Nostalgic

Worlds

A meander through the video game and movie worlds of my youth and beyond


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Wii Grumble Volcano

With deep lava awaiting anyone who strays off the track and flaming fireballs littering your path, Grumble Volcano will undo all your previous hard work in the Star Cup if you aren’t careful.
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History of Dudley Zoo (Part 1)

Dudley Zoo is the only zoo in the UK with a vintage chairlift and a castle on its grounds, and it’s also home to the world’s largest collection of surviving Tecton buildings.
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3DS Piranha Plant Slide

Piranha Plant Slide takes place in a sewer system and is clearly based on the underground levels of Super Mario Bros. There are lots of floating blocks, Goombas, and – yes – Piranha Plants. This course is basically ‘World 1-2’ as a racetrack.
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Mew

Mew started as a top-secret easter egg, became the centre of one of the biggest gaming rumours of the ’90s, and then grew into an important piece of the Pokémon mythos.
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DS Tick Tock Clock

If you like clocks, then this track has it all – giant gears, swinging pendulums, a road of spinning cogs, slowly turning clock hands, an alarm clock starting line, clock faces to drive over…
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Hunters

About halfway through Resident Evil Remake, a new type of enemy rears its ugly, scaly head. Most of the zombies in the mansion vanish, replaced by faster, stronger, more agile monsters called Hunters, which are a frightening cross between a reptile and a human.
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