Sports games are a genre that have been around for years. From Pong to Track And Field to Fifa there have been some fantastic sports games and some stinkers. It’s a genre that is great fun playing with friends even though tempers may have been known to flair during some games (that may just be me!)

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Maximum Power Up takes another look at the Sony PlayStation 2. As previously discussed Sony really started to take control of the console market with their 2nd machine. With a massive software library which also included the start of many much loved franchises there was something for everyone.

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Say the name. Say it slowly. Capcom. From 1984 to 1994, Capcom had a solid roster of arcade blockbusters, adult orientated and kid-friendly licensed titles and of course the venerable Street Fighter II.

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As mentioned many times on the show the price of retro games is always increasing. With collector’s buying up more games there is always going to be less in the wild, on ebay etc and anything that does appear usually costs more than the month previously.

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It’s here…second part of our Super Nintendo episode. On the heels of Paul, Julian and Alex’s discussion about one of the gaming communities most treasured system, Phil, Chris and Amy present a further 15 games that set the Super Nintendo apart from its peers.

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Following on from our last episode we reveal the final 25 games in the Maximum Power Up All Time Top 50. As previously mentioned we asked our listeners to help us decide by voting the top 50 games of all time. With our podcast covering all eras it gave us the chance to cover ’70’s to now.

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What are your favourite games ever? Not an easy question – even more difficult when you can only choose 5! A couple of months ago we asked our listeners to help us choose the Maximum Power Up Top 50 games.

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For any gaming magazine fans in the 80’s or 90’s there is a very good chance they read work from Julian “Jaz” Rignall.

Working on several much loved magazines including Zzap64, CVG and Mean Machines, Jaz built up an excellent reputation as a writer and then editor for these magazines.

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The Shin Megami Tensei: Persona series has been going for over 20 years first appearing on the PlayStation in 1996. Starting off very much as a niche game series, Since the release of the first title Revelations: Persona (known in Japan as Megami Ibunroku Persona) the series has gained quite a large following which has helped latest entry Persona 5 become a huge hit.

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For a decade the point and click adventure was one of the most popular genres. Following on from text based adventures a new user interface was brought in made famousby Lucasarts- the SCUMM engine. Although Maniac Mansion and Zak McKracken were early point and click releases for Lucasarts, it was Secret Of Monkey Islandthat made everyone take notice of how funny and entertaining this genre could be

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