Samurai Sam
@samthesamurai.bsky.social
Player & collector of video games. Retro and import gamer. Also a transcriptionist by trade and a Christian.
Just beat Fire Emblem 1 for the first time! I'm surprised that it holds up as well as it does. The worst part is definitely item management.
November 19, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Just beat Fire Emblem 1 for the first time! I'm surprised that it holds up as well as it does. The worst part is definitely item management.
Collection essentials #542: WarioWare, Inc.: Mega MicroGame$!
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Collection essentials #542: WarioWare, Inc.: Mega MicroGame$!
By the late ‘90s and early 2000s, the concept of “minigames” were becoming popular with game developers. A “minigame” is basically some smal...
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November 19, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Collection essentials #542: WarioWare, Inc.: Mega MicroGame$!
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Trying out R-Type Delta tonight
November 17, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Trying out R-Type Delta tonight
Getting hooked on Fire Emblem 1 which I've never beaten. Might be playing a lot more old school Fire Emblem soon...
November 16, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Getting hooked on Fire Emblem 1 which I've never beaten. Might be playing a lot more old school Fire Emblem soon...
Collection essentials #541: Wario Land 4 (GBA)
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Collection essentials #541: Wario Land 4 (GBA)
And here we have the fifth (yes, fifth) Wario Land game, on (what was at the time) new and improved hardware. Wario returns with most of the...
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November 15, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Collection essentials #541: Wario Land 4 (GBA)
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"Hey, if our game is simple...why leave any button unmapped?" 😆
November 14, 2025 at 3:11 AM
"Hey, if our game is simple...why leave any button unmapped?" 😆
Collection essentials #537-#540: Super Mario Advance 1-4 (GBA)
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Collection essentials #537-#540: Super Mario Advance 1-4 (GBA)
It’s the norm for a Nintendo system to launch with some kind of Mario game. Game Boy Advance wouldn’t be an exception. However, the GBA, per...
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November 12, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Collection essentials #537-#540: Super Mario Advance 1-4 (GBA)
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I could have sworn there were eight worlds in Yoshi's Island, but turns out there are only six!
November 12, 2025 at 12:53 AM
I could have sworn there were eight worlds in Yoshi's Island, but turns out there are only six!
Collection essentials #536: Sonic Advance (GBA)
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Collection essentials #536: Sonic Advance (GBA)
Sonic the Hedgehog was, of course, one of the most successful and recognizable icons that emerged in gaming in the early ‘90s. He helped pro...
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November 11, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Collection essentials #536: Sonic Advance (GBA)
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Trying this game out
November 11, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Trying this game out
I beat Clair Obscur! It was fun, though admittedly it didn't live up to my lofty expectations.
November 10, 2025 at 12:27 PM
I beat Clair Obscur! It was fun, though admittedly it didn't live up to my lofty expectations.
Collection essentials #535: Rhythm Tengoku (GBA)
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Collection essentials #535: Rhythm Tengoku (GBA)
Here we have the last Nintendo-developed game released on the Game Boy Advance, one that would spawn a new series. As you’d expect from the ...
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November 10, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Collection essentials #535: Rhythm Tengoku (GBA)
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Collection essentials #532-4: Pokémon Ruby (GBA), Pokémon FireRed (GBA) & Pokémon Emerald (GBA)
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Collection essentials #532-4: Pokémon Ruby (GBA), Pokémon FireRed (GBA) & Pokémon Emerald (GBA)
Pokémon was far and away the franchise most closely associated with the Game Boy after taking the world by storm in 1998. The first “generat...
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November 9, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Collection essentials #532-4: Pokémon Ruby (GBA), Pokémon FireRed (GBA) & Pokémon Emerald (GBA)
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Collection essentials #531: Mother 3 (GBA)
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Collection essentials #531: Mother 3 (GBA)
“Mother” is the strange name of a JRPG franchise owned by Nintendo, which debuted with a Japan-only Famicom game that felt sort of like the ...
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November 2, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Collection essentials #531: Mother 3 (GBA)
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There's such a huge number of games I've never played that I want to, and yet I feel like I could go the rest of my life just replaying stuff I've already played!
November 2, 2025 at 8:14 PM
There's such a huge number of games I've never played that I want to, and yet I feel like I could go the rest of my life just replaying stuff I've already played!
Heave Ho is a fun and hilarious multiplayer game
Heave Ho is $2.49 on Steam buff.ly/OQTLmwO
Deck verified
Gord $3.49 buff.ly/9Qo1JEq
The Settlers: New Allies $11.99 buff.ly/TthJ5BJ
Deck playable
Vault of the Void $8.99 buff.ly/q7ebB8C
Deck verified
The Procession to Calvary $3.99 buff.ly/qg8S9jQ
Idle Colony $4.19 buff.ly/QkODzFa
Deck verified
Gord $3.49 buff.ly/9Qo1JEq
The Settlers: New Allies $11.99 buff.ly/TthJ5BJ
Deck playable
Vault of the Void $8.99 buff.ly/q7ebB8C
Deck verified
The Procession to Calvary $3.99 buff.ly/qg8S9jQ
Idle Colony $4.19 buff.ly/QkODzFa
November 1, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Heave Ho is a fun and hilarious multiplayer game
Collection essentials #530: Metroid Zero Mission (GBA)
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Collection essentials #530: Metroid Zero Mission (GBA)
One Metroid on the Game Boy Advance wasn’t enough! For the second go-around, Nintendo decided to give us a full-fledged remake of the very f...
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November 1, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Collection essentials #530: Metroid Zero Mission (GBA)
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Had a little girl trick-or-treater dressed as Princess Peach and she got real excited when I recognized her costume
November 1, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Had a little girl trick-or-treater dressed as Princess Peach and she got real excited when I recognized her costume
Collection essentials #529: Metroid Fusion (GBA)
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Collection essentials #529: Metroid Fusion (GBA)
Super Metroid in 1994 greatly raised the bar for the Metroid series and was released to critical acclaim. While it wasn’t one of Nintendo’s ...
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November 1, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Collection essentials #529: Metroid Fusion (GBA)
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Why is everyone talking about modern AAA games when you can just play the Sega Saturn instead
October 23, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Why is everyone talking about modern AAA games when you can just play the Sega Saturn instead
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The PC Engine Super CD-ROM² Version Of Popful Mail Is Getting An English Dub & Fan Translation.
The PC Engine Super CD-ROM² Version Of Popful Mail Is Getting An English Dub & Fan Translation
And casting calls are now open!
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October 14, 2025 at 9:30 AM
The PC Engine Super CD-ROM² Version Of Popful Mail Is Getting An English Dub & Fan Translation.
Seven hours in and Clair Obscure is good but not impressing me that much. But I know the story is just getting warmed up.
October 27, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Seven hours in and Clair Obscure is good but not impressing me that much. But I know the story is just getting warmed up.
7 (though in one of them I was basically only at the airport and a nearby hotel)
October 27, 2025 at 12:06 AM
7 (though in one of them I was basically only at the airport and a nearby hotel)