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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. 80: Debunking Five Ridiculous Grand Theft Auto Rumors
Ep. 79: Die Hard Game Fan vs. Street Fighter III (Retro Rumor #30)
Ep. 78: Final Fantasy VII Remake Coming Soon (Retro Rumor #29)
Ep. 77: PC Gaming Will Die By 2002 (Retro Rumor #28)
Ep. 76: Tekken 3 Will Require PlayStation Add-On (Retro Rumor #27)
Ep. 75: True Lies Will Be the Sequel to Total Recall (Retro Rumor #26)
Ep. 74: EarthBound Compilation Headed to Nintendo DS (Retro Rumor #25)
Ep. 73: Mortal Kombat: Champion Edition Coming Soon (Retro Rumor #24)
Ep. 72: Introducing Sonic: Escape From Ring Zone (Retro Rumor #23)
Ep. 71: Atari Jaguar Will Play Lynx Games (Retro Rumor #22)
Ep. 70: Virtual Reality Will Be Big in 1999 (Retro Rumor #21)
Ep. 69: Microsoft Xbox Will Be 100% Wireless (Retro Rumor #20)
Ep. 68: Nintendo Will Probably Acquire Atari (Retro Rumor #19)
Ep. 67: Team ICO Hard At Work on Shadow of the Colossus 2 (Retro Rumors #18)
Ep. 66: Nintendo Will Introduce 32-Bit Super NES Cartridge (Retro Rumors #17)
Ep. 65: PlayStation Portable Due For Release in 1996 (Retro Rumors #16)
Ep. 64: Ryu and Ken Will Fight Dragon Ball (Retro Rumors #15)
Ep. 63: Die Hard Game Fan Predicts Nintendo 64 Launch (Retro Rumors #14)
Ep. 62: More Than 30 Games in Wii Sports (Retro Rumors #13)
Ep. 61: Sega Saturn Will Be Downwardly Compatible (Retro Rumor #12)
Ep. 60: PlayStation 2 Getting a Wii-Mote (Retro Rumor #11)
Ep. 59: Konami, Tecmo & Capcom Flock to Sega (Retro Rumor #10)
Ep. 58: The Xbox Just Ain't Happening (Retro Rumor #9)
Ep. 57: Metroid 64 and Kid Icarus 64 Are Almost Done (Retro Rumor #8)
Ep. 56: Atari Jaguar to Play Cartridges, CDs & VHS Tapes (Retro Rumor #7)
Ep. 55: Electronic Gaming Monthly Predicts Nintendo 64 Launch (Retro Rumor #6)
Ep. 54: The Ballad of Grand Theft Auto: Sin City (Retro Rumors #5)
Ep. 53: The PlayStation 2 Will Launch in 1997 (Retro Rumor #4)
Ep. 52: Electronic Gaming Monthly Badly Predicts Alien 3 (Retro Rumor #3)
Ep. 51: Xbox 360 Hard Drive Will Double As iPod (Retro Rumor #2)
Ep. 50: Virtual Boy Will Be Compatible With Super NES (Retro Rumor #1)
Ep. 49: Xbox One vs. PS4: GameSpot Calls it a Tie
Ep. 48: Is There Any Skill to OMG HD Zombies?
Ep. 47: 25 Next Generation Questions Answered
Ep. 45: Is Dead Space 3 Lying To You?
Ep. 44: The Man Who Dared Question Metal Gear
Ep. 43: Future of Harmonix: First-Person Shooters?
Ep. 42: Broken NES-001: $13,000 or Better Offer (Video)
Ep. 41: What the Next Wii Says About U
Ep. 40: Daniel Dumas and 2010's Unsung Heroes
Ep. 39: E3 2010: Lies and Half-Truths in 3D!
Ep. 38: The Young Turks Must Be Stopped!
Ep. 37: Professor Iwata and the Diabolical iPad
Ep. 36: Why Is GamePro Pun-ishing Us?
Ep. 35: GamePro's Action/Adventure in Distortion
Ep. 34: In the Future: GamePro Predicts 1999
Ep. 33: Game Players' Worst Holiday Guide Ever
Ep. 32: Sega Visions, I Don't Believe You
Ep. 31: E3 2009: The Truth About E3!
