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While still published by LJN, the Game Boy version of Alien 3 is brought to us courtesy of Bits Studios …
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If there’s any genre that’s recieved a resurrection thanks to the efforts of indie developers, it’d be the beat-em-up. Once …
In an era where a lot of publishers, particularly the larger players, tend to be relatively risk-averse, it’s refreshing to …
A remake of Archon was released for DOS in 1994 under the title Archon Ultra, developed by the original folks …
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