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Monthly Archives: January 2025
Game 6: Rocket Jockey (SegaSoft, 1996)
Rocket Jockey is a science fiction arena sports game that has the player operating a rocket-propelled sled in three different modes of play: a race course, a soccer-like game where your rocket is throwing balls into goals and a total … Continue reading
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Game 5: Vyrzon (Minsoft, 2023)
The Vectrex homebrew scene is crushing it. Look at the box that Vyrzon arrives in! It’s gorgeous. It would not be out of place in the 1980s. The first versions of the package came with an overlay. The game itself … Continue reading
Game 4: Aquatron (Sierra On-Line, 1984)
Aquatron (Atari 8-bit 1983, Apple // 1984) is a bit like Defender, although with a slow enough pace that you can survive on the screen for a while. These days, I am on the lookout for games that a toddler … Continue reading
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Game 3: Silent Hill 2 Remake (Capcom, 2024)
Silent Hill 2 created sympathy for the protagonist we would be playing by painting him as a desperate anti-intellectual that responded to a single piece of mail stating that his dead wife was still alive. He drove hundreds of miles … Continue reading
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Game 2: Beyond Castle Wolfenstein (Muse Software, 1985)
Castle Wolfenstein (Apple, C64 and Atari 8-bit for 1984, IBM PC in 1985) You know how Michael Jordan was not part of the NBA’s player association licensing deals, and therefore was not in NBA Jam, and certainly not the face … Continue reading
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Game 1: Adventure (Atari, 1980)
Let’s talk about a brutal game that still holds up!
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