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Hint
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Platform
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Release Year
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Answer
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Alien tries to collect telephone pieces and avoid falling into pits. Extending his neck allows him to fly.
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Atari 2600
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1982
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E.T.
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Man battles his inner demons while everyone and everything tries to kill him. Based on a classic novel.
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NES
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1988
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Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
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A full deck's worth of poorly-programmed minigames. Includes a platformer starring anthropomorphic cheetahs.
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NES
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1992
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Action 52
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Slideshow-based visual novel (?) about a plumber and an attractive woman being pursued by a perverted boss.
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3DO
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1993
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Plumbers Don't Wear Ties
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NBA star uses martial arts to rescue a child in another dimension. Named after a nonexistent martial art.
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SNES, Sega Genesis
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1994
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Shaq-Fu
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Mouthy bobcat tracks down spaceship parts in a world largely devoid of texture.
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PS1
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1996
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Bubsy 3D
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Famous superhero rescues his friends in a virtual world created by his arch-nemesis. This largely involves flying through rings.
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N64
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1999
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Superman: The New Superman Adventures (Superman 64)
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Famous sitcom characters engage in a wrestling tournament. The rules of wrestling are largely absent.
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PS1
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2001
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The Simpsons Wrestling
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Voluptuous adventurer, known for exploring ancient structures, platforms through urban environments to stop a cult. Considered a franchise-killer.
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PS2
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2003
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Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness
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Dual-pistol-wielding assassin fights to avenge his master by running up walls and slowing down time. Gets his intelligence insulted by ancient spirits.
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XBOX
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2003
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Drake of the 99 Dragons
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Intangible trucks (allegedly) race through mundane environments. You're probably going to be winner.
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PC
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2003
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Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing
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Quiz game where the player must guess the guesses of attractive women. One of the few games where possession is illegal in the USA.
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PS2
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2004
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The Guy Game
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Anthropomorphic hedgehog battles aliens and soldiers using guns while swearing quite often. Spinoff of a popular platforming franchise.
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PS2, GC, XBOX
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2005
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Shadow the Hedgehog
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|
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Hint
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Platform
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Release Year
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Answer
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Parodic real-time strategy game where a brutal Russian dictator must battle an invading alien force.
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PC
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2009
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Stalin vs. Martians
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Foulmouthed Navy SEAL infiltrates a North Korean facility during the cold war. Stealth is a distant second priority behind looking cool.
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PC, XBOX 360, PS3
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2009
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Rogue Warrior
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Cocky action hero battles aliens in a loose recreation of an old FPS. Notable for taking 14 years to release.
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PC, XBOX 360, PS3
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2011
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Duke Nukem Forever
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Soldiers battle lobotomized extraterrestrials in a space colony. Considered a blatant example of false advertising.
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PC, XBOX, PS3
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2013
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Aliens: Colonial Marines
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|
Biker swears vengeance on rival biker gang for the murder of his brother. Commits untold crimes along the way.
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PC, XBOX, PS3
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2013
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Ride to Hell: Retribution
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|
The fifth entry in a popular extreme sports franchise. Largely devoid of physics in favor of online play.
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PS3, PS4, XBOX 360, XBOX ONE
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2015
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Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5
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|
Casino game with action shooter elements based off a popular sci-fi franchise. Does not inspire pride nor accomplishment.
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PC, PS4, XBOX ONE
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2017
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Star Wars Battlefront II (2017)
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Children are whisked away to a magical world by a creature in a top hat where they must use special costumes to enact dance parties with strangers.
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PC, SWITCH, PS4, PS5, XBOX ONE, XBOX SERIES
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2021
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Balan Wonderworld
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Troglodyte with a split personality must evade his captors while battling broken physics. Based on a popular fantasy series.
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PC, SWITCH, PS4, PS5, XBOX ONE, XBOX SERIES
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2023
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The Lord of the Rings: Gollum
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|
Zombie extraction shooter disguised as an MMO. No longer available for purchase.
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PC
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2023
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The Day Before
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Sci-fi hero shooter inspired by the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The servers were shut down mere days after launch.
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PC, PS5
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2024
|
Concord
|
|
Former soldier with a unique neural implant seeks to discover where it came from and why he has it. This implant causes reality to fail if he takes a step out of line.
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PC, PS5, XBOX SERIES
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2025
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MindsEye
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