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Atari's new console was supposed to settle an argument before anyone pressed Start. Its box declared 64 bits. Sega and Nintendo had 16 each. “Do the Math,” the ads said, as though a child standing in a game store could add up two rival machines and see the Jaguar win. Then that child got home, plugged in a controller with a telephone keypad, and loaded Cybermorph. The open terrain felt startlingly free… Read more

Legends never die When most people think about video game history, they picture the giants. The Nintendo Entertainment System that revived the industry in the eighties. The Sega Genesis and the Super Nintendo that waged the fiercest console war of the nineties. The Sony PlayStation that turned gaming into a cultural juggernaut. The Microsoft Xbox that reshaped online play in the 2000s. These names are immortal, and for good reason. They sold… Read more

When Wings of Death hit the Atari ST back in 1990, it quickly carved out a reputation as one of the system’s most intense and stylish vertical shooters. Developed by Eclipse Software and published by Thalion, the game threw players into the boots of Sagyr, a sorcerer cursed to transform into a series of winged creatures in order to battle his way through wave after wave of enemies. Across six lengthy and… Read more