Category: Games

Lara Croft: the biggest female icon of video games

Lara Croft is one of the greatest symbols of video games, being the most recognized female character of games, Guinness record set in 2010. The Tomb Raider franchise sets countless records, the games have sold over 70 million copies and made a legacy. Powerful, with millions of fans and cosplayers, thousands of magazine covers, 3…
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Final Fantasy VII: The Great Achievement of RPGs

Final Fantasy 7 is an RPG game originally released in 1997 for the first PlayStation. Its release has brought major changes not only for the series it is part of, but also for all of the game development landscape. The producer Square was a major partner with Nintendo, producing and releasing a number of blockbuster…
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NES

The Nintendo Entertainment System is the cradle of franchises that so many love, such as The Legend of Zelda, Metroid and Super Mario Bros, and responsible for resurrecting the video game industry of the 1983 crisis, caused by the saturation of games in the second generation, and the rise of the PCs. This was a…
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Game Shark: The Cheat Monster

Similar to Game Genie and Action Replay, Game Shark worked on variety of console video game systems and in various formats, such as cartridge and cds. With it it was possible to hack games through code and access things that were not intentionally released, such as infinite lives, , secret phases, debug menus, etc. It…
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Shenmue, Dreamcast Masterpiece

Shenmue is a game franchise originally released for Dreamcast, debuting in Japan in December 1999, and nearly a year later in the United States and Europe. The sequel, Shenmue 2, came 2 years later in September 2001, after Sega announced in April that year that it would discontinue the Dreamcast. In the next year the…
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The Power of Advanced Game Boy

The Game Boy Advance reigned sovereign in the early 2000s. Sixth generation console was released to succeed Game Boy Color. The Game Boy line has been a tremendous success since it was launched in 1989, potential competitors have failed miserably to gain ground in the Nintendo-dominated handheld market. Sega with GameGear, which had a color…
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