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Pier Solar and the Great Architects HD (PS4) Review – A 16-Bit RPG Reborn
WaterMelon’s forum-born RPG grew into the biggest cartridge the Mega Drive ever held. The HD remake is beautiful, stubborn and huge — our full review.
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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Sonic Total SNES Review: The Unlicensed Hack That Put Sonic on Nintendo
In 1996, a Peruvian pirate group put Sega’s mascot on Nintendo’s machine — no licence, no permission. The strange story and the game underneath, reviewed.
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Fallout 3 at 18: War Never Changes
PC · XBOX 360 · PLAYSTATION 3 · ACTION RPG · RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW Developer: Bethesda Game Studios · Publisher: Bethesda Softworks · …
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N64 Hidden Gems That Are Actually Underrated
The Nintendo 64 had a small library and a loud one. Mario, Zelda, GoldenEye and Banjo shouted so loudly that they drowned…
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How to Play Amiga Games Today: Every Sensible Route in 2026
The Amiga is the great “you had to be there” machine — except you didn’t. Its games are still here, its demoscene…
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Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas at 22: Here We Go Again
PLAYSTATION 2 · ACTION-ADVENTURE · RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW Developer: Rockstar North · Publisher: Rockstar Games · Released: October 26, 2004 (PS2) · Genre:…
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The PlayStation 2 Launch, 26 Years On: The Night the Monolith Took America
Twenty-six years ago tonight, America camped out for a black monolith that played games, movies, and the future. Our flagship retrospective on the PlayStation 2’s record-breaking North American launch.
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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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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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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.