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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)
  • 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. 121: Why You Should Be Excited for Metal Storm: Collector's Edition
Ep. 112: Top 10 Games You (Probably) Missed in 2017
Ep. 100: Top Ten Games You (Probably) Missed in 2016
Ep. 99: The Five Most Mind-Numbingly Terrible Games of 2016
Ep. 82: Five Mega Man Games That Should Not Be Rebooted
Ep. 81: Preview: Four Reasons to Be Excited For Project Root
Ep. 80: Defunct Games Picks the Top Ten Games of 2014
Ep. 79: 13 Reasons to Keep the Original Xbox
Ep. 78: Best of 2013: Ten Games That Didn't Totally Suck
Ep. 77: Fifteen E3 Cliches Journalists Must Avoid
Ep. 76: UGH!! The Disappointments of 2010
Ep. 75: Things Guitar Hero Can Learn from Rock Band
Ep. 74: Things Rock Band Can Learn from Guitar Hero
Ep. 73: The Five Reasons MGS 5 Won't Be at E3
Ep. 72: The 10 Most Unnecessary TV Games
Ep. 71: The 10 Most Unnecessary Games of 2008
Ep. 70: The 10 Launch Games that Don't Need a Reboot
Ep. 69: The 8 Terrible Things About PAX 08
Ep. 68: The 10 Least Scary Horror Games
Ep. 67: Ten More Games Capcom Needs to Revive
Ep. 66: Top 10 Things I Learned at PAX 2007
Ep. 65: Top Ten Signs You're Having a Bad Christmas (Broken)
Ep. 64: Five Problems With Mario Kart DS Online (Broken)
Ep. 63: Reasons the Xbox 360 May Have Trouble Selling (Broken)
Ep. 62: Top Ten New Control Ideas (Broken)
Ep. 61: Top Ten Portable Games We Hope to See at E3 (Broken)
Ep. 60: Reasons Nintendo Won't Have the Next GBA at E3 (Broken)
Ep. 59: Ten Things Ways to Better Modern Fighters (Broken)
Ep. 58: Ten Things We're Going to Have to Get Used to (Broken)
Ep. 57: G4's 10 Things to Deal with After the Big Merger (Broken)
Ep. 56: Ten Reasons Sony Should Not be in First Place (Broken)
Ep. 55: Five News items we Can't blame on Video Games (Broken)
Ep. 54: Nintendo's Top Ten Worst Moves (Broken)
Ep. 53: Ten More Characters We Ought to Recall (Broken)
Ep. 52: Top Ten Things I'd Like to Get Off My Chest! (Broken)
Ep. 51: Top Ten Video Game Pet Peeves (Broken)
Ep. 50: Top Ten Games Missing from E3 (Broken)
Ep. 49: Things that Can ONLY Be Explained By Drugs (Broken)
Ep. 48: Ten Game Movies We Will Never, Ever See (Broken)
Ep. 47: Top Ten Most Disappointing Sequels ... (Broken)
Ep. 46: Top Ten things Lamer than Kangaroo Jack (Broken)
Ep. 45: Top Ten Bold Statements (Broken)
Ep. 44: Five Things We Can Learn from Vice City (Broken)
Ep. 43: Disney Characters Missing in Kingdom Hearts (Broken)
Ep. 42: Top Ten Untapped Classic TV Dramas (Broken)
Ep. 41: Ten Games That Made Me "Care" Recently (Broken)
Ep. 40: Ways You KNOW You're Getting Ripped Off (Broken)
Ep. 39: Ten Games that are Ignored (but Shouldn't Be) (Broken)
Ep. 38: Top Ten Most Politically Incorrect Games (Broken)
Ep. 37: Five Things Mortal Kombat Advance Taught Me (Broken)
Ep. 36: Top Ten E3 Disappointments (Broken)
Ep. 35: Top Ten STILL Unanswered Questions (Broken)
Ep. 34: Top Ten E3 Moments Caught on Film (Broken)
Ep. 33: Cyril's Top Five E3 2002 Predictions (Broken)
Ep. 32: Ten Franchises Making a Comeback at E3 '02 (Broken)
Ep. 31: Ten Neo*Geo Games Missing on the NGPC (Broken)
Ep. 30: Top Ten Top Ten Lists (Broken)
Ep. 29: Best Supporting Game Actress of '01 (Broken)
