Cellophanes
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On the back of its case, Cellophanes purports being a collection of 12 retro games inspired by arcade games of the 1970s that used the coloring technique the gameâs name is based on. These arenât existing games, but entirely new ones, much like what Retro Game Challenge would go on to do years later. This is certainly a novel concept, but whatâs on offer here canât stand up to the obvious classics contained in Namco Museum or the legions of Atari collections, to say nothing of all the other arcade ports on the console.
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