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Nintendo releases the Nintendo 64 - [ Event ]

The Nintendo 64 is a 64-bit games console developed by Nintendo.

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Nintendo releases the Nintendo 3DS - [ Event ]

The Nintendo 3DS is a handheld game console developed by Nintendo.

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Nintendo releases the Game Boy Color - [ Event ]

The Game Boy Color is a handheld game console developed by Nintendo, and is the successor to the original Game Boy.

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Puzzle Bobble - [ Software - Game ]

This is a puzzle game, that involves the player putting same coloured bubbles next to each other to clear them, four of the same colour clear the away.

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Microsoft Office 2007 - Home and Student - [ Software ]

Platform: PC

Suite of Microsoft Office software selected for use by students, or in the home.

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Windows XP Professional Business Evaluation Kit - [ Software ]

Platform: PC

Kit containing information and trial versions of software to help businesses understand how Windows XP can help out with their organisation.

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North & South - Les Turniques Bleues - [ Software - Game ]

Based on the comic book 'Les Turniques Bleues'.

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Star Goose! - [ Software - Game ]

Take control of the Star Goose and scour the surface of planet Nom in search of 48 crystals split across 8 levels.

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Triton III - [ Software - Game ]

Vertical scrolling space shooter featuring 6 stages for 1-2 players.

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Pipe Mania (Award Winners) - [ Software - Game ]

Rerelease of Pipe Mania included in the Award Winners games collection.

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Populous (Award Winners) - [ Software - Game ]

Rerelease of Populous included in the Award Winners games collection.

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Type On Call - [ Software ]

Platform: PC-DOS/Apple Macintosh/UNIX Sun/UNIX Silicon Graphics

The fastest way to buy Adobe typefaces for Windows, Macintosh, and UNIX systems.

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Microsoft Art Gallery - [ Software ]

Platform: PC

CD-ROM containing images and descriptions of the collection of the National Gallery in London.

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Amiga CD! Magazine No. 2 - [ Software ]

Platform: Commodore Amiga

Second issue of the world's first interactive CD magazine for the Amiga including games, demos, reviews, and more!...

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CU Amiga Magazine Super CD-ROM 26 - [ Software ]

Platform: Commodore Amiga

CD-ROM containing various demos, mods, web sites, games, and utilities for the Amiga included alongside the September 1998 issue of CU Amiga Magazine.

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CU Amiga Magazine Super CD-ROM 13 - [ Software ]

Platform: Commodore Amiga

CD-ROM containing various demos, mods, web sites, games, and utilities for the Amiga included alongside the August 1997 issue of CU Amiga Magazine.

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CU Amiga Magazine Super CD-ROM 24 - [ Software ]

Platform: Commodore Amiga

CD-ROM containing various demos, mods, web sites, games, and utilities for the Amiga included alongside the July 1998 issue of CU Amiga Magazine.

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CU Amiga Magazine Super CD-ROM 23 - [ Software ]

Platform: Commodore Amiga

CD-ROM containing various demos, mods, web sites, games, and utilities for the Amiga included alongside the June 1998 issue of CU Amiga Magazine.

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CU Amiga Magazine Super CD-ROM 25 - [ Software ]

Platform: Commodore Amiga

CD-ROM containing various demos, mods, web sites, games, and utilities for the Amiga included alongside the August 1998 issue of CU Amiga Magazine.

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CU Amiga Magazine Super CD-ROM 14 - [ Software ]

Platform: Commodore Amiga

CD-ROM containing various demos, mods, web sites, games, and utilities for the Amiga included alongside the September 1997 issue of CU Amiga Magazine.

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CU Amiga Magazine Super CD-ROM 19 - [ Software ]

Platform: Commodore Amiga

CD-ROM containing various demos, mods, web sites, games, and utilities for the Amiga included alongside the February 1998 issue of CU Amiga Magazine.

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CU Amiga Magazine Super CD-ROM 15 - [ Software ]

Platform: Commodore Amiga

CD-ROM containing various demos, mods, web sites, games, and utilities for the Amiga included alongside the October 1997 issue of CU Amiga Magazine.

