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march 04, 2023
Gameplay video added! - Heavyweight Champ
november 9, 2022
Trivia 7 and 8 added (Quake 3: Ray Traced)
december 25, 2021
Trivia 13 added (Phantasmagoria)
december 23, 2021
Gameplay video added - Habitat
Trivia added - Battle Royale games (Terminator)
may 8, 2021
New game added! - Video Pinball (First video game with realistic physics)
april 29, 2021
New photos addedd - Galaxian 3 (GH-28 model)
march 26, 2021
New game added! - Military Flight Simulator (Advanced 3D flight simulator)
march 9, 2021
New game added! - Steeplechase (First sidescrolling game)
Trivia №2 added - Frogs
february 23, 2021
New game added! - Road Runner (First holographic video game)
february 22, 2021
New game added! - Bulls & Cleots (First game for personal computer)
Trivia №5 added - I'm Your Man
february 21, 2021
New game added! - Auto Test (First full motion video game)
New game added! - Streets of Fury EX (Most advanced digitized game)
New game added! - Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (First cloth physics (soft body physics)
New game added! - ReVolte (First self-shadowing)
New game added! - Gift (First unified lightning and shadowing)
february 20, 2021
New game added! - Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory (First game with parralax mapping)
New game added! - Giants: Citizen Kabuto (First normal mapping)
New game added! - Manbiki Shounen (first stealth game)
New game added! - Tunnel B1 (First 3d lens flare effect)
february 19, 2021
New game added! - Metaltech: EarthSiege (1994) (First dynamic skies in 3d video game)
Trivia №15 added - Resident Evil 4
Image added (source code part)
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Star
Trek
february 18, 2021
New game added! - Rocket Jockey (1996) (First game with ragdoll physics)
Trivia №4 added - Starship 1
Trivia №11 added - Spacewar!
september 22, 2020
Trivia №4 added
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Computer Space
september 21, 2020
Trivia №9 added - Urban Chaos
may 12, 2020
Trivia added - Doom; Half-Life; Grand Theft Auto 3; Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas; Condemned: Criminal Origins; F.E.A.R.
April 10, 2020
Video added
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NASA Virtual Reality Headset (reupload in higher
quality)
April 8, 2020
Video added
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Mouse in the Maze (1959) - first video game
character
April 4, 2020
April 1, 2020
New game added! - Remember me (2013) - First game with physically based rendering
Cover art, review added - Days Gone
Photos added - Pool
March 29, 2020
New videos added
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Computer
Space;
Resistance: Fall of
Man:
WinBack: Covert
Operations
Magazine reviews added - Battle Arena Toshinden 2; Terminator
Cover art added - Mizzurna Falls
january 4, 2020
New game added! - DiRT 2 - First displacement mapping
december 29, 2019
Video,Trivia added - Half-Life (1998) - oldest active official multiplayer, Doom
november 9, 2019
Photos of arcade cabinet,magazine commercials, posters added - Nurburgring 1. Heavyweight Champ
october 12, 2019
Magazine reviews, game art, making of pictures, poster, pictures of the computer, trivia added
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Nurburgring
3,
Virtua
Fighter,
The House of the Dead 4
special,
Tennis for
Two,
Outcast,
Resistance: Fall of Man
october 10, 2019
Magazine reviews, game art, magazine commercials added - The 7th Guest, Astron Belt, L.A. Noire, Nurburgring 3
september 20, 2019
Trivia added
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Gotcha (second color game ever)
august 24, 2019
New game added! - DiRT 2 -First displacement mapping
august 22, 2019
New game added! - Star Trek (1976) -First game for personal computer
june 18, 2019
New video and trivia added - Assassin's Creed
june 8, 2019
Trivia added - Battlefield: Bad Company
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april 22, 2019
Posters, photos added - Cyber Dome, Super Mario 64, MDK, Bikini Karate Babes 2, Black Mesa, Keep of the Lich-Lord
april 21, 2019
Posters, photos added - Heavyweight Champ, Twin Course T.T., Nuerburgring Powerslide, Yakyuken, Bradley Trainer. Dance Aerobics, Reikai Doushi
april 20, 2019
Trivia added - Quantum Break
april 15, 2019
Trivia added - Interceptor (first sprite scaling game). Monaco GP
march 27, 2019
Trivia added - Bikini Karate Babes 2
february 17, 2019
New photo added - The House of the Dead 4 special
january 19, 2019
New gameplay video added - Interceptor
january 18, 2019
New magazine scans added - Lock-On, MIDI Maze
december 23, 2018
New game added - Terminator (DOS) - First open world 3d city game
november 16, 2018
New game added - Sheriff (arcade) - First game with background music
october 5, 2018
New game added - Quake 3: Ray Traced (Windows) -First Ray tracing in video games
october 4, 2018
Trivia added - Half-Life, Heavy Rain
june 22, 2018
New game added! - Gotcha (color)
aLL Videos reuploaded (some in better qiality), Trivia added - Resistance: Fall of Man, The Secret World, Battlefield 4.
