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Lara Croft made her debut in Tomb Raider and what a debut it was. This was the start of a franchise that is still going today. This game also represents the media savviness of, then, new to gaming Sony. Core Design, based in the United Kingdom at the time of development, were responsible for bringing […]
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Lara Croft Tomb Raider Makes Her Professional PlayStation Sega Saturn and PC Debut – November 14th, 1996 – Today in Video Game History
November 13th, 2020 
Carl Williams 
Posted in Comp, News, PSOne, Saturn, Sega, Sony, Windows 
Tags: 3d, action, adventure, core design, female lead, indiana jones, lara croft, Tank Girl, tomb raider 
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Mickey Mania Takes Fans on Disney Historical Adventure on Sega Genesis – November 7th, 1994
November 7th, 2020 Carl Williams Mickey Mania continued the tradition of 16-bit Disney games being great offerings. Other than a snafu or two on TurboGrafx-16, this was true. The full title of this multiplatform game was long. The Timeless Adventures of Mickey Mouse graced the box. What gamers got was just that – an adventure that covered most of Mickey’s […]
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Turrican Flashback Collects Games on Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4
November 3rd, 2020 Carl Williams Get ready for Turrican Flashback if you are a fan of action games. Fans of run and gun games know the name Turrican quite well. If not, then I must ask, just how big a fan of the genre are you? Anyhow, ININ Games are working with Factor 5 to create a curated Turrican collection. […]
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Wallachia Reign of Dracula Receiving Limited Nintendo Switch Release
November 2nd, 2020 Carl Williams Wallachia Reign of Dracula is one of the cross-genre games gamers either hate or love. Here we get a cross between “metroidvania” and Contra by Konami. If you are not a fan of metroidvania games, then there is probably not much here to change your mind. For everyone else, get ready. Wallachia will be getting an […]
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Spyro 2 Ripto’s Rage Continues Dragon Romp on PlayStation – November 2nd, 1999 – Today in Video Game History
November 2nd, 2020 Carl Williams Spyro 2 Ripto’s Rage, as the name implies, was the second entry in the popular Insomniac developed series. Sony was onto something with Spyro and they were not going to let the character be a single entry on their console. The Spyro franchise was also a console exclusive so Sony had that going for them […]
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Spyro Year of the Dragon Sees Insomniac Say Goodbye on PlayStation – October 24th, 2000 – Today in Video Game History
October 25th, 2020 Carl Williams Spyro Year of the Dragon on the Sony PlayStation was the end of a fantastic trilogy. One that many gamers would argue that should have staid a trilogy. What Insomniac did on the PS One is simply astounding. Each entry was better than the previous and set a new high watermark for the competition. A […]
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Prerendered Blastathon Vectorman Makes Sega Genesis Debut – October 24th, 1995 – Today in Video Game History
October 24th, 2020 Carl Williams Vectorman was one of the better uses of prerendered computer graphics in games. Sure, Nintendo did it with the Donkey Kong Country franchise but that was, well, on the Super Nintendo. Sega needed something to brag about in this genre and Vectorman was it. I find it hard to ignore but there is a strong […]
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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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Grannys Teeth Commodore 64 Action Platform Game Released
September 8th, 2020 Carl Williams Grannys Teeth puts you in the role of an elderly lady just trying to collect her dentures. Considering this is a video is a videogame, we know this is not going to be easy. Granny has put her grand children to bed and put her dentures in a glass by her bedside. Waking up early […]
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Arkagis Revolution Launches on Sega Genesis
September 5th, 2020 Carl Williams Arkagis Revolution proves the Sega Genesis has plenty of tricks up its sleeve. Well, the 68000 CPU that powers the console does anyhow. Remember all the hype around Mode 7 when Nintendo announced the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES)? Remember how Sega’s answer to that hype was to release a new add-on, the Sega CD, […]
