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Games Worth Playing If You Haven't Before
(Or Again If You Have)

Episode 39: Crash Bandicoot (PSX)

When 3D platformers were becoming the new thing many of them emphasized on freedom of movement and designed levels with large open areas. With Crash Bandicoot, however, Naughy Dog crafted their levels to feel like they were the 3D equivalent of 2D platformers. A bit of an odd occurrence as this is the first game in the series and it thusly didn't have any previous

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Episode 38: StarTropics (NES)

While the game certainly looked at the original Legend of Zelda for inspiration StarTropics manages to stand on its own as an all time classic. With the game's division into chapters and focus on story in between the action segments it steps away from world exploration and into much more linear grounds. Movement is completely locked to a grid, and while normally that's

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Episode 37: Luigi's Mansion (GCN)

Ever since I first played Super Mario Bros. as a child I've always had a preference towards the younger and greener of the plumber twins, so when I learned that he was finally getting a solo title as a launch game on the Gamecube I was very excited. A little of it was lost when I learned that it wouldn't be a platformer but in the end the resulting survival horror,

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Episode 36: Wolfenstein 3D (PC)

There are two main reasons that I put this game on the list, and the first is simply this: Wolfenstein 3D set the baseline for pretty much all first person shooters in the nineties. Sure, when you look at it now you can clearly some signs of its age, but at its core it still holds up fairly nice so it's easy to see how it made such an impact.

Now the

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Episode 35: Escape Velocity Nova (PC)

EV Nova is a heavily story driven space exploration game, in fact during an average playthrough you will probably spend about as much time reading as you will do traveling through space, or battling other ships. As the third game in the series it has a lot of improvements compared to the predecessors, and that has helped the game to age considerably well.

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