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In nearly every Ys game, Adol gets kidnapped or imprisoned by someone, and it’s up to his partner Dogi to crush some walls and rescue him. Advanced Dogiemon, a doujin game by Circle Mitei finally gives Dogi the starring role in this single screen action-puzzle game. In each stage, you need to crush all of


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The Double Dragon series has seen quite a few aesthetic changes as it’s traveled from developer to developer, ranging from the chessy goofiness of WayForward’s Double Dragon Neon (and its offshoot, River City Girls), the retro pixel roguelite Double Dragon Gaiden, and the NES-style Double Dragon IV. 2025’s Double Dragon Revive, published by Arc System


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Double Dragon Gaiden was developed by indie group Secret Base, who previously worked on the rather fun Streets of Red: Devil’s Dare Deluxe, which was in and of itself a throwback to arcade beat-em-ups of the past. That game introduced an interesting risk/ reward system; you have a special move bar that refills slowly over


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Metroid Prime 3 was released in 2007, in the early days of the Wii. After then, the series went through some rocky developments, including the poorly received Other M, and two portable spinoffs, Prime Hunters and Federation Force, neither of which are traditional Metroid titles. After an alright remake of Metroid II for the 3DS,


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By the early 90s, MicroProse had established a UK division to publish externally developed titles and create ports of their own games such as Gunship, F-15 Strike Eagle II and Pirates! Gold. In the middle of this, a small team within MicroProse UK (including future Crystal Dynamics/Naughty Dog designer Richard Lemarchand) developed an original side-scrolling


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