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Appendix

A

• A Glorious And Overdue Return To Monkey Island
• A Look At the Evolution of Retro Shooters and Their Engines
• A Tiny Sticker Tale: Wholesome Scrapbooking
• About the Codex
• Action
• Action RPG
• Advance Wars
• Adventure
• Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings
• Age of Wonders
• Agent A: A (Quite Good) Puzzle in Disguise
• Al Cabohne: Bohnanzing By Yourself
• Albion: An Exotic Hodgepodge Soup of RPG Styles
• Alfred Chicken: a Tricky Nineties Euro Platformer
• all
• Animal Crossing
• Animal Crossing: New Horizons Adventure Blog
• Animal Crossing: Wild World Adventure Blog
• Anna's Quest: Clickable But Not Too Likable Fantasy Tales
• Apogee
• Apogee's Legacy
• Appendix
• Arcanum
• Arcanum: Magick VS Tech
• Arcanum: Party Seleciton
• Arcanum: the Gunslinger
• Arcanum: the Review
• Aria of Sorrow
• Articles
• Arx Fatalis: the Review
• Asterix & Obelix: Slap Them All - ils sont fous ces romains!
• Axiom Verge 2: Plenty of Nanites To Spice Things Up
• Axiom Verge: A One-Man Love Letter To NES Metroid

B

• Balatro: Going Rogue With Poker
• Baldur's Gate 2: Mage Talk
• Baldur's Gate 2: Party Guide
• Baldur's Gate 2: Spell Protection
• Baldurs Gate 1
• Baldurs Gate 2
• Beat 'Em Up
• Beat Em Up
• BG2 Solo Blade: A Report
• BG2: Cleric/Ranger Guide
• BG2/Infinity Engine Mods
• BioShock
• Black and White
• Black and White: Creature Isle
• Bloodstained
• Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night Switch Review
• Blue Dragon
• Board Games
• Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer: does Chaos really Bleed?
• Bug Fables: Almost, but Not Quite, Paper Mario 3.0
• Bugs Are Features
• Bugs Bunny in Crazy Castle 4: Yikes! Indeed
• Bugs Bunny: Crazy Castle 3 a.k.a Soreyuke!! Kid: Go! Go! Kid?!
• Bullfrog

C

• Captain Claw Review
• Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker: Diorama Diamond Hunting
• Card Game
• Card/Boardgame
• Cardgame
• Castlevania
• Castlevania Advance Collection: Are GBA Vanias Still Worth It in 2021?
• Castlevania Anniversary Collection: Classicvanias Worth Checking Out?
• Castlevania Aria of Sorrow: a retrospective
• Castlevania Circle of the Moon: a retrospective
• Castlevania Dominus Collection: The Holy Trinity Is Finally Complete
• Castlevania Harmony of Dissonance
• Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge
• Castlevania Portrait of Ruin Review
• Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
• Castlevania: The (Terrible) Adventure
• Categories
• Celeste: Strawberry Picking on Mountaintops
• Chrono Trigger
• Circle of the Moon
• Classicvania
• Collecting
• Command & Conquer: Renegade
• Command and Conquer
• Commander Keen
• Commander Keen For Game Boy Color
• Commander Keen in Goodbye Galaxy!
• Commandos
• Commandos 2: Men of Courage Review
• Coop
• Copyright and Tracking info
• Crpg
• Cursed To Golf: Frustrating Roguelike Torment

