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HALLOWEEN POLICE (COMMODORE 64)
"Hey, you in the bedsheet! Drop the pumpkin carving tool and put your tentacles up! You have the right to remain spooky, because you’ve just been arrested by Officer Jackson Oliver Lantern of… the...
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RESIDENT EVIL MAGAZINE COVERS
A couple of years ago I wrote about a bunch of videogame magazines with Silent Hill games on the cover. A recurring theme with those covers was that they kept comparing the Silent Hill games to the...
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BLINKY'S SCARY SCHOOL (COMMODORE 64)
For today’s Halloween-themed offering, we’ve got a Commodore 64 platformer / collect-em-up that takes place in a dark and twisted universe – a world where, when you die, you’re not allowed to embrace...
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THE CREATURES OF QUAKE
What with it being October and all, I was thinking about what games I’d most like to play to keep the Halloween mood going in between writing articles for this year’s Spooktacular. There were a lot of...
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BOGEY MANOR (ARCADE)
Today’s game is called Bogeyman Or, where you’re given a few facts about a monster and have to guess whether it’s the infamous child-scaring Bogeyman or some other nightmarish creature. No, wait, my...
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DRAC'S NIGHT OUT (NES)
He’s had a shower and a shave, which is difficult when you can’t see yourself in a mirror. He’s polished his big medallion until he can see his face in it, except, you know, no reflection. He’s told...
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GHOST CHASER (COMMODORE 64)
Today, we’ve got ghosts in the machine. Not the album by The Police, of course – I mean cartoon ghosts, and the machine in question is the Commodore 64. Seriously, calm down, Sting is definitely not...
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HAMMERIN' HARRY: GHOST BUILDING COMPANY (GAME BOY)
Hammerin’ Harry: the name of an unimaginative yet enthusiastic male porn star? Possibly, but that’s not what we’re looking at today. Obviously. Instead, it’s Tamtex and Irem’s 1993 Game Boy...
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HALLOWEEN: THE PIRATE'S CURSE (PC)
At last, the day itself is here: Halloween has arrived! If you did all your Halloween partying over the weekend then I hope you had a good time, and as for today, well, may your pumpkin-carving knives...
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CHARLIE NINJA (ARCADE)
Well, I’m sad to report that it’s that time of year again – the post-Halloween slump. It can be hard to muster the enthusiasm for old videogames when I’m not focussing entirely on pumpkins and...
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SHOUNEN ASHIBE (SUPER FAMICOM)
Start warming up your vocal cords for lots of high-pitched cooing noises and squeaking out words like “precious” and “fuzzywuzzycuddlekins,” because today’s game is so sugary-sweet that spending too...
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FANKY PUNKY / FUNKY PUNKY (ZX SPECTRUM)
For today’s game, we’re heading into the hallowed halls of academia – well, kind of. From what I remember of my university days it’s a fairly accurate recreation of the higher education experience, but...
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SOME ANIMATION FRAMES FROM SUPER STREET FIGHTER 2 (SNES)
The title of this article sums it up, really. I’ve been thinking abut Super Street Fighter II for the SNES recently and how it’s probably the fighting game I’ve spent most time playing, and...
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THE MOVIE MONSTER GAME (COMMODORE 64)
Hey, did you all see that trailer for the Rampage movie? That’s something that’s definitely happening, huh? Congratulations to the one Rampage superfan who’s been waiting since 1986 for this big screen...
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MEGA MAN 4 (NES)
It’s time for the return of a legend. Not a Mega Man Legends legend, mind you. Just regular old Mega Man action here today - with his oversized head, oversized feet and oversized sense of justice, it’s...
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LORNA (ZX SPECTRUM)
I’m not doing it on purpose, I swear, but it seems that VGJunk is turning into a repository of articles about old Spanish ZX Spectrum games. It just keeps happening! Maybe it’s coincidence, maybe it’s...
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COMIC BOOK ARCADE FLYERS
Comic book superheroes, huh? They’re not just for kids and dorks any more! Okay, so maybe that’s a bit harsh, but superheroes are now one hundred percent mainstream, and as someone who spent a lot of...
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CRAZY BURGER (GAME BOY)
I won’t lie to you, there’s a very strong chance that I decided to write about today’s game because I was hungry while I was scrolling through the list of possible candidates. Mind you, that’s no less...
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MUNCH MOBILE (ARCADE)
SNK are a developer with a long and star-studded history, but here’s a game from them that you might never have heard of: it’s the 1983 grab-em-up Unch Obile!Kind of a weird name for a game, honestly....
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BARNEY BEAR MEETS SANTA CLAUS (AMIGA)
Okay, fine, why not? Let’s actually look at a Christmas-themed game for once. ‘Tis the season, and all that. I think this might be the first time I’ve ever covered a Christmas game here at VGJunk. You...
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