Hyperblast! (Atari 8-bit)
If you took just a quick look at Hyperblast!, it might seem like you can easily identify some issues with
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The Game Hoard
Playing Every Video Game Ever Released And Reviewing Them Along The Way
1983
Diamonds (Atari 8-bit)
Diving into the gaming libraries of the British microcomputers has been a rocky ride, but while my time exploring the
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Cloak & Dagger (Arcade)
The arcade game Cloak & Dagger is in some ways a movie tie-in game, but at the same time, the
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Monster Munch (Commodore 64)
It’s a bit surprising a game like K.C. Munchkin! can get in legal hot water over similarities to the pellet-munching
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Taz (Atari 2600)
Taz for the Atari 2600 is unique because it is not only the first video game released based on the
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Batty Builders (Atari 8-bit)
When I played Hijack! for the Atari 8-bit family of computers, I had figured its problem with a jump in
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Domino Man (Arcade)
There is a nervous energy surrounding the act of setting up a line of dominoes. The entire point of the
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Campaign ’84 (ColecoVision)
While many modern election years in the U.S. will be accompanied by a political simulator allowing you to try your
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Molar Maul (ZX Spectrum)
Thus far my efforts to get better acquainted with the British microcomputer gaming scene have gone rather poorly. Repeatedly I
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50 Years of Video Games: Mario Bros. (Arcade)
While many people know of the 1983 Mario Bros. arcade game, primarily because Nintendo has constantly republished its NES port
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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: Spinball (Vectrex)
If you play a game on the Vectrex, you have to be prepared for something a bit primitive. However, even
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Bedlam (Vectrex)
I can’t help but feel a little bad for Bedlam. Almost every discussion I can find of the game online
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Black Widow (Arcade)
When an insect gets stuck in a spider’s web, that is usually the entire battle between predator and prey already
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Pressure Cooker (Atari 2600)
Cooking can be a delicate process in real life, the quality of a dish easily impacted by how long something
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The Haunted Hoard: Halloween (Atari 2600)
Wizard Video Games tried to bring horror cinema to the Atari 2600 with The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, but despite the
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The Haunted Hoard: Frankenstein’s Monster (Atari 2600)
Dracula, the Wolfman, and Frankenstein’s Monster seem to be a bit of an unholy trinity for classic movie monsters, but
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The Haunted Hoard: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Atari 2600)
The slasher movie genre may draw in fans with its villains and their creative killing methods, but the plot structure
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Spectron (ColecoVision)
Spectron is a Space Invaders clone, and there’s no real reason to beat around the bush when it comes to
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Chase the Chuck Wagon (Atari 2600)
Chase the Chuck Wagon is one of the earliest instances of a blatant advergame, that being a video game developed
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Wing War (ColecoVision)
Wing War is not really a game about any sort of war. From what can be gleaned about the game,
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