june 18, 2018
Videos reuploaded till F.E.A.R. (2005)
june 18, 2018
Videos reuploaded till Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell (2003)
june 13, 2018
Videos reuploaded till ARQuake (2000)
june 10, 2018
Videos reuploaded till Descent 3 (1999)
june 6, 2018
New game added - Battle Arena Toshinden 2 (1995) - First 3D breast bounce animation
Videos reuploaded till Fade to Black (1995)
june 4, 2018
Videos reuploaded till Magic Carpet (1994)
may 31, 2018
Videos reuploaded till Street Fighter II (1991)
may 28, 2018
Videos reuploaded till Thunder Blade (1987)
Videos reuploaded till Hang-On (1985)
Poster added - Hang-On
may 24, 2018
Videos reuploaded till Tropical Angel (1983)
Trivia added - TX-1
may 24, 2018
Videos reuploaded till Journey (1983)
may 21, 2018
Videos reuploaded till Wayout (1982)
Trivia added - SubRoc-3D
may 20, 2018
Videos reuploaded till Bradley Trainer (1981)
Trivia added - Donkey Kong; Bradley Trainer
may 18, 2018
Videos reuploaded till Wizard and the Princess
may 9, 2018
Videos reuploaded till Frogs (1978)
may 8, 2018
Videos reuploaded till Death Race, new video added - Knights in Armor (1976)
may 7, 2018
Videos reuploaded till Gun Smoke, new video added - Moto-Cross (1976)
may 1, 2018
Videos reuploaded till 1974
march 27 , 2018
Trivia added - Grand Theft Auto 3
march 14, 2018
Trivia added - Soul Edge
january 28, 2018
New trailers added! - Clock Tower 2: The Struggle Within, Jet Set Radio
january 27, 2018
New trailers added! - Fade to Black, Quantum Break, Days Gone
january 26, 2018
New trailers added! - Silent Hill 2, Dragons Lair, The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
january 22, 2018
New game added! - Virtua Figher 4 (arcade) -First normal mapping
january 21, 2018
New game added! - Jet Set Radio (Dreamcast) - First full cel shading
january 20, 2018
New game added! - Clock Tower 2: The Struggle Within (Playstation) -First 3d psychological horror game
january 19, 2018
New game added! - No Respect (Windows) - First lens flare effect
january 18, 2018
New game added! - BS Chrono Trigger: Character Library (SNES) - First DLC (Downloadable content)
Cyber Dome (arcade) - First arcade augmented reality game
january 17, 2018
New game added! - Fade to Black (DOS) - First polygonal Third-person shooter
january 15, 2018
New game added! - AX-6: Powered Knight (NEC PC-6001) - First Mecha game
january 14, 2018
New game added! - Monaco GP (arcade) - First sprite scaling
january 3, 2018
New game added! -Superman (Atari 2600) - First licensed movie game
december 30, 2017
New game added! - Scramble (IBM Simon) - First mobile phone game
december 29, 2017
New game added! - PainStation (arcade) - First game with pain feedback
december 28, 2017
New game added! - NASA Virtual Reality Headset (custom computer) - First Virtual Reality headset
december 23, 2017
New game added! - Days Gone (PlayStation 4) - First MASSIVE technology in games
december 19, 2017
New game added! - Quantum Break (Windows) - Advanced ingame realism
december 18, 2017
New game added! - The Vanishing of Ethan Carter (Windows) -First game with Photogrammetry
december 16, 2017
New game added! - Cowgirl (Oculus Rift) -First virtual reality 3D adult game
december 15, 2017
New game added! -Keep of the Lich-Lord (IPad) -First HD handheld game
december 14, 2017
New game added! - Dragons Lair (Blu-ray player) -First game for Blu ray players
december 13, 2017
New game added! - Silent Hill 2 (Xbox) - First Per-pixel lighting
december 12, 2017
New game, trailer added! - Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell (Playstation 2) -First soft body physics
december 10, 2017
New game, trailers added! - Halo: Combat Evolved (Xbox) - First screen space crepuscular rays
december 9, 2017
New game added! - Pirates of the Caribbean (Arcade) -First game with surround screens
december 7, 2017
New game, trailers added! - Severance: Blade of darkness (Windows) - First unified lightning and shadowing
-The Horde (3DO) - First strategy game with 3d elements
december 6, 2017
New game added! - Recca (NES) - First Bullet hell game
december 4, 2017
New game added! - Star Trek: Voyager - Elite Force (Windows) - First game with anisotropic filtering
december 3, 2017
New game
added!
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Pork Barrel (TRS-80) - First political game
december 2, 2017
New game added! - Kingpin: Life of Crime (Windows) - First 3D gangster's game
New game added! - The Godfather: The Action Game (Amiga) - First realistic gangster's game
november 30, 2017
New game added! - I'm Your Man (DVD player) - First game for DVD players
november 29, 2017
New game added! - Des Blood (Windows) - First CGI 3D erotic video game
november 28, 2017
New game added! - Montezuma's Return (Windows)- First Bump-mapping and self-shadowing
november 27, 2017
New game added! - Cyber Pong (arcade) - First motion detection game
november 26, 2017
New game added! - Blast Corps (Nintendo 64) - First per object motion blur
november 25, 2017
New game added! - Peg Game (Browser) - First browser game
Trivia added - Wolfenstein 3D, Quake
november 24,
2017
New
game and trailer added! - Mortal Kombat 2 (SNES) - First game with haptic suit
Review, trivia added - 3rd Space Incursion
november 23,
2017
New
game and trailer
added!
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Wabbit (Atari 2600) - First female protagonist
november 21,
2017
New
game
added!
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Mario and me (custom computer) - First live action onscreen avatar
november 19,
2017
New
game
added!
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Tell Me Why 2 (CD-I) - First game with CGI intro
november 18,
2017
New game
added!
