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Nostalgia Monday: Crash Bandicoot (PS1, 1996) - The Marsupial Who Defined a Console
There is a specific kind of muscle memory that never fully leaves you. The weight of an original PlayStation DualShock …
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Nostalgia Monday: Super Mario 64 (N64, 1996) - Where 3D Gaming Learned to Walk
The closest analogy to playing Super Mario 64 for the first time in 1996 is probably the moment in The Wizard of Oz …
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Nostalgia Monday: Spyro the Dragon (PS1, 1998) - The Purple Dragon Who Owned 1998
Spyro the Dragon and Crash Bandicoot launched in the same year on the same hardware and were immediately, lazily …
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Nostalgia Monday: Donkey Kong Country (SNES, 1994) - The Game That Made 1994 Look Like the Future
In 1994, the console wars were being fought with hardware specifications, and Sega’s 32X was attempting to make …
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Nostalgia Monday: Ratchet & Clank (PS2, 2002) - Insomniac's Second Act
Insomniac Games had Spyro the Dragon as their identity. Three games in, the series had established them as the …
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Nostalgia Monday: Super Mario World (SNES, 1990) - The Launch Game That Defined a Console
Super Mario World launched alongside the Super Nintendo in 1990 in Japan and 1992 in Europe, and if you were nine years …
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Astro Bot Is the Best-Reviewed Game of 2024 - And It Deserves It
Astro Bot launched on PlayStation 5 this week and the review response is exceptional. The game currently sits at 94 on …