System Shock, PC

This is the original VGA/SVGA* version of System Shock, first released in 1994. The game was developed by Looking Glass Technologies and published by Origin Systems in North America and Electronic Arts in Europe.

*= System Shock was originally released in VGA (320×200 resolution), but was soon upgraded to SVGA (640×480 resolution) via patches and re-releases. I’m showing both the VGA and SVGA versions here.

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Unreal Tournament 2004, PC

Epic GamesUnreal Tournament 2004 is the third game in the Unreal Tournament series, and is an updated version of its predecessor, Unreal Tournament 2003.

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Batman: Arkham Asylum, PC

Batman: Arkham Asylum is an award-winning action game based on the DC Comics character, Batman. It was developed by London-based Rocksteady Studios and published in 2009 by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and Eidos Interactive, for PC, PS3, PS4, XBox 360, XBox One, Mac OS X and Nintendo Switch.

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Diablo II: Lord of Destruction, PC

This is the expanded version of Diablo II, called Lord of Destruction, released by Blizzard in 2001.

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3D Starstrike, Amstrad CPC

Written by Graeme Baird, Ian Oliver and Andrew Onions, 3D Starstrike was the hit-outta-nowhere* from Realtime Software, in 1984. Well, actually, that was the ZX Spectrum version, which came out the year before this – the Amstrad CPC port. Which was released in 1985.

*= Aided somewhat by the success of Atari‘s famous Star Wars arcade machine.

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Gremlins Unleashed, Game Boy Color

Developed by Canadian company Planet Interactive Development and published – in Europe only – by Light and Shadow Productions in 2001, Gremlins Unleashed is a platform game based on the first Gremlins film, and in which you can play as either Gizmo the Mogwai, or Stripe the Gremlin.

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Gun Smoke, Arcade

Gun Smoke (aka “Gun.Smoke“) is an arcade shooter by Capcom, first released in 1985. It is basically a ‘wild west’ version of their previous hit Commando, only this time you’re playing as a cowboy, shooting at outlaws.

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Dynamite Dan, MSX

The MSX version of Rod Bowkett‘s classic Spectrum platformer, Dynamite Dan, was programmed by Mr. Micro and published by Mirrorsoft in 1986. It is an excellent port and looks and plays very similarly to the original.

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The NewZealand Story, Megadrive/Genesis

A pretty much perfect conversion of the classic Taito arcade game, The NewZealand Story, developed by Visco Corporation and released for the Sega Megadrive/Genesis in 1990, in Japan only, through Taito themselves.

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