It's a Master System cartridge featuring three hits from the early 1980s, how bad can that be? When Sega's in charge you know something is wrong. Learn what Sega did to Centipede, Breakout and ...

Like golf but hate all that swinging? Join Cyril has he hits the miniature links with Putt and Putter, the redundantly named Putt Putt Golf game. Does this game have what it takes to keep you f...

Episode #9 - It's a weekend full of Sega reviews, including three for the Master System and a Sega CD write-up tossed in for good measure. See what Cyril thinks of the 8-Bit Smash TV, the Putt Putt Golf simulator...

Join Chad as he journeys through the depths of Sewer Shark for the Sega CD. Of all of the magical locations you could be transported to in a video game, Sony chose a sewer. A smelly, dark, disgustin...

Cyril is on record saying that Smash TV is one of his favorite games of all time, so what is he doing giving this Master System port a hard time? This 8-Bit Smash TV can't be that bad, can it�...

Episode #103 - On Running Feuds (Ep. 103) - Ever wonder what it would be like if the video game industry did everything they could to help their fellow artists? That reality could come true, if more game devel...

State of Emergency is messier than the day after a riot. New gamers will be turned off by the trial and error game play while fans of the original won't recognize this mission-based sequel. Either w...

Episode #102 - On Running Feuds (Ep. 102) - Defunct Games is proud to be the first (and only) video game website to be down on Silicon Knight's newest epic, Too Human. It's not that we aren't looking forward to it;...

Adrian Hall likes a good game a baseball, but that doesn't mean he likes the ill-named Great Baseball! This is one of Sega's first attempts at baseball, long before the likes of World Series Baseball...

Chad returns with the return of the Dreamcast. Believe it or not, Border Down was released after the Dreamcast officially died. But that doesn't mean you shouldn't check out Border Down, yet anothe...

Episode #8 - We're back with another weekend full of diverse reviews I know you're going to want to read. For example, find out why Adrian HATES Great Baseball. Or maybe you're more interested in learning what F...

How fun could a game of bass fishing be on a game system? According to Frank it's quite a bit of fun, a lot more than he imagined. It's Sega Bass Fishing the port of the cult arcade hit. Find ...

Adrian Hall doesn't care much for Snail Maze. The fact that it's a free game that was hidden inside of the original Sega Master System doesn't seem to sway him any. What could be so bad about this l...

Episode #77 - Cyril Lachel tries to find something good to say about the Neo Geo (SNK) print ad. Trust me, it's bad. It's a horrible, awful, very bad ad. See what you think of this classic game advertisement whe...

Episode #78 - Cyril Lachel tries to find something good to say about the ThunderFox (Genesis) print ad. Trust me, it's bad. It's a horrible, awful, very bad ad. See what you think of this classic game advertisem...

Episode #79 - Cyril Lachel tries to find something good to say about the Klax (TurboGrafx-16) print ad. Trust me, it's bad. It's a horrible, awful, very bad ad. See what you think of this classic game advertisem...

Episode #80 - Cyril Lachel tries to find something good to say about the Camerica Games: The Gold Series (NES) promotion print ad. Trust me, it's bad. It's a horrible, awful, very bad ad. See what you think of t...

Episode #20 - Commercial Break (Ep. 20) - It's yet another episode of everybody's favorite show, Commercial Break! Today we feature four advertisements that cover a wide range of systems, including the Neo*Geo, Ge...

Electronic Arts quickly ports this disappointing console game to the PSP. And guess what? From Russia With Love is a disappointing PSP game that is hurt by poor controls, a lazy camera, and som...

Episode #6 - I've Got Your Number (Ep. 6) - I hate the Super Scope 6! Yes, I hate the big, bulky plastic creation, but even worse than the light gun is the actual Super Scope 6 game! In our sixth episode of I've...

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Episode #7 - They Said WHAT?!? (Ep. 7) - It's another action-packed episode of They Said WHAT?!?, the only show on the internet to poke holes in Electronic Gaming Monthly's gossip column! In t...

