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Street Fighter 2

  By Mike February 8, 2013 May 14, 2013 1991, Amiga, Arcade, Atari ST, Capcom, Commodore 64, DOS (PC), Fighting / Shooting, Game Boy, Playstation, S, Sega Master System, Sega Megadrive / Genesis, Sega Saturn, Super Nintendo, ZX Spectrum

Capcom’s best selling game of all time, it may well be one of the most influential as well. Thought it re-invented itself more times than … Continue reading

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Q Bert

  By Mike February 7, 2013 May 14, 2013 1982, Arcade, Atari, Commodore 64, DOS (PC), Game Boy, Nes, Playstation, Puzzle, Q, Sega Dreamcast

This classic isomeric & quirkily [speech bubble anyone] puzzler was originally inspired by the work of M.C. Escher. During development Q*Bert could shoot (which would … Continue reading

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Moonstone – A Hard Days Knight

  By Mike February 4, 2013 May 14, 2013 1991, Amiga, DOS (PC), Fighting / Shooting, M, Mindscape, RPG

A true slash n hack em up, it was a kind of Barbarian with some board game RPG elements (one source of inspiration was said … Continue reading

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Don’t loose you head Pac-Man

  By Mike February 4, 2013 April 17, 2013 Funny Images

A Pac-Man helmet design, a great idea. An ultimate wanna have item. Continue reading

Tagged   helmet, man, namco, pac, pac-man, pacman, safety
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Wonder Boy in Monster World

  By Mike February 3, 2013 August 26, 2013 1991, Adventure, Platform, RPG, Sega, Sega Master System, Sega Megadrive / Genesis, TurboGrafx - 16 / PC Engine, W, Westone

The monster world games were a whole new twist on the [arcade] original, adding the RPG style elements to the gameplay justified the slightly repetitive … Continue reading

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Street Racer

  By Mike February 2, 2013 September 26, 2013 1994, Amiga, DOS (PC), Game Boy, Playstation, Racing, S, Sega Megadrive / Genesis, Sega Saturn, Super Nintendo

Originally a cart game released for the SNES, there were conversions made but the original was the only good one mainly due to it being … Continue reading

Final Fantasy 6

  By Mike January 31, 2013 August 26, 2013 1994, Adventure, F, Playstation, RPG, Super Nintendo

Setting the 16 bit bar as high as possible Squares cyberpunk tale was released to critical acclaim. A Joules Vern world in which all of the … Continue reading

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Monkey Island 2 – LeChuck’s Revenge

  By Mike January 30, 2013 November 11, 2019 1991, 1992, Adventure, Amiga, DOS (PC), L, Lucasarts, M, OSX

The second in the series of Guybrush’s point & click adventures. It was made using the (strangely named) SCUMM game tool that was originally developed … Continue reading

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Super Wonderboy

  By Mike January 28, 2013 August 26, 2013 1986, Activision, Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Platform, S, Sega, Sega Game Gear, Sega Master System, ZX Spectrum

The original TomTom, & this caveman knew where he was going! A side scrolling platform game that hit the arcades with both colour & action … Continue reading

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Worst game controller ever?

  By Mike January 26, 2013 July 24, 2013 Funny Images

Not really a game to be played with two players.. Continue reading

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