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Wing Commander Prophecy review

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Jan. 18, 2011   Leave a Comment  

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A PC game from November 1997

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Cool Boarders 3 review

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May 11, 2009   Leave a Comment  

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From 1998 comes the worst game from a great franchise.

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The PlayStation 2 launch titles

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Dec. 1, 2008   Leave a Comment  

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December 2008. Sony PlayStation 2 has been a viable product for eight years, selling about 140 million units wordwide, more than any other video game console in history. The fact that we’re still talking about PlayStation 2 and still talking about new games being made only for the PlayStation 2 in the 2008 holiday season [...]

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Knights and Merchants review

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Jan. 14, 2008   2 Comments  

A castle from Knights and Merchants

This article originally appeared on Reviewcenter.com in 1999 during an explosion of real-time strategy games. After many battles, a former kingdom has been divided into many small principalities and earldoms. The king’s troops were pushed back into one last royal province, and the rulers of the other provinces waged terrible, destructive wars against one another. [...]

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Retro: Interplay’s Messiah

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Jan. 1, 2008   Leave a Comment  

This review originally appeared on Reviewcenter.com in 2000. By John W. Fletcher Messiah is probably one of the more unique games I have seen in the last few years — being completely original by not only how it is played but an amazing array of new quirks you have never seen on the PC before. [...]

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The Review Center’s take on Myst

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Dec. 27, 2007   1 Comment  

From 1998 Myst is a classic adventure game created in 1994. The journey begins on a mysterious and somewhat magical island world that seems like a ghost town, but despite the lack of inhabitants the isle contains several buildings and a hidden ship in the harbor. The game is a puzzle/adventure novel in which you [...]

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Retro: James Bond 007 Agent Under Fire

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Dec. 2, 2007   Leave a Comment  

From 2002: This game will be worth every cent you pay for it, for an overnight rental.

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Retro: Rock Slide game

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Dec. 1, 2007   Leave a Comment  

This review originally appeared on Reviewcenter.com and Sharewarejunkies.com in 1998 during the Golden Age of independent shareware computer games. Rock Slide is a Tetris clone puzzle game. The program runs pretty good, except for a slight bug that involves the “Rocks.” If you hold down to get a rock to fall all the way down, [...]

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