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Atari A to Z: Water Ski School
My parents, I believe, still own a complete collection of Page 6 magazine, right from its very first issue as a publication primarily intended for the Birmingham User Group, up until its slow demise as...
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Groove Coaster Wai Wai Party!!!!: Rockin’ Out With the VTubers and Vocaloids
The original Groove Coaster, which released on iOS in 2011, was a revelation. It was an accessible yet challenging rhythm game that made excellent use of its touchscreen control method — and which...
View Articleshort;Play: Tokyo Highway Challenge
Tokyo Highway Challenge for Dreamcast is an interesting game, as we’ve previously talked about. On paper, it sounds like it should be really boring — all you do is race around the same stretch of Tokyo...
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Waifu Wednesday: Lenna Charlotte Tycoon
Final Fantasy V, despite being one of the most mechanically solid installments in the series, doesn’t get a ton of love — partly because it got localised very late; partly because the quality of those...
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Atari ST A to Z: Questron II
Several years after the original Questron, Strategic Simulations Inc. put out a sequel. This time around, it made it to Atari ST rather than the Atari 8-bit — but fundamentally, there was a lot that...
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Project Eris and the PlayStation Classic as a “Retro Box”
While we all know that original hardware is best (and dedicated hardware that pays homage to the conventions of original hardware is almost as good), it remains desirable for many retro gaming...
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Atelier Ayesha: The Alchemist of Dusk – Wonder and Danger in the Twilight
This post is one chapter of a MegaFeature! < Prev. | Contents | Next > So far, we’ve seen how Atelier Ayesha: The Alchemist of Dusk starts a new age for the Atelier series, both with its overall...
View ArticleEvercade A to Z: Boogerman
Boogerman: A Pick and Flick Adventure is a game I was prepared to write off as yet another ’90s mascot platformer filled with grossout humour. And to be fair, it certainly is that, but it’s actually a...
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Atari A to Z Flashback: RealSports Soccer
Yes, it’s yet another RealSports game! We’re nearly done, though. Hang in there! This time around, we take a look at RealSports Soccer for the Atari 5200 which, like its American Football counterpart,...
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Around the Network
Hello everyone! It’s the end of of another week, so you know what time it is — weekly roundup time! Things have been proceeding well at the new day job — be sure to stop by Rice Digital if you haven’t...
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Wiz ‘n’ Liz: Hunting Wabbits for Fun and Profit
This post is one chapter of a MegaFeature! < Previous | Contents | Next > Three years after the well-received The Killing Game Show first hit home computer screens, Martyn Chudley and friends...
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Atari A to Z: Xagon
Today’s Atari 8-bit game is a bit of a mystery! It looks as if it was originally released as a public domain title, but there are a couple of different versions floating around the Internet, both...
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Alice in Wonderland: Curiously Entertaining
When I’m tired, bored, depressed or, most commonly, a combination of all three, there’s something that I occasionally like to do. Once I’ve cleaned up the mess from doing that, I like to delve into...
View Articleshort;Play: Dungeons and Dragons Heroes
Brenda Romero’s gonna make you her bitch! Well, probably not, but she did design this game — and a very solid, enjoyable action RPG it is, too. She made several Wizardry games, don’tcha know. Dungeons...
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Atari ST A to Z: Rogue
It’s time for a biggie! A truly genre-defining game, at that — although its real influence perhaps wouldn’t become truly known on the mainstream side of gaming until quite some time after its original...
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Aquaventure: The Game That Deserved a Release
One of the nice things about modern, curated compilations of games from old platforms is that they provide an opportunity for “lost” classics to finally get an audience. In many cases, “lost” classics...
View ArticleEvercade A to Z: Desert Falcon
Today’s Evercade game is a cross-platform Atari title — it’s Desert Falcon, which was primarily designed for the Atari 7800, but which also got a 2600 version. Desert Falcon is an isometric perspective...
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Atelier Ayesha: The Alchemist of Dusk – Bonds of People
This post is one chapter of a MegaFeature! < Prev. | Contents | Next > As we’ve already discussed to a certain extent, Atelier Ayesha: The Alchemist of Dusk kicks off an Atelier subseries with a...
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Atari A to Z Flashback: RealSports Tennis
We’re closing in on the home straight of the RealSports collection in Atari Flashback Classics! Only two more to go after this one! RealSports Tennis for Atari 2600 is a fun game for one or two players...
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And so, another week draws to a close — and with it, the January of what will hopefully be a better year for everyone. My 2021’s got off to a thoroughly nice start with a new job that is full of lovely...
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