WRETCH!
VIDEO GAMES!!

(Playthroughs of interesting games)
Momoko 120%
Zombie Raid
Judge Dredd
Märchen Maze
Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon
Batman
The Outfoxies
Insector X
Charlie Ninja
Hard Head 2

LET'S GAMING
LOVE

(Small articles on interesting games)
Fighting Vipers
The Tower of Druaga

GUIDES 'N STUFF
(Guides for interesting games)
Super Fantasy Zone
Space Invaders DX

THIS AIN'T
NO GAME

(Not articles, guides or interesting)
About the Site
Previous Updates
Odds and Ends

(Stuff by me that's not on this site)
Ed's Shoddy YouTube Channel
RetroGamer.net Reviews
Unseen64 Updates

(Stuff not by me, all the better for it)
Gamespite
Segagaga Domain
Socks Make People Sexy
Tiny Cartridge
UK:Resistance
Way of the Rodent



Hello there, and welcome to Gaming Hell, the video game website with guts! Huge guts!

Now, other websites pertaining to video games will have, I dunno, a certain kind of structure to them. This is not how we roll here. This site serves as an excuse for me, a retro game enthusiast/self-loathing hack of a writer, to write way too much about video games you've probably never heard of, and make the poor editor (also known as Ed) cry like a little girl into his safety blanket. We toil night and day to entertain you, the reader, and the fruit of our labour is this little trash-heap, where you'll laugh, you'll cry, but you'll mostly scratch your head in confusion.

One thing this site isn't is one of those irritating 'LOOOOL I NERD-RAGE FOR THE LULZ! CONTRA IZ HRD!!! ACTION 52 IS TEH SUXXXOR!!!1' review places. No, no, the purpose of this website is to entertain and educate, or at least I like to think it is. Each game chosen is either interesting, obscure, or a Sailor Moon game in a sick running joke that'll never get old. At the end of each playthrough, I always try to reason why each game is good or bad, and I even include some bonus stuff if I've got any to hand. You won't leave this website without learning something, you can bet on that! Just like you should always bet on Duke Nukem Forever being released this year.

Warning! I ocassionally use naughty words like 'poo' and 'arseberries', ohohoho! Swear words aren't inherently funny on their own, but I use 'em where appropriate. I also use lots of screenshots in each article, so watch out for that, assuming you can make your way around the gigantic walls of text that accompany each page. If the images don't load, just refresh the page and pray that they do, so you don't have to read these things without pretty pictures.

I will be updating this site when I damn well feel like it... Usually once a month. Please look forward to it! My email address, should you wish to give comments, suggestions, death-threats, etc. is TheMetalSlug at gmail dot com.
Updates!! Fun!!

2nd June, 2009 - You know, I'm not satisfied with just this website- I've also managed to weasel my way into the SNES Week over at the excellent Socks Make People Sexy. I crapped out a quick and dirty review of Out to Lunch for them, so go and check it out, but look at the rest of the site too- it's excellent stuff, especially their amazing playthrough of ever Mega Drive shmup and their Final Fantasy retrospective, so read 'em! On a sort-of related note, I added some links to gaming websites better than my own on the menu- I visit them, and so should you.

Oh, and we now have a logo. Took me long enough. Refresh this page to see all the different taglines for the site.

I swear, I'll come up with a real update soon enough.

20th May, 2009 - HAPPY 1ST BIRTHDAY, GAMING HELL!

That's right, it's been a whole year since I started this crap-fest, and what have we learned? Absolutely nothing, obviously. To 'celebrate', I've added a few new things. First, I ripped the entire soundtrack of Charlie Ninja, so get it while it's hot either from the article or the Odds and Ends page. Next, there's a new page all about this fine website and my bodacious self, because you demanded it no-one in their right mind would want to know this stuff. Finally, a new Let's Gaming Love article (I need a better name for that section) in the form of Fighting Vipers which comes with loads of extra stuff that you probably don't even need to know.

And as a bonus for those who just can't get enough of me (all 2 of you) I've also added a link to my Retrobates page on the ever-awesome Retro Gamer magazine website. Whereas all the reviews on this website are filled with scorn, the ones over at Retro Gamer are slightly cheerier and marginally more professional (hurr, I'm a writer, don't ya know) so read 'em.

Here's to another year of self-loathing and playing video games that the man doesn't want you to know about.

7th May, 2009 - God-damn it! There goes my best joke! Now what game am I going to make of fun of for being permanently trapped in Development Hell?! Yeah, I know this isn't a real update, but this kind-of sucks, because it's one hell of an anti-climax. To mourn the passing of video gaming's longest running joke, you can read a eulogy here. God speed, Duke Nukem Forever. God speed.

You can find past updates on this here page.

Coming Soon Eventually Never

* A quick-n-dirty guide to The Return of Ishtar, just enough to give you a fighting chance.
* A full script to the so-bad-it's-good fighting game Bloody Roar 2, with hot animal-on-animal action!
* More games reviewed, like James Pond II, Snake's Revenge, Lucky & Wild and Superkid in Space.