one |
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Impressive retro breadth and the best PAL game database on the net |
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Wide coverage, especially NES—with one of the best top 100 lists |
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You won't find better 16-bit Sega coverage than this |
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An impressive, growing database games on Sega systems |
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A multitude of professional speed runs across many consoles |
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Amazing source for info on beta and unreleased versions of games |
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Extremely rich in retro game information and related web sites |
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Music |
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Live rock played to live speed runs of Contra, Mega Man 2, and more |
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Nobuo Uematsu (of Final Fantasy fame) plays keyboards in this band |
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One of the best sites for remixed retro tracks |
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Great remixes of classic games and classic songs — all sound old school |
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Podcasts |
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Can retro game podcasts get better than this? |
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Getting better with each new episode, an impressive range of topics |
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The greatest podcast for retro video game music |
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One of my favorite retro podcasts, epic in length and variety |
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Print and Digital Media |
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Retro gaming coverage galore in these Jeremy Parish-edited collections |
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New pay-to-download digital mag; first issue was quite good |
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Dedicated to preserving the content of classic video game magazines |
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Best e-magazine for PC Engine that I know of — free! |
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Best retro game coverage you'll ever find in print |
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Free to download, great presentation, and all written in Spanish |
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This journal of video game appreciation is available in pdf for $5 an issue |
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Reviews |
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Excellent reviews of often-overlooked retro games |
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One of the most impressive collection of PC Engine reviews out there |
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The art and authority of his TurboGrafx-16 game reviews know no rival |
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My favorite video reviewer of NES games |
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Unrivaled depth for reviews, especially of video game franchises |
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Incredible breadth, concise reviews, and simple to navigate |
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Sweet source for Famicom, FDS, PCE, and SNES reviews |
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Web Forums |
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An incredible video game database, and lively forum community |
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Possibly the best retro community on the Net |
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Another great community, with a European focus |
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I'm trying to keep this list focused (i.e. sites that I visit multiple times a week), but if you have any suggestions I welcome them here. Thanks! |
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