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CU Amiga Magazine Super CD-ROM 18 - [ Software ]

Platform: Commodore Amiga

CD-ROM containing various demos, mods, web sites, games, and utilities for the Amiga included alongside the January 1998 issue of CU Amiga Magazine.

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CU Amiga Magazine Super CD-ROM 17 - [ Software ]

Platform: Commodore Amiga

CD-ROM containing various demos, mods, web sites, games, and utilities for the Amiga included alongside the December 1997 issue of CU Amiga Magazine.

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Nintendo releases the Game Boy Advance - [ Event ]

Nintendo Game Boy Advance is a 32-bit handheld game console developed by Nintendo.

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Nintendo releases Wii - [ Event ]

The Wii is a home video game console developed by Nintendo.

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Nintendo releases the Game Boy - [ Event ]

The Nintendo Game Boy is an 8-bit handheld game console developed by Nintendo.

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Nintendo releases the Nintendo DS - [ Event ]

The Nintendo DS (NDS or DS) is a handheld game console developed and manufactured by Nintendo.

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Circus Games - [ Software - Game ]

Step right up. See the main attraction. Tynesoft welcomes you to the greatest show on Earth. Ringling bros. and Barnum & Bailey combine to bring you Circus Games, capturing the thrills and excitem...

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Cisco Heat - [ Software - Game ]

Take the wheel of a high powered police car in this race around the famous areas of San Francisco.

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WWF Wrestlemania - [ Software - Game ]

As one of three WWF superstars, you must face a series of six other wrestlers to claim victory at Wrestlemania.

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WWF European Rampage Tour - [ Software - Game ]

Take control of 1 of 4 WWF superstar wrestlers and fight against the best Europe has to offer before heading back to America for the championship match.

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Pogotron - [ Software - Game ]

Side-scrolling platformer in which the player must bounce through 50 screens of platforming challenges in their quest to obtain the golden pogo stick.

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Formula 1 Grand Prix - [ Software - Game ]

Choose your car from one of five manufacturers, and speed around six famous circuits in this F1 racing simulator.

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The Lineker Collection - [ Software - Game ]

Compilation of 4 football games endorsed by Gary Lineker: Gary Lineker's Superskills Gary Lineker's Hot-Shot! Italy 1990 Super Star Soccer...

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Sinclair User Great Eight 10 - [ Software - Game ]

Cover tape released with issue 121 of Sinclair User magazine.

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Rik the Roadie - [ Software - Game ]

Take control of Rik, a roadie for a band called Alternative Rock, and help drive the band and their equipment 200 miles to set up for their next show.

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Lifeguard - [ Software ]

Platform: Sinclair ZX Spectrum

Program designed to allow players to obtain infinite lives in all their favourite Spectrum games.

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Microsoft releases Xbox Series X and Series S - [ Event ]

Xbox Series X and S are home video game consoles from Microsoft.

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Microsoft releases Xbox 360 - [ Event ]

The Xbox 360 was a home video game console from Microsoft.

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Microsoft releases Xbox - [ Event ]

The Xbox was a video game console manufactured by Microsoft.

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Sony releases PS Vita in Japan - [ Event ]

The PS Vita is a handheld game console developed by Sony.

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Sony releases PSP in Japan - [ Event ]

The PlayStation Portable (PSP) is a handheld game console developed by Sony.

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Sony releases PlayStation 3 in Japan - [ Event ]

Sony released the PlayStation 3 (PS3) on 11th November 2006 in Japan.

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Experts warn that AI could lead to human extinction - [ Event ]

On 30th May 2023, dozens of experts signed a statement in support of the Centre for AI Safety (CAIS).

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Sony releases PlayStation 5 - [ Event ]

Sony released the PlayStation 5 (PS5) on 12th November 2020 in North America and several other territories.

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Google claims to achieve quantum supremacy - [ Event ]

On 23rd October 2019, the science magazine Nature publised an article titled "Quantum supremacy using a programmable superconducting processor".

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Pokémon GO popularises Augmented Reality gaming - [ Event ]

On 6th July 2016, Niantic released the mobile game Pokémon GO in Australia, New Zealand, and the United States.

