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What do you do when you are nearly at the end of being able to milk a franchise release? You re-invent that franchise with better graphics, a new storyline and leave the core elements alone. That is exactly what Capcom did with Street Fighter Alpha. Sadly, this gave Capcom yet another franchise, within a franchise, […]
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Street Fighter Alpha Franchise Launched in Arcades – June 27th, 1995 – Today in Video Game History
June 26th, 2016 
Carl Williams 
Shining Wisdom Foregoes Franchise Standards on Sega Saturn – June 27th, 1996 – Today in Video Game History
June 26th, 2016 Carl Williams Shining Wisdom is an official part of the “Shining” series of titles. That is fact. In this release you are tasked with avenging your father’s image, defeating a great evil and setting the world right again. All in the day of an adventurer. The difference between Shining Wisdom and Shining the Holy Ark, Shining Force […]
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Quake Brings Gamers 3rd Dimension Death – June 22nd 1996 – Today in Video Game History
June 21st, 2016 Carl Williams Okay, where were you 20 years ago? Were you a PC gamer or were you a console gamer? Either way, you probably heard about Quake by id Software when it was released. It was a game changer for all of the right reasons. While Doom, id Software’s previous series, was iconic and popular, Quake took […]
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Posted in Comp, Dreamcast, Linux, Macintosh, News, Saturn, Sega, Windows Tags: 3d, first person shooter, fps, id software, John Carmack, John Romero, quake, Shambler 3 Comments »
Sega Saturn Gets Lunacy – May 31st, 1997 – Today in Video Game History
May 30th, 2016 Carl Williams Ah, Full Motion Video (FMV) games. How the world loves to hate you. Lunacy was not your typical FMV game. The events here are played out with animated video rather than actors. Yeah, it is pre-rendered animation but it is EARLY rendered quality. While I remember back in the day wanting to play Lunacy when […]
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Posted in News, Saturn, Sega Tags: adventure, fmv, full motion video, Lunacy, sega, Torico No Comments »
Bug Makes Sega Saturn Buggy – May 11th, 1995 – Today in Video Game History
May 10th, 2016 Carl Williams Bug! is typical Sega in the 32-bit era. Right engine, wrong characters, still unique and fun. This is Sega. A company that is held close to many a gamer’s heart. This is a company that used to be awesome. A company that only once almost became the bride instead of the bridesmaid of gaming. They […]
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Iron Storm Brought War Grognard Gaming to Sega Saturn – Today in History – April 1st, 1996
April 1st, 2016 Carl Williams Working Designs, I miss you. There, with that out of the way, I can get on with this historical article on one of their more hardcore releases. If you are a war gaming grognard then you will be right at home with Iron Storm on the Sega Saturn. This is hardcore beyond belief. Iron Storm […]
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Posted in News, Saturn, Sega Tags: Advanced Daisenryaku, Allied General, Grognard, Iron Storm, Panzer General, working designs No Comments »
Brain Dead 13 FMV Game Gives You Unlimited Lives – January 31st, 1996 – Today in Video Game History
January 31st, 2016 Carl Williams A little disclaimer in the manual for Brain Dead 13 set the pace for the rest of the game. You are given unlimited lives and will probably need all of them to survive your time here. This is a Full Motion Video Game (FMV) in the style of Dragon’s Lair. FMV games are essentially interactive […]
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Posted in Comp, Console, News, Portables, PSOne, Saturn, Sega, Sega CD, Sony Tags: 3do, atari, Brain Dead 13, cartoon, Dragon's Lair, itunes, jaguar, pc, playstation, quick time events, saturn, sega, sony, windows No Comments »
BattleSport Proves 3DO Can Ruin Friendships – January 1st, 1996 – Today in Video Game History
January 1st, 2016 Carl Williams This is a game that brings back the feel goods for me. When I bought a 3DO it was after I joined the Marines. I shipped to boot camp the day after this game was released. I liked this one a lot for some reason, it was just so different than what I was used […]
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Virtua Fighter 2 Earns Ring Out Victory on Sega Saturn – December 30th, 1995 – Today in Video Game History
December 29th, 2015 Carl Williams Sega continued their arcade in the home initiative with Virtua Fighter 2. Other arcade titles they brought into the living room included the first Virtua Fighter and Sega Rally Championship. Virtua Cop and many other titles that came later continued defining Sega’s dominance in this area. While Sony was busy focusing on original titles and […]
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Sega Rally Championship Slings Mud on Sega Saturn – December 28th, 1995 – Today in Video Game History
December 28th, 2015 Carl Williams Sega Rally threw the gauntlet of mud down and for the most part, Sony and Nintendo had nothing to counter with on this level.
