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Waka Waka Renaissance: Pac-Man World 2 Is Back, and the 7/10 Sleeper Deserved It
Pac-Man World 2 returns as Re-Pac after 23 years. A defence of the modest PS2 mascot platformer a generation quietly grew up on.
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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Gone to Ground: Haunting Ground, Capcom’s Controversial $500 PS2 Horror, Deserves a Remake
Capcom’s cult PS2 horror Haunting Ground — Fiona, Hewie, a $500 price tag and a vanished website — makes its case for a remake.
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Reach Out to the Remake: Persona 4 Revival Brings the PS2 Classic Back to the Midnight Channel
Persona 4 Revival remakes the beloved PS2 JRPG for 2027. Why Inaba endures, and what the remake must protect at all costs.
Reviews
Samurai’s Mixed Destiny: Onimusha 2 Remaster Review
Onimusha 2’s remaster is a loving, polished rescue of Capcom’s most overstuffed samurai sequel. The issen counters still sing; the bloat remains.
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Block by Block: Minecraft, Rebuilt Inside Super Mario 64
A Minecraft voxel engine built inside Super Mario 64 — endless generated worlds, block-building and Mario physics, running on a real Nintendo 64.
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Two Discs, One Tiny Cart: How Resident Evil 2 Survived the Nintendo 64
Angel Studios squeezed two PlayStation discs onto one 64MB cartridge. The inside story of Resident Evil 2 on N64, gaming’s most impossible port.
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Spaghetti, But Make It Kart: Mario Kart 64’s Road to a Proper PC Port
Mario Kart 64 has been fully decompiled, and HarbourMasters’ SpaghettiKart port brings 4K, 120fps and custom tracks. Here’s why it matters.
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The Homebrew Channel Drama: Why the Wii Hack That Wouldn’t Die Still Matters
The Wii Homebrew Channel survived console shutdowns and community drama alike. Inside the scene that turned a retired console into a living museum.
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Escape from Wii U Prison: Xenoblade Chronicles X and the Console That Deserved Better
Xenoblade Chronicles X spent nine years stranded on Wii U before its Switch triumph. The story of a masterpiece jailed by its own hardware.
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Out Run: The Movie — Michael Bay, Sydney Sweeney and Sega’s Sunniest Classic
Universal is filming Sega’s Out Run with Michael Bay and Sydney Sweeney. Why the strangest game adaptation in years makes perfect sense.