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Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration Review (Switch)
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Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration Review (Switch)

Half a century ago Syzygy Engineering the inventors of Computer Space, the first commercially available video game cabinet rebranded itself as Atari Inc and the modern video game industry was off and running. So, buckle up as we look at Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration, a collection of more than 80 games from seven different hardware platforms, some of which you have heard of and some of which flopped harder than a fat guy in a YouTube fail video.

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Revita (Switch) Review
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Revita (Switch) Review

Many years ago, a wise man once told me to “do push-ups until you learn your lesson.” When pressed on how many push-ups that would be, he replied, “I haven’t decided yet.” That accurately describes BenStar & Dear Villagers, Revita’s approach to the player. So if you are like me and learn through consequence rather than instruction, come along and let's dive into Revita.

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Boot HIll Bounties Review
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Boot HIll Bounties Review

Back in my day, games had sprites and you had to ride them to play your games, uphill, through the snow, both ways we also played them on computers, which is why I’m taking a new look at this game from back in aught 17, its out now on that newfangdangled Nintendo Switch. So mount up and let’s take a gander at Experimental Gamer Studios’ Boot Hill Bounties, the sequel to 2013’s Boot Hill Heroes. And let me tell you if you like sprites, fighting everything from bad guys to disgruntled livestock and of course dying with your boots on this is the RPG for you.

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Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Review
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Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Review

Sonic is back from the past and didn’t need a Delorian to do it in this revival of the second Sonic platformer. If speed, industrial quantities of gold rings, egg-shaped supervillains and more speed or your thing then Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is the title for you.

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Shovel Knight: King of Cards Review
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Shovel Knight: King of Cards Review

Do you like playing cards, Retro video games? and dressing up like Thomas the Tank Engine? Well, if you, my friend, count this unlikely combination as your wish list, I have just the game for you. Let’s get clanking with Shovel Knight: King of Cards

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Rebel Galaxy: Outlaw Review
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Rebel Galaxy: Outlaw Review

Back in my day, games were actually fun and well coded, oh yeah, and get off my lawn!  If you are nostalgic for the 1990s, 1993 precisely then this is your lucky day. Take a trip back to the days of Wing Commander with Double Damage’s Rebel Galaxy Outlaw and game like they did when memory and hard drives were measured in chickens, I mean megabytes.

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