The Haunted Hoard: Splatterhouse (Arcade)
Splatterhouse was one of the first horror-themed games to hit the arcade, but despite the gory deaths of its monsters
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The Game Hoard
Chronicling Video Game History By Playing Every Video Game Ever Released
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The Haunted Hoard: Luigi’s Mansion 3 (Switch)
The original Luigi’s Mansion thrust Mario’s cowardly younger brother into the spotlight, Luigi working his way through an atmospheric mansion
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The Haunted Hoard: Ghostbusters: The Video Game (Xbox 360)
For many years, Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis had hoped to create a third movie in the Ghostbusters film franchise,
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The Haunted Hoard: Whispering Willows (PS4)
Whispering Willows is a game that ended up on my radar in an unusual way. I routinely check the PlayStation
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The Haunted Hoard: Gabrielle’s Ghostly Groove 3D (3DS)
Gabrielle’s Ghostly Groove 3D is not the same game as the fairly similar WiiWare title Gabrielle’s Ghostly Groove: Monster Mix,
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The Haunted Hoard: Ghost Parade (PS4)
Video games are an excellent way to be introduced to mythology and folklore not only because they draw on them
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The Haunted Hoard: Dead Space: Ignition (Xbox 360)
After the first Dead Space game wowed players with its atmospheric horror enhanced by a sci-fi outer space setting, it
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The Haunted Hoard: Calling (Wii)
While the Nintendo Wii is best known for its motion control gimmick, it was a system with quite a few
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The Haunted Hoard: Corpse Party (3DS)
Never have I agonized more over which version of a game to get than I did with Corpse Party. With
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The Haunted Hoard: The House of the Dead (Arcade)
As zombies began to rise in popularity near the end of the 90s, there were two video games that helped
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Pinball Palooza: Sonic Spinball (Genesis/Mega Drive)
The Sonic the Hedgehog series is a perfect fit for a pinball game spinoff, and not just because its protagonist
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Pinball Palooza: Pinball Tycoon (GBA)
There’s more to the quality of a game than going down a list of expected features. Checking off the boxes
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Pinball Palooza: Digital Pinball: Last Gladiators (Saturn)
There are quite a few pinball games that try to reproduce real pinball tables in digital form, and there are
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Pinball Palooza: Revenge of the ‘Gator (Game Boy)
Despite a name that sounds like it could be referring to an action game about fending of angry alligators, Revenge
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Pinball Palooza: Alien Crush (TurboGrafx-16)
When it comes to video game pinball, the Crush Pinball series is certainly one of the better known examples. Compile’s
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Pinball Palooza: Rollers of the Realm (PC)
An increasing number of games have started taking pinball gameplay and using it as the backbone for full-fledged adventures, but
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Pinball Palooza: Bumper Bash (Atari 2600)
The Atari 2600’s paddle controller allowed it to bring home the experience of many arcade games, titles based on hits
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Pinball Palooza: Pinball (NES)
To help ease the general public into the concept of video games in general, many early game consoles would use
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Pinball Palooza: Disney’s The Little Mermaid II: Pinball Frenzy (Game Boy Color)
Left Field Productions baffled me in the past with their decision to adapt Disney’s Beauty and the Beast into a
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Pinball Palooza: Kiss Pinball (PS1)
Kiss is one of the best selling rock bands of all time with an incredibly iconic look thanks to their
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Pinball Palooza: Flipnic: Ultimate Pinball (PS2)
While some gamers detest the presence of any sort of tutorial in the games they play, I have absolutely no
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