NFGworld: Release Candidate

Games

[ Nov 7 2025 ]

Groovy MiSTer Setup Tips

After getting my Groovy MiSTer system set up, I needed to tweak some stuff to make it super awesome. Read on for the details.

Games

[ Nov 4 2025 ]

Groovy MiSTer Install Guide

I recently set up a Groovy MiSTer system and found that none of the guides quite covered everything I needed to know, so I wrote another one!

Uncategorized

[ Oct 22 2025 ]

Updating Old Games

Talking about game 16 bit game hacking: updating the PC Engine SuperGrafx versions of Street Fighter 2, Ghouls n Ghosts, and drawing graphics the Neo Geo way.

Games

[ Oct 9 2025 ]

Remaking Street Fighter

Back in 2008 two fans were updating the already awesome PC Engine version of Capcom’s Street Fighter 2: Champion Edition. I interviewed them at the time.

Games

[ Apr 28 2025 ]

This is from the NFG book sequel I started writing. I’m really proud of a lot of the stuff I did for it, but I burned out before finishing it. Here’s the part about Assault Suits! My apologies about the size, you can click on each page for a version you can zoom in on […]

Hardware

[ Apr 7 2025 ]

Rediscovering the Sega/JVC WonderMega

I love the WonderMega. Its auto-raising lid and oversized LEDs, the karaoke functionality and MIDI port and S-video output make it the HiSaturn Navi of the 16-bit age. While tearing it apart for an upcoming recap job, I noticed some stuff.

Games

[ Feb 10 2025 ]

Rediscovering: Koro Koro Post Nin

This easy and short Cameltry-em-up was released late in the Playstation’s life, and it’s easy to think it’s just a half baked game. And you’d be right! But it’s very cute.

Games

[ Dec 23 2024 ]

Rediscovering: Hagane

Hagane is a weird game. When it was new, I had a copy and I thought it was staggeringly cool. It couldn’t be more Japanese if it crammed wasabi down your throat, and it was so fucking difficult that’s more or less what it felt like to play it.

Games

[ Dec 12 2024 ]

PSP Launch Review

This is a re-post from 16th December, 2004 – 20 years ago, when the PSP was launched. I’d stood in line for mine, played it once, and flipped it online rather than be stuck with – as you’ll see – a system I didn’t like much. I bought another one soon after, for reasons that […]

Games

[ Jul 11 2024 ]

Old Post: Ai Cho Aniki

While preparing a this review, back in the 90s, someone said to me “Its just called LOVE SUPER BROTHER, and it has semi naked man flying around, doing gay gestures. No way its a gay game, oh no.” You definitely want to read more.