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Barker Bill’s Trick Shooting

From 1985 to part of the early ‘90s, the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) was an unstoppable juggernaut. A hit with

Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 417: Demon’s Tilt

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss 2019’s indie pseudo-successor to Devil’s Crush, a physically impossible, decidedly digital pinball table.

Control

This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series Alan Wake

If you’ve heard the name Remedy recently, it’s probably because of Control. Ever since the first Alan Wake, the studio

Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 416: Xevious

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss Namco’s super-innovative vertical scrolling shoot-em-up. Both more and less influential than you might think.

Disposable Hero

Dutch development team Boys without Brains, at the time still in their teens, released their first game Hawkeye on the

Iru!

…Iru! / …いる! Format: PS1 (1998) Developer: Soft Machine Publisher: Takara This article is part of our Japanese Obscurities feature.

Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 415: Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss a Arkham-ish Lord of the Rings game where you and a cranky elf ghost win orcs and influence goblins.

Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX

This entry is part 7 of 7 in the series Alex Kidd

It’s been a long time since Alex Kidd in Shinobi World, the last entry in the series, released for the

Dragon’s Lair (NES)

This entry is part 5 of 7 in the series Dragon's Lair

This version might be legendary, but it is for completely different reasons than the arcade game. The NES version of

Dragon’s Lair – SNES

This entry is part 7 of 7 in the series Dragon's Lair

Made by the same company as the NES version, this game is actually not quite as bad, but that’s not

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Dragon’s Lair: The Legend (Game Boy)

This entry is part 6 of 7 in the series Dragon's Lair

Made by the same company that created the NES version, Dragon’s Lair: The Legend is slightly better than the NES

Dragon’s Lair (Coleco)

This entry is part 3 of 7 in the series Dragon's Lair

With the massive success of the original arcade game, it was inevitable that there would be ports to home computers

Dragon’s Lair: Escape from Singe’s Castle / The Curse of Mordread

This entry is part 4 of 7 in the series Dragon's Lair

When Dragon’s Lair was ported to the Amiga, it was quite a technical achievement, since it was the first port

Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 414: A Wolf Among Us

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss Telltale’s episodic adventure where the Big Bad Wolf solves crimes in seedy, fairytale-infested 80’s New York.

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