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Results of category game library project Write-ups for all the games I've played as part of the Game Library Project

Anodyne

November 9, 2025 | Reading time: ~1 minute

Anodyne is an indie 2D Zelda-like game that's been around for a while. I remember it getting some hype in the early days of indie games on Steam, and it's been in my library for over a decade, but I've never tried it till now.

Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin

November 2, 2025 | Reading time: ~1 minute

Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin is a mission-based action game with combat a bit like the Dark Souls games, but not so tough. There's a ton of loot, and a bunch of different jobs you can spec into that have different abilities.

Age of Mythology: Retold

October 19, 2025 | Reading time: ~1 minute

I grew up playing Age of Empires quite a bit, and I watched my brother play a ton of AOE3, but I never played the spin-off Age of Mythology. It was on sale for super cheap so I decided to rectify that.

Pokemon Legends: Z-A

October 19, 2025 | Reading time: 2 minutes

Pokemon Legends ZA is the followup to Legends Arceus from a couple years ago. It departs from the mainline games, opting for a real-time battle system, and takes place entirely in one large city.

Backyard Baseball '01

October 13, 2025 | Reading time: ~1 minute

The Backyard Sports games are slowly being re-released on Steam. I don't have any real nostalgia for the PC versions of these games, but I had "Backyard Baseball" on the GBA that released in 2002 which I think is based mostly on this version. I picked up Backyard Baseball '01 and played a season...

Tape to Tape

October 13, 2025 | Reading time: ~1 minute

Tape to Tape has been on my wishlist for ages. I've been looking for fun arcade hockey game ever since playing 3 on 3 NHL Arcade way back on the PS3. The official NHL games are fine, but sometimes you just want a quick arcade game.

About

My name's Mike, and this is the Lore Depository - my spot online where I can write out my thoughts on games, books, tech, movies, and anything else I find interesting.

My biggest project is my Game Library Project. I have a ton of games collected throughout the years, and have barely played any of them. Check out the linked post to learn more about the project, and click here to be taken to the category page where you can see all my posts for the project.

Another project I'm working on is my Pokemon Living Dex Challenge, where I try to obtain one of each available Pokemon and transfer them into Pokemon Home.

Yet another project I'm working on is my Old School RuneScape "Completionist" Quest, where I'm attempting to max out all skills and see everything the game has to offer as a completely new player.

Other content comes mainly in 3 forms:
• Reviews, where I post longer-form review writeups
• Thoughts, short & quick first impressions posts
• Guides, detailed how-tos and walkthroughs

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