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You won't believe these screens - straight from the publishers

Dino Crisis |Capcom |PSOne, Dreamcast, PC| 1999
Above: A ready-to-go screenshot for anyone who ever gets round to making Ultimate Cash Machine Simulator
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Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow |Ubisoft |GameCube, PS2, Xbox| 2004
Above: Why would we ever need a screenshot like this? Why?
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Medal of Honor:Rising Sun |EA |GameCube, PS2, Xbox| 2003
Above: Hey, that's interesting - futons looked exactly the same 60 years ago as they do today
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Luigi's Mansion |Nintendo |GameCube | 2001
Above: There's only one thing worse than a tiny screenshot and that's a tiny screenshot of a tiny screen
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The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion |2K Games |PC, Xbox 360| 2006
Above: Developers might stash pictures like this under their beds, but for the rest of us it's a reminder that games are made of math and stuff
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Max Payne |Rockstar |PC, PS2, Xbox| 2001
Above: A fantastically gloomy composition called "The Proctologist's Nightmare"

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Matt Cundy
Matt Cundy
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