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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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Atari Lynx Forever: The Complete Story of the Handheld That Invented the Future and Lost to a Calculator
Colour screen, backlight, hardware scaling, sixteen-player networking — in 1989. The complete story of the Atari Lynx: the Amiga engineers’ secret Handy, the $179.99 bet, and the small, superb library that outlived its maker.
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Atari 7800 Forever: The Complete Story of the Console That Slept in a Warehouse
Designed in 1983, announced in 1984, then warehoused for two years while Nintendo took the industry. The complete story of the Atari 7800 — GCC’s arcade pirates, the first backward-compatible console, and the afterlife that proved its big idea right.
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GameCube Forever: The Complete Story of the Lunchbox That Lost the War and Won the Argument
Mocked as a purple lunchbox, outsold by everyone — and home to Metroid Prime, Resident Evil 4 and The Wind Waker. The complete story of the GameCube: the balanced engineering, the canon built in a losing cause, and the controller players still demand by name.
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PlayStation Forever: The Complete Story of the Betrayal That Built an Empire
Born from Nintendo’s 1991 CES humiliation of Sony, the PlayStation answered with cheap discs, courting developers and 102 million sales. The complete story — Kutaragi’s grudge, the $299 punchline, Final Fantasy VII’s defection, and the fifteen-block memory card.
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Game Boy Forever: The Complete Story of the Handheld That Conquered the World
The weakest machine of 1989 beat the colour rivals, ruled the playground for a decade, then got a second life from Pokémon. The complete story of the Game Boy — Yokoi’s withered technology, the Tetris deal, Link’s Awakening, and the homebrew carts still shipping today.
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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,…
