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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)
  • GAMESHARK & BOOK
    • INTRODUCING THE CHEAT CODE COMPENDIUM
      Todd Hays (GameShark) and Defunct Games are
      Writing a book. Check out the full details!
    • PRE-ORDER THE CHEAT CODE COMPENDIUM
      Now is your chance to back our brand
      new book and get your physical copy!
    • GAMESHARK PRINT ADVERTISING ARCHIVE
      A complete breakdown of GameShark's
      print advertising frmo 1996 - 2002!
  • 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
Ep. 92: PSA: The PSP and PS Vita Are Not the Same System
Ep. 91: Proof GamePro is Responsible for Google Glass
Ep. 90: Is This the Worst Video Game Preview of All Time?
Ep. 89: What Dishonored Stole from Shadowrun
Ep. 88: A Fake Alien Game for a Fake Alien Movie
Ep. 87: Is Zooey Deschanel the New Solid Snake?
Ep. 86: Sega, Cherry Coke, and the Terrifying Van
Ep. 85: Silent Hill & the Where's Waldo Conundrum
Ep. 84: GamePro Quiz: Can You Name This Portable?
Ep. 83: BloodRayne: The Great Casltevania Swindle
Ep. 82: New Lows in Internet Advertising
Ep. 81: Michael Jackson's Dead Rising
Ep. 80: It's Exactly Like 1 vs. 100
Ep. 79: Jesse McCartney Needs a New Console
Ep. 78: Give These Ignored Games a Hand
Ep. 77: Where Is Frasier's Game Boy Game?
Ep. 76: Is Dead Space Just BioShock in Disguise?
Ep. 75: Just Who Is the Real Edward Carnby?
Ep. 74: Mellon Collie and the Infinite Redundancy
Ep. 73: Is 'Gears of War' Racist?
Ep. 72: Defunct Games Inspired Everyone
Ep. 71: Destroying Lady Liberty
Ep. 70: Proof that Atari is Creatively Bankrupt
Ep. 69: Eat, Sleep, Play, Rip Off
Ep. 68: Haven't We 'Scene It' All Before?
Ep. 67: Introducing the Sony PlayStation 360
Ep. 66: Friends Don't Let Bears Skateboard
Ep. 65: Sony, You're Doing a Heckuva Job
Ep. 64: Buying Insurance from Katamari Damacy
Ep. 63: The Year of the Detachable Head
Ep. 62: Prey Takes the Blue Pill
Ep. 61: Murphy Chooses the Wrong Mario
Ep. 60: The Fresh Prince of Game Technology
Ep. 58: Is Sony Out of the Closet?
Ep. 57: GamePro - Been There, Done That
Ep. 56: Die Hard or Hardcore?
Ep. 55: Sometimes It's All About the "O"
Ep. 54: The PS3 - Now With More Spidey Sense
Ep. 53: The Generic Lumines
Ep. 52: IGN On the 'Hunt' for Stolen Ideas
Ep. 51: Rockstar Energy Drink is All the Rage
Ep. 50: The Good, The Bad, and The Repetitive
Ep. 49: How to Make An Impression
Ep. 48: Mike Tyson's Punch-Drunk Trend
Ep. 47: One Stupid Question Deserves Another
Ep. 46: Pixar Taps the Power of Bad
Ep. 45: Nintendo DS: the Game & Watch Revisited
Ep. 44: Donkey Kong on Your Xbox
Ep. 43: Atari's PlayStation 2
Ep. 42: How to Slay your Competition
Ep. 41: Nina Explores Resident Evil
Ep. 40: The Many Faces of the Predator
Ep. 39: Half-Life 2 vs. the War of the Worlds
Ep. 38: CNN vs. the Mario Series
Ep. 37: Deathrow vs. Star Wars
Ep. 36: Samurai Shodown vs. Shinobi
Ep. 35: Grand Theft Auto III on the T.V.
Ep. 34: Kingdom Hearts vs. Mickey's House of Villains
Ep. 33: Tron vs. Assault Rigs
Ep. 32: The Vacuum: Cleaning Up the Platformers
Ep. 31: Tekken 4 vs. Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution
Ep. 30: A Clockwork Knight vs. Kingdom Hearts
Ep. 29: Alien vs. Alien Syndrome
Ep. 27: Pinobee vs. NiGHTS into Dreams
Ep. 26: WipEout Fusion vs. G4
Ep. 25: Something Evil About Cheers
Ep. 24: Music Industry vs. Twisted Metal Black
Ep. 23: Eternal Darkness vs. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Ep. 22: Contra vs. Spaceballs
Ep. 21: The Game Industry Loves Fabio
Ep. 20: Yahoo! Messenger vs. Street Fighter
Ep. 19: House of the Dead 3 vs. Doom 3
Ep. 18: Revenge of Shinobi vs. Hollywood
Ep. 17: Christian Letter Writing Campaign
Ep. 16: Drew Carey and his Saturn
Ep. 15: Bobby Hill vs. Dance Dance Revolution
Ep. 14: Angel vs. Terri
Ep. 13: Ico vs. Devil May Cry
Ep. 11: MERCS vs. Shock Troopers
Ep. 10: Oni vs. Zombie Demon Death Match
Ep. 9: Battle Droid vs. Combat
Ep. 8: Jin vs. Solid Snake vs. David Dunn
Ep. 7: Revolver Ocelot vs. Heihachi
Ep. 6: Altered Beast vs. Golden Axe
Ep. 5: Clerks vs. Mega Play
Ep. 4: Super Monkey Ball vs. Sonic 3
Ep. 3: Robocop vs. Rampage World Tour
Ep. 2: Last Resort vs. Akira
Ep. 1: Street Fighter vs. Fighter Fever
Freeze Frame
Freeze Frame
June 04, 2014
PSA: The PSP and PS Vita Are Not the Same System
PSA: The PSP and PS Vita Are Not the Same System
After nearly a decade, the PlayStation Portable's life is finally coming to an end. But some media outlets seem to think it's the PS Vita that is disappearing, not the 10 year old PSP. In this [...]
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Freeze Frame
February 03, 2014
Proof GamePro is Responsible for Google Glass
Proof GamePro is Responsible for Google Glass
Freeze Frame #91: Brace yourself, Google Glass is coming! And with it will be a whole host of privacy and safety concerns. But did you know that GamePro had the idea for Glass years before Google? [...]
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Freeze Frame
January 27, 2014
Is This the Worst Video Game Preview of All Time?
Is This the Worst Video Game Preview of All Time?
Can you believe this Blue Lightning preview? It comes straight from Electronic Gaming Monthly's 59th issue and is a blurry, incomprehensible mess. They even noted that "the graphics are [...]
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Freeze Frame
November 26, 2012
What Dishonored Stole from Shadowrun
What Dishonored Stole from Shadowrun
The Freeze Frame (Ep. 89) - There's something a little familiar about the Dishonored box art. I can't quite put my finger on it, but I know I've seen it before. This is going to drive me crazy, why [...]
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Freeze Frame
June 07, 2012
A Fake Alien Game for a Fake Alien Movie
A Fake Alien Game for a Fake Alien Movie
The celebrate the launch of Prometheus, Defunct Games is taking a look at fake Alien games that used real Alien imagery. It turns out that a lot of games have "borrowed" the H.R. Giger's alien [...]
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