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Extreme Violence Amiga Review: The Two-Player PD Classic Built Purely for Fun
At a glance: Machine: Commodore Amiga · Written by Simon Green in AMOS · Released: 1991, shareware/public domain · Players: 2 (only…
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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Resident Evil vs Resident Evil 2: Which One Is Actually Scarier?
Two games, one haunted city, and an argument that has been running since 1998: which of the original PlayStation Resident Evils is the better horror game — and more to the point, which one is scarier?
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The Cancelled Beavis & Butt-Head Coin-Op — Atari’s Lost Game, Playable at Last
Atari’s 1996 Beavis & Butt-Head arcade game was cancelled and lost for 20 years. How a prototype board brought the delinquents back to the arcade.
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Exodus: The Last War — The Patch Hunt That Never Quite Ended
Exodus: The Last War gave the Amiga a Command & Conquer-class RTS in 2000, built for AGA and graphics cards alike. Twenty years of updates, reissues and community patches later, getting it running is still a treasure hunt — and still worth it.
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Cemu 1.4.0: The Update That Made Wii U Emulation Real
On 29 March 2016, the Cemu Wii U emulator reached the version that turned it from a curiosity into a landmark. Cemu 1.4.0 had spent a week with the project’s Patreon backers before its public release
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The Sonic Hacking Contest: Homebrew’s Longest-Running Showcase
Every spring, a familiar ritual begins in one corner of the Sega fandom. A forum thread goes up, deadlines are posted, judges are named, and dozens of hobbyist developers quietly start polishing the strangest, smartest and most obsessive Sonic projects…
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Mario & Sonic Rio 2016 Release Dates: The Full Story
The original post on this site, published on 3 March 2016, had the kind of headline that makes archivists wince and historians grateful: Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games ‘hits the 3DS this
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The Vega+ Disaster: How a £512,790 Handheld Became Crowdfunding’s Cautionary Tale
In February 2016, this site reported cheerful news: the Sinclair ZX Spectrum Vega+ crowdfunding campaign had smashed its £100,000 target, passing £252,000 with weeks still to run, and Retro Gamer maga
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Galaga: Destination Earth Review (PS1): A Classic Sent to the Wrong Galaxy
At a glance: Galaga: Destination Earth (PlayStation, 2000) · Remake/reimagining of Namco’s 1981 arcade classic · Developed by King of the Jungle, published by Hasbro Interactive · Score: 4.5/10
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Lotus Position, Reborn: Amiga Racer, the Turbo Challenge Sequel That Never Was
Amiga Racer set out to be the Lotus sequel the Amiga never got: checkpoint racing, build-your-own tracks and years of weekly updates, all free to download. Here is why Lotus fans were right to love it.