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Many Game & Watch games feature a regular job turned into a score challenge. On your tiny LCD screen you’ll

Chef (Game & Watch)

Being LCD handhelds, there is an inherent limitation on what can even happen in a Game & Watch game. The

In a simple and straightforward space shooter like Asteroids, an issue can arise where a single strategy can completely invalidate

In 1981 Namco was riding high on the success of Pac-Man from the previous year, but Pac-Man was only the

The early arcade was filled with plenty of space shooters, and for every successful game in the genre like Space

Why did the chicken cross the road? Apparently, it was trying to set a new high score.

If you asked me what might be the most important video game of all time, I think my answer would

While early console games would introduce the concept of different difficulty settings where players can adjust the difficulty based on

Visualizing progress well goes a long way towards making a game feel satisfying, and for many of the early arcade

K.C. Munchkin! is perhaps the best known exclusive for the Odyssey², but it’s not really for the quality of its