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Slap Fight, Commodore 64

A Commodore 64 conversion of the 1986 arcade game by Toaplan, published by Imagine in 1987.

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Black, PlayStation 2

Developed by Criterion Games and published by Electronic Arts in 2006, Black is a console-exclusive First-Person Shooter set in contemporary Ingushetia and Chechnya, Russia. You play as a member of a CIA “Black Ops” unit, embarking on various missions.

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Arcana, Super Nintendo

Developed and published by HAL Laboratory, Arcana is a fantasy Role-Playing Game that mixes card-battling with first-person dungeoneering, and it is a reasonably enjoyable experience overall. Also known as “Card Master” in Japan, Arcana was first published in 1992, exclusively for the Super Nintendo.

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Soulcalibur IV, PlayStation 3

The fourth Soulcalibur game was once again developed by Project Soul for Namco. It was first released in 2008 for the PS3 and XBox 360, through Namco Bandai Games.

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Soulcalibur III, PlayStation 2

The third instalment in the Soulcalibur series was developed by Project Soul and published by Namco in 2005. Soulcalibur III was first released for the PlayStation 2, and was later followed by an improved arcade version (it was actually the last Soulcalibur game to receive an arcade release).

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System Shock: Enhanced Edition, PC

This enhanced edition of the classic sci-fi RPG, System Shock, was developed by Nightdive Studios and first released in 2023. What Nightdive has done is bring the original 1994 classic into the modern age, with high definition graphics and a boatload of quality-of-life features.

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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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Quake II, Nintendo 64

The Nintendo 64 version of id Software‘s Quake II was developed by Raster Productions and released in 1999, by Midway in North America and Activision in PAL regions.

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Quake, Nintendo 64

id Software‘s formidable Quake was ported to the Nintendo 64 by Midway, and first published in 1996. And it is an excellent port of the classic First-Person Shooter.

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