The Haunted Hoard: Satan’s Hollow (Arcade)
If you were looking to make an interesting vertical shooter in the 1980s, having interesting enemies was a good way
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The Game Hoard
Playing Every Video Game Ever Released And Reviewing Them Along The Way
Other Systems
Let’s Go Island: Lost on the Island of Tropics (Arcade)
The arcade light gun shooter genre is an oversaturated one, and for good reason. Even people with little interest in
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The Last Ninja (Commodore 64)
While I have played Commodore 64 games in the past, it was usually only for a few minutes each and
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Dizzy – The Ultimate Cartoon Adventure (ZX Spectrum)
While growing up in the United States meant I was able experience and learn about the many different ways video
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Super BurgerTime (Arcade)
While BurgerTime now sits quite comfortably among the other fondly remembered arcade classics of the 1980s, that doesn’t mean that
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Jurassic Park Arcade (Arcade)
The Jurassic Park series has lent itself well to arcade light gun games over the years, the enormous and fearsome
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50 Years of Video Games: Mortal Kombat (Arcade)
Violence has been part of video games from the very beginning, but back when you were blowing up black and
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50 Years of Video Games: Bonk’s Adventure (TurboGrafx-16)
By 1990, Nintendo’s NES had not only revitalized the home gaming market in the United States, it had comfortably asserted
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50 Years of Video Games: 1942 (Arcade)
1984 was a huge year for Capcom, primarily because that was the year they entered the video game market. Their
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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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50 Years of Video Games: Galaga (Arcade)
In 1981 Namco was riding high on the success of Pac-Man from the previous year, but Pac-Man was only the
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50 Years of Video Games: Pac-Man (Arcade)
Video games had been slowly finding their footing during the 1970s, but it was 1980 that would give the burgeoning
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50 Years of Video Games: Lunar Lander (Arcade)
In 1969, mankind took its first steps on the moon, and with video games rising in popularity fairly shortly after,
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50 Years of Video Games: Atari Football (Arcade)
In the world of video games, 1978 is defined by one major historical release: Space Invaders. However, I have previously
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50 Years of Video Games: Breakout (Arcade)
I’ve always had a soft spot in my heart for the simple joys of a block breaker game. It visualizes
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50 Years of Video Games: Gun Fight (Arcade)
Even in its earliest days video games were at least a little violent. Computer Space was about blasting UFOs while
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50 Years of Video Games: TV Basketball (Arcade)
Prior to 1974, you didn’t actually see human beings in video games. Sure, sometimes they were cheated in like how
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50 Years of Video Games: Gotcha (Arcade)
In 1973 the video game world was still mostly wrapped up in Pong fever. Rather than trying to bring something
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50 Years of Video Games: Pong (Arcade)
While the first publicly available video game released in 1971, people would not really take notice of interactive digital entertainment
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Black Tiger (Arcade)
In 2013, Capcom released Capcom Arcade Cabinet for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 which included some of their earliest arcade
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Avengers (Arcade)
As strange as it might seem now, the name Avengers didn’t always conjure images of Marvel’s enormously popular superhero team.
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