Ep. 30: EGM Feb. '04: GTA IV Won't Happen!
Ep. 29: EGM July '03 - Another Pilotwings Game?
Ep. 28: EGM May '06: Is Mario Painting the Wii?
Ep. 27: EGM May '05: Quartermann vs. Zune!
Ep. 26: From X-Box to Xbox to XBOX
Ep. 25: EGM Dec. '03: PSP On Your PS3?
Ep. 24: EGM2 Issue 4 - Lonesome Cowboy X-Bert
Ep. 23: Atari's Sam Tramiel Goes Freakin' Crazy
Ep. 22: Defunct Games/Tom Kalinske
Ep. 21: GamePro and the Sega Genesis Collection
Ep. 20: Fact Checking RetroforceGO! Part 2
Ep. 19: Every Next Generation Question Answered
Ep. 18: Turn Off the TV: Chuck vs. The Truth
Ep. 17: EGM Holiday. '04 - The End of GTA?
Ep. 16: EGM Aug. '06 - Dragon Quest IX on Wii?
Ep. 15: EGM Sep. '06 - It's Spelled "Saints Row"
Ep. 14: Fact Checking RetroforceGO! Part 1
Ep. 13: EGM March '93 - The Super NES CD is Real
Ep. 12: Mitch Gitelman Goes Down!
Ep. 11: Game Fan vs. Street Fighter III
Ep. 10: EGM May '96 - The PlayStation 2 in 1997?
Ep. 9: EGM March '92 - Rumors About Vaporware?
Ep. 8: EGM Dec. '99 - Pitching a No-Hitter!
Ep. 7: EGM Aug. '02 - Perfect Dark on the PS2?
Ep. 6: EGM Sept. '90 - Everybody Makes Bad Games!
Ep. 5: EGM August '95 - All About the Ultra 64!
Ep. 4: EGM April '92 - You Wanna Talk Aliens?
Ep. 3: EGM Dec. '91 - Who the Hell is Uncle Al?
Ep. 2: EGM Jan. '01 - A Dragon's Lair Movie?
Ep. 1: EGM April '02 - Capcom vs. Dragon Ball?
Gossip Graveyard
Gossip Graveyard
July 26, 2023
Debunking Five Ridiculous Grand Theft Auto Rumors
Debunking Five Ridiculous Grand Theft Auto Rumors
What if I were to tell you that Grand Theft Auto IV does not exist? How about I go even further and say that Grand Theft Auto: Sin City took place in the 1970s and Eminem starred in a game called [...]
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Gossip Graveyard
December 25, 2015
Die Hard Game Fan vs. Street Fighter III (Retro Rumor #30)
Die Hard Game Fan vs. Street Fighter III (Retro Rumor #30)
Welcome to 30 Ridiculous Retro Rumors, a brand new series that will run daily between November 26 and December 25, 2015. This is a series where we debunk some of the craziest rumors and predictions [...]
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Gossip Graveyard
December 24, 2015
Final Fantasy VII Remake Coming Soon (Retro Rumor #29)
Final Fantasy VII Remake Coming Soon (Retro Rumor #29)
Welcome to 30 Ridiculous Retro Rumors, a brand new series that will run daily between November 26 and December 25, 2015. This is a series where we debunk some of the craziest rumors and predictions [...]
[full description]
Gossip Graveyard
December 23, 2015
PC Gaming Will Die By 2002 (Retro Rumor #28)
PC Gaming Will Die By 2002 (Retro Rumor #28)
Welcome to 30 Ridiculous Retro Rumors, a brand new series that will run daily between November 26 and December 25, 2015. This is a series where we debunk some of the craziest rumors and predictions [...]
[full description]
Gossip Graveyard
December 22, 2015
Tekken 3 Will Require PlayStation Add-On (Retro Rumor #27)
Tekken 3 Will Require PlayStation Add-On (Retro Rumor #27)
Welcome to 30 Ridiculous Retro Rumors, a brand new series that will run daily between November 26 and December 25, 2015. This is a series where we debunk some of the craziest rumors and predictions [...]
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