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    • 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
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    • ATARI CONSOLES
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  • 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
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      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
Ep. 32: Game Genie Evolves the Cheat Code
Ep. 31: Ode to the Many Codes We Missed
Ep. 30: The Many Uses for the Konami Code
Ep. 29: That Time I Was On GamePro TV
Ep. 28: Slow Death of the Cheat Code
Ep. 27: A Brief History of Cheat Codes in Magazines
Ep. 26: David White Conquers Devil's Crush
Ep. 25: Every Sega Activator Code EGM Published
Ep. 24: Unlocking the Original Brawl Brothers
Ep. 23: Shame of the Aladdin Level Skip
Ep. 22: Make Smash TV the Fastest Game Show
Ep. 21: Myth of the Secret Pack-In Game
Ep. 20: General Chaos and the Paused Grenade
Ep. 19: Debugging the Hedgehog
Ep. 18: Secret Footage from Ground Zero: Texas
Ep. 17: NBA Jam Has a Big Head Problem
Ep. 16: Unlock the Rock in Guitar Hero
Ep. 15: B.J. Blazkowicz Wants All the Guns
Ep. 14: Syd of Valis Rejects Music
Ep. 13: Mortal Kombat Turns on the Blood
Ep. 12: The Rival Turf Name Change
Ep. 11: The Code That Broke the Genesis
Ep. 10: Ghost Mickey Mouse vs. the Castle of Illusion
Ep. 9: U.N. Squadron Will Makes Your Life Harder
Ep. 8: Drowning in Super Mario's Minus World
Ep. 7: Never Trust Street Fighter a Clone
Ep. 6: How SimCity Will Ruin the Economy
Ep. 5: Don't Skip to the End of Twin Cobra
Ep. 4: Sega's Weird Obsession With Decapitations
Ep. 3: Stand Back When NBA Jam Spontaneously Combusts
Ep. 2: Beware of Exploding Lara Croft
Ep. 1: The Reason Grand Theft Auto's Hot Coffee Will Doom Us All
32 Cheat Codes
32 Cheat Codes
December 25, 2016
Game Genie Evolves the Cheat Code
Game Genie Evolves the Cheat Code
Today we're taking a look at the Game Genie, the controversial add-on that took cheat codes to the next level. We go through the history of the Game Genie, including what magazine readers were saying [...]
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32 Cheat Codes
December 24, 2016
Ode to the Many Codes We Missed
Ode to the Many Codes We Missed
On the penultimate day, we're taking a look at the many, MANY codes we didn't have a chance to get to. This includes everything from Sonic Chaos to Tony Hawk's Pro Skater to Ghouls 'n Ghosts. We [...]
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32 Cheat Codes
December 23, 2016
The Many Uses for the Konami Code
The Many Uses for the Konami Code
Today we're looking at the long, storied history of the Konami code. From Gradius to Contra to Grand Theft Auto V, this code has been used hundreds of times in some of the biggest games of all time. [...]
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32 Cheat Codes
December 22, 2016
That Time I Was On GamePro TV
That Time I Was On GamePro TV
Today we're going back to the 1990s to talk about that one time I was on television teaching the world how to beat Ghouls 'N Ghosts. Find out how I managed to get on GamePro TV and the sad state of [...]
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32 Cheat Codes
December 21, 2016
Slow Death of the Cheat Code
Slow Death of the Cheat Code
Today we're opining for a time when cheat codes ruled the world. Sadly, those days are long behind us, but there is one game franchise that is keeping the fight alive. Find out why Grand Theft Auto [...]
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