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If any franchise deserves a Legacy collection, it's Mortal Kombat. The game took the wildly-popular one-on-one fighting formula of Street Fighter II (SNES, 1992), and elevated it to the next level with digitized fighters and brutal violence. But...
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2026/4/11: Playstation 5: Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection

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My buddy Newk gave me this a few years back when he was moving away and getting rid of stuff. I figured it wouldn't be much good, but hey - bad games tend to be my specialty. I'm finally getting around to reviewing this thing five years later. ...
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2026/4/8: Nintendo DS: Jagged Alliance

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2026/4/6: Atari 2600: Enduro, Spy Hunter

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I wasn't expecting much from this obscure one-on-one fighter, but hoped it would at least provide enough material for an irreverent, dismissive review. Jackpot! I ran the game by a few friends and sure enough they all arrived at the same...
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2026/4/4: Nintendo 64: Dark Rift

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Well, it was inevitable. Without any prompting from a human, AI has managed to conceive a new video game that nobody asked for, nobody wanted, and apparently nobody likes. This is an important milestone! Keeping in mind that AI is only capable of...
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2026/4/1: Nintendo Switch: Audible the Safeguard Porker

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2026/3/30: Sega Genesis: El Viento, Vapor Trail

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2026/3/28: Atari 5200: Realsports Tennis, Space Dungeon

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2026/3/25: Intellivision: Electric Company: Word Fun (Guest Review), Number Jumble (Guest Review)

2026/3/23: Game Boy Advance: Pong / Asteroids / Yars' Revenge

2026/3/21: Atari 2600: Bugs, Sssnake, Assault

2026/3/19: Playstation: Fox Sports NHL Championship 2000, Freestyle Boardin '99, NHL Blades of Steel 2000

2026/3/16: Turbografx-16: Final Soldier (Japan)

2026/3/12: Playstation 3: Ninja Gaiden 2 Sigma

2026/3/10: Game Gear: Super Space Invaders

2026/3/7: NES: Simpsons: Bart Vs. the Space Mutants, The, Simpsons: Bart Vs. the World, The, Simpsons: Bartman Meets Radioactive Man, The

2026/3/3: Evercade: Tomb Raider Collection 1

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