Welcome to the home of Beyond The Scanlines - a series of thoughtful deep dives & looks at interesting games new and old for a variety of vintage home computers and consoles.

Interesting can mean many things for the games covered here - development histories, pushing a platform to its limits, or being a foundational game in terms of its mechanics.

New episodes air on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of each month (with occasional bonus ones).

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Ballblazer

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Ultracore

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Super Sprint (1986)

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Warhawk (1986)

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