Episode #150 - On Running Feuds (Ep. 150) - Forget about Diablo III and all of the other news that broke during the weekend, because Defunct Games is here to show you one story that has apparently slipped through th...

Tom Lenting is impressed that not only is this a WonderSwan game he can understand, but it's also one that is so much fun to play. This is Rockman EXE, the WonderSwan Color version of the Mega Man EX...

Episode #89 - We couldn't let the last weekend in June go without posting a couple of classic reviews. This weekend celebrate the end of June with Tom Lenting's review of Rockman EXE for the WonderSwan Color and C...

And you thought you had seen it all with Virtua Fighter 2 on the Sega Genesis. Not to be outdone, Sega also made an import-only Virtua Fighter port for the Sega Game Gear. That's right; today we're ...

Episode #17 - DGC On Demand (Ep. 17) - Now that we've worked our way through 13 episodes of Cyril Reads Ninja Gaiden, I thought it might be fun to take a look at the differences between Ninja Gaiden the book and Ni...

Episode #66 - It's the final Thursday in June and that can only mean one thing, it's time for yet another exciting episode of This Week in Defunct Games. This week we have a lot of games to talk about, so let's no...

Episode #13 - Cyril Reads Ninja Gaiden (Ep. 13) - After 13 weeks, we've finally made it to the final three chapters of Ninja Gaiden. Join us as we give you the extra special, extra long, extra amazing season final...

Episode #1 - This week Defunct Games is proud to present the season finale of, the one show brave enough to read A.L. Singer's 1989 literary masterpiece. But before we unveil the final episode we thought it would...

If you put in enough time you can have a lot of fun playing Activision's newest team-based first-person shooter. The problem is that this Xbox 360 port of Enemy Territory: Quake Wars comes up short i...

Episode #65 - It's Thursday and that can only mean one thing, it's time for another episode of This Week in Defunct Games. This week we really don't have that much to talk about. The sad fact is that there's only...

Despite its short campaign and repetitive nature, Wolf of the Battlefield: Commando 3 proves to be an exciting action game for one to three players. It's not quite as good as the two games that came ...

Episode #12 - Cyril Reads Ninja Gaiden (Ep. 12) - After three months you've made it to the penultimate episode of Cyril Reads Ninja Gaiden. In this episode Ryu Hayabusa kicks the snot out of a gigantic slime monst...

It may look and feel like Lemmings, but Atari's newest puzzler has a number of tricks up its sleeve. Downstream Panic proves to be one of the most charming and exciting puzzle games of the year, an a...

Episode #7 - A Brief History of Gaming (Ep. 7) - It's time once again for Defunct Games to go back and school you on the history of this weird and wonderful gaming industry. This week we take a look at just one a...

Episode #13 - I've Got Your Number (Ep. 13) - Today is Friday the 13th, so we figured this was the perfect time to debut our 13th episode of I've Got Your Number. And what better subject material for this 13th epi...

Episode #64 - Is it Thursday already? I guess that means that it's time for another episode of This Week in Defunct Games! That's right; it's time for the weekly show where we look at the best and worst in b...

Episode #11 - Cyril Reads Ninja Gaiden (Ep. 11) - With only three more episodes to go before the exciting season finale, this Ninja Gaiden book is suddenly on fire. Ryu is battling bosses, finding his father, kick...

On paper Rocketmen: Axis of Evil sounds like fun, but we've played this game far too many times before. This new Capcom shooter is as generic as they come, giving the player absolutely nothing new to...

Episode #165 - Cyril Lachel tries to find something good to say about the Power Glove - "$10 Back!" print ad. Trust me, it's bad. It's a horrible, awful, very bad ad. See what you think of this classic game a...

Episode #166 - Cyril Lachel tries to find something good to say about the Video Maniac Sports Accessories print ad. Trust me, it's bad. It's a horrible, awful, very bad ad. See what you think of this classic g...

Episode #167 - Cyril Lachel tries to find something good to say about the Al Unser Jr. Turbo Racing (NES) print ad. Trust me, it's bad. It's a horrible, awful, very bad ad. See what you think of this classic g...

Episode #168 - Cyril Lachel tries to find something good to say about the American People Link promotion print ad. Trust me, it's bad. It's a horrible, awful, very bad ad. See what you think of this classic ga...

Episode #42 - Commercial Break (Ep. 42) - After a six month hiatus, Commercial Break is back and ready to take all of those terrible advertisements to task. And don't think that all this time off has watered the s...

No, this has nothing to do with professional wrestling. In fact, D/Generation has nothing to do with sports at all. Instead it's a strange little CD-ROM that just may be the best game on the Amiga C...

Let's face it; the SuperVision is in need of a great game. So far we've reviewed games that play like Dr. Mario, Gradius and other high profile games, but we haven't played a game that is truly origi...

Episode #88 - Just in time for summer, we bring you another batch of classic video game reviews. What can you expect from the return of our weekly old school review weekends? Only the best games, of course. ...

Don't confuse this RPG-infused platformer with Wonder Boy in Monster World. Say what you will about how good of a role model Wonder Boy is, but clearly the dude is just a little intolerant of monster...

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Defunct Games' very first Amiga CD32 review. That's right, we've decided to branch out and cover this forgotten system. First up is a cute little game called Simon t...

Episode #149 - On Running Feuds (Ep. 149) - Has Phil Harrison gone completely bonkers? First he leaves Sony, then he joins Atari and now he's saying that people don't want single-player games only days before ...

Episode #63 - Is it Thursday already? It's time for yet another exciting installment of This Week in Defunct Games, the show where we look at the best and worst retro games offered on the Virtual Console, Xbo...

Episode #10 - Cyril Reads Ninja Gaiden (Ep. 10) - After today we only have three more episodes, can you stand the excitement? In this very special episode we finally get some real answers about the fate of Ry...

This is a solid first attempt by Big John Games to fill a void in the Nintendo DS's library. Unfortunately this game is plagued by a few too many technical problems to be recommendable, but that does...

Episode #15 - They Said WHAT?!? (Ep. 15) - It's the show that makes the Quartermann shake in his boots. That's right, it's They Said WHAT?!?, the show where we fact check EGM's rumor section. ...

Episode #32 - 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...