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Author : Adam
8 March 2026, 9:47 pm
The year is 1987. On the Commodore 64, you load a game from tape. You wait — 25 minutes, in fact. But instead of silence, something extraordinary happens: a haunting, Asian-inspired melody fills the room, flowing from the SID chip with a beauty that stops you in your tracks. By the time The Last Ninja finally loads, you are already completely absorbed. That is the power of this game, and that is why, almost 40 years later, it's still considered one of the greatest titles ever made for the Commodore 64.
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Author : emabolo
22 December 2017, 8:30 am
When I first heard about Colonization, I thought: ok, so this is just like Civilization, but instead of the entire world, you only have America; instead of barbarians you have the Indians tribes; instead of the whole span of the history of humankind, you have no more than 358 years. You don’t have technological advancements or scientific research, so that you won’t discover robots or jets. Why should I play it? I was very wrong.
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Author : Henry Blake
9 September 2017, 6:14 am
The Oregon Trail was developed way back in 1971 on university mainframes then jumped over to early 8-bit home computer systems. Continuing through 4 decades it has reappeared in many editions (at least 10), was a colossal commercial success in its heyday, and remains popular today, though interest is now largely relegated to the retro-gaming community.
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Author : Tasha
20 May 2017, 5:22 pm
Good news, everyone! We are officially popping our NES cherry! I am particularly excited because our first is one of my favorite games, Contra.
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Author : Manu
3 December 2016, 5:19 pm
Deuteros: The Next Millennium is not one of the most popular games of the '90s. Not many people remember it, maybe because it was released for Amiga and Atari ST only, or maybe because it was quite a difficult game, but the reality is, it's an amazing game.
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