MGM – Total Penetration

MGM – Total Penetration

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This is one of my earliest, and fondest gaming memories. One day, my Dad came and picked me up from school in his car. He very rarely did this. He told me he had something very special to show me when we got home - I'm sure he then took the long way home, as the car journey that should…

MGM – DIY Lemmings

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As I said in this article, I used to be a big Amiga fan. It wasn't just the games I enjoyed, but all kinds of other things, like trying my hand at synthesising music (which was awful) and making landscapes in Vista (which always, after 2 hours of rendering, seemed to have a tree right in front of the camera,…

MGM – I just did a Super Combo!!!

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Now, before you read this, bear in mind that Super Street Fighter II had only just been released. I'd never played it, and I'd never even attempted doing TWO quarter circle forward motions and then hitting ALL THREE kick buttons at once. One day we went to Lazer Quest in Ocean Village in Southampton as they were having a free-play…

MGM – Ridge Racer on holiday

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After leaving school, it must've been 1994 or thereabouts, I went on holiday to Burnham-on-Sea with my best friend and his Mum and Dad. In between getting smashed on Newcastle Brown Ale and being accused of rape (another story for another time), we spent a lot of time in the arcade there, the highlight being a big sit-in version of…
MGM – The most pointless thing I’ve ever won

MGM – The most pointless thing I’ve ever won

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I was once a keen Amiga enthusiast and I used to read Amiga Format. They ran competitions every month, but I never entered any. David and I were visiting our Father one weekend, and Amiga Format was running it's biggest competition ever, two whole pages of general knowledge questions - the prize was an Amiga 570 CD Drive. As there…
MGM – I’m a Rock (Band) Star

MGM – I’m a Rock (Band) Star

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This Memorable Gaming Moment article was written by Stu. It was at Eurogamer in 2009 where I fulfilled a life-long (read: minutes-long) ambition to perform music on stage in front of an audience of thousands (read: tens, if that). The Beatles Rock Band was the medium, a cavern-like hall the venue, "Here Comes the Sun" the tune. Notable was the…
MGM – Typing in names for hours on end

MGM – Typing in names for hours on end

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Sensible World Of Soccer on the Amiga provided me with hours of entertainment. Most of them not actually playing the game, but updating the rosters of the various football clubs, and editing the fictional teams with themes of my own choosing. A lot of time was also spent brainlessly clicking the fire button through the Career mode, "managing" an amazing…
MGM – I never played Shenmue

MGM – I never played Shenmue

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It's true! I didn't! Well, I did for a little while, but my brother started just after me and played it more than I had the inclination to, so I watched him play through it. In many ways it was more enjoyable to be honest, as I wasn't getting on with the controls. It was the first kind of game…
MGM – Mew? Two please

MGM – Mew? Two please

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Back in the glorious days of the original black and white (or black and horrible shade of yellow/green, to be more accurate) Gameboy, I owned a game called Pokémon Blue. You may have heard of it. My brother had Pokémon Red and a Gameboy of his own, and while we very rarely battled, we quite often traded Pokémon in an…

Memorable Gaming Moments

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Find the rest with this tag: MGM We all have them, surely. Moments in gaming that transcend simply playing a game, completing it and moving on. Some memories stick with you for a long time. Indeed, some of my personal memories are from as long as 20 years ago. Also, for one of the first times, it won't just be…