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Wolfenstein 3D on Jaguar: The Uncensored, Definitive Port
Complete, uncensored and expanded with new weapons and an automap: id’s Jaguar Wolfenstein is how the genre’s founding game should be played on a console.
Author: Sal Benedetto
From the Vault columnist. Grew up feeding quarters to the Ms. Pac-Man machine at his uncle's pizza place; still owns his childhood SNES and every Nintendo Power he ever begged his mother for. Writes the retrospectives and the hidden-gem hunts.
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Iron Soldier Review: The Jaguar’s 40-Foot Argument
Eclipse’s mech sim levelled cities in flat-shaded 3D in 1994 and remains one of the Jaguar’s cornerstone exclusives: loadouts, destruction and genuine tactical weight.
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Doom on Jaguar Review: The Console Port That Did id Proud
id Software’s own Jaguar port was 1994’s best console Doom — fast, atmospheric, networked, and silent in the levels. The definitive verdict on a legendary conversion.
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Rayman Jaguar Review: The Beautiful Brute That Launched a Legend
Rayman debuted on the Jaguar, not the PlayStation: Ubisoft’s gorgeous, ruthless platformer is the most beautiful game on the system and one of its hardest.
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Alien vs Predator Jaguar Review: Three Campaigns, One Masterpiece
Rebellion’s 1994 shooter gave the Jaguar its defining game: three full campaigns — Marine, Alien and Predator — inside one haunted space station, reviewed.
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ColecoVision Hidden Gems: 10 Underrated Classics Worth Hunting Down
Beyond Donkey Kong and Zaxxon lies the ColecoVision’s second shelf: a root-beer saloon, a penguin marathon, a five-mission space war and seven more cartridges the fame lists forgot.
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BurgerTime ColecoVision Review: Peter Pepper Builds Lunch Under Fire
Data East’s chef climbs ladders, walks across giant burger ingredients and seasons murderous groceries with pepper. The ColecoVision version is strictly the ColecoVision port — and a tasty one.
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Spy Hunter ColecoVision Review: The Interceptor’s Last, Rarest Mission
Bally Midway’s weapon-laden driving legend reached the ColecoVision at the very end of the console’s life — machine guns, oil slicks, smoke screens and the Peter Gunn theme included.
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Time Pilot ColecoVision Review: Dogfighting Through the Century
Konami’s time-hopping shooter sends one fighter from 1910 biplanes to 1982 jets and the UFOs beyond. The ColecoVision conversion keeps the eras, the parachutists and the motherships.
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Montezuma’s Revenge ColecoVision Review: The Pyramid That Invented the Treasure Hunt
Panama Joe, a hundred rooms of keys, skulls, snakes and lava: Parker Brothers’ ColecoVision version of Robert Jaeger’s classic is the proto-Metroidvania at its purest.