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100 Best Level-Grinders Of All-Time

Level-Grinders; Dungeon-Crawlers; Role-Playing Games – whatever you want to call them – they are my (and many other people’s) favourite type of video game.

They allow you to build up your characters via the process of levelling. That is: by gaining experience, which in turn increases your character’s power levels.

Level-Grinders also allow you to hoard virtual items that don’t exist in the real world; accumulate unimaginable wealth in an imaginary world, and solve mysteries while you’re doing it.

Over and over again. For the love of the grind…

So here we go… The 100 Best Level-Grinders Of All-Time

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10 Best Intellivision Games

LISTS: as decided by The King of Grabs, in descending order of greatness:

1. Treasure of Tarmin
2. Tower of Doom
3. Cloudy Mountain
4. B-17 Bomber
5. Lock ‘n’ Chase
6. Stadium Mud Buggies
7. Chip Shot Super Pro Golf
8. Bump ‘n’ Jump
9. Auto Racing
10. Dracula

More: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellivision

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Intellivision Special

The Intellivision video game console was launched by Mattel Electronics in 1979. It was a direct competitor to the Atari VCS (aka the 2600) and doesn’t tend to get much love, because – like the Atari 2600 – the games are pretty basic. The disc-like controllers were unorthodox too, although each controller does have a numeric keypad, which allows for some complex gaming.

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Famicom Disk System Special

The Famicom Disk System (FDS) was a peripheral for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) that allowed games to be loaded from disk rather than cartridge. Not only that but it also had extra RAM on board and an extra sound chip.

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Games Beginning With ‘B’ Week

It’s time for another random celebration of video gaming goodness! This time: of games beginning with the letter ‘B’… 🙂

Enjoy,
The King of Grabs

Here’s a full run-down of what was published:

Ballblazer, Atari 7800
Booty, ZX Spectrum
Bomb Jack, Arcade
Bonanza Bros., Megadrive
Booga-Boo, MSX
Brainstorm, Commodore 64
Bomberman ’94, PC Engine
Bubsy, Atari Jaguar
Bobby Bearing, ZX Spectrum
Battle Valley, Commodore 64
Breath of Fire, Super Nintendo
Breath of Fire II, Super Nintendo
BMX Kidz, Commodore 64
Battlecruiser 3000AD, PC
Bubble Ghost, Atari ST
Bubble Ghost, Amstrad CPC
Bubble Ghost, Game Boy
Braxx Bluff, ZX Spectrum
Bounder, Commodore 64