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• Splatterhouse
  
• Q*Bert
  
• Castlevania
  
• Pac-Man
  
• Gradius
  
• Ys Book I and II
  
• Ghosts ’n Goblins
  
• Skies of Arcadia
  
• Kid Icarus
  
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Konami’s Castlevania wasn’t the first side-scrolling action game on the NES. It was, however, the first one that dug into the vast Americanized history of monster lore and put Dracula, the Grim Reaper, Frankenstein’s folly, Medusa and a giant bat in the same game. Castlevania even helped established many new trends for its genre: life meters, s..."

"The website, SEGA ON, claims to have reliable Sega insider information on Skies 2, stating that it will be announced as early as the Tokyo Game Show, and is planned primarily for the Wii, although there is talk of a Playstation 3 version as well.

Speculation of the game's existence was recently stirred when it showed up on the listings for SEGA Gamers Day 2008, so this rumor has some strength to it."

"The Japanese role-playing game is a surprisingly important genre for developers to study - both in terms of gameplay and storytelling, and Gamasutra presents an 'Essential 20' explaining and chronicling the top JRPGs of all-time.

Valkyrie Profile: In most RPGs, it's your job to stop the end of the world. In Valkyrie Profile, it's your job to start it.
The battle system is a strange beast, with actions for each of the four party members assigned to a face button. Each character has a numbe..."

"Another month, another batch of rumors from EGM's Quatermann.

You know, even though Sony hasn't announced God of War 3, it's coming. In fact, it was already sort of announced. Anyway, the folks at SCEA Santa Monica are already hard at work at preparing Kratos' debut on PlayStation 3, which should arrive during the next holiday season, joined by a little something called Gears of War 2, as well. Oooh.

Epic Games and Microsoft haven't confirmed Gears of War 2 either, but the game's stella..."