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The 16-Bit RPGs That Still Outclass Modern Games
Every few years I sit down with a modern blockbuster — some gorgeous, hundred-hour epic with a map the size of a…
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SNK vs Capcom: The Match of the Millennium Review: The Dream Bout in Your Pocket
SNK and Capcom’s finest meet on a 160×152 screen and somehow lose nothing in the shrink. The Match of the Millennium is not just the Neo Geo Pocket Color’s best fighter — it is one of the finest handheld fighting games ever made.
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Atari 7800 in 2026: The Complete Buying and Setup Guide
NTSC or PAL, which revision, which controller, RF or HDMI, flash or originals — and what to pay. The complete 2026 guide to buying and setting up an Atari 7800.
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Atari 7800 Hidden Gems: 10 Games the Warehouse Years Buried
Rotating towers, car combat, street basketball and a twin-stick legend on a two-controller harness: ten 7800 games the warehouse years buried, dug up and played.
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The 7800 Homebrew Renaissance: The Console That Refused to Retire
b*nQ, Bentley Bear, Rikki & Vikki and a rescued Lucasfilm prototype: how the homebrew scene finished the library the warehouse years interrupted.
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The 7800 in Europe: The Console’s Quiet Second Life
A joypad in the box, Asteroids in the firmware and a price the NES couldn’t match: how the ProSystem lived a different, gentler life across the Atlantic.
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MARIA vs the PPU: Inside the 7800’s Graphics Chip
Display lists versus tiles, dozens of objects versus eight sprites a line: how GCC’s MARIA chip argued with Nintendo’s PPU — and why her road not taken still matters.
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GCC: The Little Company That Built the 7800
They upgraded Missile Command until Atari sued them, made Ms. Pac-Man, then built Atari a whole console. The story of General Computer Corporation, the 7800’s second creator.
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Ikari Warriors Review: Two Commandos, One Brutal March
SNK’s co-op run-and-gun in a faithful, demanding port — the rotary stick stayed in the arcade, but the war came home nearly whole.
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Evercade Nexus Is Here: Launch-Day Verdict on Blaze’s Biggest Swing
It is launch day for the most ambitious thing Blaze Entertainment has ever put in a plastic shell. The Evercade Nexus is…
