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NES Works #038: Slalom (Patreon)

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2018-09-15 19:33:34

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2026-06

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Well, uh, the hurricane more or less ended up missing us, so none of those dire predictions of being without power and utilities for days at a time seem likely to come true. As a result, I ended up getting a little bit ahead of myself here with another NES Works episode.

Oh, and there's something secret in the works, which hopefully will come to fruition within the coming week... stay tuned.

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Slalom retrospective: Rare's slippery slope to fame | NES Works #038

We bid farewell to the Black Box era of Nintendo games even as we welcome an NES powerhouse into the fold. Slalom sees UK developer Rare make its console debut with a high-speed downhill racing game and the most carefully rendered video game man-butts this side of Metal Gear.