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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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Mega Drive Forever: The Complete Story of Sega’s 16-Bit Revolution
Thirty-eight years ago today, Sega launched the Mega Drive in Japan with two games, no pack-in, and Super Mario Bros. 3 six days old. It finished third at home — then crossed the Pacific, became the Genesis, and started the console war.
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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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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.
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Croc 2 Is Back: Argonaut’s Sequel Gets the Remaster Treatment Today
Yahoo, as a certain little crocodile never quite said but probably should have. Croc 2: Kingdom of the Gobbos is out today,…
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Castlevania: Rondo of Blood — How to Play the Best Castlevania You Probably Missed
For about fifteen years, the best classic Castlevania ever made was a game most of us in the West simply could not…
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Master System Forever: The Complete Story of the Console That Lost America and Won the World
Walk into an electronics shop in São Paulo today and you can buy a brand-new Master System. Not a vintage unit, not…
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Apple II Forever: The Complete Story of the Machine That Taught America to Compute
April 1977, San Francisco. The first West Coast Computer Faire had packed some 12,750 hobbyists into the hall — rows of bare…
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THEA1200: The Full-Size Amiga Is Coming Back — And the Delay Might Be Good News
Mini consoles had a good run, but they always had a lie at the centre of them: a Commodore 64 with a…
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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…
