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Twisted Metal

Twisted Metal
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The Twisted Metal reboot is now in stores. But follow me back to a time before pretty HD graphics, full-featured online multiplayer, and elaborate game modes where you have to kidnap someone on the enemy team to shoot out of a cannon, to launch a nuke at a statue, guide it before it can be shot down by the other team, and then… something?

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Crazy Taxi

Crazy Taxi
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[Transcript of an interview with Gus the Cab Driver] I have a feeling that today is going to be a good day. I have been assigned to do business on the Original part of town, which is much better than the Arcade part – customers are more lenient, you go to much better locations, and [...]

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Batman Returns

Batman Returns
2.5

I remember Batman Returns disinctly as it was one of two games I picked up when I purchased the Sega CD. Title selection was still short, cheapass cardboard boxes were still being used, and the console still retained its initial wonderment – i.e. its repuation hadn’t yet been sullied by FMV and lack of support. [...]

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Outlander

Outlander
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In 1990, Mindscape released Mad Max for the NES, a mostly disappointing game already expertly reviewed by The J Man. Apparently not shaken by their first sub par offering, Mindscape went back to the well in 1992 for another stab at the Mad Max trilogy, this time on the 16-bit consoles. Thanks to the shockingly [...]

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Die Hard Trilogy

Die Hard Trilogy
3.5

I’ve already talked a lot about how much I love The Terminator, but with the exception of once, I haven’t really had the chance to talk about one of my other beloved set of movies: the Bruce Willis action/adventure Die Hard trilogy. I love the series so much, I’ll even happily watch Renny Harlin’s Die [...]

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Road Avenger

Road Avenger
4.5

I have admitted before that I, your gallant reviewsmith, actually wasted money on a real Sega CD when it first came out. Point of fact, I still have it, in its original box, and I assume it still works. I still have it, because I can’t get anyone to buy it. Regardless, purchasing a Sega [...]

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