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Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse by Sega for the Sega Genesis is a sign of the times. If you had a non-sports licensed product, you had a 2D side scrolling action game. Sure, there is the oddball here and there starring people like Shaquille O’Neal but, thankfully they are rare. Sega knew what they […]
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Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse Makes Sega Genesis Debut – December 2nd, 1990 – Today in Video Game History
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Illusion Castle Review – Metroidvania on Android
October 9th, 2016 Carl Williams What would you do if you discovered a strange castle on top of a hill in the distance? If you are Anya, star of Illusion Castle, you would obviously make your way to said mysterious castle and explore. As with most things in life, that is not exactly the best idea you could probably have […]
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World of Illusion Puts Mickey and Donald at the Forefront of Disney Gaming – December 17th, 1992 – Today in Video Game History
December 16th, 2015 Carl Williams World of Illusion by Sega on the Genesis console bucks an unwritten rule of gaming. There is a loose theory that says the third game in a series is crap. That is why it is a loose theory, it doesn’t really apply unless your name is SNK. Sega had slowly been nicking away at the […]
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New Game: Mickey Mouse and the Castle of Illusion HD Hits Android
June 19th, 2014 Carl Williams All too often, when a company re-releases a classic title, they stick to the “inside the safe zone” method of doing it. This usually means simply updating the graphics and sound, if at all, and maybe adding some between level cinemas and calling it a day. Disney and company have gone above and beyond that […]
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Scorpion the Undead Ninja Assassin’s History
March 15th, 2020 Dash The Bomber Anger, sadness, and murderous fury fuel the character known as Scorpion. A beacon of fear and terror this anti-hero is one of the coolest things to ever come out of the ’90s. He’s arguably the most iconic character in the Mortal Kombat fighting series. The mere sighting of his image invokes the thought of his […]
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Michael’s RPG Shelf: Holy Crit, It’s the Tarrasque!
September 6th, 2019 Michael Crisman Dungeons & Dragons has some truly iconic monsters outside of the one from which it takes half its namesake. There’s a reason Wizards of the Coast picked a Beholder for the cover of the Monster Manual which you see in that little thumbnail. But if your players have any sort of history with D&D via […]
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Six More Absurdly Difficult D&D Adventures (That Are Not Tomb of Horrors)
May 7th, 2017 Michael Crisman Before I get started, I have just one thing to say: you’re a bunch of sadists. All of you. I compiled a list of half a dozen of the deadliest old school Dungeons & Dragons adventures to ever see print, and you not only ate it up but shared it with your buddies and gave it […]
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Could a Mega Drive / Genesis Flashback Top the NES Classic Mini?
April 7th, 2017 Neil Reive With the NES Classic Mini–also known as Nintendo Classic Edition, depending on where it’s sold–Nintendo seem to have struck nostalgic cords of many retrogamers. It has proved so popular that Retrogamers have been clambering over themselves to get hold of the much publicized and popular mini Nintendo 8-bit console. Could the release of a Sega […]
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Gaming History Zelda: Link’s Awakening
June 6th, 2016 Dash The Bomber This day 23 years ago, a new Zelda game launched on the Gameboy system and it was epic. The tale of the young hero called Link who became shipwrecked and stranded at on an island. Takashi Tezuka was the brilliant mind who developed The Legend Of Zelda: Link’s Awakening. Assisted by Shigeru Miyamoto and developed […]
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Sky Force Reloaded Review – Android Vertical Shooter Full of Challenge
June 5th, 2016 Carl Williams What do you do when you are sitting on one of the most iconic overhead scrolling shooting games? Why, you continue the lineage with a sequel that gives more of what brought fans in the first place. I reviewed Sky Force 2014 awhile back and felt it was one of the leading titles in the […]
