Tag Archives: Year: 1995

Mazer

“Live Those Dreams, Scheme Those Schemes. Got to Hit Me With Your Mazer Beams.”

American Laser Games built an arcade empire on the top of LaserDisc technology. But when the market collapsed, they staged a last-minute pivot to more traditional fare. Could they survive the transition from the Old West into an alien future?

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DOOM (3DO)

“Swept With the Boom, Don’t Forget to Assume, Time Catches up With Some 3DO DOOM.”

DOOM‘s foray onto the 3DO Interactive Multiplayer doomed from the word go, thanks to its being handled by the industry’s most clueless publisher. Given just ten weeks’ time to develop it, a lone hero would thwart Hell itself to see the game through.

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Virtual Lab

“Doctor Rocka, You’re Needed in the Virtual Lab.”

As the Virtual Boy counted down its final hours, a fledgling publisher emerged to release a last-minute cartridge for the console. But was it even a finished product at that point? Leave the experiment to us.

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Virtual Hydlide

“In Hydlide or in Low Tide, I’ll Be by Your Side.”

In 1984, the first ever ‘Action RPG’ genre debuted across Japanese computers. In 1995, its world of high fantasy was reimagined for the Sega Saturn. But is this 3D take on Fairyland truly the stuff of nightmares?

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Hong Kong 97

“Hong Kong 97, Number One Super Game.”

Finally, one of gaming’s great mysteries finally revealed… or have the answers been right in front of us this whole time? The story of one man’s mission to make “the worst game possible.”

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Nintendo Virtual Boy (1995-1996)

“See I’m a 21st Century Virtual Boy.”

A look back at Nintendo’s notorious flop console of the mid-1990s, attempting to put the whole mess into perspective. Examines the history and hardware, a selection of games, and the sad reality of the market for “virtual reality” in 1995.

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Sonic Labyrinth

“Sonic, Your Child Is Falling and the Labyrinth Is Calling.”

Because what we’ve all truly been waiting to see from Sonic is a slow, meandering, maze exploration game.

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