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About Patrick Arellano

Webster's Dictionary defines Patrick Arellano as a Games Lists Writer based in California. He'll talk your ear off on the topics of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Columbo, and the filmography of David Lynch.

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The 20 Most Powerful Star Trek Species, Ranked 1
The 30 Most Powerful Star Trek Species, Ranked

Star Trek extends across a vast universe and multiple timelines full to the brim with powerful, and often dangerous, alien species.

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10 Best '80s Nintendo Games, Ranked

The '80s were full of standout, groundbreaking Nintendo games, from Donkey Kong to Super Mario Bros. 3.

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10 Games That Benefitted From A Long Development Cycle

Some video games have had development cycles that are much longer than those of the competition - and benefited greatly from the increased time.

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The Best Disney Illusion Games, Ranked

Disney Illusion has a wide variety of games in its library, from Disney Epic Mickey: Power Of Illusion to Quackshot.

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10 Games That Had Their ESRB Ratings Changed (& Why)

The Mega Man Legacy Collection, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, and Undertale are only a few of the games that received sudden ESRB rating changes.

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10 Lowest-Selling Games With The Best Review Scores

Classic video games like Ico and Psychonauts suffered from a lack of sales, but their high review scores reflect the true, appropriately high quality.

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10 Great Games Released On The Wrong Platform

Some video games would have fared much better had they been released on different hardware, like Perfect Dark for the N64.

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10 Classic Video Games That Deserve A Limited Run Physical Release

The preservation of retro video games is a complicated and difficult subject, but premium physical rereleases are one way to keep old games alive.

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10 Best N64 Games Released During Its Twilight Years

Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, Paper Mario, and Dr. Mario 64 are among some of the best late-stage N64 releases and remain fan favorites to this day.

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10 Hardest Boss Fights In Shadow Of The Colossus

The classic video game Shadow of the Colossus was known for its unique approach to boss fights, and some were far more difficult than others.

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10 Most Overlooked JRPGs Of All Time, Ranked

From PlayStation's Rogue Galaxy to Sega's Panzer Dragoon Saga, gamers often overlook some truly fantastic Japanese role-playing games.

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10 Classic Spider-Man Games That Need Remakes

Games as diverse as Capcom Vs. Marvel and Sega's early 2000s Spider-Man games would be game-changers if developers remade them for modern consoles.

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10 Best NES Games Released During Its Twilight Years

Although Nintendo was focused on the SNES to combat Sega, they still released excellent games like Mega Man 6 and Battletoads before retiring the NES.

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10 Hardest First Bosses In Gaming, Ranked

Ninja Gaiden, Bloodborne, and (of course) Dark Souls are among video game titles that have some of the toughest first bosses to challenge players.

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10 Most Controversial Missions In Video Game History

Video games are no stranger to controversy, from edgy material to unfortunate accidents and from GTA to Mario Party.

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10 Best Sega Genesis Titles Released During Its Twilight Years

The Sega Genesis console is a favorite of retro gamers, and here are a few of the system's finest selections as its original reign came to an end.

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10 Most Unfair Deaths In Classic Adventure Games

Classic graphic adventure games are notorious for their cheap, surprising, and frequently random-seeming deaths.

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10 Sega Franchises That Deserve The Sonic Superstars Treatment

Sonic Superstars promises a fresh and modern coat of paint on the classic Sonic formula, leading many fans to look bak on the rest of Sega's catalog.

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10 Video Games That Almost Had Completely Different Main Characters

Even iconic gaming mascots like Mario and Sonic went through multiple design iterations before landing in their iconic modern positions.

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10 Longest JRPG Battles Of All Time, Ranked

JRPGs are notorious for being lengthy, and some games take this to the extreme with difficult boss fights that can take hours to complete.

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