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Tag: retro games

  • Save Room: Worms, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Banana Bomb

    Save Room: Worms, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Banana Bomb

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    Worms are excellent. In addition to their winning smiles and large donations to charity, worms are a blessing to any soil they take up residence in; providing much needed aeration, drainage and increased crop yield. However, there exists a more sinister side to worms that few have ever seen and even fewer have survived. Thanks…

  • Flashback: Crash Bandicoot (PS1)

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    When looking at games for the PS1, there is one series that simply cannot be left out- Crash Bandicoot. During the 90’s this lovable orange hero was as much Sony’s mascot as Mario was Nintendo’s. Sadly though, changing developers and poor game production in the next decade would cause the character to fade into obscurity,…

  • Flashback: Spyro: Year of the Dragon (PS1)

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    What’s small, purple, and likes to headbutt villains in the ass? Spyro the dragon of course! It has been just over 15 years since Spyro first glided onto our screens with his exciting, magical platform game, which saw the fiery hero battling his way through magic lands to collect gems and rescue dragons. His franchise…

  • Flashback: God Hand (PS2)

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    This time The Edge flashes back to the hidden gem God Hand for the PS2.

  • Flashback – Pokemon Crystal

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    With the highly anticipated new release of Pokémon X and Y causing a bigger stir than Team Rocket “blasting off again”, I thought it time to relive the glory days of my childhood and turn to the Second Generation, Pokémon Crystal. And, even after 12 years, it still does not disappoint. The concept is very…