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Guacamelee Super Turbo is Free from Humble Store Until May 19th
Free to Keep on your Steam Account The Humble Store is once again offering a free game for the next 72 hours. This time it is DrinkBox Studios’ Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition. Guacamelee is a Metroidvania style 2D-sidescrolling game set in a magical world inspired by traditional Mexican culture…
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Spelunky 2 Announced for PS4 and PC—Trailer Released
Critically acclaimed roguelike platformer Spelunky is getting a sequel, heading to both the PS4 and Windows PC. The original is an open source indie freeware game created by Derek Yu for Windows back in 2008. Its unique gameplay and retro charm eventually earned it an HD remake in 2012 for…
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‘Super Boss Gaiden’ Created for Rare Nintendo PlayStation Prototype
Last year there was an amazing discovery made by the retro gaming community: an original prototype of the unreleased Nintendo Playstation, which, surprisingly turned out not to be a fake. Unfortunately, due to the cancellation of the console, there were no original games developed for the system, until now. Developed…
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20-Year-Old Missing Dizzy Game Recovered
As a child, Dizzy was my games series. While others were swept up by Mario, and later Sonic the Hedgehog, and while they certainly engaged me, I always came back to that egg-shaped adventurer, my Commodore 64 sitting alongside my Mega Drive for far longer than I expected it to.…
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Sonic Lost World Coming to PC
Sonic the Hedgehog is one of gaming’s most recognizable characters and helped to establish the Megadrive/Genesis as a viable alternative to the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. The combination of blisteringly fast action and colorful graphics created a wonderful arcade experience and still holds up remarkably well in 2015. Sadly, Sonic’s…
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Footage Discovered of Unreleased Crash Bandicoot Cartoon
A YouTube video has emerged from David Siller, who worked as lead designer for Universal Interactive Studios during the time of Crash Bandicoot’s development. The footage shows the introduction to a Crash Bandicoot cartoon and features a rather unusual soundtrack. Notable lyrics include, “play our game and tell your friends…
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