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Novastorm is a rail shooter. You are either a fan of them or hate them. This futuristic shooter was developed by Psygnosis and released on various platforms such as Sony PlayStation, FM Towns Marty, and 3DO. While technology allows this level of graphics in real time, back in the mid 1990’s this was, at least […]
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Novastorm Brings Futuristic Rail Shooting to PlayStation – October 10th, 1995 – Today in Video Game History
October 10th, 2020 
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Sony Introduces PS One Effectively Outsells Own PlayStation 2 – September 19th, 2000 – Today in Video Game History
September 19th, 2020 Carl Williams When the Sony PlayStation was launched it was an anomaly. Gamers were not quite sure what to expect from this newcomer. Sony had plenty of experience in gaming prior though. They worked with both Sega and Nintendo during the 16-bit era for instance. The first Sony console would go on to devastate the old school […]
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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 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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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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Horror Fans Prepare for Maid of Sker, Coming to Steam PlayStation 4 and Xbox One
July 4th, 2020 Carl Williams Maid of Sker is one of those unique horror titles that we see from time to time. For one, this is based on folklore from 1898. That gives the game an instant “real” feel that makes it quite uneasy. While we all know folklore is not always reliable, there is some truth to it. Sometimes […]
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Antipole DX Eyeing PlayStation 4 Xbox One and Steam Release (Corrected)
June 21st, 2020 Carl Williams Antipole DX is a remake of an earlier title that saw release on Nintendo DSiWare, Xbox Live Indie Games, and PC. The originally game was released in 2011. Fast forward to today and we see the remake coming to more modern platforms. This is a gravity defying 2D side scrolling action game. Fans of the […]
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Ultracore Hitting PlayStation and Nintendo Switch Digital Stores
June 21st, 2020 Carl Williams Ultracore is one of those long-lost treasures that gamers gave up on. This happens quite a bit in the video game world. Companies have games near completion and pull the plug for whatever reason. With Ultracore, formerly known as Project Hardcore, gamers had extraordinarily little to go on. There simply was not a lot of […]