Ep. 28: Five Things Rarer than a Four Leaf Clover (Broken)
Ep. 27: Ten Questionable Practices STILL Going On (Broken)
Ep. 26: Five Ugliest Systems Ever (Broken)
Ep. 25: Five Ways to Aggravate Your Carpel Tunnel (Broken)
Ep. 24: Five Reasons the 32x Could Not Succeed (Broken)
Ep. 23: Ten Reasons GTA III is better than MGS 2 (Broken)
Ep. 22: Top Ten Scariest Video Games (Broken)
Ep. 21: Five Things that Scare Me (Broken)
Ep. 20: Ten Games that Influenced Capcom vs. SNK 2 (Broken)
Ep. 19: Ten Anti Terrorist Games (Broken)
Ep. 18: 15 Worst Games Reviewed So Far (Broken)
Ep. 17: Five Games Based on Adverts (Broken)
Ep. 16: Ten Most Shameless Games EVER (Broken)
Ep. 15: Missing Features From Jack TV (Broken)
Ep. 14: Top Ten Worst Movies Games are Based From (Broken)
Ep. 13: Ten Video Game Memories (Broken)
Ep. 12: Ten Memorial Day Games (Broken)
Ep. 11: Ten Characters We Can Mourn Next (Broken)
Ep. 10: Five Worst Sports for Games (Broken)
Ep. 9: Ten Video Game X-Files (Broken)
Ep. 8: Five Best Television 'Net Games (Broken)
Ep. 7: Five Worst Things About GBA (Broken)
Ep. 6: Five Worst Computer to Console Games (Broken)
Ep. 5: Five Worst Console  to Computer Games (Broken)
Ep. 4: Five Best Computer to Consoles Games (Broken)
Ep. 3: Five Worst Computer to Consoles Games (Broken)
Ep. 2: 420 Games of April 20th (Broken)
Ep. 1: Ten Easter Games (Broken)
Top Ten Lists
Top Ten Lists
September 05, 2019
Why You Should Be Excited for Metal Storm: Collector's Edition
Why You Should Be Excited for Metal Storm: Collector's Edition
Defunct Games previews the upcoming Metal Storm: Collector's Edition from Retro-Bit Publishing and Limited Run Games. This is a re-release of the 1991 Nintendo Entertainment System game by IREM, [...]
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Top Ten Lists
January 02, 2018
Top 10 Games You (Probably) Missed in 2017
Top 10 Games You (Probably) Missed in 2017
The Legend of Zelda. Persona 5. Horizon Zero Dawn. These are just a few of the big budget, triple-A games everybody is talking about right now. But you already know how great those games are, so I [...]
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Top Ten Lists
December 30, 2016
Top Ten Games You (Probably) Missed in 2016
Top Ten Games You (Probably) Missed in 2016
Doom. Hitman. Uncharted 4. These are just a few of the big budget, triple-A games everybody is talking about right now. But you already know how great those games are, so I have a different idea. [...]
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Top Ten Lists
December 28, 2016
The Five Most Mind-Numbingly Terrible Games of 2016
The Five Most Mind-Numbingly Terrible Games of 2016
I think it's safe to say that I played a lot of great games in 2016. From Hitman to Tadpole Treble to The Aquatic Adventure of the Last Human, the last twelve months have produced a whole bunch of [...]
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Top Ten Lists
July 06, 2015
Five Mega Man Games That Should Not Be Rebooted
Five Mega Man Games That Should Not Be Rebooted
Known as Red Ash: The Incredible Legend, Comcept hopes to raise at least $800,000 to fund a cartoony action game that resembles the short-lived 3D Mega Man adventures that hit the PlayStation in the [...]
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