Tag: Game Club

TOH Game Club 6 – Super Mario RPG

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I was going to launch the next Tired Old Hack Game Club a month or two ago but realised that once Animal Crossing launched on Switch, everyone was going to be too busy playing that.

Now the fever has died down a tiny bit, it’s finally time to get the Game Club back up and running again. We’ve already had success with Game Clubs for Zelda II and StarTropics, followed by noticeably less success for Earthbound, Phantasy Star and Breath of Fire I & II.

But hey, now everyone’s forced to stay indoors, so you literally have ZERO excuse not to get involved this time. As long as you don’t count any legitimate excuses you may have.

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TOH Game Club 5 – Breath of Fire I & II

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We’ve had four Tired Old Hack Game Clubs now. The first two were a success, with oodles of players joining forces to play Zelda II and StarTropics together. Then we tried with Earthbound and Phantasy Star and the numbers dropped drastically.

The formula now seems clear: folk are happy to get involved if they don’t have to spend much money (which is understandable). So, with the Switch now in possession of a growing number of SNES games, let’s go with one of those. Or two of them, as it were. Continue reading “TOH Game Club 5 – Breath of Fire I & II” →

TOH Game Club 2 – StarTropics

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Well, I think it’s fair to say the first Tired Old Hack Game Club was a success. Well over a hundred people joined throughout the course of the month to take part in a Zelda II playthrough, helping each other out along the way.

Many even finished the game for the first time, commenting that were it not for the Game Club they probably wouldn’t have managed it. Which is lovely to hear.

With that in mind, let’s do it all over again. Continue reading “TOH Game Club 2 – StarTropics” →