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FRIENDS ARE NO LONGER NEEDED
THE LEGEND OF ZELDA A LINK TO THE PAST
LINK’S 16-BIT DEBUT WAS BOTH A RETURN TO THE ROOTS OF THE SERIES AND A MASSIVE STEP AHEAD OF WHAT HAD GONE BEFORE. JOIN US AS WE LOOK BACK AT ARGUABLY THE BEST 2D GAME IN THE ENTIRE ZELDA SERIES, AND WHAT MADE IT SUCH A SPECIAL ADVENTURE
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PICK OF THE MONTH
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Game Boy Light
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THE MAKING OF Skull & Crossbones
GATHER ROUND YE LAND LUBBERS! BOB FLANAGAN AND HIS MOTLEY CREW INVITE US ABOARD THEIR PIRATE SHIP AND SPIN US YARNS OF SWASHBUCKLING ADVENTURES, BURIED TREASURE AND FOUL-MOUTHED PARROTS
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