Month of Mario: Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES)
After the worldwide success of the original Super Mario Bros., the game was followed up by a pair of odd
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The Game Hoard
Chronicling Video Game History By Playing Every Video Game Ever Released
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Month of Mario: Mario Bros. (Atari 2600)
While I have already taken a look at the original arcade release of Mario Bros., I couldn’t help but be
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Month of Mario: Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels (NES)
The name Super Mario Bros. 2 refers to different games depending on the country you’re in, Japan and the United
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Month of Mario: Mario’s Bombs Away (Game & Watch)
While Mario is frequently called a plumber, the most famous man in video games has actually worked an impressive number
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Freddy Farmer (Switch)
There’s an appealing simplicity to early arcade platformers, and it’s not surprising to see many an indie game developer trying
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NASCAR Arcade Rush (Xbox Series X)
When it comes to racing games featuring real cars, there are two main approaches game designers take. One is the
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Sir Lovelot (PS5)
Sir Lovelot’s quest sounds a bit cliche when you first see it, the little knight heading off to bravely overcome
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Atelier Marie Remake: The Alchemist of Salburg (PS5)
Atelier Marie: The Alchemist of Salburg released all the way back on the original PlayStation in 1997 but it didn’t
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Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective (Switch)
In Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective the game kicks off right as the character you’re playing as has died, but in
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Deep Rock Galactic (PC)
Dwarves in fantasy stories face an all too common problem. Their insatiable greed pushes them to dig deeper and deeper,
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Foamstars (PS5)
In a multiplayer shooter, the shape of the maps you play on can play a bigger role in making the
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Thirsty Suitors (Xbox Series X)
Tradition is a double-edged sword. Traditions are a beautiful way to connect with your family and cultural past but also
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Demon Turf (PS5)
In the collect-a-thon platformer Demon Turf, the levels you travel through to collect the valuable batteries and sweets don’t just
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Pac-Man World: Re-PAC (PS5)
Before I started The Game Hoard, I decided to give Pac-Man World on the PS1 a look to see if
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Iggy’s Reckin’ Balls (N64)
Iggy’s Reckin’ Balls feels like a game that best encapsulates not the Nintendo 64 itself, but the gaming world around
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SimCity: Complete Edition (PC)
In 2013, Electronic Arts released SimCity only to receive an enormous backlash from fans of the city-building series. This wasn’t
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Pickleball Smash (PS5)
The rise of pickleball has been an interesting trend to watch, the popular leisure sport becoming more and more common
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Ravenlok (Xbox Series X)
When Alice stepped through the looking glass in C.S. Lewis’s stories, she found a strange and wonderful land filled with
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Atelier Sophie 2: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Dream (PS4)
Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book is a cozy role-playing game that seemed to focus more on pleasant
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Airborne Kingdom (PC)
Airborne Kingdom is a city-building adventure, and the word “adventure” isn’t just a bit of flowery language here. While there
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Attack on Titan (Xbox One)
Giants aren’t the first creatures to come to mind when you think of horror, but once you consider they could
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