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Oops! All Pong: The First Console Generation

April 19, 2024April 19, 2024 coorlim


A history of the first games you could hook up to your television, from Atari Home Pong, to all of its various and sundry clones.

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Forgotten Arcade Retro Review: Bomb Bee [1979]

April 15, 2024April 12, 2024 coorlim

Bomb Bee, a 1979 Namco video pinball/breakout hybrid that wasn’t distributed in the US. Created by Touru Iwatani, father of Pac-Man.

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Forgotten Arcade Retro Review: Cosmo [1979]

April 8, 2024April 8, 2024 coorlim

1979 saw more than a few Space Invaders clones, but Cosmo is closer to Taito’s Galaxian, released the same year in Japan by the company TDS.

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Pruning the List: Andro Dunos to Asteroids Deluxe

December 15, 2023December 12, 2023 coorlim

In which I sift through the arcade titles I’ve got on my Steam Deck and decide what’s worth keeping and what needs to go, in

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Pruning the List: Air Buster through Altered Beast

December 8, 2023December 5, 2023 coorlim

Continuing to sift through the “All Killer no Filler” list of arcade games on my steam deck, deciding what to keep, what to pass on.

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Pruning the list: 1000 Miglia through Age of Heroes 2

December 2, 2023December 2, 2023 coorlim

I evaluate ’88 games, 1000 Miglia, 1943 Kai, 19XX, 2 on 2, 2020 Super Baseball, 64th Street, Aero Fighters 2, Aero Fighters Special, and Age of Heroes 2 to see if they’re worth keeping on my steamdeck.

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Look, I want to like Wizardry

November 10, 2022November 8, 2022 coorlim

Thoughts on the foundational CRPG Wizardry, a game I was fascinated with as a kid but never got around to playing

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