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Coming Soon - Data East Arcade Classics

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Our next book, due out in late July 2016, is Data East Arcade Classics! Data ...

Famicom Bunko: Hajimari no Mori

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Released in 1999 exclusively through the Nintendo Power download service for ...

Your Weekly Kusoge: H.U.R.L.

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FIrst person shooters were extremely popular around the time of Doom, but of course most we...

bit Generations (Pt. 1)

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A series of seven GBA titles released over the course of two weeks, t...

Inventory: Mortal Kombat Klones

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Beyond giving us ten games and several spin-offs, Mortal Kombat also inspired a ...

Mortal Kombat X (update)

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A little late coming, but we've updated our Mortal Kombat article with cove...

Croc

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Argonaut, developer of the SNES Starfox games, pitched Nintendo an idea for a 3D platformer starring Yoshi. T...

Omikron: The Nomad Soul

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The first game from well known developer David Cage, Omikron features David Bowie in the role of ...

F-Zero (Part 2 of 2)

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The second (and final) part of our F-Zero article covers the beautiful F-Zero GX/AX, plus the remaining...

Post Mortem / Still Life

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A trilogy of mystery adventure games from Microïds, the stories mix together mystical eleme...

Red Comrades Save the Galaxy

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A classic Russian comedy adventure game, the first in a series of five, that has ...

Dolphin Blue

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It's Metal Slug meets anime Waterworld in this 2.5D run-and-gun released for the ...

The Count Lucanor

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Baroque Decay's The Count Lucanor, a loose take on the Spanish stories of Cou...

F-Zero (Part 1 of 2)

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Even though F-Zero is part of Nintendo's long list of franchises that are only dug out from their vault fo...

Actual Sunlight

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Indie gaming has been involving for a good while, and one of its most...

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King and Balloon

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An early variation on Namco's Galaga, where you fittingly protect a king from att...

Cosmic Smash

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Sega's high minded, artistic title with an abstract technological aesthetic, even...

Interview with Bobby Vandiver (Red Comet)

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Bobby Vandiver, better known as Red Comet, is an accomplished ROM hacking...

Technocop

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This driving/shooting game by Gremlin Graphics had the questionable honor of introducing ...

Tattoo Assassins

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Data East's pinball division tried to make their own Mortal Komba...

Baraduke

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Gamers were shocked when Samus Aran revealed herself to be a woman at the end of Metroid, but...

500 Word Indies: Cast of the Seven Godsends

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Developed by Italy's indie game scene, Cast of the Seven...

Ancient Domains of Mystery

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The Dark Spire

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A first person dungeon crawler for the DS that directly replicates the feeling of the cla...

JJ Squawkers

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An eccentric arcade side-scroller from Athena featuring two crow brothers and the...

Mamono Hunter Youko: Dai 7 no Keishou

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Based off the 90s anime OVA, this Mega Drive action game is reminiscent of Valis,...

Your Weekly Kusoge: Family Dog

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In the early 90s, there were a number of "adult" cartoon sitcoms after the early ...

Pony Island

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A super creepy game about a piece of software that seems to be possessed by the devil....