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Nintendo releases the Nintendo Switch - [ Event ]

On March 3rd 2017, Nintendo released their new video game console, Nintendo Switch.

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Bubble Bobble (A.C.E) - [ Software - Game ]

Demo of the arcade conversion, that has two small dragons jumping around the screen blowing bubbles to catch enemies, and them popping them, turning them into fruit, which can then be collected for points.

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Your Sinclair Smash Tape 13 - [ Software - Game ]

Cover tape for Your Sinclair magazine issue 37.

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Lone Wolf: Flight from the Dark - [ Software - Game ]

Adaptation of the first book in the long running Lone Wolf choose-your-own-adventure series.

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Your Sinclair Smash Tape 18 - [ Software - Game ]

Cover tape for Your Sinclair magazine issue 42.

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Your Sinclair Smash Tape 17 - [ Software - Game ]

Cover tape for Your Sinclair magazine issue 41.

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Talisman - The Magical Quest Game - [ Software - Game ]

Adaptation of the board game of the same name.

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Amstrad CPC 4 Pack - [ Software - Game ]

Collection of four popular games for the Amstrad CPC that released exclusively in Boots.

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They Sold A Million 3 (Disk) - [ Software - Game ]

They sold a million were a series of compilations that had some of the biggest selling games of the day, the title is slightly misleading, none of the games sold a million, but collectively they did!...

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Sinclair Action Pack - Light Gun Games (Disk) - [ Software - Game ]

Collection of 6 games designed to be played using a light gun: Bullseye Missile Ground Zero Operation Wolf Solar Invasion Rookie Robot Attack...

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Rainbow Islands (Disc) - [ Software - Game ]

Conversion of Taito's arcade platformer of the same name.

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Tetris - [ Software - Game ]

Spectrum release of the classic block stacking game.

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Harston Advanced Disk Filing System - [ Software ]

Platform: BBC Micro

Fully heirarchical filing system that could be run on any 6502-based BBC computer.

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smArt Demo Disc - [ Software ]

Platform: Acorn Archimedes

Demo version of 4Mation's art software, smArt.

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Acorn User Disc May 1994 - [ Software ]

Platform: Acorn Archimedes

Cover disc released with the May 1994 copy of Acorn User magazine.

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Collection of Communications-related Photographs - [ Photograph ]

Collection of photographs, negatives, and slides that appear to be telephone and radar-related in a military (Navy) setting.

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Acorn User Collectors CD 3 - [ Software ]

Platform: RISC

Collection of demos, full pieces of software, and the complete contents of every Acorn User cover disc from August 1996 to October 1997.

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Words and Pictures - [ Software - Educational ]

Introduces all the letters of the alphabet in a fun and interesting way for young learners.

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Kodak Photo CD Access Software & Photo Sampler - [ Software ]

Platform: PC

CD containing up to 100 images scanned from physical film rolls.

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PC Entertainment April 1996 Cover Disc - [ Software ]

Platform: PC

Cover disc distributed alongside PC Entertainment magazine.

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ClarisDraw - [ Software ]

Platform: Apple Macintosh

Vector-based drawing software for the Apple Macintosh.

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Windows Show '96 - [ Software ]

Platform: PC

Promotional disc containing demos, interactive features, and videos from the 1996 Windows Show exhibition.

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Computer Hits - [ Software - Game ]

Collection of 6 games for the Commodore 64/128: Cadcam Warrior Battle Through Time Heroes of Khan Eddie Kidds Jump Challenge Rocket Roger Cave Fighter...

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EA Games 4 Pack - [ Software - Game ]

Collection of 4 PC DOS games published by EA: Strike Commander Syndicate Plus Wing Commander II Ultima VIII - Pagan...

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Nifty Lifty (Currys) - [ Software - Game ]

The player must run from one edge of the screen to the screen to the other, getting higher every time, whilst avoiding an increasing number of lifts that move up and down in the middle.

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Star Warrior (Currys) - [ Software - Game ]

Combination of a space shooter and arcade maze game in which the player must shoot down hostile ships in space before landing on a planet to navigate a maze and retrieve some treasure.

