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  • 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!
      • NINTENDO POWER BEST & WORST
        We're counting down Nintendo Power's best
        and worst game reviews, from 1989 – 1995!
      • NINTENDO POWER UNCOVERED
        Cyril attempts to review the cover art for every
        issue of Nintendo Power (and fails miserably)!
    • 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 ARCHIVE
    • SONY PLAYSTATION
      • SONY PLAYSTATION 5
      • SONY PLAYSTATION 4
      • SONY PLAYSTATION 3
      • SONY PLAYSTATION 2
      • SONY PLAYSTATION
    • SONY HANDHELDS
      • SONY PLAYSTATION VITA
      • SONY PLAYSTATION PORTABLE
    • NINTENDO CONSOLES
      • NINTENDO SWITCH
      • NINTENDO WII
      • NINTENDO GAMECUBE
      • NINTENDO 64DD
      • SUPER NINTENDO
      • NINTENDO ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM
    • NINTENDO HANDHELDS
      • NINTENDO 3DO
      • NINTENDO DS
      • GAME BOY ADVANCE
      • VIRTUAL BOY
      • GAME BOY & GAME BOY COLOR
    • MICROSOFT XBOX
      • XBOX ONE
      • XBOX 360
      • XBOX
    • SEGA CONSOLES
      • SEGA DREAMCAST
      • SEGA SATURN
      • SEGA GENESIS
      • SEGA MASTER SYSTEM
    • SEGA HANDHELDS & ADD-ONS
      • SEGA 32X
      • SEGA CD
      • SEGA GAME GEAR
    • ATARI CONSOLES
      • ATARI JAGUAR
      • ATARI LYNX
      • ATARI 800
      • ATARI 2600
    • SNK CONSOLES
      • SNK NEO GEO
      • SNK NEO GEO POCKET
    • NEC/TTI CONSOLES
      • TURBOGRAFX-16 & TURBODUO
      • SUPERGRAFX
    • OTHER CONSOLES
      • 3DO MULTIPLAYER
      • PHILIPS CD-i
      • AMIGA CD32
    • COMPUTER (Reviews)
  • 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!
  • 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!
  • POPULAR SERIES
    • 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!
    • 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!
  • 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!
  • FULL ARCHIVE
Day 32: IGN On the 'Hunt' for Stolen Ideas
Day 31: Second Episodes Are for Losers
Day 30: Fear & Loathing At E3
Day 29: The Anniversary Collection that Wasn't!
Day 28: The NES Preview of JIHAD!
Day 27: Questionable Practices Still Going On Today
Day 25: Gizmondo Proves to be Advertiser Friendly
Day 24: Square-Enix Circles Around their Loyalties
Day 23: Top Ten Bold Statements
Day 22: GamePro's Old Age is Catching Up to Them
Day 21: Body Parts of Lara Croft
Day 20: Shadow of the Booth Babes
Day 19: Millionaire: Through the Years
Day 18: Get Your Hands off the Music
Day 17: Capcom Proves Zero is a Number
Day 16: A Case to be Made for Night Trap
Day 15: House of the Dead 3 vs. Doom 3
Day 14: Hard News from an Opinionated Source
Day 13: The Late Show with Bad Advertising
Day 12: Sex, Lies, and Video Games
Day 11: The Passion of the Christ (GBA)
Day 10: B is for Bad
Day 9: How Not to Spell Gizmondo
Day 8: When It's Hard to Count Past Three
Day 7: Someone Has Got to Stop Michael Madsen
Day 6: Magazines Through the Years
Day 5: Street Fighter II: the World Warriors
Day 4: MTV's Punk'd
Day 3: News Phile - April 07, 2003
Day 2: Something Evil About Cheers
Day 1: GamePro Meets the MSX for the First Time
Day 0: 32 Articles of Christmas
32 Articles of Christmas
32 Articles of Christmas
December 25, 2005
IGN On the 'Hunt' for Stolen Ideas
IGN On the 'Hunt' for Stolen Ideas
We've finally made it, it's Christmas Day! After 32 episodes we've made it to the ultimate Defunct Games article, a little something I like to call, IGN On the 'Hunt' for Stolen Ideas! This is an [...]
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32 Articles of Christmas
December 24, 2005
Second Episodes Are for Losers
Second Episodes Are for Losers
Our second to last episode is Second Episodes Are for Losers, which is a good article to read on the night before Christmas. I'm not sure why, but we're thirty-one days in to the 32 Articles of [...]
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32 Articles of Christmas
December 23, 2005
Fear & Loathing At E3
Fear & Loathing At E3
Defunct Games had so much fun covering E3 2003; it was one of the best times I have ever had. You can read all about it in the ultimate E3 guide, a nineteen page report that takes you through the [...]
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32 Articles of Christmas
December 22, 2005
The Anniversary Collection that Wasn't!
The Anniversary Collection that Wasn't!
Hey, did you notice that yesterday's description didn't say the day number? Well that's not going to happen today, it's the twenty-ninth day of the 32 Articles of Christmas, and that means it's time [...]
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32 Articles of Christmas
December 21, 2005
The NES Preview of JIHAD!
The NES Preview of JIHAD!
Talk about causing a controversy, you can't imagine the type of mail I got for posting this NES Preview of Jihad! Everybody loves those old NES games; why not release one that actually has a point [...]
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