August 2004
- CLASSIC MAGAZINES
- REVIEW CREW
A show recapping what critics thought back
when classic games first came out! - NEXT GENERATION'S BEST & WORST
From the worst 1-star reviews to the best
5-stars can offer, this is Next Generation! - NINTENDO POWER (ARCHIVE)
Experience a variety of shows looking at the
often baffling history of Nintendo Power! - MAGAZINE RETROSPECTIVE
We're looking at the absolutely true history of
some of the most iconic game magazines ever! - SUPER PLAY'S TOP 600
The longest and most ambitious Super NES
countdown on the internet! - THEY SAID WHAT?
Debunking predictions and gossip found
in classic video game magazines! - NEXT GENERATION UNCOVERED
Cyril is back in this spin-off series, featuring the
cover critic review the art of Next Generation! - HARDCORE GAMER MAGAZING (PDF ISSUES)
Download all 36 issues of Hardcore Gamer
Magazine and relive the fun in PDF form!
- REVIEW CREW
- ELECTRONIC GAMING MONTHLY
- ELECTRONIC GAMING MONTHLY RANKS
From Mario to Sonic to Street Fighter, EGM
ranks classic game franchises and consoles! - ELECTRONIC GAMING MONTHLY BEST & WORST
Counting down EGM’s best and worst reviews
going year by year, from 1989 – 2009! - ELECTRONIC GAMING BEST & WORST AWARDS
11-part video series chronicling the ups and
downs of EGM’s Best & Worst Awards!
- ELECTRONIC GAMING MONTHLY RANKS
- GAME HISTORY
- GAME OVER: STORY BREAKDOWNS
Long-running series breaking down game
stories and analyzing their endings! - A BRIEF HISTORY OF GAMING w/ [NAME HERE]
Real history presented in a fun and pithy
format from a variety of game historians! - THE BLACK SHEEP
A series looking back at the black sheep
entries in popular game franchises! - INSTANT EXPERT
Everything you could possibly want to know
about a wide variety of gaming topics! - FREEZE FRAME
When something familiar happens in the games
industry, we're there to take a picture! - I'VE GOT YOUR NUMBER
Learn real video game history through a series
of number-themed episodes, starting at zero! - GREAT MOMENTS IN BAD ACTING
A joyous celebration of some of gaming's
absolute worst voice acting!
- GAME OVER: STORY BREAKDOWNS
- POPULAR SHOWS
- DG NEWS w/ LORNE RISELEY
Newsman Lorne Riseley hosts a regular
series looking at the hottest gaming news! - REVIEW REWIND
Cyril replays a game he reviewed 10+ years
ago to see if he got it right or wrong! - ON-RUNNING FEUDS
Defunct Games' longest-running show, with
editorials, observations and other fun oddities! - DEFUNCT GAMES QUIZ (ARCHIVE)
From online quizzes to game shows, we're
putting your video game knowledge to the test!- QUIZ: ONLINE PASS
Take a weekly quiz to see how well you know
the news and current gaming events! - QUIZ: KNOW THE GAME
One-on-one quiz show where contestants
find out if they actually know classic games! - QUIZ: THE LEADERBOARD
Can you guess the game based on the classic
review? Find out with The Leaderboard!
- QUIZ: ONLINE PASS
- DEFUNCT GAMES VS.
Cyril and the Defunct Games staff isn't afraid
to choose their favorite games and more! - CYRIL READS WORLDS OF POWER
Defunct Games recreates classic game
novelizations through the audio book format!
- DG NEWS w/ LORNE RISELEY
- COMEDY
- GAME EXPECTANCY
How long will your favorite hero live? We crunch
the numbers in this series about dying! - VIDEO GAME ADVICE
Famous game characters answer real personal
advice questions with a humorous slant! - FAKE GAMES: GUERILLA SCRAPBOOK
A long-running series about fake games and
the people who love them (covers included)! - WORST GAME EVER
A contest that attempts to create the worst
video game ever made, complete with covers! - LEVEL 1 STORIES
Literature based on the first stages of some
of your favorite classic video games! - THE COVER CRITIC
One of Defunct Games' earliest shows, Cover
Critic digs up some of the worst box art ever! - COMMERCIAL BREAK
Take a trip through some of the best and
worst video game advertisements of all time! - COMIC BOOK MODS
You've never seen comics like this before.
A curious mix of rewritten video game comics!
- GAME EXPECTANCY
- SERIES ARCHIVE
- NINTENDO SWITCH ONLINE ARCHIVE
A regularly-updated list of every Nintendo
Switch Online release, plus links to review! - PLAYSTATION PLUS CLASSIC ARCHIVE
A comprehensive list of every PlayStation
Plus classic release, including links! - RETRO-BIT PUBLISHING ARCHIVE
A regularly-updated list of every Retro-Bit
game released! - REVIEW MARATHONS w/ ADAM WALLACE
Join critic Adam Wallace as he takes us on a
classic review marathon with different themes!- DEFUNCT GAMES GOLF CLUB
Adam Wallace takes to the links to slice his way
through 72 classic golf game reviews! - 007 IN PIXELS
Adam Wallace takes on the world's greatest spy
as he reviews 15 weeks of James Bond games! - A SALUTE TO VAMPIRES
Adam Wallace is sinking his teeth into a series
covering Castlevania, BloodRayne and more! - CAPCOM'S CURSE
Adam Wallace is celebrating 13 days of Halloween
with a line-up of Capcom's scariest games! - THE FALL OF SUPERMAN
Adam Wallace is a man of steel for playing
some of the absolute worst Superman games! - THE 31 GAMES OF HALLOWEEN
Adam Wallace spends every day of October afraid
as he reviews some of the scariest games ever! - 12 WEEKS OF STAR TREK
Adam Wallace boldly goes where no critic has
gone before in this Star Trek marathon!
- DEFUNCT GAMES GOLF CLUB
- DAYS OF CHRISTMAS (ARCHIVE)
Annual holiday series with themed-episodes
that date all the way back to 2001!- 2015: 30 Ridiculous Retro Rumors
- 2014: 29 Magazines of Christmas
- 2013: 29 Questionable Power-Ups of Christmas
- 2012: 34 Theme Songs of Christmas
- 2011: 32 Game Endings of Christmas
- 2010: 31 Bonus Levels of Christmas
- 2009: 30 Genres of Christmas
- 2008: 29 Controls of Christmas
- 2007: 34 Cliches of Christmas
- 2006: 33 Consoles of Christmas
- 2005: 32 Articles of Christmas
- 2004: 31 Websites of Christmas
- 2003: 29 Issues of Christmas
- 2002: 28 Years of Christmas
- 2001: 33 Days of Christmas
- NINTENDO SWITCH ONLINE ARCHIVE
- REVIEW ARCHIVE
- FULL ARCHIVE
