Retro Respawn – Smash TennisMichael FitzgeraldJuly 15, 2022July 18, 2022 by Michael FitzgeraldJuly 15, 2022July 18, 2022 Smash Tennis from Namco is a continuation of the Family Tennis series and one of the better sports-based games you can find on the Super...
Retro Respawn – Is Super Punch-Out!! Still a Knock-Out?!Michael FitzgeraldJanuary 14, 2022January 14, 2022 by Michael FitzgeraldJanuary 14, 2022January 14, 2022 Super Punch-Out!! is probably the game from the Punch-Out series of games that I’ve played the most due to it coming to prominence in the...
Retro Respawn – How Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels Tortures YouMichael FitzgeraldJanuary 7, 2022January 7, 2022 by Michael FitzgeraldJanuary 7, 2022January 7, 2022 Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels (known as simply Super Mario Bros. 2 over in Japan) is an absolute bollock of a video game that...
Retro Respawn – Super Ghouls ‘n GhostsMichael FitzgeraldOctober 29, 2021October 30, 2021 by Michael FitzgeraldOctober 29, 2021October 30, 2021 Seeing as it’s Halloween in a couple of days, I decided to look at a game that features spooky baddies in the form of Super...
The Fitzgerald Scale – The Continued Joy of Super Mario WorldMichael FitzgeraldSeptember 28, 2021September 30, 2021 by Michael FitzgeraldSeptember 28, 2021September 30, 2021 Super Mario World on the Super Nintendo is one of those games that has been written about so many times that I’m unsure what more...
Retro Respawn – Family FeudMichael FitzgeraldMay 11, 2021 by Michael FitzgeraldMay 11, 2021 During the first lockdown back in 2020, I found myself pretty isolated due to the fact that I live a good hour’s drive away from...
Retro Respawn Tandem – The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the PastMichael FitzgeraldFebruary 2, 2021 by Michael FitzgeraldFebruary 2, 2021 My buddy Adam Yates has been kind enough to join me again to do a tandem article, with this week’s game being one that I...
Retro Respawn – Rise of the RobotsMichael FitzgeraldJanuary 19, 2021 by Michael FitzgeraldJanuary 19, 2021 I quite enjoy myself a fighting game, with fighters in both the 2D and 3D realms tickling my fancy at different times or another. One...
Retro Respawn – Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong’s Double Trouble!Michael FitzgeraldJanuary 12, 2021 by Michael FitzgeraldJanuary 12, 2021 I’ve gone into detail in the past here on Gaming Respawn for my love of the first two Donkey Kong Country games, with Donkey Kong...
Retro Respawn – Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy’s Kong QuestMichael FitzgeraldOctober 20, 2020 by Michael FitzgeraldOctober 20, 2020 I mentioned in my review for Super Mario Bros. 35 last week that one of the things keeping me from using my Nintendo Switch as...
Retro Respawn – Donkey Kong CountryMichael FitzgeraldJuly 28, 2020 by Michael FitzgeraldJuly 28, 2020 In last week’s column, I wrote about how I had finally gotten around to making use of the voucher my sister had gifted to me...
Retro Respawn – Tetris & Dr. MarioMichael FitzgeraldJune 16, 2020 by Michael FitzgeraldJune 16, 2020 I was planning to open this week’s column by saying that I wasn’t an especially big fan of puzzle games, but on musing further, I...
Retro Respawn – Super Nintendo Beginner’s Guide: 15 Games You Should TryMichael FitzgeraldJanuary 7, 2020January 7, 2020 by Michael FitzgeraldJanuary 7, 2020January 7, 2020 The Super Nintendo could very likely be my personal favourite video game console ever, and thanks to things like the SNES Classic, Nintendo Store and...
Retro Respawn – Super Mario Bros. 2Michael FitzgeraldDecember 27, 2019December 27, 2019 by Michael FitzgeraldDecember 27, 2019December 27, 2019 Seeing as it’s the holiday season, I decided to take a look back at a game I first played way back during the Christmas of...
The Fitzgerald Scale – Why I Wish I Liked Final Fantasy VIMichael FitzgeraldDecember 11, 2019 by Michael FitzgeraldDecember 11, 2019 Last week over on Scott Keith’s “Blog of Doom”, I put out a question to some of my fellow posters. I asked which of the...
Retro Respawn – Mario Is MissingMichael FitzgeraldNovember 26, 2019 by Michael FitzgeraldNovember 26, 2019 Last week I looked at a game in the Mario series that I really like in the form of Super Mario Odyssey. After much effusive...
Retro Respawn – Natsume Championship WrestlingMichael FitzgeraldJuly 23, 2019 by Michael FitzgeraldJuly 23, 2019 This week we return to the wrestling ring for a rather solid Super Nintendo effort in the form of Natsume Championship Wrestling. Outside of Super...
Retro Respawn – Jurassic Park (Super Nintendo)Michael FitzgeraldJune 18, 2019 by Michael FitzgeraldJune 18, 2019 Jurassic Park was not only one of the biggest movies of the ’90s, but it was also one of the first major Hollywood blockbusters that...