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VVVVVV

VVVVVV is one of the best 2D platformers to arise since the end of the 16-bit era. It is eloquent in

Gimmick!

Gimmick!, a late generation Famicom title from Sunsoft, is almost ridiculously adorable. In the short comic included in the game,

Syndicate

This entry is part 1 of 2 in the series Syndicate

How does one take over the world, exactly? Legions upon legions of spy films and role playing games have suggested

Gradius II: Gofer no Yabou

This entry is part 3 of 17 in the series Gradius

Gradius II: Gofer no Yabou (“Gofer’s Ambition”), called Vulcan Venture in Europe, upgrades almost everything from the original game, and

Teddy Boy Blues

Teddy Boy, Yoji Ishii’s follow-up to Flicky, is all about controlling chaos. As a boy inside of a toy-infested labyrinth,

D.D. Crew

Sega has been many things over their long tenure as one of the most prominent and diverse game developers, and

Torin’s Passage

Torin’s Passage, a cartoonish fantasy adventure released late in Sierra’s adventure gaming life, was conceived as a counterpart to the

Märchen Maze

Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland makes perfect fodder for a video game setting – a strange, alternate world full of

Revenge of Shinobi, The (Genesis)

This entry is part 4 of 15 in the series Shinobi

One of the first titles released in America for the Genesis, The Revenge of Shinobi was one of the strongest

Legend of Valkyrie

This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series Valkyrie

The Valkyrie series may have started with the Famicom action RPG, but its claim to fame was the excellent arcade

Ajax

Ajax is a strange game. It’s almost like Konami wanted to make an arcade version of Falsion, but only got

Lost in Time

Lost in Time is sort of like a bizarro French version of Back to the Future. The heroine, Doralice, finds

Maze Hunter 3D

Maze Hunter 3D is one of the seven Master System titles released for the SegaScope 3D Glasses. The accessory wasn’t

Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist

Going through the list of Sierra adventure games is like walking down the genre fiction aisle of your local bookstore.

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