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A JOURNEY FOR THE AGES

ear fellow Sega fanboys, For me, was the game that couldn’t be beaten. You see, the other games at the arcade let you shove in extra quarters to see the rest of their content, but not . Even better players couldn’t show me the later stages of the game. The home conversions didn’t count: they didn’t look as rad and I swear they all had extended timers. By the time the faithful Saturn version was released, I had lost all interest. That was, until challenged me. It, which you can play in the arcade. Still humiliated, I got the Switch version. It took me about 70 tries, but now I’ve finally completed all five courses. Congratulations! But in all fairness, the controls in the arcade are different, so to me, this was just a practice run. I happen to know of a sit-in cabinet in Amsterdam. Wish me luck! Sega!

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