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19XX: The War Against Destiny

This entry is part 4 of 7 in the series 19XX

19XX is an even bigger improvement for Capcom’s series than 1941. Dropping the World War II setting, 19XX takes place during a fictional war,

1942

This entry is part 1 of 7 in the series 19XX

Capcom entered the arcade game market in 1983, with its first shoot-em-up being Vulgus, which had a very typical science

Astérix and the Great Rescue

This entry is part 7 of 12 in the series Asterix

Following excellent reviews and success with Astérix one year earlier, Sega decided to make a sequel. Panoramix is again been kidnapped by

Chester Cheetah: Too Cool To Fool

Chester Cheetah, the Cheetos-loving cool cat, was something of a product of the nineties. Cool shades? Attitude? You got it!

Record of Agarest War

In Japan, Idea Factory (アイディアファクトリー) is so renowned for making kusoge it’s affectionately referred to as Idea Fuck (アイディアファック); not

Kishin Douji Zenki: Battle Raiden

This entry is part 1 of 5 in the series Kishin Douji Zenki

Starting in 1992, Kishin Douji Zenki (or Demon Child Zenki) was a manga serialization in Monthly Shounen Jump. Wikipedia and other sites claim this

King’s Field / King’s Field II

This entry is part 2 of 8 in the series King's Field

It is astonishing how much From Software managed to achieve in the scant few months between the first game and

Spot Goes to Hollywood

This entry is part 4 of 4 in the series Spot

Apparently there was enough demand for a sequel to Cool Spot that a sequel would end up being made. What’s

Cool Spot

This entry is part 3 of 4 in the series Spot

Virgin would give a Spot platformer another shot for the 16-bit systems of the era, and although the result is far from

Change Air Blade

Ah, the shoot-em-up. A genre that has existed in some form since Space Invaders and Galaxian. Through the course of its history, it’s

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