D

• Dawn of Sorrow
• Day Of The Tentacle (Remastered)
• Dead Cells & Return to Castlevania
• Death's Door: Git Gut Link Style
• Deus Ex
• Deus Ex
• Dexter Stardust: Adventures In Outer Space
• Diablo
• Diablo 2
• Diablo 2 Twenty Years Later: A Retrospective
• Diablo 3
• Diablo 3 VS Diablo 2: an In-Depth Analysis
• Diablo III: Diablo for Kids
• Dicey Dungeons: Roguelike Rolling
• Disciples
• Divine Divinity
• Doom
• DOOM + DOOM II: Why Choose If You Can Have Both?
• Dragon Warrior Monsters: Gotta Breed Em All
• Duck Detective: Deducting The Secret Salami
• Duke Nukem 3d
• Duke Nukem 3D
• Duke Nukem Collection 1 (Evercade)
• Dungeon Siege
• Dungeon Siege VS Diablo 2: an In-Depth Analysis
• DUSK: Something Went Wrong, Better Kill Everything

E

• E3
• E3 2021: a Retro PC Gamer's Perspective
• Early Shooter Clones
• Earthworm Jim: Wacky Wormy Whipping
• Eighties
• Emperor
• Etrian Odyssey Review
• Evercade
• Experiencing the Enhanced Baldur's Gate

F

• Fable
• Fallout
• Fallout 2
• Fallout 3
• FIFA: Road to World Cup 98
• Fighting
• Final Fantasy
• Final Fantasy Tactics
• Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions
• Fire Emblem
• Fire Emblem: Awakening
• Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance
• Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones
• First-Person Shooter
• Flashback: Bullfrog
• Flipping Death
• Floppy Knights: Play Your Floppies (And Cards) Right
• Freaky Trip: A Bizarre But Buggy Diversion
• Freedom Force

G

• Game Boy
• Game Boy Advance
• Game Boy Color
• GameCube
• Games
• Gaming Setup
• Gobliiins 5: Early Nineties Vibes Almost Included
• Gobliins
• Gobliins 2: the Review
• Goblin Sword: Not The Sharpest Tool in the Shed
• Goblins Quest 3: Mind-bending, Plot-twisting, Brain-teasing?
• Golden Sun
• Golden Sun
• Golf
• Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
• Grim Fandango
• Gruntz
• Guacamelee: a Light and Colorful Four-Player Metroidvania
• Guncho: Tactical Pistolero Slinging

H

• Hack and Slash
• Handheld Castlevanias
• Hardware
• Harmony of Dissonance
• Heretic: DOOM With Elves And Wands
• Heroes of Might and Magic
• Heroes of Might and Magic III
• Hitman
• Hitman 2: the Preview
• Hollow Knight
• Hollow Knight: Metroidvania marries Demon Souls
• Horror
• Hotel Hustle: Overcooked With Dirty Brooms
• Hype Train

I

• Impressive GBA RPGs
• Infinity Engine Mods
• Inscryption: Card Game Inception
• Into the Breach
• Ion Fury: the Spiritual Successor of Duke3D?
• Irony Curtain: From Monkey Humor With Love
• Irrational Games
• Ittle Dew 2+: a Lovely 2D Zelda Hampered By Terrible Combat

J

• Jagged Alliance 2 Review
• Jazz Jackrabbit
• JRPG

K

• Kathy Rain: A Forgotten 1995 Point & Click Jewel from 2016
• Kingdom Legacy: Rip & Tear, Feudal Style
• Kirby
• Kirby and the Forgotten Land: Kirby's Switch Odyssey
• Kirby Super Star Ultra
• Kirby's Dream Land 2
• Kirby's Dream Land: When The Pink Fluff Was Still White
• Knights of the Old Republic

L

• Left 4 Dead 2
• Legacy
• Legend of Zelda
• Life Sim
• Lil' Guardsman: Papers, Please With Charm
• Lionhead
• Loco Motive: An Exquisite Pixel Art Throwback Adventure
• Lode Runner: The Legend Returns Review
• Looney Tunes
• Looney Tunes Carrot Crazy: Eh, What's Up Game Boy Color?
• Looney Tunes Collector: Alert & Martian Revenge
• Looney Tunes Racing: Not So Daffy After All
• Looney Tunes: Variety in Tune Land
• Lost In Play: An Adventurous Feel-Good Game Best Enjoyed With Two
• LucasArts
• Luigi's Mansion
• Luigi's Mansion

