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I recently had a few weeks off from my day job. However, thanks to injuring my foot directly after a trip to Melbourne to see Groundhog Day the Musical, I was left unable to properly walk for more than a...

For some time now, owners of a Nintendo Switch console who have paid into the Nintendo Switch Online service have been able to access a curated library of games from the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) and Super Nintendo Entertainment...

With the dawn of the fifth generation of gaming consoles such as the Nintendo 64 and Sony PlayStation 1, systems and developers alike had the technical capabilities to bid farewell to 2D and 2.5D platformers and start treating 3D...

I vividly remember Christmas Day of 2000, where a younger 9 year old me was more than thrilled to open up a present containing a The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask cartridge for the Nintendo 64. Throughout the subsequent...

Snowboard Kids Review Bundle #2 After releasing Snowboard Kids on the Nintendo 64 and PlayStation 1 gaming platforms, it seems like ATLUS and Racdym realized that they had a gem on their hands. A year later in 1999 the games success lead...

Snowboard Kids Review Bundle #1 There were two dominant racing games in the earlier stages of the Nintendo 64 era, Mario Kart 64 and Diddy Kong Racing, which were both released internationally during 1997. While both games enjoyed several months...

The evil Baby Bowser has cast a spell turning Yoshi’s Island into a picture book. Worse yet, the Super Happy Tree has been stolen, making the island dark and gloomy. Players must take control of six Yoshis, each a different color, and travel through six pages (worlds) of platforming adventure to recover the tree and return the island to normal! Featuring huge character models and bright, vibrant colors, the game’s various environments (such as woods, caves, mountains, and oceans) come alive in a uniquely gorgeous 2½-D look. Eat fruit, avoid enemies and obstacles, and throw eggs from the Yoshis’ never-ending supply in your quest to stop Baby Bowser’s plan from succeeding. If you’re good enough, you can aim for higher scores by being picky about the fruit you eat. And who knows, you might even find the mysterious black and white Yoshis!

The machine pictured above, the Nintendo 64 was a fifth generation home video console that served as an entry point to many my age to the world of home console gaming, something which ever since has never left me...