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  • I remember being very excited about the NUON platform back when I first heard about it. Designed by the same group that had been behind the Atari Jaguar hardware, it was basically a...

    Retro Review: Merlin Racing (NUON)

    Posted on September 8, 2012 | No Comments
    I remember being very excited about the NUON platform back when I first heard about it. Designed by the same group that had been behind the Atari Jaguar hardware, it was basically a...

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  • As a long-time Star Wars fan, I’ve always loved to try (or tried to love) the newest Star Wars game. From the original vector-based Star Wars Arcade game right on down, there’s just...

    Retro Review: Star Wars: Rogue Leader (Gamecube)

    Posted on June 21, 2012 | No Comments
    As a long-time Star Wars fan, I’ve always loved to try (or tried to love) the newest Star Wars game. From the original vector-based Star Wars Arcade game right on down, there’s just...

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  • At the time of the Jaguar’s release, 2D fighters were among the biggest sellers, with none bigger than the Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat series. Atari, needed a comparable title for the Jaguar,...

    Retro Review: Kasumi Ninja (Atari Jaguar)

    Posted on June 6, 2012 | No Comments
    At the time of the Jaguar’s release, 2D fighters were among the biggest sellers, with none bigger than the Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat series. Atari, needed a comparable title for the Jaguar,...

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  • In Syndicate (developed by the EA-murdered Bullfrog and published by Ocean, ironically enough now part of the modern Atari, Inc.), you take control of a small crime Syndicate (fitting name…right?) bent on taking...

    Retro Review: Syndicate (Atari Jaguar)

    Posted on August 30, 2011 | No Comments
    In Syndicate (developed by the EA-murdered Bullfrog and published by Ocean, ironically enough now part of the modern Atari, Inc.), you take control of a small crime Syndicate (fitting name…right?) bent on taking...

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  • When you first see Ballistic, chances are that the first thing you’re going to think is that you’ve seen this game somewhere before. Most will think it’s Zuma, which it bears more than...

    Retro Review: Ballistic (NUON)

    Posted on August 20, 2011 | No Comments
    When you first see Ballistic, chances are that the first thing you’re going to think is that you’ve seen this game somewhere before. Most will think it’s Zuma, which it bears more than...

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  • Of all of the (very) few released NUON games, none was so eagerly anticipated by the gamer than Tempest 3000. An update of Dave Theurer’s 1981 Atari classic Tempest, and sequel to Jeff...

    Retro Review: Tempest 3000 (NUON)

    Posted on August 9, 2011 | No Comments
    Of all of the (very) few released NUON games, none was so eagerly anticipated by the gamer than Tempest 3000. An update of Dave Theurer’s 1981 Atari classic Tempest, and sequel to Jeff...

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  • The story of 4Play is well documented among the Jaguar fans out there. A small development team gets together, makes a Star Raiders-inspired game, which betters Atari’s internal efforts (Space War 2000), but...

    Retro Review: Battle Sphere (Atari Jaguar)

    Posted on August 3, 2011 | No Comments
    The story of 4Play is well documented among the Jaguar fans out there. A small development team gets together, makes a Star Raiders-inspired game, which betters Atari’s internal efforts (Space War 2000), but...

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  • Record of Lodoss War is one of those storied anime series that’s been given the video game treatment several times in the past (mostly in Japan-only releases, on the PC Engine no less),...

    Retro Review: Record of Lodoss War (Dreamcast)

    Posted on August 1, 2011 | 1 Comment
    Record of Lodoss War is one of those storied anime series that’s been given the video game treatment several times in the past (mostly in Japan-only releases, on the PC Engine no less),...

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  • No other series quite conjures the atmosphere associated with Konami’s Castlevania series. Hearkening back to the days of the original Castlevania on the NES, the combination of characters from classic horror films, from...

    Retro Review: Castlevania: SotN (PSOne)

    Posted on July 16, 2011 | No Comments
    No other series quite conjures the atmosphere associated with Konami’s Castlevania series. Hearkening back to the days of the original Castlevania on the NES, the combination of characters from classic horror films, from...

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  • The storylines of most action titles have never been particularly important to software makers, seemingly tacked-on as an afterthought so there’s something to read when the prospective buyer is browsing through the bargain...

    Retro Review: I-War (Atari Jaguar)

    Posted on July 8, 2011 | No Comments
    The storylines of most action titles have never been particularly important to software makers, seemingly tacked-on as an afterthought so there’s something to read when the prospective buyer is browsing through the bargain...

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