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Past meets present: Final Fantasy Adventure
Alternatively known as Seiken Densetsu: Final Fantasy Gaiden, or Mystic Quest — no, not that one — or simply just the start of the long-running Mana…
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A conversation with Jordan Minor, author of Video Game of the Year (part two)
Video Game of the Year: A Year-By-Year Guide to the Best, Boldest, and Most Bizarre Games from Every Year Since 1977 is available now, and I spoke with…
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Remembering Compile: Compile is closed, but Compile lives on
The studio itself has been shut down for 20 years now, but that doesn't mean its former developers stopped working.
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The top 101 Nintendo games of all-time
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Ranking the top 101 Nintendo games: No. 1, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
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Ranking the top 101 Nintendo games: No. 3, Super Mario Galaxy 2
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Ranking the top 101 Nintendo games: No. 6, Super Metroid
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25 years of the N64: The N64's controller is good, actually
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Remembering Compile: Devil's Crush
Compile developed a few pinball games in their day that remain absolute classics of the genre decades later.
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Remembering Compile: Seirei Senshi Spriggan
A partnership with Hudson Soft's rival in the shoot 'em up space resulted in one of Compile's finest contributions to the genre.
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Remembering Compile: The Guardian Legend
The Guardian Legend is a cult classic, but it deserved so much more.
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Remembering Compile: Guru Logi Champ
Along with Zanac X Zanac, released the same day in November 2001, Guru Logi Champ is Compile's final completed game before their closure, and serves as…
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Remembering Compile: Gorby no Pipeline Daisakusen
Just before the Soviet Union's dissolution, Japan made video games that featured the actual (and approved) likeness of its then-president, Mikhail…
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Remembering Compile: Golvellius
An action-adventure game with a twist or three.
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Remembering Compile: Madou Monogatari
Before Puyo Puyo took the puzzle world by storm, its characters starred in a first-person dungeon crawler that defied genre conventions.
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Remembering Compile: Zanac
Zanac wasn't Compile's first game by any means, and not even its first shoot 'em up, but it's where their real legacy and mark on the industry began.
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Remembering Compile: It's been 20 years since Compile closed its doors
Compile left its mark across multiple genres, developing loads of games that are still a blast decades later, and their successor studios have helped…
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