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The Best N64 Star Wars Games: Our Force-Filled Favorites

Take a hyperspace trip with the best N64 Star Wars Games that transformed our living rooms into command centers for Rebel missions and Jedi mind tricks. These are the games you’ve been looking for.

Egg-Throwing Adventures Await: Rediscovering Yoshi’s Island

Saddle up with Yoshi to gallop through a throwback adventure that’s still egg-ceptional in Yoshi's Island!

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Rediscovering the Jungle: A Donkey Kong Country Retrospective

Barrel-blast into our Donkey Kong Country breakdown, packed with tricks for buddy-up tactics and animal friend strategies that make this jungle romp unforgettable.

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SimCity: The Story of Pixels, Planning & Power Plants

From NIMBYs to nuclear disaster, SimCity inspired a generation to zone and govern their own virtual worlds.

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How SimTower Elevated the Simulation Genre to Great New Heights

From cheat codes to sky-high strategies, get your blueprints ready to build the tower — and elevator network — of your dreams.

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From Bob-ombs to Bowser: The 10 Best Levels in Super Mario 64

Get ready to triple-jump back into the action-packed paintings as we revisit the levels that made Super Mario 64 an instant classic.

Interactive Learning: A Journey Through Classic Edutainment Games

Chomping prime numbers, fording the river, and solving international capers: These were the edutainment games that had us glued us to our computer lab’s CRTs.

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The Magic of Maxis: The Game-Changers Who Established the Simulation Genre

How radical urban planning, helicopter combat, and an "X" launched one of the most creative gaming studios of the 90's.

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A Deep Dive into Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri

See how this 4x classic set the stage for every strategy game you're obsessed with today, and learn how you can play Alpha Centauri on today's modern hardware

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From Green Hills to Cosmic Beats: A Deep Dive into the Retro Soundtrack of Sonic the Hedgehog

Grab your rings and get ready to roll – we're diving into the melodies that made Sonic a soundtrack superstar!