News Nintendo Direct Confirmed For Tomorrow, 27th March 2025
30 minutes of news for OG Switch games
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Talking Point Nintendo Direct Predictions - What Do You Want To See?
No, not THAT Direct, THIS Direct!
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Mini Review Breakout Beyond (Switch) - A Thrilling Iteration On An Arcade Classic
Breaking the mould
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Reminder Nintendo Is Removing Super Soccer From Switch Online Tomorrow
Play ball before it's gone
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News New No Man's Sky Update Lets You Live Out Your Palaeontologist Dreams
A lot of fossil over nothing
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News Nike's Donkey Kong Country-Inspired Trainers Finally Launch Today, But Be Quick
Talk about Funky
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TodayWed, 26th Mar 2025
Reminder Nintendo Is Removing Super Soccer From Switch Online Tomorrow
Play ball before it's gone
At the end of last month, Nintendo announced it would be removing a Super Nintendo game from its Switch Online library. Well, in case you missed this news the first time, here's your reminder that you've now got less than a week to play the Spike Chunsoft listing Super Soccer before it's pulled from the subscription...
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Talking Point Nintendo Direct Predictions - What Do You Want To See?
No, not THAT Direct, THIS Direct!
After some vague rumblings earlier in the week, Nintendo has only gone and announced another Direct presentation for this Thursday, 27th March 2025. While we await the big Switch 2 blowout next week, this one will focus on games for the original Switch, clocking in at roughly 30 minutes in length. Nintendo, as...
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News New No Man's Sky Update Lets You Live Out Your Palaeontologist Dreams
A lot of fossil over nothing
No Man's Sky has been expanding its galaxy outwards for years now, but what about looking inwards? What's under the surface of those infinite planets we've been exploring and how much of a field day would Animal Crossing: New Horizons' Blathers have sorting through the treasures hidden within? That's what the game's...
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News Nintendo Direct Confirmed For Tomorrow, 27th March 2025
30 minutes of news for OG Switch games
A Nintendo Direct presentation has been confirmed for Thursday, 27th March 2025 focused solely on Switch games. Here's what time you'll need to tune in... <time style="list">27th Mar 2025 2pm GMT</time> That's right, there will be no information provided for the Switch 2 folks, we'll need to...
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News Nike's Donkey Kong Country-Inspired Trainers Finally Launch Today, But Be Quick
Talk about Funky
The worlds of gaming and footwear crossover more than you might expect. The snazzy Pokémon x Crocs collection took our breath away last year, Bull Airs released a range of console-inspired sneakers and even Converse has got involved in the past too. But all of them pale
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News Super Smash Bros. Melee Player Abdulaziz "Hax$" Al-Yami Has Died
"He LOVED Melee"
Pro Super Smash Bros. Melee player Aziz "Hax$" Al-Yami has died at the age of 30. A GoFundMe page was set up earlier this week, with the accompanying social media post saying Hax was "fighting for his life". The page now carries a new message confirming that he "passed away peacefully" on the morning of Tuesday 25th March. REST...
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Mini Review Breakout Beyond (Switch) - A Thrilling Iteration On An Arcade Classic
Breaking the mould
Breakout Beyond comes from Bit.Trip developer Choice Provisions and sees you paddle your way through a total of 72 levels (plus an unlockable ‘Infinite Mode’), most of which are based on iconic Atari developers or IP, like ‘NOHLENN’ (Nolan Bushnell) and ‘RAH-BAHNET’ (Warren Robinett). With plentiful neon and a gentle,...
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News Nike's Newest Sneaker Pays Tribute To One Of The N64's Finest
Time Extension Nike’s Air Max 1 Low Poly is getting a new design based on Rare's GoldenEye 007
Since its original release in 1997, Rare's GoldenEye 007 has gone on to be widely regarded as one of the N64's finest, inspiring countless Making Of articles, as well as books and
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News 'Tales Of The Shire' Video Shares More Info On New Tolkien-Inspired Farming Sim
By 'eck, it's Bywater!
