Category: 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die
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A game in the 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die. This is the first game in the Rebelstar / Laser Squad series that later turned into the X-Com series of games. The ZX Spectrum version is the best representation of it. When it came out it was a steal at about 2…
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A classic first-person shooter, a real stretch from FPS games with limited maps. It’s on the list 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die. There’s open world exploration and stealth. It started a franchise and Crytek later created Crysis, also on the 10o1 list. Although you can still buy the original Far Cry…
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Listed both on the 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die for the arcade game, and on the 100 Greatest Console Video Games 1977-1987 for the Atari 7800 version. For the arcade game, the easiest way to play it is ARCADE GAME SERIES: Ms. Pac-Man which you can buy for about $4 for…
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A few years after Space Invaders, Namco made this slide-and-shoot game with real colors and a space background, a precursor to the universally acclaimed Galaga. The 100 Greatest Console Video Games 1977-1987 claims the ColecoVision port is the best, and claims it was the first arcade port that was near perfect. If you want to…
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A platformer before Super Mario Bros even existed, it’s a joy a play. The 100 Greatest Console Video Games 1977-1987 lists this game as one of the 100 console games and chooses ColecoVision as the best version. I have to agree. The action is more fast paced than other versions, and the action is more…
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Since Star Wars: Rogue Squadron is also on the 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die list, I recommend you start there first, it’s not very expensive if you buy it for PC on a digital platform like Steam. This game is also harder to come by because it’s not available on PC…
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Star Wars Arcade was a classic arcade experience also in the 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die list. Star Wars: Rogue Squadron is an attempt to recreate it for the consoles of the time. Even though the N64 has a high-resolution option with the expansion RAM pack, it’s still not as good…
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A great podcast about Zork I is Eaten By A Grue: Episode 1. and here’s a good article Eaten by a Grue: A Brief History of Zork from Mental Floss. The easiest way to play this game is to buy it from GOG in The Zork Anthology, which is pretty cheap for five Zork games…
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An interesting text adventure game for the computer, it came with a copy of the book, The Hobbit, as inspiration for playing the game. If you want The Hobbit book to go along with the game, as originally intended, I recommend The Annotated Hobbit, which you can sometimes get from your local library. Characters in…
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One of the first edutainment games, this game was supposed to teach history while letting children play video games on the new technology of computer, Apple ][ computers provided to the schools. This game was listed in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die. The 1985 Apple ][ version is recommended…
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