Dragon’s lair

Cinemaware’s B-movie homage pushed the vision of interactive cinema to new heights

AFTER HELPING TO DEFINE PLAYSTATION GAMING WITH CRASH BANDICOOT, NAUGHTY DOG PERFORMED THE SAME FEAT ON THE PS2 WITH JAK AND DAXTER BEFORE TRUSTING THE DUO TO OTHER STUDIOS. FORMER NAUGHTY DOG DESIGNER/WRITER DAN AREY LOOKS BACK AT THE POPULAR SERIES

AFTER THE RELEASE OF DOOM, FOR A WHILE THERE WAS ONE NAME TO SUM UP SIMILAR GAMES: DOOM CLONE. THIS EVEN APPLIED TO GAMES LIKE DESCENT, EVEN THOUGH THE ONLY THING IT HAD IN COMMON WITH DOOM WAS ITS FIRST-PERSON PERSPECTIVE

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WHEN NINJAS RULED THE POP CULTURE LANDSCAPE, SHINOBI AMAZED ARCADE-GOERS AND BLEW MINDS ON THE MEGA DRIVE. WITH JOE MUSASHI COMING OUT OF RETIREMENT, WE LOOK BACK AT HOW THIS CLASSIC ACTION SERIES HAS CHANGED OVER NEARLY FOUR DECADES

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