A new 10-minute video released as part of Tolkien Reading Day on 25th March delves deeper into what players can expect from Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of the Rings Game when it launches on Switch on 29th July 2025. In short, it's wholesome and lovely, though there's definitely still a part of us that isn't entirely keen...
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News Pokémon Meets Stardew Valley In Latest Kickstarter Success Story
Please come to Switch
A new game that promises to blend addictive monster collecting with compelling farming mechanics has smashed its Kickstarter goal with another 29 days left of its campaign. Created by Sean Young at SmashGames (Littlewood and Kindergarten Buddy Edition), MonsterPatch is currently only scheduled for release on Steam, though...
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Random We're Big Fans Of This Idle Method For Farming Xenoblade Chronicles X Credits
Skells to pay those bells
It has been a whopping 10 years since Xenoblade Chronicles X first arrived on Wii U, and a lot has changed in that time. Heading back to Mira via the Switch's new Definitive Edition, many are finding that the grind feels harder than it used to, with pesky grown-up things like life and work getting in the way of hardcore...
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What's the ETA on those ETBs?
Yesterday, the Pokémon Company launched its latest Trading Card Game expansion, Destined Rivals, via its online store. As was predicted, the set proved to be massively popular, and many of those hoping to pick up one of the sought-after Elite Trainer Boxes were hit with site crashes and multiple hour-long wait times...
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News Nintendo's Music App Is Getting A Small Update Later This Year "Around October"
Start the countdown!
Nintendo Music is a fun little app, but you need to have an active Switch Online subscription if you want to use it. It seems Nintendo will be slightly adjusting this in the future, with an update planned for "around October 2025". This update will allow users of this mobile app to access "some" Nintendo Music functions going...
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News Pac-Man DLC Launches For Super Monkey Ball Banana Rumble Alongside Version 2.20 Update
Waka waka waka!
Following its release on the Switch last June, Super Monkey Ball Banana Rumble is still getting all sorts of new content and game updates. The latest one bumps the game up to Version 2.20 - adding a new Robot Smash stage, stability improvements and all sorts of bug fixes. Perhaps the biggest surprise of all though is the release of...
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News Game Informer Revived By Blockchain Firm Gunzilla Games
The "entire team" is back less than a year after the closure
As you might recall, last week the US publication Game Informer was spotted teasing a possible return less than a year after its closure and today it's been made official with the "entire team" back. The outlet is now backed by the blockchain developer Gunzilla Games after GameStop ended...
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News Minecraft's Latest Update Is Now Live, Here Are The Patch Notes
Spring to life in this new update
Following Minecraft Live 2025 last week, Mojang has now rolled out its new 'Spring to Life' update which is available across all platforms including the Nintendo Switch. Here's the full rundown from the official Minecraft feedback page: "The Spring to Life drop brings more reasons to explore both near and far!...
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YesterdayTue, 25th Mar 2025
Rumour Nintendo Switch 2 To Launch In June With 3-Phase Software Plan
Going through phaazes
There's just over one more week to go until Nintendo lifts the lid on the Nintendo Switch 2 with its upcoming Direct presentation on 2nd April, but we've got room for another rumour or two right? The latest comes from Insider Gaming, who claims via multiple conversations during GDC in San Francisco that Nintendo is planning to...
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PSA Gold Points For Nintendo Switch Purchases Are Now Discontinued
Update: The Golden age is over
Last month, Nintendo announced it would be discontinuing the My Nintendo Gold Points program, with it no longer possible to earn these points after a certain date. In case you missed this, Nintendo has issued a reminder on social media ahead of the big day next week on 24th March 2025 (or 25th March depending on your...
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News After Copying Smash's Homework, MultiVersus Publisher Was Apparently Turning To Mario Kart Next
Scooby who?
Late last month, Warner Bros. announced that it was shutting down three studios including Player First, the team behind the soon-to-be-defunct Smash Bros-style brawler MultiVersus. Before things went south, however, it seems that the publisher was looking to another Nintendo franchise for inspiration, this time with WB San Diego behind...
