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Wizardry Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord is the start to a classic franchise that is seemingly lost to history. What was once a leader in the role-playing game (RPG) genre is now all but forgotten by most gamers. That is if they knew it at all in the first place. The WonderSwan Color is […]
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WonderSwan Color Wizardry Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord Translated to English
December 27th, 2020 
Carl Williams 
Fan Translation: Wizardry Gaiden II: Curse of the Ancient Emperor for the Game Boy Now Available
February 18th, 2014 Carl Williams The first Wizardry title on the Game Boy has already been translated and now the second title in this series has made the leap across languages thanks to fans. In Japan this title is called Wizardry Gaiden 2 – Kodai Koutei no Nor for anyone interested in following the naming scheme on both sides of […]
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Fan Translation: Wizardry Gaiden: Suffering of the Queen for Game Boy Now in English
January 1st, 2014 Carl Williams Nintendo can probably safely say that their Game Boy, the original salad green screened one, ran without opposition because it decimated everything that was put against it. One reason for this success was the fact that Nintendo was able to get a plethora of games across many genres to market which pushed more sales of […]
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WonderSwan Color Makes Debut in Japan – December 9th, 2000 – Today in Video Game History
December 8th, 2020 Carl Williams The WonderSwan Color is one of many portables that we never got in North America. This is actually the second iteration of the WonderSwan, a portable originally released in March 1999. As the name would suggest, Bandai added color to this version, similar to Nintendo’s release of the Game Boy Color in 1998. Sadly, there […]
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Casus Creates Dark Dank Dungeon Crawling Experience
March 9th, 2020 Carl Williams Dungeon crawlers are a dying breed. Casus by Spliced Games looks to remind us what was fun about this genre. Back in the 1980s dungeon crawlers were popular, especially on computers in North America. From Wizardry to Might and Magic leading the charge to lesser known titles like Alternate Reality: The Dungeon and The City, […]
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Internet Archive Releases Over Two Thousand DOS Games Playable in Your Browser
October 15th, 2019 Carl Williams It is not every day that over two thousand games are made available for gamers. While this is not entirely “legal” that is exactly what happened recently with the Internet Archive. They added 2,500 MS-DOS games to their site. These games are playable in your browser as well, so they are technically is platform independent.
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Screenshot Released Shows Early Zelda Build in 3D First Person
April 10th, 2017 Carl Williams It is no secret that the Legend of Zelda was originally intended to be a first-person dungeon romp. That is if you are a hardcore Zelda fan. The late Nintendo President, Satoru Iwata, brought this up at least once in his “Iwata Asks” series. For the rest of us, apparently, the original Legend of Zelda […]
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Review – Out Live for Turbo Grafx-16 English Translation
December 26th, 2016 Carl Williams We take a critical look at the newly released fan translation for Out Live on the Turbo Grafx-16 console. If you are looking for hand holding in your RPG’s then look elsewhere, this is old school as can be.
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5 New Pico 8 Games To Show Off
August 5th, 2016 Carl Williams The Pico 8 is a new portable gaming device that allows you to program games directly on it. You can also modify games that you have downloaded- on the fly. If you are not happy with a certain enemy that is constantly blocking your progress, simply delete them from the level. Can’t quite make that […]
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This Day in Gaming History: EarthBound
June 5th, 2016 Dash The Bomber 21 Years ago in the world of the 90’s North America received in its shores a game called EarthBound on the Super Nintendo. The story of a 10 year old boy called Ness and his 3 little friend’s journey to save Earth from an alien menace called Giygas. Yet, back then there were few who […]
