Episode #160 - On Running Feuds (Ep. 160) - What is it about Tetris that makes people take it for granted? Every time one of these magazines has a list of the best games of all time, Tetris is always the runne...

Episode #98 - It's time once again for This Week in Defunct Games, the show that reviews the best (and worst) of this week's retro releases. This is one crazy week, full of six games in total. That's three Virtua...

Episode #4 - Player Select (Ep. 4) - It's time once again for Player Select, the show that rates and complains about some of the most popular video game characters of all time. This time around we're checking in ...

Episode #3 - Next week Capcom and Hyde Park unleash the Street Fighter movie reboot nobody asked for. In celebration of this theatrical tour de force, Defunct Games has decided to take a look back and see how the...

Episode #97 - It's time once again for This Week in Defunct Games, the show where we look at this week's retro releases. Up first we have the Gradius spin-off, Life Force, followed by a Worms-ish action game calle...

Episode #159 - On Running Feuds (Ep. 159) - Talk about a crazy month, this month we get the first new Street Fighter sequel in a dozen years, a brand new feature-length movie and the hoppin' 20th Anniversary party. ...

Episode #47 - Guerilla Scrapbook (Ep. 47) - The economy sucks ... and Microsoft knows it. That's why they have a brand new promotion going on. Defunct Games is here to unveil the Xbox Live Season of Savings deal,...

There's no doubt about it, Shinobi is one of Sega's most popular franchises. Unfortunately they were never able to top the amazing Shinobi III, but at least there were three worthwhile entries in the...

It used to be that role-playing games were ugly, and Ultima was the ugliest of the bunch. This Master System RPG is nothing to look at, but it has a deep and involving story. The only problem is, mo...

Episode #96 - It's a weekend full of love here at Defunct Games. Okay, it's not, it's actually a weekend full of retro reviews. You should check back all weekend for updated review postings. But first we have tw...

Episode #158 - On Running Feuds (Ep. 158) - You know what video game consoles need? A big red panic button! No really, according to European Parliament Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection...

Episode #96 - It's time once again for another episode of This Week in Defunct Games, the show that reviews the best (and worst) in this week's retro releases. This week we take a look at a classic Genesis shooter...

Episode #90 - It's not every day that Sega decides to release a new Genesis collection, so we thought we would celebrate by asking a very simple question: Is Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection still relevant?...

Skate 2 isn't the innovative sequel that some people had been hoping for, but that doesn't mean it's not fun. With plenty of new areas to explore, some cool new challenges and a bunch of much-needed ...

Episode #72 - Top 10 Lists (Ep. 72) - These days TV shows are hot! This is especially true when it comes to the video game industry, what with the upcoming releases of Hell's Kitchen and Grey's Anatomy. But not e...

Episode #95 - It's the attack of the weekend update!! Don't have a boring weekend, instead spend a few minutes with Defunct Games as we offer you several brand new retro reviews. On Saturday you can check out a c...

Super Metal Crusher has a promising name, but it's marred by a complete lack of control. No really, I mean it. You don't actually control the battles; instead you customize your character and watch ...

Batman Returns is a surprisingly decent 2D action game for the Game Gear. Now, this solid experience isn't going to make up for Batman Forever, but it does show that you can make a halfway decent por...

Sega's popular puzzle game comes to the PC Engine thanks to Laser Soft. While this is a solid port, it's hard to get over how dated this puzzler feels. If you can get over the weird graphics and sim...

Atomic Robo-Kid may not be as well known as Gradius or R-Type, but his PC Engine game proves to be one of the best shooters on the platform. Find out what sets this 2D shooter apart from all of the c...

Episode #177 - Cyril Lachel tries to find something good to say about the MEGAMANIA - A Space Nightmare print ad. Trust me, it's bad. It's a horrible, awful, very bad ad. See what you think of this classic ga...

Episode #178 - Cyril Lachel tries to find something good to say about the Iron Angel of the Apocalypse (3DO) print ad. Trust me, it's bad. It's a horrible, awful, very bad ad. See what you think of this class...

Episode #179 - Cyril Lachel tries to find something good to say about the CompuServe - Bond, James Bond! print ad. Trust me, it's bad. It's a horrible, awful, very bad ad. See what you think of this classic ga...

Episode #180 - Cyril Lachel tries to find something good to say about the Sony PlayStation - Sofia Edition promotion print ad. Trust me, it's bad. It's a horrible, awful, very bad ad. See what you think of thi...

Episode #45 - Commercial Break (Ep. 45) - It's time once again for Commercial Break, the show that spends a little too long looking at the worst video game advertisements of all time. We have four great (er, terri...

Episode #95 - It's time once again for another episode of This Week in Defunct Games, the show where we review the best (and worst) retro releases. This week we take a look at three games for GameTap and a Sonic g...

Episode #23 - They Said WHAT?!? (Ep. 23) - A couple of weeks ago we gave Sega's ex-leader, Tom Kalinske, a chance to tell us what he thought of Sony, Nintendo and the Sega 32X. It was an exciting intervi...

There are a lot of things to hate about Square Enix's newest role-playing game. It's suffering from some of the worst performance issues of all time, it's not the best looking game, the story sucks a...

Episode #33 - Defunct Games is proud to present a brand new issue of Hardcore Gamer Magazine, available now for download. This full-color issue comes with news, reviews, previews and a look at international games y...