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"We put all our effort into the game"
Creating a brand-new IP can prove risky at the best of times, yet when Danganronpa creator Kazutaka Kodaka mentioned that Too Kyo Games' latest venture, The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy, had effectively plunged the studio into debt, it demonstrated just how much he and collaborator Kotaro Uchikoshi (
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Rumour Pokémon Legends: Z-A Will Add Lots Of New Mega Evolutions, It's Claimed
A mega teaser of what's to come?
Ahead of the funniest day of the year next week, there's a new Pokémon Legends: Z-A rumour doing the rounds online. While we already know Mega Evolutions will be making a return in this latest entry, the leaker formerly known as Pyoro is supposedly teasing this anticipated release will add brand-new Mega...
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News Switch 2 And Other Platforms Can Expect "A Lot More" Xbox Games In 2025
Last year was just a warm up
Microsoft's Xbox brand has a new strategy where it plans to make gaming more accessible than ever by releasing its games on more devices. It began this last year with the release of titles like Pentiment and Grounded on Switch as well as Sea of Thieves and Hi-Fi Rush for the PlayStation 5. Now, according to The Verge's...
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Deals Waiting For A Good Deal On 1TB+ Micro SD Cards? This Might Be It
Not quite micro-priced, but not bad
Storage. It isn't sexy and it isn't cheap, but it's essential if you want to keep your digital games with you. If you're anything like us, our bulging Switch libraries demand much more than our original 256GB card can offer after eight long years of those eShop sales! Amazon has its Spring sale on right now, and...
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News New Nintendo Patent Is All About 2D Visuals, But Don't Jump To Any Remake Conclusions
As much as we want to see it...
There's nothing like a bit of patent discussion to get us Nintendo fans all excited, eh? While the latest legal bagsy from the Big N isn't quite as juicy as the potential hardware features we've seen in recent weeks, it does speak to a visual style that combines the worlds of 3D and 2D — and no, that doesn't...
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Random Not Even Horror Maestro Stephen King Can Crack A Good Pokémon Joke
"I’ll show myself out."
Often regarded as one of the greatest writers in modern literature, Stephen King has produced novels that have gone down in history as some of the best horror stories of all time. The Stand, IT, Pet Semetery, The Shining, Carrie... Chances are that if you haven't read these stories or seen the TV/movie adaptations, then...
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News Nintendo Reuploads Game Vouchers Trailer With Switch 2 Fine Print
ICYMI: Vouchers won't work on Switch 2
In February, Nintendo revealed Game Vouchers would not extend to the Switch 2 game exclusives in an official notice on its website. Now, in an update, Nintendo has gone to the extent of reuploading its YouTube game voucher trailer with fine print specifying the same thing. "Nintendo Switch Game Vouchers...
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News Nintendo Music Adds 23 Kirby Switch Songs, With Rest Coming "Later This Year"
Listen to some of Kirby and the Forgotten Land today
Nintendo has been regularly updating its Nintendo Music app with different soundtracks but this week it's slightly different Following the addition of multiple albums last week, today we're getting just part of an album. It's 23 tracks from the recent Switch title Kirby and the Forgotten Land -...
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Feature Looking Beyond America - How Game History Is Connected On A Global Scale
Time Extension We all need to get better at seeing the big picture
Given the recent furore over Jeff Grubb's comments on 1980s European gaming being "merely a scene" and the resultant backlash, it seemed prudent to me to take a broader view. Grubb's comments on the European home computer "scene" got a few people's backs up (mainly Europeans, as you can imagine),...
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News Massive Civilization VII Update Detailed, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Coming soon to Switch
A new update for Civilization VII is currently being rolled out, though a release on Switch is yet to be determined, with developer Firaxis Games stating it will arrive "at a later date'. That said, good lord, update 1.1.1 is a big one, and it's essentially a mix of free and paid content, with many of the improvements...
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News Koei Tecmo Is Bringing Atelier's Ryza To 'Warriors: Abyss'
Thigh will be done
Koei Tecmo has announced that Ryza, the star of the Atelier Ryza "Secret" trilogy, is coming to WARRIORS: Abyss on 28th March. Perhaps best of all for owners of the Musou roguelite, she's coming as a free update, too. The game has been getting updates since launch in February (there's a second DLC pack launching today, in fact),...