M

• Mario
• Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story
• Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
• Mario + Rabbids: XCOM Battle For Newbies?
• Mario 64
• Mario Kart
• Mario Kart DS
• Mario Party Superstars: Rehashed Previous Party Parade
• Mario RPG
• Medal of Honor: Allied Assault Review
• Mega Man 2
• Metroid
• Metroid Dread: The Sequel Fusion Deserves?
• Metroid Fusion
• Metroid Prime
• Metroidvania
• Might & Magic VIII: Day of the Destroyer, a Playthrough Report
• Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes
• Might and Magic
• Might and Magic VII
• Might and Magic VII: For Blood And Honor, The Review
• Might and Magic VIII
• Monkey Island
• Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge (Special Edition)
• Mystic Towers

N

• N64
• NES
• Neverwinter Nights
• Neverwinter Nights
• New Super Mario Bros: The First Cheerful One
• New Super Mario Bros. 2: Catchy Coin Galore
• Nightmare Reaper: Pixel Gore Galore
• Nintendo 3DS
• Nintendo DS
• Nintendo Switch
• Nox
• Nox VS Diablo 2: an In-Depth Analysis

O

• Oblivion
• On Killing a Lich
• Ora & Labora: Token Conversion Mayhem
• Oranienburger Kanal: On Bridges And Ditches
• Outlaws: a Classic LucasArts Western Shooter

P

• Paper Mario
• Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2024 Remake)
• Partygame
• PC
• Photography
• Pilgrims: a Micro Card-based Adventure
• Pizza Tower: Cathartic Wario Crazyness
• Plants vs. Zombies (Game Of The Year)
• PlayStation
• Playthrough
• Portrait of Ruin
• Professor Layton
• Professor Layton and the Curious Village
• Project Warlock: a Modern Wolf3D
• Puzzle
• Puzzle Platformer
• Puzzle Quest a.k.a. Roleplaying Bejeweled

Q

• Quake
• Quake (2021 Remaster)

R

• Rabbids
• Race For The Galaxy: Produce, Consume, Produce, ...
• Railbound: A Relaxing Track Through Puzzle Land
• Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield - 17 Years Later
• Rayman
• Rayman 2: The Great Escape
• Rayman Legends: The Not So Definitive Edition
• Real-Time Strategy
• Resident Evil 4
• Retro Gaming
• Retro Shooters
• Retro Shoter
• Return to Castle Wolfenstein Review
• Reviews from 2001 revived!
• Rise of Nations
• Rise of the Triad
• Riviera
• Riviera: The Promised Land Review
• Robin of Locksley: Weird Chess Set Collection
• Roguelike
• Role-Playing Gam
• Role-Playing Game
• RPG
• RPG Concepts
• RPG Concepts: Items
• RPG Concepts: NPCS

S

• Sacred
• Sacred Gold VS Diablo 2: an In-Depth Analysis
• Sanitarium
• SEGA MegaDrive/Genesis
• Serious Sam: The Second Encounter
• Shogun Showdown: Samurai Combo Shuffling
• Shovel Knight: Pocket Dungeon
• Sid Meier's Civilization IV
• SimCity 4
• Simon The Sorcerer 2 Review
• Simulation
• Sir-Tech
• SKALD: Against the Black Priory
• Slay The Spire
• SNES
• Soldier of Fortune 2: the Preview
• Sonic
• Sonic Mania, four years later: still more than Grand.
• Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles
• Speedy Gonzales Aztec Adventure: Not Quite The Blue Blur
• Sports
• Spy Fox In Dry Cereal: A Humongously Horrendous Port
• Srpg
• Startopia
• Strategy
• Streets of Rage 2
• Super Castlevania IV Is Still Super
• Super Mario 64 aged badly
• Super Mario Bros. 3
• Super Mario Bros. Wonder: Pipe Dreams Do Come True
• Super Mario Galaxy
• Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
• Super Mario Land: Mario's Weird World Tour
• Super Mario World
• Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
• Super Metroid: the Granddaddy of Metroidvania's
• Super Smash Bros. Melee
• SWAT 4
• Switch
• Sylvester & Tweety: Breakfast on the Run