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International 3D Tennis (Amiga) - First sports 3D game
New game added! - november 16, 2017
New game added! - Speed Freak (arcade) - First free ride 3D racing game
New game added! - Super Bug (arcade) - First game with scrolling playfield
november 14, 2017
New game added! - Air Race (arcade) - First racing game with flat-shaded 3-D polygons
november 12, 2017
New game added! -Video Jogger (Atari 2600) First game with floor game controller pad
New game added! - Vette! (DOS) First 3d open world racing with interactive pedestrians
november 11, 2017
New game added! -Maze Mania (laserdisc player) - First interactive live action game
New game added! - Dancing Feats (Atari 8-bit) - First music simulator
november 10, 2017
New game added! - Gun Smoke (1975) First holographic game
New game added! - Pool (1954) - First real time graphics
Trivia and description added - Time Traveler
november 8, 2017
magazine reviews,trivia added - Tread Marks, Harley Davidson: Wheels of Freedom, ICO, Max Payne, The Legend of Zelda:The Wind Waker, EyeToy: Play, Myst IV: Revelation, Painkiller, Half-Life 2: Lost Coast, Dungeons & Dragons: Dragonshard, TOCA Race Driver 3, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, The Eye of Judgment, Mafia 2, Vanquish, Heavy Rain, L.A. Noire, Black Mesa, The Secret World, Battlefield 4, Crysis 3
november 5, 2017
magazine reviews added- Astron Belt, Pole Position, Space Harrier, MIDI Maze, Xybots, Assault, Die hard, Thunder
Blade, R360 - G-Loc Air Battle, Pit-Fighter, Street Fighter II, Terminator 2 - Judgment Day, S.T.U.N. Runner,Prince of Persia, Exterminator, Super Glove Ball, Corporation, Alpha Waves, Rad Mobile, Catacomb 3D, Arabian
fight, Mortal Kombat, Alone in the Dark, Comanche: Maximum Overkill, Gabriel Knight: Sins of the
Fathers, Terminator: Future Shock, Phantasmagoria, Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss,Wolfenstein 3D, Battle Isle 2220:Shadow of the Emperor, Cyberbykes, SimCopter, ZPC, Streets of SimCity, Blade Runner, Lights Out
november 2, 2017 -
magazine reviews, description added - Gran Trak
10, Moto-Cross, Star
Ship, Santa paravia en fiumaccio, Rally-X, Treasure Hunt, Alternate Reality:
The City, Hang-On,
Athletic
World, Assault, Lock-On,
Chiller, MIDI Maze, Driller, Dance
Aerobics, Xybots, The Colony, NARC, Starglider 2,
BBC
october 15, 2017
trailer added - Battlefield 4
october 12, 2017
trailers added - Black Mesa, The Secret World, Crysis 3
october 11, 2017
trailers added - Mafia 2, Bikini Karate Babes 2, L.A. Noire
october 3, 2017
trailers added - Vanquish, Heavy Rain, Target shooting
october 2, 2017
trailers added - Grand Theft Auto 4, Alone in the Dark, Far Cry 2, Battlefield: Bad Company, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, Mirror's
Edge
september 28, 2017
trailers added - The House of the Dead 4 special, The Eye
