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Resident Evil Directors Cut Dual Shock Version proves Capcom can milk any successful franchise they have. Not just those with Street Fighter in the title. This is the third release of the original Resident Evil game on the Sony PlayStation console. If you were a hardcore fan of the franchise that means Capcom got you […]
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Resident Evil Directors Cut Dual Shock Version Sees Sony PlayStation Release – September 14th, 1998 – Today in Video Game History
September 12th, 2020 
Carl Williams 
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Rayman Joins PlayStation Launch Group – September 9th, 1995 – Today in Video Game History
September 9th, 2020 Carl Williams Rayman was one of many titles that joined the Sony PlayStation console at launch in North America. Being completely different than other launch titles made this Ubi Soft classic stand out. First, the character, Rayman, has no limbs. Sure, he has hands and feet and a head but no appendages connecting them to his body. […]
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Raiden Project Brings Two Arcade Games Home on PlayStation – September 9th, 1995 – Today in Video Game History
September 8th, 2020 Carl Williams The Raiden Project was a launch title for the original PlayStation console. Included in this release were two arcade games, Raiden I and II. It is worth noting this is still the only home release for the sequel in this series of arcade shooters. To play the second game correctly required a bit of work […]
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Battle Arena Toshinden PlayStation Launch Title – September 9th, 1995 – Today in Video Game History
September 8th, 2020 Carl Williams Battle Arena Toshinden had stiff competition at launch. Not exactly on the PlayStation console, which had just launched as well, but on the Sega Saturn. Sega made it clear that Virtua Fighter was coming home on their Saturn console. This put a rather big line in the sand for anyone to cross if they were […]
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Dino Crisis Unleashes Dinosaurs Upon PlayStation – August 31st, 1999 – Today in Video Game History
August 30th, 2020 Carl Williams Dino Crisis was a slight departure for Capcom. At release, Resident Evil was hot. Zombies were popular in gaming in general. Dinosaurs were still untapped though. Sure, gamers saw a few entries in the Jurassic Park franchise but for the most part, dinosaurs were still lukewarm. The prehistoric creatures simply had not set gaming on […]
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Top Five Retro Console Games Series Worth Playing Quarantined
March 21st, 2020 Carl Williams We are all dealing with the voluntary, and mandated, quarantines around the world best we can. One way to pass the time is gaming. That is why I have compiled a list of the five best retro games series to play during these times. Your list may be different, and that is cool, so please […]
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Posted in Genesis, News, Nintendo, PSOne, Sega, Sony, Super Nintendo Tags: a link to the past, Doom, legend of zelda, simcity, street fighter II, streets of rage 2 No Comments »
Resident Evil Remaster Version Released by Fan
November 27th, 2019 Carl Williams Capcom are known for their re-releasing of titles on the same platform (not to mention re-releasing again on newer platforms). Just look at how many Street Fighter 2 versions were released on the Super Nintendo or Resident Evil on the original PlayStation. That second franchise is the topic of this article. I wanted to do […]
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Piko Interactive Secure Shadow Madness and Milos Astro Lanes Rights
May 21st, 2019 Carl Williams Rescueware is alive and well at the Texas based headquarters of Piko Interactive who have recently announced three new retro titles have been rescued from history. Piko, for those that do not know already, purchases the rights to classic games and works to re-release, port, improve, finish them for fans. Their latest acquisitions are nothing […]
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Warhawk Takes Gamers into 3D World – November 10th, 1995 – Today in History
November 10th, 2018 Carl Williams To say SingleTrac were on a roll with the original PlayStation console is an understatement. From Twisted Metal to, this game, Warhawk, they had the newly launched Sony console dialed in and it showed on our televisions. Warhawk was another “could not have been done on 16-Bit” game. It was just one more game that caught […]
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Making the PlayStation Classic a Must-Own
September 20th, 2018 Michael Crisman Yesterday Sony announced the imminent release of their newest throwback project, the PlayStation Classic. They described the hardware, showed off pictures, and teased us with a look at five of the twenty built-in titles we can expect to see come December. The $99 price point is going to make or break this thing though. Being […]
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