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Gun.Smoke

Some people, particularly baby boomers from the 1940s and 1950s, when they think of Gunsmoke, usually think of the long-running vintage

Flintstones, The: Bedrock Bowling

The original PlayStation was aging fast as the new millennium passed. The system was slowly doomed to become a dumping

Hooters Road Trip

A great many things could be said about the Hooters franchise, hardly any of them good. For those readers who

Destiny of an Emperor

This entry is part 2 of 7 in the series Tenchi wo Kurau

Before Final Fantasy VII made Japanese RPGs the talk of the town, only a fraction of them made it to American shores.

Tenchi wo Kurau (Introduction)

This entry is part 1 of 7 in the series Tenchi wo Kurau

Years before the Breath of Fire series solidified Capcom’s RPG pedigree, the company was mostly remembered for their action games. Titles like Bionic

The Untold History of Japanese Game Developers: Volume 1

The Untold History of Japanese Game Developers: Volume 1 – by John Szczepaniak The Untold History of Japanese Game Developers

Danchizuma no Yuuwaku (Dark Age of JRPGs)

Japan being Japan, you knew it was only a matter of time until the first “erotic” game would show up

Panorama Toh (Dark Age of JRPGs)

If you thought Dragon Slayer was Falcom’s first RPG, you guessed wrong. Well, admittedly it’s a bit of a stretch

Sonic’s Schoolhouse

It might not be entirely fair to single out an educational game for this sort of article. It’s entirely fair,

Survival Arts

The early nineties were a bizarre time in arcades worldwide. One-on-one fighting games reigned in the public eye thanks to Street

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