of Judgment, Crysis Warhead
september 16, 2017
trailers added - Crysis, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Assassin's Creed
august 21, 2017
trailers added - Half-Life 2: Lost Coast, Condemned: Criminal Origins, Resistance: Fall of Man
july 23, 2017
magazine reviews added - Softporn Adventure, Scramble, Hogan's Alley, Ice Climber, Habitat, 4-D Boxing
Beatmania , Mizzurna Falls, Brave Fire Fighters, Star Trek: Secret of Vulcan Fury, Police 911 , ARQuake, The House of the Dead 4 special, Project Milo, Target shooting ,Bikini Karate Babes 2 , Displair Holographic game
july 10, 2017
magazine reviews added - Grand Theft Auto 4, Doom, Descent, Galaxian 3 (GH-28 model), Earthbound, Magic Carpet, Mirror's Edge, Quake, Virtua Striker
july 8, 2017
official site screenshots, cover art, rare screenshots arcade, premiere event pictures added - Bikini Karate
Babes 2,
The House of the Dead 4 special, ICO, Metal Gear Solid 2:Sons of Liberty, Resident Evil 4, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
july 6, 2017
magazine reviews,previews, commercials added - Resident Evil 4, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Space Invaders, Pac-Man, President Elect, Moondust, Space Tactics, Tron: Deadly Discs
june 22, 2017
magazine reviews,previews, commercials, trailers added - Battlezone, King's Quest, Assassin's Creed, Grand Theft Auto 4,
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, Alone in the Dark, Indiana Jones, Mafia 2, L.A. Noire, Mirror's Edge, Battlefield: Bad Company, Condemned: Criminal Origins, Half-Life 2, Doom 3, Blue lightning, Resident Evil 4, F.E.A.R., Dungeons & Dragons: Dragonshard
june 19, 2017
magazine reviews,previews, commercials, trailers added - Virtua Fighter 3, Virtua Striker, Wayout, Castle Wolfenstein, Condemned: Criminal Origins, Grand Theft Auto 4, Half-Life 2, Myst IV, Painkiller
june 18, 2017
magazine reviews, commercials,art, trailers added - Berzerk, Atari Pong, Computer Space, Pong, Donkey Kong, Turbo, Zaxxon, Haunted House, Gotcha, Shark Jaws, Nurburgring 1 (Night driver review), Battlezone, Gun Fight, Dragon's Lair, Frogs, Space panic, Starhawk, Space Wars, Journey, NFL Football, Star Rider, Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the
Mad Overlord, Castle Wolfenstein, SubRoc-3D, Jump Bug, Space Invaders, Pac-Man, Pole Position, EyeToy: Play, Doom 3, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
june 11, 2017
magazine reviews, previews and commercials, trailers added = Red Faction, Metal Gear Solid 2:Sons of Liberty, The Legend of Zelda:The Wind Waker, Grand Theft Auto 3, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Quake 3 arena, Quake, Riven: The Sequel to Myst, Unreal, Requiem: Avenging Angel, Sega Rally Championship, Soul Edge, Shenmue, Star Trek: Secret of Vulcan Fury, Tenchu: Stealth Assassins, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six, Terminator: Future Shock, Tron: Deadly Discs, Urban Chaos
