Contradiction – Spot the Liar! (PC)
Once CDs became the new medium of choice for video games, a few enterprising developers saw the potential for including
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The Game Hoard
Chronicling Video Game History By Playing Every Video Game Ever Released
Disaster Report: Dogz (GBA)
Do not let the doe-eyed puppy dogs on the game’s box fool you. Just like with real life pet shops
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Mario Party DS (DS)
The Mario Party series is undoubtedly one of the more derivative Mario spin-off series. They found a format for a
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Shrek: Reekin’ Havoc (GBA)
After the subversive fairy tale movie Shrek changed the tone of animated features for years to come, the video game
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The Land Before Time: Into the Mysterious Beyond (GBA)
The ESRB’s Early Childhood rating is a surprisingly informative symbol to find on a game’s box. While it does play
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Tomb Raider (PS3)
Lara Croft is one of the most iconic gaming heroines of all time, the Tomb Raider series one of the
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The Odyssey² Today: K.C.’s Krazy Chase! (Odyssey²)
Despite the legal situation around K.C. Munchkin! and its eventual removal from store shelves, copying the Pac-Man formula did give
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The Odyssey² Today: K.C. Munchkin! (Odyssey²)
K.C. Munchkin! is perhaps the best known exclusive for the Odyssey², but it’s not really for the quality of its
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The Odyssey² Today: Thunderball! (Odyssey²)
The name Thunderball! sounds like it belongs on an exciting game, the title helped along by the propensity of Odyssey²
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The Odyssey² Today: AMOK! (Odyssey²)
The Odyssey² console’s official lifespan ended somewhere around 1984, and while a few games inevitably trickle out after the “death”
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The Odyssey² Today: UFO! (Odyssey²)
The endless loop is a common feature of early video games where play will continue until the player loses or
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The Odyssey² Today: Catch the Ball / Noughts and Crosses (Odyssey²)
Quite a few Odyssey² game carts would include two or even three games on them in an effort to better
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The Odyssey² Today: Killer Bees! (Odyssey²)
For some developers, the limited graphics of an early game system are a restriction that they push against, trying to
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Jetpac (ZX Spectrum)
For many people, their first brush with the ZX Spectrum game Jetpac will be through its unusual inclusion in Donkey
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Super Bee (Odyssey²)
Super Bee is a fairly simple game that never received a U.S. release, the game releasing instead only in Brazil
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Gumshoe (NES)
A peripheral like the NES Zapper has plenty of obvious uses. Many games just take the gun peripheral at face
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Freedom Force (NES)
There seems to be a fairly common template for light gun games, one that is used across many arcade titles
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Mass Effect 3 (PS3)
It’s not always easy for a trilogy to stick the landing with its final entry. All the build-up of the
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Neighbours from Hell (PC)
While I’ve certainly heard tales of nasty neighbors, I don’t really have any personal experience with any, so the revenge
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Inspector Gadget: Operation Madkactus (Game Boy Color)
The cartoon Inspector Gadget is about a cyborg police inspector whose body contains tons of gadgets he can call upon
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Whomp ‘Em (NES)
Japan seems to think that the Chinese novel “Journey to the West” is a good fit for video game adaptation,
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