Month of Mario: Mario Party 2 (N64)
The first Mario Party game was a bit of a trial run for what an original virtual board game could
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The Game Hoard
Chronicling Video Game History By Playing Every Video Game Ever Released
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Month of Mario: Mario Clash (Virtual Boy)
The Virtual Boy was an ambitious effort from Nintendo, attempting to bring stereoscopic 3D gaming to people’s homes and even
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Month of Mario: Mario’s Super Picross (SNES)
Usually, I’m not too keen to play a game in a language I do not understand. While I’ll sometimes be
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Month of Mario: Mario Golf (Game Boy Color)
Mario Golf on Game Boy Color takes an interesting approach to how it includes the familiar princess-saving plumber. While you
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Month of Mario: Mario’s Early Years: Preschool Fun (SNES)
When should you introduce your child to Mario? Naturally it shouldn’t be before the age of 2 when their minds
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Month of Mario: Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (Game Boy)
The first Super Mario Land game was strange for taking video gaming’s most recognizable hero and having him go on
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Month of Mario: Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES)
After the worldwide success of the original Super Mario Bros., the game was followed up by a pair of odd
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Month of Mario: Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels (NES)
The name Super Mario Bros. 2 refers to different games depending on the country you’re in, Japan and the United
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Month of Mario: Mario’s Bombs Away (Game & Watch)
While Mario is frequently called a plumber, the most famous man in video games has actually worked an impressive number
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Freddy Farmer (Switch)
There’s an appealing simplicity to early arcade platformers, and it’s not surprising to see many an indie game developer trying
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Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective (Switch)
In Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective the game kicks off right as the character you’re playing as has died, but in
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Iggy’s Reckin’ Balls (N64)
Iggy’s Reckin’ Balls feels like a game that best encapsulates not the Nintendo 64 itself, but the gaming world around
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Disaster Report: Skull Island: Rise of Kong (Switch)
Kong. The Eighth Wonder of the World. For many years, the main thing King Kong had in common with
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Poison Control (Switch)
In Poison Control’s fuchsia-soaked version of Hell you won’t find much fire or brimstone, nor are the people tormented there
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WinBack: Covert Operations (N64)
While hiding behind cover is always useful in a firefight, specific shooting games embrace it with dedicated mechanics. The heyday
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Fire Attack (Game & Watch)
Game & Watch LCD handhelds are meant to be simple pick up and play games where you can glean all
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Fire (Game & Watch)
Many Game & Watch games feature a regular job turned into a score challenge. On your tiny LCD screen you’ll
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Mario Bros. (Game & Watch)
While Mario had made his debut fighting against Donkey Kong back in 1981, it would be a few years before
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Chef (Game & Watch)
Being LCD handhelds, there is an inherent limitation on what can even happen in a Game & Watch game. The
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Donkey Kong Jr. (Game & Watch)
Back when I was much younger, I recall browsing the toy aisle of a Walgreens and coming across a set
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Just Dance 2020 (Wii)
The Nintendo Wii was released in 2006, and by 2015, most game releases had dried up for it thanks to
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