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Connor Nichols


Favorite Games:
  • Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon
  • Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana

411 games reviewed
66.3 average score
70 median score
41.8% of games recommended

Connor Nichols's Reviews

Surviving through trauma and hardships, I've done a lot in my life, but Video Games have held me together even during the roughest times. PC Engine Fanatic.
Jul 31, 2025

Irem Collection Vol 3 was a pretty fun set of shooting games, even if none of them succeed in having the addicting hook that some of Irem’s better known shooters could have on you.

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3 / 10.0 - Griffin
Jul 21, 2025

Not even forgoing rewind makes the game all that tough once you know the patterns and which of the three weapons are good for your situation, and for a ten minute game on the first loop, Griffin is so paper thin I remain baffled.

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Jun 27, 2025

So while the Welcome Tour is a strange grab bag of various features for the device, it feels more like an experience doomed to be a relic rather than a memorable launch experience that truly brings in the wow factor, and when the extra meat here feels like a waste of time, it really begs the question why you’d want to pick this up for $10.

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Super Technos World is a mixed bag of Technos obscurities, mostly propped up by the quality of The Combatribes, Shadow Force and Super Dodge Ball. The other games will depend on your mileage with their various quirks and associated jank, along with the fact two are them are fully in Japanese.

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May 25, 2025

Still, if you do manage to pull through and enjoy the whole trilogy, or just want to skip the gameplay in favor of the story due to the Fast Mode difficulty setting, then I think you’ll find a pretty good finale to a fun trilogy of strategy RPGs.

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May 14, 2025

Bubble Ghost Remake’s newer levels just don’t compare to the simplistic fun those levels offered. It greatly expands upon the original concept, but maybe a bit too much.

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May 5, 2025

Sure, you have local co-op, but there’s little else to take away from the overall experience and nothing really memorable about it besides the Cho Aniki-esque humor and the overpowered muscular forms you can take up to obliterate bosses.

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8 / 10.0 - Breakout Beyond
Apr 16, 2025

While Beyond may be pretty simple and a game you can jump into and know what to do right away, that doesn’t mean it can’t be some serious fun, and I found it to be a great and chill way to break some bricks while passing the time. Choice Provisions really did the concept great justice here!

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Apr 14, 2025

From stages that offer some of the best horizontal shooting action on the entire console without hesitation, to a fun romp of stages that still offer a lot of enjoyment even at the lowest lows, this game is an easy recommend for fans of SNES action games. Really if it was just the horizontal shooting levels, I’d even say it’s a game so good I could recommend to everyone.

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6 / 10.0 - Ninja Five-O
Mar 31, 2025

Just don’t expect this to be the GBA’s surprise Ninja Gaiden II or Shinobi III tier masterpiece, and compared to other Konami action games, this one is pretty simple in comparison.

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Mar 24, 2025

Thankfully, the games do the talking here, and I find some of these games are absolutely worth everyone’s time. If you happen to click with one of the GBA simulators and want more of that action? Well, there’s only around several more games mandating you win a hundred duels each to go through, so you’ll be kept well busy for a long, long time.

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Mar 17, 2025

Ultimately, X-Out Resurfaced is a shooter that’s definitely more fun for fans of the original game compared to a newcomer such as myself. A lot of QOL tweaks help make the game enjoyable to play and less tedious than the Amiga original, but make no mistake, Resurfaced is still a very vicious experience.

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7 / 10.0 - Under Defeat
Mar 10, 2025

This one’s just really darn fun to scorechase in, and I definitely see myself revisiting those Arcade leaderboards over and over in the months to come, especially with how silky smooth this port feels as a whole.

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Feb 12, 2025

Sorcerian this ain’t, but you’ll be finding some fun in rolling the dice and clearing scenarios no matter how experienced at these kind of games you are, and I’m just happy to see one of the most obscure Technos franchises get the western release it missed out on.

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This 40th Anniversary edition somehow manages to be outright terrible in so many ways. No D-Pad controls, weird input timing, one of the most hideous presentations I’ve ever dealt with here on SFG, and a lot of baffling design choices led to this remake being pretty darn infuriating and very unfun to play.

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Jan 29, 2025

All in all, a well emulated, if simplistic set of sports games where I’m happy to say Qubyte has greatly improved their compilation skills since I last covered them; sadly, the lack of bonus material still stings a little bit for me, even if the core games themselves are mostly fun.

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Dec 27, 2024

Still, if you’ve always been curious what an Arcade game would be like in 3D without completely reinventing everything, Snow Bros Wonderland is a fun example of that possibility.

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5 / 10.0 - Ninja 1987
Dec 21, 2024

While I am happy to see SEEP’s interesting catalog get introduced to a new audience, Ninja 1987 is a pretty disappointing start to that trend.

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9 / 10.0 - Tetris Forever
Dec 9, 2024

At the very least, this is a great value regardless of where you choose to play it, and the best proof of how Tetris is a timeless concept that’ll continue to be engaging for years and years to come.

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6 / 10.0 - Card-en-Ciel
Nov 25, 2024

But as it stands, Card-En-Ciel is just a decent time that will ultimately appeal to you more if you like Inti’s style a lot and are willing to deal with the bland barriers in the way of a very fun combat system.

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