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Random New Video Highlights 120FPS Gameplay On Modded Switch
Smooth!
The Nintendo Switch is a truly remarkable device. Despite falling well short in terms of raw power when compared to the likes of the PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, the console has nevertheless proved to be a monumental success. But what if you could boost its performance beyond what Nintendo deems appropriate? Well naturally, we wouldn't...
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Monday24th Mar 2025
Guide Best Nintendo Switch Open World Games
Everything the light touches
Updated with Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition. Enjoy! You see that mountain on the horizon? You can go there! That old gaming chestnut has been around for a very long time now, but for old-school gamers who remember the compartmentalised kingdoms of yore, there's a special magic still to be derived from being...
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Rumour A Switch 1 Direct Presentation May Take Place This Week
Colour us sceptical, though
Rumours have begun to swirl that suggest a Nintendo Direct may take place this week; specifically on Wednesday 26th March. With the big Switch 2 Direct scheduled to take place on 2nd April, many had assumed that Nintendo would opt out of any other major events in the immediate lead up. However, a few posts online have...
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News Nintendo Alarmo Update Adds Multiple Highly-Requested Features
Finally!
Nintendo Sound Clock: Alarmo had been updated to version 3.0.0, adding in a highly-requested feature that, frankly, should have been there at launch. As detailed by the Japanese support page (english patch notes are not yet available at the time of writing), you can now alter the alarm time and mode for each day of the week. This was a...
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News Tony Hawk Has Reportedly Demanded Bam Margera Be Included In New Game
Wham, Bam, thank you ma'am
When Activision announced Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 for release on 11th July 2025, reports began to circulate that suggested original skater Bam Margera may not be included in the new remake. Known for his roles in Jackass and Viva la Bam, Margera's inclusion in Pro Skater 3 + 4 is reportedly back on the cards thanks...
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News Ex-PlayStation Boss Used Donkey Kong Country To Explain Why Crash Bandicoot Was Too Hard
Time Extension "I wanted to communicate only that part — this game is too hard"
In a recent video interview, the former PlayStation president Shuhei Yoshida opened up about the process of selling Crash Bandicoot to the Japanese market. This included providing an amazing explanation as to why the game was made easier for Japanese players, and how he used one of...
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UK Charts A Strong Xenoblade Debut Can't Escape Assassin's Creed's Shadow
Pain in the Mech
It finally happened! A new Nintendo release is here, and it's performing well! Yes, Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition made its debut on Switch last week and, after just two days on sale, it has landed itself a spot on the UK charts podium. Yay! It's a nice debut for the first first-party release from Nintendo in what...
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News New NES Game From Former Elite Beat Agents Devs Looks Totally Bananas
Like, literally
Work3 Studio, a new development team comprised of former Elite Beat Agents and Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan devs, has announced that it is working on a brand-new NES game, which is set to bring some monkey-based puzzling to real hardware (thanks for the heads up, VGC). Banana Bash! is a single-screen arcade-style puzzler being built on a...
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News Mega Man 2 Director Explains Why The Game Was Developed So Quickly
"This was not something I was forced to do by the company"
Mega Man 2 is widely regarded as the absolute pinnacle of Capcom's side-scrolling series (though many, this writer included, hold Mega Man 3 as the best entry), boasting excellent level design, memorable Robot Masters, and some of the most incredible music you'll ever hear in a video game...
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News Forget The Lawsuit, Pocketpair Says Palworld On Switch 2 Is "100% Worth Considering"
"If it's beefy enough"
While its patent lawsuit with Nintendo rages in the background, Palworld developer Pocketpair isn't willing to completely turn its back on the House of Mario just yet. Namely, the dev would still consider Switch 2 a prime target for a Palworld port down the line, if it's powerful enough, of course. That's according to...
