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Superfrog: the Amiga mascot we wanted to love
Superfrog is one of the Amiga’s most iconic platformers: clean, smooth and beloved, but behind the Team17 myth…
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LucasArts and the Art of Adventure: When Point-and-Click Became Interactive Cinema
From Maniac Mansion and Loom to Monkey Island and Grim Fandango: how LucasArts gave the adventure game its sharpest voice.
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When Videogames Had Manuals: The Lost Art of Reading Before Playing
Before games explained everything on screen, manuals, maps, comics and paper inserts were part of the experience: objects to read, study, smell, damage, lose and remember.
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Turrican: metal, chip music and the European dream of action games
From Manfred Trenz on Commodore 64 to Factor 5, Chris Hülsbeck, Mega Turrican and the Super Nintendo chapters: the story of a saga that turned home computer limits into legend.
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Why Classic Star Wars Games Still Matter to Retro Gamers
Classic Star Wars games still matter because they turned the films into playable fantasies across arcades, home computers, consoles and online worlds.
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Hideo Kojima: from the MSX to Death Stranding, the story of an author beyond format
From his early years at Konami to Metal Gear, from Snatcher and Policenauts to the break with the traditional industry, and finally to the freedom of Kojima Productions: a journey through the work of one of gaming’s most recognizable auteurs.
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The Addams Family: the pinball machine in the haze of Bar Acquario
A school memory of buses, smoke, records, credits and endless challenges around a pinball machine that seemed to call the whole bar to attention.
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Tomb Raider: review of the PlayStation classic that turned Lara Croft into an icon
Tomb Raider on PlayStation is not only the beginning of Lara Croft’s myth. It is a 3D adventure built around solitude, exploration, puzzles and 1990s videogame memory.
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Golden Axe
Golden Axe turned 1980s barbarian fantasy into pure arcade action: three heroes, spectacular magic, rideable beasts and one of the strongest identities in SEGA’s coin-op history.
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NiGHTS into Dreams…
NiGHTS into Dreams… is one of the Sega Saturn’s most original games: a flying, musical score-attack experience where Sonic Team turned dreams into arcade design.
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Jim Power in Mutant Planet
Jim Power in Mutant Planet is one of the most striking Amiga platformers of the early 1990s: console-like in style, powerful in sound, but also harsh, nervous and not always balanced.
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THEA1200: the modern return of the Amiga 1200
Retro Games Ltd brings back the spirit of the Amiga 1200 in a full-size machine with a working keyboard, HDMI, USB, Workbench and preloaded games.
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NEOGEO AES+: SNK’s Arcade Legend Returns with Cartridges and HDMI
NEOGEO AES+ brings SNK’s arcade dream back home with cartridge support, HDMI output, a full-size design and an official arcade stick.
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Parasite Eve
Squaresoft’s biological thriller that turned New York into a mutant nightmare, blending RPG, survival horror a…
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The end of Commodore: how a giant lost the future it had already invented
Commodore’s decline was not a sudden collapse, but a slow loss of direction, made of missed opportunities and …
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Electronic fireworks: the art of the Demoscene
The Amiga demoscene: when code became art and pushed computers beyond every limit.
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Commodore PET, VIC-20, Commodore 16 and 128: the lesser-known siblings that made history
The less celebrated Commodore machines that helped build the foundations of home computing.