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Missile Defence (Anirog) - [ Software - Game ]

Clone of Missile Command distributed free with sales of new computers from Currys.

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Photographs of Computers at Marconi Radar Leicester - [ Photograph ]

Two black and white photographs of computers at Marconi Radar Leicester, circa 1966.

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Online Media Folder with Set-Top Box Application Developer's Guide - [ Document ]

Online Media folder with a photocopy of the Set-Top Box Application Developer's Guide.

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Online Media is Interactive - [ Document ]

Acorn Online Media brochure with sections on the company, Products, Services, and the Cambridge Interactive TV Trial.

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Post Void - [ Software - Game ]

#2 Limited to 750 copies. [ADRENALINE PUMPING ACTION]A hypnotic scramble of early first-person shooter design that values speed above all else. Keep your head full and reach the end; Kill what you can...

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Tekken 3 Arcade Cabinet - [ Computer ]

Acclaimed third game in the long running one on one fighting game franchise.

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Sega Naomi - [ Computer ]

Arcade system release by Sega in 1998 as a successor to the Sega Model 3.

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Super Pang Arcade Cabinet - [ Computer ]

Fun game where two players can play simultaneously and use there weapons and powerups to burst a series of balloons onscreen, they start off large, and as they are shot, divide into smaller and smaller balloons.

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Ms Pac-Man Arcade Cabinet - [ Computer ]

The game is a faster and trickier version of the classic Pac-man.

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ACE - November 1987 - [ Magazine ]

The game is a faster and trickier version of the classic Pac-man.

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ACE - December 1987 - [ Magazine ]

The game is a faster and trickier version of the classic Pac-man.

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G-Police - [ Software - Game ]

Take control of a VTOL fighter as a member of the G-Police, and battle against gangs and evil corporations in a distopian future setting.

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Eidos Demos Volume 2 - [ Software - Game ]

Collection of demos for PC games from the publisher Eidos.

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Wireplay Version 1.4a - [ Software ]

Platform: PC

Updated version of BT's online gaming service developed before the official launch.

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Wireplay Version 2 - [ Software ]

Platform: PC

Updated release of BT's online gaming service that increase the number of possible concurrent players from 500 to 1000.

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Wireplay Trial Version - [ Software ]

Platform: PC

Trial version of BT's online gaming service, Wireplay, given out to various journalists, pro-gamers, and competition winners 6 month prior to the service's official launch.

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Wireplay Screenshots - [ Promotional Item ]

Screenshots taken in the game Duke Nukem 3D to show multiple players connected to a single game through BT's online gaming service, Wireplay.

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Wireplay Developer Notes - [ Promotional Item ]

A book and various sheets of paper containing notes on the development of BT's online gaming service, Wireplay, written by the projects lead programmer.

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Wireplay Medal - [ Promotional Item ]

Medal presumably given away at trade shows to promote the second release version of Wireplay.

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Wireplay Brochure - [ Promotional Item ]

Brochure produced to promote the features of BT's online gaming service, Wireplay.

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Wireplay Mouse Mat - [ Promotional Item ]

Mouse mat distributed to promote BT's online gaming service.

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Spectrum Bookware - [ Software - Game ]

Package containing the book 'The ZX Spectrum and How to Get The Most From It' by Ian Sinclair, and the game 'Treasure Island'.

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The Unorthodox Engineers: The Pen and The Dark - [ Software - Game ]

Adventure game based on the story 'The Pen and The Dark' by Colin Kapp.

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Leader Board Par 3 - [ Software - Game ]

Bundle containing 3 games from the Leader Board golf simulator series: Leader Board Leader Board Tournament World Class Leader Board...

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The Sims: Double Deluxe - [ Software - Game ]

Rerelease of the Sims that included 3 expansions, Livin' it Up, House Party, and Creator, as well as 2 bons house themes exclusive to this release.

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Taffy Turner - [ Software - Game ]

Guide Taffy through a variety of mazes whilst transforming the creatures found within to aid in his quest to get a piece of beef.

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