june 9, 2017
trailers added - Max Payne, Grand Theft Auto 3, ICO
june 4, 2017
magazine reviews, previews and commercials, trailers added - Star Trek: Secret of Vulcan Fury, Requiem: Avenging Angel,
Quake 3 arena, Red Faction, Metal Gear Solid 2:Sons of Liberty, Police 911, Grand Theft Auto 3, Gran Turismo 2,
Resistance: Fall of Man, Tenchu: Stealth Assassins, Assassin's Creed, Alone in the Dark, L.A. Noire, Mafia 2,
june 2, 2017
trailers added- Shenmue, Gran Turismo 2, Outcast
May 30, 2017
magazine reviews, previews and commercials, trailers added- Heavy Rain (rare preview 2006), Descent 3, Tenchu: Stealth Assassins, Trespasser: Jurassic Park, Quake 3 arena, Urban Chaos, Half-Life, Max Payne, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Alone in the Dark, Assassin's Creed, Red Faction, EyeToy: Play
May 25, 2017
magazine reviews, previews and commercials, trailers added - Doom, Daytona USA, Gran Turismo 2, Outcast, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Magic Carpet, Rise of the Triad: Dark War, Terminator: Future Shock, Quake, Unreal, Phantasmagoria, Doom 3, F.E.A.R., Half-Life 2, Flight Unlimited, Half-Life, Requiem: Avenging Angel, I-War, MDK, Blade Runner
May 17, 2017
magazine reviews, previews and commercials, trailers , cover art added- SimCopter, Virtua Fighter 3, Super Mario 64, WinBack: Covert Operations, Gran Turismo 2, Zaxxon, Donkey Kong, Haunted House , Trespasser: Jurassic Park, Microsoft flight Simulator 1.0, Bikini Karate Babes 2, The Legend of Zelda:The Wind Waker, Mortal Kombat, Virtua Racing, Dark Edge, Soul Edge, Virtua Fighter 3, Terminator 2 - Judgment Day, Max Payne, MDK, Metal Gear Solid 2:Sons of Liberty, Magic Carpet, Daytona USA
May 15, 2017
Trailers added - Descent, Phantasmagoria, Battle Isle 2220:Shadow of the Emperor
May 15, 2017
Errors Corrected- magazine reviews scans enlarged for viewing
May 14, 2017
Trailers added - Mortal Kombat, Killer Instinct, Earthbound
May 12, 2017
Trailers added -Super Glove Ball, The 7th Guest, Magic Carpet
april 29, 2017
magazine reviews, previews and commercials, trailers added - F.E.A.R., Resident Evil 4, Riven: The Sequel to Myst, Shenmue, Urban Chaos, Grand Theft Auto 3, Metal Gear Solid 2:Sons of Liberty, Virtua Fighter, Doom 3, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Half-Life 2, Gran Turismo 2, Half-Life, I-War, 38 Ambush Alley, Athletic World,Blue lightning
april 27, 2017
Trailers added - Thayer's quest, Ice Climber, Dance Aerobics
april 27, 2017
magazine reviews, previews added Alone in the Dark, Battlefield: Bad Company, Crysis Warhead, Far Cry 2, Grand Theft Auto 4, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, Heavy Rain, Resident Evil 4, Mirror's Edge, Mafia 2, Doom 3, The Legend of Zelda:The Wind Waker, Crysis, Painkiller, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, F.E.A.R.
