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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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Best Evercade Cartridges to Buy: 10 Carts Every Owner Should Start With
The Evercade pitch is the opposite of everything else in modern retro gaming. No downloads, no accounts, no storefront that can be…
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SNES Hidden Gems: 12 Games That Deserved a Bigger Audience
Everyone knows the Super Nintendo’s headline act. Super Metroid. A Link to the Past. Chrono Trigger. Super Mario World. The SNES library…
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Tomb Raider at 30: The Saturn’s Finest Hour
Thirty years ago today, Tomb Raider launched first on the Sega Saturn — and gaming was never the same. Our full retrospective on Core Design’s quiet revolution.
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Best Genesis Shmups: 12 Shooters That Made the Blast Processor Sing
Sega’s marketing department invented “Blast Processing” as a slogan, but the Genesis shmup library is the closest thing to proof it ever…
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Sega Saturn Hidden Gems: 12 Games the West Mostly Missed
The Sega Saturn is the great what-if of the 32-bit era. In Japan it was a success — Sega’s best-selling home console…
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Best N64 RPGs: The Definitive Ranking of a Famously Thin Library
Let us get the joke out of the way first, because every N64 RPG list has to: yes, there are only about…
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Is the Sega CD Worth It in 2026?
Short answer first, because I know why you clicked: yes — but only for a very specific kind of player, and almost…
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The Best TurboGrafx-CD Games: 12 Discs That Proved CD-ROM Was the Future
Everyone remembers the Sega CD as the add-on that dragged gaming onto compact disc, but Sega was late to its own revolution.…
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The Evercade Nexus Gambit: Cartridges at $199 in 2026
EVERCADE · HARDWARE On October 30, Blaze Entertainment ships its biggest bet yet: the Evercade Nexus, a $199 handheld that plays games…
