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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. 44: This Is NOT a Video About Electronic Gaming Monthly's April Fools Jokes
Ep. 43: Filling Out GamePro's Reader Survey from 1992
Ep. 42: GamePro Readers Choice Awards 1992
Ep. 41: LamePro in the 1990s: A Look at GamePro's April Fools Pranks
Ep. 40: E3 2002: 110 Memories About My First E3
Ep. 39: The Day Capcom Gave Sega the Shaft
Ep. 38: The Scariest Video Game Magazine Covers of the 1990s
Ep. 37: Sally Field Is a Retro Gamer (and Here's the Proof)
Ep. 36: At the Newsstand: The Game Magazines of September 1994
Ep. 35: The First E3: This Is How Nintendo Power Covered E3 in 1995!
Ep. 34: The First E3: How Electronic Gaming Monthly Covered E3 in 1995
Ep. 33: The First E3: What Did Next Generation Think of E3 in 1995?
Ep. 32: The First E3: How Die Hard Game Fan Covered E3 in 1995
Ep. 31: The First E3: This Is How GamePro Covered E3 in 1995!
Ep. 30: When Did Classic Gaming Magazines Get Their First Cover Girl?
Ep. 29: What's Wrong With the Official Sega Genesis Seal of Quality?
Ep. 28: Electronic Gaming Monthly is Obsessed with Street Fighter II
Ep. 27: PAX Prime 2006 in Fifteen Minutes
Ep. 26: The Wii Mini & the Post-Generation Redesign
Ep. 25: The Great Video Game Stress Ball Test
Ep. 24: The Good Old Days of Press Packets
Ep. 23: The Sega CD Killed the Pack-In Game
Ep. 22: Quick! Don't Make the Terra Nova Game!
Ep. 21: The TurboExpress Has Won the War
Ep. 20: The Ballad of the Portable Launch Line-Up
Ep. 19: Shadow of the Ninja: Hayate Got a Raw Deal
Ep. 18: Eternal Champions' Squandered Potential
Ep. 17: Virtual Boy at Winter CES '95: Oh, Fuck That!
Ep. 16: Defunct Games Has Been Canceled
Ep. 15: The Most Evil Strategy Guide To Ever Be
Ep. 14: In Search of the Average Game Score
Ep. 13: Things You Don't Know About Jeopardy!
Ep. 12: Help Sony Count to Uncharted 3
Ep. 11: The Day Sony Couldn't Make Games
Ep. 10: Free Games at the Newsstand
Ep. 9: The Death of the Game System Review
Ep. 8: The Day Sega Made the Worst Game Ever
Ep. 7: In the Beginning There Were No Reviews
Ep. 6: The Rewritable History of Game Storage
Ep. 5: The World According to Gunpei Yokoi
Ep. 4: The Rise and Abrupt Fall of E3
Ep. 3: Violence in Gaming ... Thank God!
Ep. 2: Sega Does What Nintendoes
Ep. 1: The Baer Necessities
A Brief History of Gaming
A Brief History of Gaming
April 01, 2021
This Is NOT a Video About Electronic Gaming Monthly's April Fools Jokes
This Is NOT a Video About Electronic Gaming Monthly's April Fools Jokes
Having already looked at Electronic Gaming Monthly's best and worst April Fools' jokes and analyzed every LamePro parody published in the 1990s, we're officially out of ideas. So here's a thought: [...]
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A Brief History of Gaming
February 21, 2020
Filling Out GamePro's Reader Survey from 1992
Filling Out GamePro's Reader Survey from 1992
Join Defunct Games' Cyril Lachel as he fills out GamePro's reader survey from 1992. Featuring 35 questions designed to learn more about the average reader, including what systems they own, where they [...]
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A Brief History of Gaming
February 07, 2020
GamePro Readers Choice Awards 1992
GamePro Readers Choice Awards 1992
This weekend brings us the 92nd Academy Awards, and while I'm not a huge fan of awards shows, I have to admit that I genuinely love the Oscars. Sure, they make a lot of boneheaded decisions and the [...]
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A Brief History of Gaming
April 01, 2019
LamePro in the 1990s: A Look at GamePro's April Fools Pranks
LamePro in the 1990s: A Look at GamePro's April Fools Pranks
The year was 1993 and GamePro had an unexpected April Fools problem on their hands. Their nearest competitor, a scrappy and opinionated Electronic Gaming Monthly, had already come out swinging with [...]
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A Brief History of Gaming
June 01, 2015
E3 2002: 110 Memories About My First E3
E3 2002: 110 Memories About My First E3
With the Electronic Entertainment Expo just a few days away, every games journalist worth their salt is scrambling to write predictions, line-up interviews and be the first to break the big scoops. [...]
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