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Belmont’s Legacy – The History of the Action Platformer

KoKuGamer - With the way that many gamers and popular game bloggers speak nowadays, you’d think that the only games that they’ve played weren’t released before 2000. This sort of talk leads me to two theories. The first is that most of the two groups mentioned above were fetuses while I was got my first NES. The second is that most gamers nowadays really have no sense of video game history. Honestly, I’m leaning toward the latter theory. With that in mind, I wanted to take a look back at the Action/Platformer subgenre, and talk about how it evolved on consoles, and the family that started it all. That family I’m mentioning is the Belmonts, and their game was known as Castlevania.

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Comedy Central New Animated Series Based on Golden Axe

Get the scoop on Comedy Central's exciting new cartoon show inspired by the iconic Golden Axe video game

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Knightofelemia1d 3h ago (Edited 1d 3h ago )

Golden Axe is a great game I enjoyed it on the SMS, Genesis and in the arcade. Great game but it truly was a quarter eater back in the day. I wish Sega could get the rights to the arcade port of Moonwalker another great arcade game I enjoyed. Collect so many monkeys and become Robo Michael lol.

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The Best PS2 Games of All Time [2024 Edition]

GB: "With this feature, we will be taking a look at 15 of the best games from the PlayStation 2's vast library."

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Exclusive Monster Hunter 20th Anniversary Event with Themed Stays

Toyohashi, Japan is set to host a large-scale Monster Hunter event to celebrate the franchise's 20th anniversary, complete with themed hotel accommodations.

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