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Spider-Man Mysterio’s Menace continued a long line of good licensed games. Anyone that has been playing games for any length of time has probably tried out a licensed game or two. The reasons for this being many and varied. It usually boils down to seeing a familiar character/license amidst a sea of titles that are […]
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Spider-Man Mysterio’s Menace Sees Nintendo Game Boy Advance Release – February 7th, 2001 – Today in Video Game History
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Disruptor Disrupts Sony PlayStation – November 30th, 1996 – Today in Video Game History
November 29th, 2020 Carl Williams Disruptor may not seem like a catalyst release on Sony PlayStation today. The place in history this game holds is due to the developer, not the game itself. This is the first game that Insomniac Games developed. Maybe you recognize them for their work on Spyro the Dragon on PlayStation. Maybe you are more familiar […]
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Sony Introduces PS One Effectively Outsells Own PlayStation 2 – September 19th, 2000 – Today in Video Game History
September 19th, 2020 Carl Williams When the Sony PlayStation was launched it was an anomaly. Gamers were not quite sure what to expect from this newcomer. Sony had plenty of experience in gaming prior though. They worked with both Sega and Nintendo during the 16-bit era for instance. The first Sony console would go on to devastate the old school […]
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Five Best Sega Genesis Comics Games (Yes, Batman Is #1)
February 16th, 2017 Carl Williams When doing a list like this, it is hard to come up with a number one game that has not been on top everywhere already. Batman holds the #1 spot here, again, so if you think you know the whole list already, scroll by. For the rest of you, there are some good games on this […]
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The Revenge of Shinobi Slices up the Competition – Today in Retro Gaming – December 2, 1989
December 2nd, 2016 Neil Reive Sega’s original Shinobi first appeared in the Arcades back in 1987. With its well designed multidirectional side-scrolling levels, varied enemy characters, end of level guardians, Ninjitsu special magic move, and general smooth gameplay, the game became a huge hit. The game was soon ported over to many home platforms, including Sega’s own Master System console, […]
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Micro Transactions Could Save Arcade Games as we Knew Them
July 4th, 2016 Carl Williams Back in the day arcades were king. This was in the 80’s up to the early 90’s when home consoles were still underpowered. When the Playstation and Sega Saturn came out though, while still underpowered by comparison, the quality of ports was much better. This spelled the downfall of arcade games. Gamers were no longer […]
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Review: The Amazing Spiderman and Captain America in Dr Dooms Revenge for the Amstrad CPC
December 27th, 2015 CPC4EVA Captain America arrives at Doom’s castle, a robot guards the entrance, then Captain America encounters Rhino….. Meanwhile, Spidey looks for a way in, “goodbye you animated scrap pile”. As Machette lurks, Spidey asks “what have i gotten myself into?” Dr Doom, the marvel comic worlds incredibly twisted, scientific evil genius, has stolen the ultimate weapon, a […]
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Tony and Me: My Favorite Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater Memories
August 14th, 2015 Colby Primeaux The year was 1999 and I was in eighth grade. Pizza Hut ran a promotion. You buy a pizza and you get one of two PlayStation demo discs, each containing demos of upcoming games. I cannot remember nine of the ten games (although I think Ape Escape and Sled Storm were among them), but I […]
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Revenge of the License – Darkman
June 7th, 2015 Michael Crisman People give props to Sam Raimi for his most excellent Spider-Man film and often credit him for reviving the sagging comic book movie market, but Raimi didn’t cut his teeth on comic-like heroes with the wise-cracking webslinger. Twelve years before directing Tobey Maguire through his transformation into Kirsten Dunst’s boyfriend, Raimi put Liam Neeson through […]
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Revenge of the License: Paul McCartney’s Give My Regards to Broad Street
November 30th, 2014 Michael Crisman The 1980s were such an innocent era for interactive entertainment, especially when it came to the home computer. Machines like the Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum were all the rage, but nobody had quite figured out just what you were supposed to do with them yet. Since there wasn’t the Internet to rain hate and […]
