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Super Dodgeball Brawlers

Super Dodgeball is one of the sleeper series from the early days of the 8-bit video game era. It is also a part of the popular Kunio-kun series from Japan. Dodge ball is a traditional American game played by children since the 19th century. It isn’t hard to explain. Two teams hurl a ball at [...]

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Excite Truck

There are a lot of computer programs which carry the sole purpose of being a product demo. Often these things are very obtuse, but can carry hidden cultural meaning. For example, the old Microsoft QBasic game “Gorillas” is little more than a demonstration of simulated physics in a low profile game, but the idea of [...]

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