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If you’re of a certain age, you probably remember the wasteland of late-night cable TV infomercials. Ads designed to get you to buy something you probably didn’t need at an inflated price plus shipping. If you’re younger, let us introduce you to the era of the mail-order compilation set. It was like a Spotify playlist of…

Throughout 1984, the shadow of the video game crash of 1983 still loomed, but the industry survived and recovered. This included continued support for the arcade scene, with major developers releasing new titles for arcades as well as home platforms. And while perhaps overshadowed by other games released throughout the decade, the games from 1984…