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Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 136: Kentucky Route Zero

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King of Dragons, The

Capcom had a small thing going with swords and sorcery arcade RPGs, starting with 1987’s Black Tiger and evolving into

Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 135: Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War

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La-Mulana 2

This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series La-Mulana

  “[W]hen I’m thinking about the connection of the maps or walkthroughs, the map tends to have less traps or

Magic Sword

Due to the popularity of RPGs like Dragon Quest, a number of Japanese arcade games experimented with melding role-playing elements

Youkai Yashiki

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Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 134: Billy the Wizard

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Abadox

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Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 133: Final Fantasy VI

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Arctic Adventure

This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series Nevada Smith

The sequel to Pharoah’s Tomb, although it’s nothing majorly different from its prequel. You are still Nevada Smith, and after

Pharaoh’s Tomb

This entry is part 1 of 2 in the series Nevada Smith

Another game by Micro/FX and George Broussard (who somehow managed to spell his last name wrong on the title screen),

SonSon II

This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series Black Tiger

Capcom’s barbarian-themed arcade game Black Tiger was scheduled to be ported to the PC Engine at one point. However, sometime during

Black Tiger

This entry is part 1 of 2 in the series Black Tiger

Capcom’s Black Tiger is one of the many dark fantasy barbarian-themed arcade games of the mid/late 80s, undoubtedly inspired by

Son Son

Much of Capcom’s early output was dominated by shoot-em-ups, and most of these – Vulgus, Exed Exes, 1942 – were

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