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From the pages of the past, games of yesteryear – Ultima VI: The False Prophet

March 11, 2013by Reggie C. 1 Comment

It’s 1990 and things continued to change for gaming at what seemed like a breakneck pace. Consoles continued to experience a renaissance thanks largely to Nintendo and Sega, PC hardware […]

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From the PC of the past! Horror from yesteryear – Realms of the Haunting

October 31, 2012by Reggie C. Leave a comment

It’s 1997 and Interplay was a year away from entering the stock market with its own IPO, albeit to help drum up funding in order to shore up future projects […]

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From the pages of the past! Ads of yesteryear – Neuromancer

June 22, 2012by Reggie C. Leave a comment

Though Descent to Undermountain was one of several critical stumbles on Interplay’s part in the late 90′s, one only needs to look at their past work to remember their best […]

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From the pages of the past! Ads of yesteryear – Descent to Undermountain

June 20, 2012by Reggie C. 1 Comment

I crept up, my feet slowly taking me across the stone floor when a lich emerged from around the corner. I checked my gear, said silent prayer to the save […]

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From the pages of the past! Ads of yesteryear – Interplay, the Company

June 19, 2012by Reggie C. Leave a comment

Not every ad has to be about games. Some were even about the companies that made or published them like this one that ran in 1999 for Interplay. It’s something […]

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From the pages of the past! Ads of yesteryear – Star Trek: Secret of Vulcan Fury

June 17, 2012by Reggie C. Leave a comment

Interplay did a good job with bringing Star Trek into the adventure genre with Star Trek: 25th Anniversary and Judgment Rights. For their next game, however, they wanted to aim […]

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From the pages of the past! Ads of yesteryear! – FreeSpace 2

June 1, 2012by Reggie C. Leave a comment

X-Wing Alliance wasn’t the last surprise of 1999. Volition would also roll out a sequel of their own by the end of the year in September and as with Alliance, […]

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From the pages of the past! Ads of yesteryear – Freespace: The Great War

May 31, 2012by Reggie C. 5 Comments

By 1998, the space combat genre was being beaten back into the ropes. Their sales were often overshadowed by titles such as id’s Quake II, Westwood Studios’ Command & Conquer […]

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From the pages of the past! Ads of yesteryear – Cyberia

April 29, 2012by Reggie C. Leave a comment

Cyberia was one of those games that caught the CD-ROM wave back in ’94 for PCs by packing in CG sets, articulated CG figures, digitized explosions, and a great soundtrack. […]

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From the pages of the past! Ads of yesteryear – The Bard’s Tale III: Thief of Fate

April 4, 2012by Reggie C. 1 Comment

The third, and what would ultimately turn out to be the final game in the series, ended the epic journey begun in the first with an post-apocalyptic finish. This was […]

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