Let’s Play GoldenEye 007: Revisiting the Facility Level
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Let’s Play GoldenEye 007: Revisiting the Facility Level

ByKyle

Game Freaks 365 is playing through the entire GoldenEye video game on YouTube to celebrate the movie’s 20th anniversary. We’re picking things up with the Facility mission. James Bond crawls through the ventilation system and makes his way into a Soviet men’s bathroom. No really, he does! (Did you miss the Dam mission? Here’s a…

Let’s Play GoldenEye 007: Revisiting the Dam Level
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Let’s Play GoldenEye 007: Revisiting the Dam Level

ByKyle

GoldenEye 007 was a groundbreaking first-person shooter on the Nintendo 64 when it first came out in 1997. It still holds up surprisingly well eighteen years later with its varied mission-based gameplay, stealth elements and smart level design — not to mention the best split screen multi-player of the 90s. In many ways, GoldenEye laid…

Let’s Play Broforce – Episode 1: “Don’t Tase Me Bro!”
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Let’s Play Broforce – Episode 1: “Don’t Tase Me Bro!”

ByKyle

At first blush, it seems like your run-of-the-mill side-scrolling shoot em up. Like many indie games these days, the pixelated graphics draw retro inspiration. The game mechanics similarly borrow from classics of yesteryear. However, after several minutes of playing Broforce, it becomes obvious that there is something special about this game. The over-the-top gratuitous violence…

Let’s Play Sonic the Hedgehog: Revisiting Scrap Brain Zone
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Let’s Play Sonic the Hedgehog: Revisiting Scrap Brain Zone

ByKyle

Scrap Brain Zone is brutal, unforgiving and at some points even a little cheap. This is the last full zone before the final boss fight — and it shows through its steep difficulty. In short, don’t expect an easy ride. Whereas the similarly difficult Labyrinth Zone derived much of its challenge from the underwater feature…

Let’s Play Sonic the Hedgehog: Revisiting Star Light Zone
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Let’s Play Sonic the Hedgehog: Revisiting Star Light Zone

ByKyle

It’s one the quickest levels in Sonic the Hedgehog. You can easily beat it in under two minutes without breaking a sweat. Just don’t mistake Star Light Zone as a pushover. The fifth zone in the original Sonic the Hedgehog for Sega Genesis — which looks like it takes place in outer space — is…

Let’s Play Sonic the Hedgehog: Revisiting Labyrinth Zone
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Let’s Play Sonic the Hedgehog: Revisiting Labyrinth Zone

ByKyle

The fourth zone in Sonic the Hedgehog for the Sega Genesis is also the most treacherous. Labyrinth Zone takes place through a vast underground network of ancient, deteriorating ruins that are submerged underwater. The enemies and hazards are not the biggest challenge of Labyrinth Zone. The water is your biggest enemy in these stages. Sonic…

Let’s Play Sonic the Hedgehog: Revisiting Green Hill Zone
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Let’s Play Sonic the Hedgehog: Revisiting Green Hill Zone

ByKyle

It’s perhaps the most iconic level of its generation. Lush grassy hills, checkered soil, and abundant life: Green Hill Zone — the first area that players visit in the original Sonic the Hedgehog for the Sega Genesis — is easily the most inviting level in the entire game. Players become accustomed to the game mechanics…