Magic Sword (Arcade)
You can’t get much more generic than calling your medieval fantasy game Magic Sword, but Magic Sword does at least
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The Game Hoard
Chronicling Video Game History By Playing Every Video Game Ever Released
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Woodle Tree Adventures (PC)
If judged purely for its play, Woodle Tree Adventures is an incredibly basic 3D platformer, but when you hear its
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Sinistar (Arcade)
“Beware, I live!” A digitized roar cuts through the din of the arcade. “I hunger!” it calls out, and while
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Black (Xbox)
The box art to Black has stuck with me for many years. The image of a cover absolutely crowded with
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Cruis’n USA (Arcade)
A cross country road trip from coast to coast is a common dream for those who love driving across the
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Luna: The Shadow Dust (PC)
Like a storybook created by Studio Ghibli, the first noticed and most striking feature of Luna: The Shadow Dust is
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Ghost Pilots (Arcade)
Approaching an SNK multicade cabinet can be a bit daunting, choice paralysis easily setting in when you approach something that
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Stranglehold (PS3)
Many video games try to capture the feeling of being in an action movie, but very rarely do they have
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Centipede (Arcade)
While early console games would introduce the concept of different difficulty settings where players can adjust the difficulty based on
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Unravel (Xbox One)
Unravel is a game that really wants your love. From the charming and memorable reveal at E3 2015 where creative
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Arcade)
Konami’s licensed brawlers are some of the best of their kind, their four player cabinets always a big draw in
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Border of Her Heart (PC)
Love can bloom anywhere, but normally you’d expect someone working border patrol to be a lot more guarded with where
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Pokémon Shield (Switch)
The core of the Pokémon series has always been in the handheld realm, the tent-pole titles with their turn-based battle
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PictoQuest: The Cursed Grids (PC)
Alongside genres like hidden object and structured solitaire, Picross ranks as one of my favorite casual game styles. Sort of
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Area 51 (Arcade)
After having played both of Midway’s attempts to reinvent the alien shooter series Area 51 with its 2005 version and
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Suicide Guy (PC)
In the film Inception, characters are able to enter deeper and deeper layers of dreams as they seek to either
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Asteroids (Arcade)
While releasing in 1979 does make Asteroids one of the earliest well known video games ever made, it always felt
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Just Dance (Wii)
Just Dance may just be the most prolific series on Nintendo’s Wii console, producing multiple spin-offs and yearly installments well
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Fix-It Felix Jr. (Arcade)
The 2012 animated feature Wreck-It Ralph featured many loving homages to classic gaming and cameos from major characters from video
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Pirates PlundArrr (Wii)
Sometimes you just want to turn your brain off for a bit and revel in the mindless violence of a
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Dig Dug (Arcade)
Pac-Man, Galaga, and Dig Dug. These three are practically the holy trinity of Namco’s early arcade offerings, often cropping up
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