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Mappy: The Beat Review – Amazingly, Mappy Has His Own Animated Series! Is It Any Good?
A lot of video game series have a ton of content made for them. Many earlier titles have been overlooked in this regard. I would have expected Namco’s Mappy to be one of them. Yet, in 2013, it had its own web series. How is it?
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Mappy Reviews – An Old-School Platformer, but With Trampolines and No Jump Button? Two Versions Reviewed!
Over the last few months, I’ve enjoyed trying out titles again that I didn’t give too much attention to previously. After two other Namco games, I now come to another old school Platformer that was released in 1984, Mappy!
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Multidude Review – Single-Screen Puzzle Gameplay, but Is There More to It?
One of the strengths of the Evercade ecosystem is how it showcases unique Indie games that were developed for older hardware. One example of this is Multidude, which is a single-screen puzzle title for the NES.
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Super Painter Review – A Fun Little Single-Screen Platformer With Loose Controls!
Early Platformer games were single-screen affairs where you controlled a character around the stage to achieve an objective or get to an exit. Super Painter takes inspiration from such games, and is a NES title that is included on the Mega Cat Collection 1 for the Evercade.
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Xevious Review – While Not Too Popular in the West, How Is This Early Shmup?
Many popular Japanese titles were also successful in other parts of the world. However, some didn’t experience as much notoriety in the USA as in their homeland. One example of this was Xevious, an early vertically scrolling shooter.
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SKELOST Review – A Free Side-Scrolling Action Platformer With an Intriguing Soundtrack and Art Design!
Sometimes I find a title that I didn’t know anything about, but want to try it out because of its trailer. The most recent game that did that was SKELOST, a free Action Platformer developed for the Gameboy Color.
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Indie Heroes Collection 1 Game List and Review – There’s a Lot of Platformers on This, but How Is the Cart as a Whole?
One of the big things that caused me to become interested in the Evercade platform was its promotion of modern Indie titles. Now that I’ve played all the games on Indie Heroes Collection 1, how is it?
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Twin Dragons Review – As the Last Game on Indie Heroes Collection 1, How Does It Measure Up Against the Others?
Playing modern indie games was a big reason why I became interested in the Evercade ecosystem. The last game I have to review from the Indie Heroes Collection 1 cart is Twin Dragons, a side-scrolling 2D Platformer.
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Space Harrier Reviews – My Second Super-Scaler Title, but This Time on the TurboGrafx-16 and Xbox 360?
Although I’m looking forward to reviewing Space Harrier II in the future, I thought I should review a port of the original game first. That being Space Harrier for the PC Engine (and Xbox 360).
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How To Find Free Games on Steam, With Desktop, Mobile, and App Instructions!
Last year I shared links to hundreds of free games on Steam. I have since stopped writing such posts. Yet, some readers may still want to check out new free titles. This guide explains how to find them!
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Almost Hero Review – While Trying To Be Like River City Ransom, Does It Bring New Ideas to the Genre?
When I reflect back on great Beat’em Ups for the NES, River City Ransom really stands out. It’s the first I played with RPG elements. Almost Hero is also a NES title that follows its footsteps and tries to capture its greatness.
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Pac-Man Reviews – The Famous Maze Game, but Is It Still Fun? Both NES and Arcade Versions Played!
After playing Namco’s Galaxian, my latest review from the famous developer is Pac-Man!
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