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Mischief Makers

Fan favorite developer Treasure made a name for themselves with the Genesis title Gunstar Heroes, which took the action-shooter template

Advance Guardian Heroes

This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series Guardian Heroes

Eight years after the original Saturn game, Treasure released Advance Guardian Heroes for the Game Boy Advance. It’s proven to

Guardian Heroes

This entry is part 1 of 2 in the series Guardian Heroes

Traditionally, beat-em-ups have all been about strutting forward, punching some dudes, and then walking forward some more. Their depth usually

Shannara

Terry Brooks’ Shannara series is one of the most prolific of modern fantasy novels, consisting of over twenty entries over

Beneath a Steel Sky

Revolution Software was founded by Charles Cecil, Tony Warriner, David Sykes and Noirin Carmody in England in 1990 as a

Callahan’s Crosstime Saloon

Science fiction author Spider Robinson is the recipient of three Hugo awards, one Nebula, and the Robert A. Heinlein award

Arabian Fight

Mention “Sega” and “beat-em-ups” in the same sentence, and most people will think of Streets of Rage, Golden Axe, or

Arabian Magic

Everyone and their grandfather has likely heard of Prince of Persia, having been released on about 20 different systems and rebooted

System Shock

This entry is part 1 of 2 in the series System Shock

First person dungeon crawling has been a staple of the computer role playing game ever since Richard Garriott’s Akalabeth. Its

Protect Me Knight

This entry is part 1 of 1 in the series Protect Me Knight

The Xbox Live Independent Game Marketplace was an interesting experiment on Microsoft’s behalf, offering an open place for pretty much

Cave Noire

For a long time, Rogue-style games were solely concentrated on personal computers. In 1993, Chunsoft tinkered with the formula a

Time Twist

The Famicom Disk System housed a number of adventure games, several of which were published by Nintendo themselves. Amongst more

Last Survivor

Most gamers know id Software’s Doom, released in 1993, as the game that popularized the multiplayer first person shooter, but

Phantom Brave

Nippon Ichi’s Disgaea was an international success, an SRPG with an inviting sense of humor, deep mechanics, and plenty of

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