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Paladin (or “The Paladin“, as written in-game) is an early action-RPG released by Bothtec in 1985. Various Japanese sites indicate …
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For their second Kujaku Ou game, publisher Pony Canyon went with a different developer, Atelier Double. The choice was a …
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The Long Island Retro Gaming Expo is this weekend, on Saturday and Sunday, August 11th and 12th. Myself and Xerxes …