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News Hollow Knight: Silksong Steam Page Update Kicks Off Another Round Of Fan Speculation
Here we go again
In the absence of any official Hollow Knight: Silksong news, any update to the game, no matter how small, is a cause for speculation amongst the community — who, let's not forget, have been waiting for this one since 2019. Well, today we have another minor update, to the Steam page this time, and it's rekindled the "we're so...
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News ICYMI, Yes, A Blood-Soaked 'Terrifier' Game Is Coming To Switch
With an awesome physical edition, too!
Chances are that you've probably heard of a little slasher movie trilogy called 'Terrifier'. First released in 2016, the Damion Leone-directed series has become well-known for its excessive violence and gore along with the mesmerising portrayal of antagonist Art the Clown from actor David Howard Thornton. Now,...
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Exclusive 'Misc. A Tiny Tale' Gameplay - Check Out Switch Footage Of This Cosy Chibi-Robo-Like
What it says on the tin
Misc. A Tiny Tale is scheduled to launch Switch later this year, and today we've got an exclusive look at a trailer showcasing the game running specifically on Nintendo's console. Coming from three-person indie developer Tinyware Games, the video above features project lead Michael Pearce showcasing this Chibi-Robo-eque 3D...
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Sunday23rd Mar 2025
News Minecraft Is Getting A Graphics Upgrade
Mojang hopes to bring it to "as many devices as possible"
Ahead of the Switch 2's arrival, developer Mojang has announced Minecraft will be getting a visual graphics upgrade. This was revealed during the latest 'Minecraft Live' broadcast for March 2025 and the update is officially titled 'Vibrant Visuals'. The footage on display, captured on a...
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News Chrono Trigger's Lifetime Sales Have Now Surpassed The Five Million Mark
How about a modern Nintendo version?
The legendary 1995 role-playing game Chrono Trigger is currently celebrating its 30th anniversary, and as part of this, Square Enix has provided a sales update. According to an official post on its website, combined sales (across all platforms) since the game's original Super Famicom release have now surpassed...
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Round Up Minecraft Live (March 2025) - Everything Announced
Get the full recap
Mojang hosted its first Minecraft Live broadcast of 2025 this weekend and it was packed with all sorts of announcements, reveals and much more. If you didn't catch it, here's a quick rundown: Spring To Life This upcoming drop 'Spring to Life' will be releasing for all platforms next week on 25th March 2025. "Spring to Life...
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Poll Box Art Brawl - Duel: Nobunaga's Ambition (SNES)
Ambitious..?
Hello folks, and welcome back to another edition of Box Art Brawl. Last week, we looked at Mario's Picross for the Game Boy, and it was quite the heated battle between North America and Europe. In the end, Europe won with 48% of the vote. North America came in second with 40%, and Japan in third with 12%. This week, to celebrate its...
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Saturday22nd Mar 2025
News Dave The Diver 'Yakuza: Like A Dragon' Limited Time DLC Sails Onto Switch This April
Ichiban takes a trip to Blue Hole
[Thu 13th Feb, 2025 01:30 GMT] If you've been craving more Yakuza action on the Switch, Dave The Diver will be getting a DLC crossover with Yakuza: Like A Dragon. Dave The Diver: Ichiban's Holiday will be launching for Nintendo Switch on April 2025. Here's the official description, and you can check out the...
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News Pokémon's Team Rocket Is Returning To The Trading Card Game In A New Set
Here's a first look
The Pokémon Trading Card Game is currently booming and this trend looks set to continue with the reveal of the new set. It marks the return of the fictional crime organisation Team Rocket and is officially titled 'The Glory of Team Rocket'. It will be coming to Japan on 18th April 2025 and will include 98 standard cards with...
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Feature "It's A Perversion Of The Whole Thing" - Jeff Minter On Scam Games, Switch 2, And 'I, Robot'
"There's pride in it for me"
Jeff Minter is, perhaps quite rightly, referred to as a legend within the gaming industry. His career following the founding of Llamasoft in 1982 has spawned dozens of the most unique and recognisable titles in existence, including Tempest 4000, Akka Arrh, Polybius, Attack of the Mutant Camels, and Gridrunner. Those...
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