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In this bizarre '80s Mario Bros. PC port, Mario throws a ball, badly
Punchman It's hard to understand why Punch Ball Mario Bros. exists, and why Mario throws a dinky ball instead of using his signature jump.
Meet the VHD, a failed LaserDisc competitor and the biggest damn floppy disk ever
Format wars This fascinating, failed '80s Japanese format actually competed against LaserDisc to be the top dog in hi-def video.
The race to save Japan's incredible '80s PC gaming history before it's gone
Origins Square, Enix, and Game Arts: 3 origin stories from Japan's PC boom, from inside the Game Preservation Society's archive.
March was an unprecedented month for Japanese action games
Good Month There's never been a month with two games as good as Sekiro and Devil May Cry 5, and we've got data to back it up.
The story of the bizarre Mega Man DOS games
Japan Week How one man made an official, Capcom-licensed Mega Man game by himself.
