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The Sega Genesis was always the “second run” console when it came to ports from other platforms. This happened nearly all the time throughout the life of Sega’s 16-Bit console. One time in the history of the console, Sega did come out ahead concerning a port. That was Mortal Kombat and only because Nintendo heavily […]
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Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 Hack Restores Arcade Features on Sega Genesis
November 6th, 2016 
Carl Williams 
Ultima Online Brings Britannia to the Internet – September 24th, 1997 – Today in Video Game History
September 24th, 2016 Carl Williams Ultima Online brought the world that Richard Garriott started a decade and a half prior to the Internet. While not the first massively multiplayer online role playing game, this was one of earliest success stories of the genre. This game brought this new genre to the forefront. UO put MMORPG’s in front of gamers in […]
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Ultima VI Ends Age of Enlightenment – June 1st 1990 – Today in Video Game History
May 31st, 2016 Carl Williams Ultima is one of gaming’s rags to riches stories. The sixth title in the series released on June 1st 1990. This was the ending of the “Age of Enlightenment” trilogy. The sixth Ultima game also marked a change in the graphics, sound and interaction with the game world. These changes did not sit well with […]
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Ultima IV- Quest of the Avatar Remastered and Released for Commodore 64
March 29th, 2015 Carl Williams How many role playing games have you played that required you to overcome some massively evil entity that is bent on destroying the world? Too many, right? Well, back in the early days of computer gaming there was a game called Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar. It was, obviously, the fourth title in the […]
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Bandit Gaming: Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 In Progress for the Game Boy Color
October 7th, 2014 Carl Williams The Game Boy, and Game Boy Color, got a few games that made gamers go “huh” when they discovered them. One such title was the original Mortal Kombat which hit the salad green Game Boy, Nintendo even censored it just like the Super Nintendo version. Mortal Kombat was a popular one-on-one fighting game series in […]
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New Game: Barbarian- The Ultimate Warrior for Sega Genesis Released
January 3rd, 2014 Carl Williams Sega kind of dropped the ball with their Genesis back in the day, quickly abandoning the system for the ill-fated 32X (fo a short time this WAS their focus) and then the rushed release of the Saturn. While Nintendo was supporting the SNES with stuff like Donkey Kong Country 3 and Yoshi’s Island, Sega was […]
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The Duality of Life and Death in Skies of Arcadia
August 23rd, 2021 Dash The Bomber Swashbucklers, airships, treasures, discoveries, and an evil empire await in Skies of Arcadia. Yet, this tale of a mysterious girl and a couple of teenage pirates (read heroes) saving the world was not unique. The abundance of games released during that era featuring a similar premise was overwhelming. So, what made Skies of Arcadia special? […]
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Starfire for PC-98 Sees English Translation Released
July 11th, 2021 Carl Williams Obscure mid-1990’s PC games. How much more obscure can we get than Starfire, released in 1994, for the NEC PC-98 in Japan? While I am sure I could come up with something more obscure, there are not many as interesting. The engine powering Starfire is the Might and Magic engine, with a few minor tweaks […]
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Top Five Resident Evil 2 Remake Claire Redfield Mods
July 4th, 2020 Carl Williams Resident Evil 2 Remake is a good reason to own a computer. Mods like these for Claire Redfield prove it. Sure, the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions are cool, but you cannot mod them. Well, not easily. There is a myriad of mods that change all kinds of aspects of the latest Capcom survival […]
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OSRS Deadman Mode Returns in 2020!
May 31st, 2020 Carl Williams With the ongoing scenario involving the COVID-19 virus, many gaming businesses are stepping up to hold players busy at some point during these times of quarantine. Jagex, the company behind Old School RuneScape, is doing its part by web hosting a new four-week-long Deadman Mode tournament starting May 1. Deadman Mode is a mode where […]
