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MERRY CHRISTMAS (COMMODORE 64)
Merry Christmas– because it’s both a holiday greeting and the title of today’s game, you see. That’s efficiency, that is. Yeah, I decided to cover another quick Christmas-themed game. I thought about...
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THE VGJUNK 2017 REVIEW!
I’m not sure I even want to do a review this year. 2017 has once again been a pretty dreadful year all around, so while I am going to take a look back please imagine I’m looking back with my middle...
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KEN SEI MOGURA: STREET FIGHTER (ARCADE)
It’s a brand new year, and at this time of change and renewal I could look to the future and begin working to shape my life into the existence I want it to be. Or I could write about weird old arcade...
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JUE ZHAN TIAN HUANG (ARCADE)
The first article of 2018 was about an unusual take on a beloved fighting game franchise, and while I didn’t intend for this to become a theme here’s another unusual take on a beloved fighting game...
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EDDIE KIDD JUMP CHALLENGE (COMMODORE 64)
Today’s game is all about the pulse-pounding excitement of motorcycle daredevilry, so hold onto your flared jumpsuits and prepare to slip some surly bonds with Martech Software’s 1984 Commodore 64 game...
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SUPER STAR WARS (SNES)
A long time ago – but somewhere in the North of England rather than a galaxy far, far away – I was a young kid with a SNES. I played a lot of games on that SNES. Some of them were great, some were bad,...
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POSTER PASTER (COMMODORE 64)
After today’s game, I can unfurl the long parchment scroll on which I have written all the occupations I’ve ever experienced via videogames – it starts at “accountant” and ends with “zookeeper” - and...
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THE SIMPSONS: BARTMAN MEETS RADIOACTIVE MAN (NES)
I first heard the order decades ago, but the time has finally come. I can resist no longer. I will, in fact, Do The Bartman. Except this is Imagineering and Acclaim’s 1992 NES game The Simpsons:...
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SUPER DUCK (ARCADE)
What makes Superman super? Is it his array of fabulous powers and his invincible strength? Perhaps, but maybe what actually makes him super is his willingness to protect the helpless and defend the...
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FIGHTERS OF THE WORLD: BRITAIN
Sure, why not; let’s have another "Fighters of the World" article, where I take a look at a selection of fighting game characters that all hail from the same country and try to discern which crude...
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PUNCH AND JUDY (COMMODORE 64)
Today’s game is going to take us where the brass bands play tiddly-om-pom-pom, where the air is thick with the aroma of ocean brine and fried food, where children to gather to watch violent puppet...
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SINISTER CITY (PC)
I am a man of simple tastes, which is not the same as good taste. This becomes clear when you realise how much enjoyment I got out of today’s game. Yes, I’m taking the VGJunk equivalent of a spa day by...
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RABIO LEPUS (ARCADE)
If I was putting together a list of animals most suited to defending a planet from demonic, interstellar invaders, I’d imagine I’d put the humble rabbit somewhere down near the bottom. When the Carrot...
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HEARTBROKEN (ZX SPECTRUM)
All right, friendos, it’s time to get pumped, get psyched, get positively giddy at the prospect of yet another videogame about rescuing a princess. Yes, another one. As we all know, being the female...
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MORTAL KOMBAT MAGAZINE COVERS
I never really took to the Mortal Kombat series, you know. I played it a bunch in my youth, especially Mortal Kombat 3 because a friend owned it so we ended up playing a lot of the versus mode, but it...
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HANGZO (ARCADE)
In the interests of keeping things fresh and innovative here at VGJunk, I present a game about ninjas. They use ninja magic and hit things with their ninja weapons. Also shurikens. No wait, come back –...
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SUNMAN (NES)
Last time out I wrote about Hangzo, a ninja-based arcade hack-n-slasher that was never actually released, despite being both 99.9% finished and surprisingly good fun to play. In what might turn out to...
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GHOST & BOOSTER (ZX SPECTRUM)
Today I’m going to fire up the ol’ ZX Spectrum and attempt to answer that age-old question: does boostin’ make me feel good? Let’s find out with the 1987 Spectrum spook-em-up Ghost & Booster!I...
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A LIGHT INSIDE
I know I’ve been away for a little while. I needed a break from writing about games, just to recharge the ol’ mental batteries. But it’s mid-April now, so I had to come back because today is VGJunk’s...
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GRANNY'S GARDEN (BBC MICRO)
We’re heading way back into the depths of home computer history today – or perhaps that should be school computer history? - with a look at a game that’s even older than I am. Take out your pencil case...
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