T

• Tableau Building
• Tactical Shooter
• Tactics Ogre
• Tactics Ogre: A Reborn SNES Masterpiece
• Tangle Tower: Low Key Mystery Solving
• TBS
• Team Shooter
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Battle Nexus Double Pack
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: Back From the (Stinky) Sewers
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: Radical Rescue
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Early Fall of the Foot Clan
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection
• Temple of the Elemental Evil
• Tetris
• Tetris
• Tetris DS
• The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland: Sesame, Let Me Out Of Here!
• The Analogue Pocket: The Definitive Game Boy Handheld?
• The Art of Cooperative (PC) Gaming
• The Best and Worst Retro Hack & Slash Games
• The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle 2 a.k.a Mickey Mouse?!
• The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle: Jumpless Bunnies
• The Crimson Diamond: An Interpretive Eighties Adventure
• The Curse of Monkey Island: Guybrush Departs From Pixels With Mixed Success
• The Darkside Detective: Case By Case Silliness
• The DS X-Treme Cartridge: A First Look
• The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
• The Evercade: A Cartridge-based Modern Retro Handheld
• The Excavation of Hob's Barrow: Digging & Shivering
• The Gaming Setup, a 2007 Flashback
• The Hype Train
• The Legend of the Wii
• The Legend of Zelda
• The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
• The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX
• The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D
• The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
• The Messenger: the perfect love-hate relationship
• The Operative: No One Lives Forever
• The Secret of Monkey Island (Special Edition)
• The Sims: Vacation the Preview
• Theme Hospital
• Theme Hospital
• Tiny Toon Adventures 2: Montana's Movie Madness
• Titan Quest VS Diablo 2: an In-Depth Analysis
• Toejam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron
• TOEM: A Wholesome Photo Adventure
• Tom And Jerry: Frantic Antics! The Chaos Continues Indeed
• Top 100
• Top-Down Adventure
• Torchlight 2 VS Diablo 2: an In-Depth Analysis
• Torchlight VS Diablo 2: an In-Depth Analysis
• Tower Defense
• Triangle Strategy: Not Quite Final Fantasy Tactics 2
• Troika
• Turn-Based Strategy
• Turtles

U

• Ultima
• Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss, a Playthrough Report
• Unpacking: Meditative Monotomy
• Unreal Tournament 2004
• Uwe Rosenberg

V

• Virtual Console
• Void Bastards: Scrapheap Scrounging

W

• Warcraft 3
• Warcraft III
• Wario
• Wario Land 4
• Wario Land II
• Wario Land III
• Wario Land: a Retrospective
• Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3
• Wendy: Every Witch Way - Great but Brief (and Pricey)
• Western
• Who Framed Roger Rabbit: The Monochrome Investigation
• Wholesome
• Wii
• Windows 2D Platforming
• Wizardry 8 Playthrough Blog
• Wizardry 8: Classes Guide
• Wizardry 8: General Tips
• Wizardry 8: the Review
• Wizardry7
• Wizardry8
• Wolfenstein 3d
• Wolfenstein 3D: id In The Nazi Killing Business
• Wonderland Dizzy: Better Left Undiscovered?

Y

• Yggdra Union
• Yogi Bear's Gold Rush: Obligatory Collect-a-ton
• Yoku's Island Express: a Pinball Metroidvania
• Yoshi
• Yoshi's Crafted World: Solid Cardboard Egg Action
• Ys
• Ys Memoire: The Oath in Felghana

Z

• Zeus: Master of Olympus
• Zoo Keeper a.k.a. Animal Bejeweled