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It was on the last day of 2016 — a fine year for gaming for the Amstrad CPC — when gamers got to experience the madness of the ‘bullet hell shooter’ that was Chibi Akumas: Episode 1 – Invasion, and now, just in time for Halloween 2017, the sequel has landed. And just like the […]
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Chibi Akumas: Episode 2 – Confrontation, Shooter Sequel Blasts onto Amstrad CPC
October 30th, 2017 
Neil Reive 
Karatian Retrospective
October 29th, 2017 CPC4EVA Beyond the great hill and to the north, there was once a great man who guarded the five belts. You have to fight against your friends and the lurking evils to get these belts. Only then will you be able to leave this land where strange creatures dwell.
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Double Dragon Pulls Brawler Genre into Mainstream – July 2nd, 1987 – Today in Video Game History
July 2nd, 2016 Carl Williams When you think of arcade brawlers there are not many names that will top Double Dragon. Technos knew they had a good blend of unique to the competition game play and graphics with this one. Sure, there were other brawlers available before Double Dragon but none captured the fan base that this arcade unit did. […]
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5 Street Fighter II Ports You Don’t Know About
December 11th, 2015 Carl Williams It was the phenomenon that Nintendo desperately wanted on the Super Nintendo. During the build up to the hottest part of the 16-Bit war with Sega, Nintendo was pulling out all of the stops. There are rumors that Capcom was given favoritism to ensure Street Fighter II was on the SNES first, possibly exclusively. While […]
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Brainies Challenge Gamers Minds on SNES – April 2nd, 1996 – Today in History
April 2nd, 2014 Carl Williams The Brainies, a title that was released on many computers half a decade earlier, is a puzzle title with a twist for the Super Nintendo. When Titus released this game on the Super Nintendo, it was quite late in the life of Nintendo’s 16-Bit console. Innovation and brain teasing challenge were being used heavily with […]
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