It's yet another high quality 2D Sonic adventure. Considering all of the flack Defunct Games over "hating" the Sonic series, we consistently post good scores for these 2D games. Perhaps we don't hat...

Everybody's favorite cat eating alien from the 80s is back in a mostly forgettable Sega Master System game. Find out just what makes this game so unpleasant when you read Cyril's full review of Sega'...

Chad digs deep to discover another classic CD-i game that just about everybody has forgotten. It's Mystic Midway: Rest in Pieces, and only Chad is man enough to give us his honest take on this, well,...

Episode #7 - Oh what a weekend it has been! This weekend alone we saw six brand new reviews from four different writers! On Saturday we saw Lemmings (Game Gear), Red Dog: Superior Firepower (Dreamcast), and Keth...

Thomas brings us his take on Red Dog: Superior Firepower, a futuristic shooter for the Sega Dreamcast. With so many "Superior" action games on the Dreamcast how does Red Dog stack up? Is there ...

Chad is back to explore the uncharted waters of the CD-i. Introducing Kether, a full motion video game that manages to do a couple of things right. Is this game worth buying the system for? Pr...

It's hard to imagine a video game character that is more adorable than the Lemmings, those cute little suicidal creatures that need your help. Lemmings has been great on every system its graced, and ...

Episode #61 - The Freeze Frame (Ep. 61) - In the mid-1990s it seemed like the only person that hated Murphy Brown was Vice President Dan Quayle. But looking back on it now, perhaps others had a right to be disappo...

Neopets tries to be the cute alternative to your basic dungeon hack, but thanks to some questionable development choices, a sluggish combat system and some truly boring level designs, it's a hard game...

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Episode #73 - Cyril Lachel tries to find something good to say about Hudson's Game Boy Collection print ad. Trust me, it's bad. It's a horrible, awful, very bad ad. See what you think of this classic game advert...

Episode #74 - Cyril Lachel tries to find something good to say about the Cool Ball (Game Boy) print ad. Trust me, it's bad. It's a horrible, awful, very bad ad. See what you think of this classic game advertisem...

Episode #75 - Cyril Lachel tries to find something good to say about Babbage's Holiday Gift Ideas print ad. Trust me, it's bad. It's a horrible, awful, very bad ad. See what you think of this classic game advert...

Episode #76 - Cyril Lachel tries to find something good to say about the Megalit (Game Boy) promotion print ad. Trust me, it's bad. It's a horrible, awful, very bad ad. See what you think of this classic game ad...

Episode #19 - Commercial Break (Ep. 19) - Boy do we have a diverse episode of Commercial Break for you today! We're going all the way back to 1990 to bring you the worst in video game advertising. Learn why a blo...

Episode #101 - On Running Feuds (Ep. 101) - We're not going to grade this 101st On Running Feud, but if we were it would get a D for Depressing! I give you Death and the Voice Actor, a look at famous actors and the...

While everybody was yammering on about full-motion video, small games like Heart of Darkness showed the way for what the future really held; mature games with deep story telling. This is Heart of Dar...

Its Tennis 2K2 (or Virtua Tennis 2, as our European friend Thomas calls it) and it's going to knock your socks off. This is one sports game that stands above the rest, a great simulation that doesn't...

Episode #6 - This weekend was cut short due to a serious illness in the Defunct Games offices. Nobody was clear to enter and do work until Saturday night, and by that time we were down to only two reviews. The g...

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Episode #45 - Pop-Up Video Games (Ep. 45) - It's time for yet another episode of Pop-Up Video Games! This time we're taking one of the best PSP games and giving you facts about ... bugs?? That's right; ...

Episode #100 - On Running Feuds (Ep. 100) - We've posted On Running Feuds before, but none of them have ever been like this! To celebrate our fifth birthday Defunct Games is ready to roll out the red carpet and giv...

Episode #52 - Here at Defunct Games we know that not everybody was able to catch our April Fools Joke last weekend, but don't fear because we're here to give you a second chance to check it out. It's Patriotic Gam...

Episode #10 - 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...