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Category Archives: reviews
Game 31: Zoo Keeper (Taito, 1983)
This is an article about the game Zoo Keeper and my experiences owning a stand-up arcade cabinet of the same. Zoo Keeper is… well, I was going to start this article off by talking about what kind of game it … Continue reading
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Game 30: BuGS (Rand-Emonium Software, 2021)
There are two platforms that instantly come to mind where the best game I’ve played on them is an arcade ports and that’s Protector for the Vectrex and BuGS for the Apple IIGS. BuGS is an arcade port of Centipede … Continue reading
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Game 29: My Friend Pedro (DeadToast Entertainment, 2019)
I’m playing this thing and I complete a level – there is no save anywhere, but the levels are short enough where it truly doesn’t matter, and it saves after each one. At the end of level summary, it shows … Continue reading
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Game 28: Banished (Shining Rock Software, 2014)
My friend Zarf has a phrase I like – “I play what I play” – and to me, after internalizing that phrase, it means that maybe sometimes I have all these other games lined up and I think I have … Continue reading
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Tagged banished, city builder, steam
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Game 27: Realms of Arkania 3 – Shadows Over Riva (attic Entertainment Software GmbH, 1996)
My video game origin story probably has a chapter on working for Electronics Boutique during college. I had a co-worker there who probably had the best taste in games of anyone I’ve ever met. He recommended X-COM, Civilization II, Arena, … Continue reading
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Game 26: Dino Pop (PrimeTime Amusements, 2012)
Let’s talk about the past and current state of Chuck E. Cheese. In doing so, we’ll talk about Dino Pop, an amusement arcade ticket redemption machine where you throw bouncy balls in a dino’s mouth. My research indicates that it … Continue reading
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Game 25: Paper Sorcerer (Ultra Runaway Games, 2013)
Look at this art direction! Paper Sorcerer is a stylish CRPG. You are the eponymous Sorcerer and you were defeated and imprisoned before the game starts. Once you break out of your cell, you have freelook and freedom to move … Continue reading
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Game 24: Meteor! (Edward T. Ordman, Andrew Fluegelman and Nancy Miller, 1981)
I try to do one of these a week – when I fail to get one uploaded, it is sometimes because I am honestly missing a key piece of the game I tried for that week and I wasn’t able … Continue reading
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Tagged dos, pcjr
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Game 23: Forbidden Forest (Paul Norman, 1983)
The Commodore 64 version of Forbidden Forest is superior to the Atari 8-bit version. I probably thought it was the best computer game in the world when I first played it. I saw it on my best friend’s Commodore 64, … Continue reading
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Game 19: Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne (Remedy Entertainment, 2003)
I am trying to create joy with this game blog post project; almost all of the games that I have played I have enjoyed, I liked revisiting them and I wanted to help people remember the good times. That was … Continue reading
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