april 11, 2017
magazine reviews, previews and commercials added - Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the
Mad Overlord, Wizard and the Princess, Cosmo Lemans, NFL Football, Rescue On Fractalus!, Bruce Lee, King's Quest, Karateka, Grand Theft Auto 3, Virtua Fighter 3, Super Mario 64, Half-Life, WinBack: Covert Operations, Gran Turismo 2, Quake 3 arena, Doom 3, Resident Evil 4, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Half-Life 2,
Trespasser: Jurassic Park, Unreal, Grand Theft Auto 4, Assassin's Creed, Resistance: Fall of Man, Wii Sports, Crysis
, Mafia 2, Battlefield: Bad Company
march 5, 2017
magazine reviews added- Wizard and the Princess, Star Castle, Battlezone, Pac-Man, Defender, Bradley Trainer
march 1, 2017
added Download games section
february 28, 2017
trailers added - Star
Ship, Haunted House, Zaxxon
february 10, 2017
magazine reviews added - Thayer's quest, King's Quest, I, Robot, Pac-Land, Karateka, Kung-Fu Master, Microsoft flight Simulator 1.0, Wayout, Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord, Astron Belt, Journey
january 23, 2017
magazine reviews,commercials added - Xevious , Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord, Alien Garden, Journey, Cosmo Lemans, Shenmue, The Legend of Zelda:The Wind Waker, Condemned: Criminal Origins, Red Baron, Berzerk, Moondust, Astron Belt, Bruce Lee, Rescue On Fractalus!, King's Quest, Star Rider, TX-1, NFL Football, Tumbleweeds, I, Robot, President Elect, Wayout, Haunted House, Tron: Deadly Discs, Dragon's Lair, Pong, Defender, Pac-Man,Space Invaders, Castle Wolfenstein,Donkey Kong,Zaxxon, Turbo, Space panic, Pole Position, Moon Patrol
january 6, 2017
magazine reviews,previews,commercials and photos added - Castle Wolfenstein, Journey ,Spacewar!, SubRoc-3D , Tennis
for Two, Dragon's Lair, Mystery House. Wizard and the Princess, Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord, Driller, Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces 2, Defender, Descent 3, Donkey Kong, Virtua
Racing, Grand Theft Auto 4, Doom 3, Magic Carpet, Galaxian, Astron
Belt, Pole Position, Alien Garden, Wayout, Space panic, Scramble, Xevious, Microsoft flight Simulator 1.0, Moondust, TX-1
december 27, 2016
Resident Evil 4 -photo of special console
Grand Theft Auto 4 -photo of special console
Blade Runner magazine review
Riven: The Sequel to Myst magazine review
Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces 2 magazine review
Battlezone magazine review
Microsoft flight Simulator 1.0 magazine review
Half-Life magazine commercial
Donkey Kong magazine review
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